New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-09-18
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Southern R"GeCtGc Rt&fGyoatE.
. 1000 SLAVES
WANTED By HIRE Or BY PURCHASE.


We will purchase hire for five years Five Hum
dred Thousand Slave IorGrs, Southern
Pacific RaroBd In Texaimmedistey Of Shreveport
La in region aud protected moIsa.
on from the conflict which sbai exist between the
Of this country The country through which the Qsd pases
entirsly healthy and fer the distance 500 mile.
west of Shreveport peneBies Of ths finest agricultural
countries cn the continent of America.
This company has magnificent land grant frena Texas e.
1G24O acres for mile OF road the company
the distance of 800 miles Shreveport on the EASTERN TO Ell
Pao the western boundary OF Texas In times like pre-
seht the company cannot command cash for labor
al tho rapid development Of the compaays Interests bet
io term OF years. by hire or BY the actual purchase this
will make The liberal arrangements
with slave owners in Kentucky Missouri VGgnis Maryland
North Carolina, elsewhere, for the hire purchase with
payments in the undoubted securities 500 or 1909 slaves
FAles ehtife will be takeL either BY hire by purchase
The company enabled propose liberal because Of The
muhheent land grants of Texas and its ability purchase the
iron and rolling stock orthe entire road Texas
construction bonds of the company cast
All the rights OF this company xd and
Of Texas This company bias the synpathy and tho
route on the Sd degree of parallel Of latitude sancto
OF severn! OF the most powerful European Goyernments
amongst them France, Spain, Portugal Belgium swz
enldas we'll rs of large capitalists commercial men and con.
tractors OF these counros The Congress Of the United
Sates passed bill at its last donating 10 this copanv
through Arizona, New Mexico California some 49, 3pGp
OF land and loan of thrysx millions Of dollars to DO
repaid in postal and other public services This bill pased the
House OF Representatives the SENATE and only
failed become law time and the startling DO.
litcal events familiar to the nation.
No company in the world has larger basis its successful
prosecution and company attracted secured TO itself
the appreciation of American European Gov
ernmenpromising much benefit stockholders and to
the world such supendou results bringing inevitably with tg
completion this continent the China Jans
Australia, and the whole Pacific CoAdistributug the treas
ures dervahe from the trade travel to every city
from the Gd of Mexico the northern Dor Oh our Al
tane coHSgiVng each its due natural share-s COM
MERGE which has failed enrich every nation on eart
that has controlled it in the Past and AZ II s annually in
creasng 1t will still those who shall control II in
the Future
We labor to the unqueson-
able securities; and for the arrangements will he
made with SaveoWners-giyiRs them which must VIC
ink, be saSactorywithou endnngeug by position en-
poyent Or terms Of contract the safety the slaves Thorn
Selves admitting the slightest uncertainty of ultimate INV
All app icaions will be made v K Stevenson pes
den Nashville Tenn Col. Samuel Tate President Menphts
and charleston Railroad Company, Menphi5 Col j. r. Nc.
Daniel Lynchburg, Va; myself, Memphis
JEPTHA FOWLKES,
General and Financial Agent of Southern Pacific Railroad
Company of Texas. mvo 2ntf