Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
l,ro0 SLAVES WANTED,
Ej' WyRE OR BY pDETH JSE
sa UTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD ON
pANY,

.lILH IN ~
tNTs will purchase or hire for u tern. u nir ,e,rs r,y.
w Hundred or u Thousand Slave Laborrr. l., WORK 81,
the southern Pacific Railroad, in Te1ls-iuuriia,rly VEST
Of ShreYe "prt, Lain a region secure and Protected frum
invasion o. mJlestatiOn during the conflict which shall ex.
lst between the TWO srctons OF this country. The country
through which this road passes i entirely healthy, and for
The distance Of sine four or I'VE hundred miles west OF
Shire Yepurt, Il penetrate8 one of the nneSl agricultural
countries on the continent OF America.
This company has a magnificent; laud grant from Texas.
t.. e. lO,sIU acres for every mile Of ro3d tlr company con.
slructs for the distance Of sU0 miles from shreveport. On
the eastern to FL Paso, on the western boundary Of Texas.
In times Ike the present, the Company can:ot Command
Of the compuny's interest; but for a term OF years, by hire
or by the actual purchase, the company will make tie most
liberal and advantageous arrangements with slaves own
ers in Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia, Maryland, North Car.
ollna, or elsewhere, for the hire or,purchase, with pay
nents In the most undoubted securities, 81 $40 or 1000
slaves. Families entire will be taken, either by hire or By
purchase. The company Is enabled TO propose liberal
terms because Of the r%unlacent land grants by Texas, uad
It's ability TO purchase the iron and rolling stock for the
entire road across Texas, with the construction bonds Of
the company, ut rates almost equal 10 cash. All the rights
OF this company are fixed and vested by the lava Of
the route On the sd degree Of parallel OF latitude, ha.
the sanction Of several OF the most powerful European
Governments -amongst them are France, Spain, Portugal,
Belgium and SGitzerIuud-Hs well rs OF large capitalists,
commercial men and contractors OF these countries, The
late Congress Of the United States passed a bill, at It's last
session, donating to this company, through Arizona, New
Mexico and California, some 10, 1000 acres Of land, and
q loan OF ~thirty.slx millions OF dollars. TO be paid In postal
and other public service. This bill passed the House Of
3 H as III IC ECldLc n OnlY
failed to become q Law, for the want OF time and the start
ling political events familiar TO the nation.
No company In the world has a larger basis for Its sue.
crssful prosecution, and no company has attracted and Sc
cured to itself the appreciation Of so many American
States nud European SO much
benefit 10 It's stockholders, and to the world such stupcn.
dous results-bringing inevitably with Its completion across
this continen, the trade OF China, Japan, Austrais and the
whole Pacific coast-distHbuting Tie treasures derIvsble
from the trade, travel, &C., OF each 10 every city from the
Gull OF Mexico to the most northern harbor on our Allan
tic coast-glring each Its due and natural sharon com.
msrce which has never failed to enrich every nation Oh
earth thar has ever controlled It In the past; and, AS it Is
annually Increasing, II will still more enrich those who
shall control II In the future.
We want the labor, to progress with the work, for thu
most uGquestionable securities; and for it, the most liberal
an angenents will be made with sIa ve-oTner5-gir.ng them
terms which must, We think, be sa,i0fdctory-w!thout en-
d~angering, by position, employment, or terms Of contract,
the safety OF the slaves themselves, or admitting the slight
est uncertainty Of ultimate payment.
All applications Will be made TO US, through S. s, Baxter,
Esq, late OF Washlrr'" IN and now In Richmond, Va.
Y. K. STEVENSON,
President Of the Houlhern Pacific R. X. Company.
JErTliA fOLKES,
Agent Of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.