The true Democrat., 1856-04-15


 ENlllS City. asis well known is situated at the con
 E huence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, at the head ot the uninterrupted and permanent navigation un the Mississippi. with clear and open channel for the largest class of seamboats at ali seasons of the year to the ciJyo New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexi- Situated it S. near the geographical centre of the Union, and of the great valley of the Mississippi, in rcglon unparalleled Tn fertility and 4bOundingin all the elements of manufacturing wealth. and being the center of nery thirty thousand miles of river na vigaion. Cairo possesses location that regards manufacturing and commercial advantages. is unsur- passed. IL IS the point opposite to which in Ken lucky, the terminus of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad connecting Cairo with Mobile, is fixed by law-a large portion of which old is already compctel and the whole ot It under contract and in of construc- ton. l. lo the point also opposite to which. in Mis- souri, the terminus Of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad is fixed by act of Congress- donating to the States of Missouri and Arkansas portion of the public lands to assist in building that road. The goad now alluded to, Will connect Caro with Fulton. i'll Arkan- on the Texas line. and the companies are already organized and the preliminary arrangements made 10 construct it with promptness and energy. By its connections with railroads in of construction through Texas. aided by donation of lana by the state of Texas continuous railroad from Cairo to Fl Paso. the Western border of Texas will short y be built forming the first division of a railroad to the Pacific Ocean contemplated to be constructed on the most generally approved route. Cairo is also the Southern terminus of the great Illinois Central Railroad, which, with its branches will be over 100 miles Tn extent traverslng the State of Illinois from | and connecting directly the city of Chicago at the head of navigation the Lakes, the cities of Gaena and DubuqUe on the Upper Mississippi. and the cities of Peru and LaSac at the head of navigation on the Illinois river. with the city of Cairo. The main trunk and Galena branch of this road are now competed and passengers and treights daily transported WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS, from Gulena and Chicago to Cairo By means the intersection ofthc Illinois Central Railroad with the Mississippi and Ohio railroad. about sixty miles east of st. Louis n railroad communication is open with that city and by intersections with other cross railroads direct communication is now opened between Cairo and all
 the principal cities and towns, only of Illinois but also of all the Northern and Eastern States Cairo will also be the terminus of railroad about to be built from Brooklyn Opposite Paducah, Ky..) along and down the Ohio river to its mouth thus bringing to Cairo the rich products and wealth of the Wabash valley.
 The site of the city of Cairo is now fully protected against overflow from the rivers by an ordinary le- vee, but ta new and substantial evee, embankment ia in course of construction. and portion already finished, which will be 50 feet wide on the top with an average height of about ten feet and five feet higher than the highest water known at that To- caiIy This levee, or embankulent, will entirely
 ENCOMPASS THE CITY.
 forming. the top, the front street on the bank of both the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and from its size and substantial character, will afford complete pro lection from overflow at any stage of water however high. The expense of this embankment or levee is provided for by the Trustees of the City propertv and purchasers of lots will not be taxed o. charged in any way for its construction. Other extensive and important improvements to be made at the expense ot the Trustees, are projected and will soon be com. menced, which will give additional value to the pro- perty.
 This point is acknowledged by all having any per sonal acquaintance with it, to be one of the heathest in the Valley of the Mississippi and. as regards sa ubrty of climate it compares favorablv with the heathles cities of the West This is proved by the testimony of the old residents, (of whom their are several hundred) whose families present pictures of robust health not exceeded by the inhabitants of any other district est East, and short acouaintance with the locality will not fail to satisfy any one of the fact. Without the levees or embankments on the rivers the inconvenience from high water would be but temporary, continuing for not longer than few weeks in any one year and would be but slight in de- gree during that period. By means of the levees already finished this slight uconvenenceis fully ob- viated, and now, during the highest floods, while other cities on the Mississippi and Ohio wholly or partially submerged Cairo is entirely free from an noyance by high water. From the great number of lots already sold to individuals, the buildings already erected and other Improvements making, and the great amount of business already concentrated there, the success of Cairo is placed beyond doubt and it is therefore confidently offered to the public as the safest and most desirable point in the country for investment of capital or the exercise of enterprise and industry.
 The title to the property is indisputable; and the written opinions to that effect of the Hon. Stephen I. Logan Judge Lyman Trumbull, Hon. D. J. Baker Hon. Sidney Breeze, Hon. J. Dougherty II. w. Bill hSS' anu C' VT. onois cSqrs or llllnoS. and of the Hon. Edward Bates. of Missouri, can now be seen by application to Thomas S. Taylor, of Philadelphia. or Charles Davis, of New York, the owners in trust of the property, or to their Agent at Cairo
 TERMS.-One-f fourth of the consideration money will be required in CASH, at the time of sale the balance can be paid in three instaments. of eouM amount, in one, two and three years respectively from the date of sae with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, the unpaid instalments to be secured on the lot itself by bond and mortgage The terms or sale Tn other respects, will be of liberal character as to put in the power of persons of the most moderate means to purchase. Application to pu chase or for information to be made to either o the Trustees at Philadelphia or New York or to tbe;r agent, S. STRAITS TAYLOR at Ca;rn
 Cairo, H.. April4, 1855.