New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-21
Southern Pacific Railroad.
1000 SLAVES
WANTED BY HIRE OR BY PURCHASE.

We will purchase hire for term of five years, Five Hun
ded or Thousand Slave laborers work the Southern
Pacific Railroad in Texasimmedaely west Of Shreveport,
La region and protected from invasion or moehta
VIII oh shall exist between the two sections
of this country The country through which the road passes is
entirely healthy and for tho distance of 400 800 miles
of Shreveport it of the finest agricultural
countries tho continent of America.
This company has magnificent land grant from Texas, e.,
l02 every mile the company constructs for
the distance of 500 miles from Shreveport the eastern to Ell
Paso the boundary Texas In times like the pre-
sent the command cash to for labor essen
ta the rapid development Of the compnnys interests but
tor of by hire by The actual purchase this
will make the hsla
with saveowners in Kentucky, Missouri Virginia. Marylu
North Carolina, elsewhere, for the hire purchase, with
payments in the mast undoubed secucs of so 1000 slaves
Families entire will be aken either by hire by purchase
The company enabled propose liberal tem the
muhdcent land grants Of Texas and its ability purchase the
iron aud rolling for the Texas The
construction bonds Of the company at almost equal cash.
All the rights of this company fixed and vested by the laws
of Texas This company has secured the sympathy and the
the 32d of parallel of latitude has the ancon
of several Of the powerful European Government
amongst them France SPAIN Portugal ginm aud swz
erandHs well large capitalists. commercial and
tractors Of hese countries The late Congress the United
States passed bill its session. doua this company
through Arizona New Mexico and California, l3Ueu0O
Of land and loan OF trysix millions of dollars,
repaid in postal and other public services This bill passed the
House Representatives amended in the Senate and only
failed become law for the OF time and the startling po
litcai events familiar 10 the nntion
company in the world basis for successful
prosecution and has secured 10 itself
the appreciation of many American and European
erDnentspromSipg much benefit its stockhod,rs and
the world such supeudous results bringing inevitably with Its
completion this nen the trade Of China Japan
Australia aud the whole Pacific Coasdstributng the treas
devabe from the tave Of each every city
from the Gdf Of Mexico the northern harbor At
anc coastgvirg each due natural share-a CON-
MERGE which has failed enrich Every nation earth
that has controlled in the Past and is annually
creasng it will still enrich who shall control It
the Future.
We want the labor to the work. for ungueston
able securities AID for IL the most liberal arrangements will be
made with wners-g'vDg them which must,
think, be satsfAcorywithout endangerng by position
poyment of contract the safety of the slaves them
selves admitting the slightest uncertainty of ultimate pay
ment.
All applications will be made Hon. V. X. Stevenson
dent Nashville Tenn; Col Samuel Tate President Memphis
and Charleston Railroad COMPANY, Memphis: Col ]. R. Nc
Daniel, Lynchburg, Va; myself Memphis.
JEPTHA F0WLKES,
General and Financial Agent Of Southern Pacific Railroad
Company Of Teas. my9 2ptf