New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-10
Southern Poetic Esoitaoaes.
1000 SLAVES
WANTED BY HIRE OR BY PURCHASE.

We will purchase or hire for term of five years. Five Hum
dred Thousand Slave Laborer the Southern
Pacific Railroad in Texasimme diaey west of Shreveport
La in region aud from invasion molebta
ton from the conflict witch shall exist the sections
of this country The country through which The road
entirely healthy and for the distance of 400 500 miles
west of Shreveport penerate of the finest agricultural
countries on the continent of America.
This company has magnificent grant from Texas c.
1920 for every mile road the company constructs
the distance of 500 miles from Shreveport the EASTERN III
Paso the western boundary Of Texas In times like the
sent the company command cash for labor
a to the rapid development of the companys interests but
for term Of years. by hire the actual purchase this
will make the most liberal and advantageous arrangements
with saveowners in Kentucky Missouri Virginia, Mary land
North Carolina elsewhere for the hire purchase with
payments in the securities 500 1000 slaves
Families entire will be TAKEN either by hire by purchase
The company enabled liberal TERMS because Of the
muhhcent land grants of Texas and its ability to purchase the
iron and rolling stock for entire road Texas with the
construction bonds the company equal cash
All the rights of this company fixed and vested by the laws
Of Texas This has secured the sympathy and the
the 2d degree of parallel of latitude has the SANCTION
of several of the powerful European Government
amongst them France SPAIN Portugal Belgium and Swift
erlaudas well as of large capitalists commercial men and
Of these countries The late Congress Of the United
States passed b its last session. donating this company
through Arizona New Mexico and California; 1300G00
of land and loan of thyx millions of dollars TO be
repaid in postal and other public This bill passed the
House of Representatives amended in tho Senate and only
failed for startling po-
litical events familiar to the nation.
No company in The world has larger basis for its successful
prosecution and company has secured itself
the appreciation many American and European
ernnentspromsng much benefit to its stockholders, and
the world such supendous results bringing inevitably with its
completion this continent, the trnde of China JAPAN
Australia md the whole Pacific Coasdistributn the
derivabe from tho tave each every city
from the Gdlf of Mexico 70 the most northern hnrbor At
antic coaStgiytps each its due and natural sharCa COM
MERGE which has failed enrich every nation earth
that has controlled it in the Past annually
creasrg will still more enrich who shall control
| the Future.
We want the labor to progress The work for most unqueston
able securities and for H. the liberal arran geen will
made with sayeownersgivirg them terms which must,
think, he sasfctory-withou enangering, by position,
poyment Of contract the safety of the slaves them
selves, admitting the slightest uncertainty ultimate pay
| Inent.
All applications will be made Hon. v K. Stevenson
ent Nashville, Tenn Col Samuel Tate President Memphis
and Charleston Railroad Company, Memphis Col J.
Daniel, Lynchburg, Va. myself, Memphis.
| JEPTHA FOWLKES,
General and Financial Agent of Southern Pacific Railroad
| Company of Texas my9 2pf