Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC IkAIlHDsD COM.
FANNY.
1000 SLAVES ASTED,
RE HIRE OR RY pNRNI{LSE

WE vii! purchase or hire for Il term o. ire vars Five
" llurhred or n Thousand Slave llh"r.-- i, wnrh on
the SoutherG Pacific Railroad, ia Observation-Disclosures w.sl
Jf Sir-vr:'r,, ta.-ln q region secure and protected from
invasion 80. mGirsta.ion ,lur!t: t:e cG''ict wh!ch. shall ex.
the distance uf some four or nrr iuGircd miles west OF
Shreveport, it psnetrGtes one u the finest agricultural
countries OIL the continent Of America.
This company has 4 magnificent and grant from Texas,
1. e. 1920 acres for every mile Of road the company con.
s.ructs for the distance Of 500 niles from Shreveport, on
the eastern to FL paso, on the western boundary nj Texas.
In Times Ike the present, the Company cannot commacd
cash to pay Cor labor essential To tn. rapid development
Ct the c%oppany's interest; but for a term Of years, By hire
or by the actual purchase, the company will make the most
liberal and advantageous arrangements with slaves own.
es in Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia, Maryland, North Car.
DINA, or elsewhere, for the hire o5aIIclIas:, With pay.
ments In the mos. undonbled securities, q $40 or 1000
slaves. Families entire Will he taken, s!b<@ by hire or by
purchase. The company Is enabisd 10 propose liberal
terms because of the munlHcent laud grants by Texas, and
Its ability TO purchase the iron ard rolling stock for the
entire road across Texas, with The construction bonds CT
the company, at rates almost equal TO cash. Al the rights
OF tLs company are fixed and vested by the laws Of
!, Fis sSmg 2 has secured ihs s. sympathy, and
the sanction OF several OF the most powerful European
Governments-amongst them are France, Spain, Portugal,
Belgium and 5wttzerlHnd-ns well rs OF large capitalists,
commercial men and contractors OF these countries, The
late Congress Of the United States passed a bill, at Its last
;ssston, donating to this company ny through Arizona, New
Mexico and California, some L, 0tD,O00 acres OF land, and
o loan OF ~tllrtysX millions OF dollars, to be paid In postal
AID other public service. This bill passed the House Of
Representatives, WAS amended in the Senate, and only
failed TO become a Law, for the want OF time and the start.
ling political events familiar 10 the nation.
No company In the world has Il larger basis Tor Its auc-
cessful prosecution, and no company has attracted and ST.
cured TO itself the appreciation OF SO many American
States and European 20 mach
benefit 10 its stockholders, and to the world such stupen.
dous resulls-brlnging Inevitably with Its completion across
this confident The trade Of China, Jnps1, Australia and the
whole Pacific notwithstanding the treasures derivhhie
from the trade, travel, &C., OF each 10 every city from the
Cult o! Mexico to the most northern harbor on our Allan
tic coast-glYing each Its due and natural shsre-a com.
MERGE which has never failed to enrich every nation on
earth thnt has ever controlled It In the past and, as I'll
annually Increasing, 1t will still more enrich tho.e who
shall control II In the future.
We want the labor, to progress with the work, for the
most unquest!onable securities; and for IL, the must liberal
arrangements will he made with slave-owntrJ-klY:ng them
term: which must, we think. be satjs~factory-withou en-
dangcring, by position, employment, ar terms Of contract,
the safety OF the slaves themselves, Or admitting the shGh.
est uncertainty Of ultimate paymeut.
AL applications will be made TO Us, through s. 8, Baxter
Esq, late Of Washington and now IN Richmond, Va.
V. X. STEVENSON,
President Il Of tie Southern Pacific X. R. Company.
JEPTHA fOLKES,
Agent OF the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.