The true Democrat., 1856-04-01

IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
 NilS City as k well known, s situated at the
 tluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. at the lcad of the uninterrupted and permanent navigation on the Mississippi with clear and open channel for .c largest class of steamboat, at all seasons of the year to the city of New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexi- O. Situated as 1t Is, near the geographical of the Umon and of the great valley of the Mississippi in region unparalclcdn in fertility and abounding in al the elements of manufacturing wealth, and being the center of nery thirty thousand miles of river yIgatlon, Cairo possesses location that regards manufacturing and commercial advantages, is unSur- passed. It Is the point opposite to which, in Ken lucky. the terminus of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad connecting Cairo with Mobile is fixed by lava large portion of which otd is already peted and the whole ot 1t under contract andn of ccn>tuc- uon t IS the point also opposite to which. in Mis- souri. the terminus of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad iS tNed by an act of Congress- donating the States of Missouri and Arkansas q portion of the public lands to assist in building that road. The road now alluded to, will connect Cairo with Fulton, ill Arkan- aas. on the Texas line. and the companies are already organized and the preliminary arrangements made 10 construct 1t with promptness and energy. By it's connections With railroads in course of construction through Texas, aided by donation of Ianl by he State ot Texas a continuous railroad from Cairo to El Paso. on the Western border of TeXa, win short IY be built, forming the first division of a railroad to the Pacific Ocean as contemplated to be constructed on the most generally approved route. Cairo s also lhe Southcrn terminus of the great Illinois Central Rairoad which, with its branches will he over Too mics in extent, trHVersinE the State of Illinois from Its extreme Northern to its extreme Southern limits and connecting directly the city of Chicago at the head of navigation the Lakes. the cities of Galena Rnd DubnQne, on the pper Mississippi and the cities of Peru and a.allc at the head o navigation on the Illinois river. with the city of Cairo The main trunk and Gaena branch of this road are now conpcted and passengers and reights daily trans ported WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS. from Ga!ena and Chicago to Cairo By off the intersection the Illinois Central Railroad with the Mississippi and Ohio railroad about sixty miles east of St. Louis railroad communication is now 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 Nli also be the terminus of d railroad about to be built from Brooklyn opposite Paducah Ky.0 Hlonr
 and down the Ohio river to its mouth thus bringing to alro the rich products and wealth of the Wabash valley.
 The site of the city of Cairo is now fuiv protected against overflow from the rivers, by an ordinary e- vee but q new and substantial lcvee, or embankment IS in conrSe of construction and portion already finished, which will be so 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- cailiy. This lcvee, or embankuIent will entirely
 ENCOMPASS THE CITY.
 forming on the top. the front on the bank of both the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and from its size and substantial character will afford complcte 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 property and purchasers of lots will not be taxed or charged III any way for its construction. Other extensive and important improvements to be made at the eypense Of the Trustees. projected and will soon be com menced, which will give additional value to the pro- perty.
 This point is acknowledged by all having any Der sonal acquaintance with it. to be one of the heatest in the Valley of the Mississippi, and as regards sa Iubrlty of climate 1t compares favorably with the heathcst cities of the Vest This is proved by the testimony of the old residcnts, (of whom their are several hundred) whose families present pictures of robust health not exceeded by the inhabitants of any other district West East, and short acouantanre 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 nconvenencei fully ob- vlated, and now, during the highest foods while other cities on the Mississippi and Ohio are 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 concentrat M there the success of Cairo is placed beyond doubt and 1t IS therefore confidently offered to the public as tle 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 indsputable; and the written opinions to that effect of the Hon. Stephen T. Logan, Judge Lyman Trumbull, Hon. D. J. Baker, Hon. Sidney Breeze, Hon. J. Dougherty, II. w. Bill ings, and C. G. Simons, esqs., of Illinois, 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- fourth oI the consideration money will be required in CASH at the time of sale: the balance can be paid in three insalments of equal 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 arr n ntc bo ofr character to put it in the power of persons of the most moderate means to purchase. Application to purchase or for information to be made to either of the Trustees at Philadelphia or New York or to their agent, S. STRAITS TAYLOR, at Cairo
 Cairo, H., April4 1855.
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