The true Democrat., 1856-03-11


 IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
 I>HIS City as is well known is situated at the con- 1 fuence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, at the head o the uninterrupted and permanent navigation on the Mississippi, with clear and open channel for the largest class of Steanboats at all seasons of the year to the city ot New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexi co. Situated it is the geographical centre of he union and of the great valley of the Mississippi in region unparaleelin in fertility and abounding in all the clements of manufacturing wealth, and being the center of nerly thirty thousand miles of river n yigation, 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 law large portion of which old is already completed, and the whole of 1t under contract and in of cOnstuc- lon. It IS the point also opposite to which, in Mis- sonr, the terminus of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad IS fixed by of Congress, donating to the States of Missouri and Arkansas a portion of the public lands to assist in building that road. The road now alluded to, will connect Cairo with Fulton in Arkan- sas, 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 land by the State of Texas a continuous railroad from Cairo to Fl Paso. the Western border of Texas, will short ly be built. forming the first division of 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
 
 miles in extent. traversng the State of Illinois from its Northern to it's extreme Southern limits and connecting directly the city of Chicago, at the head of navigation the Lakes, the cities of Gaena and Dubuque, the Upper Mississippi and the cities of Peru and LaSe, 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 completed and passengers and treghs daily transported WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS from Galena and Chicago to Cairo. By of the intersection ofthc Illinois Central Railroad with the Mississippi and Ohio railroad. about sixty miles cast of St. Louis a railroad communication is now open with that city and by intersections with other railroads direct communication is now opened between Cairo and all the principal cities and towns, not 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 thns, 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 ordinary le- wee, but and substantial levee, or embankment, is in course of construction, and portion already finished, which will be 50 feet wide the top with an average height of about ten feet, and five feet higher than the highest water known at that To- caiy. This levee or embankuent, will entirely
 ENCOMPASS THE CITY.
 forming. on the top the front street 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
  provided for by the Trustees of the City property, and purchasers of lots will not be taxed charged in any way for its construction Other extensive and important Improvements to be made at the expense of the Trustees, projected, and will soon be 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 of the hethest in the Valley of the Mississippi, and regards ubrity of climate, it compares favorably with the heathiest 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. West East and short acQuaintance with the locality will not fail to satisfy any one of the fact. Without the levecs cmbankments on the rivers, the inconvenience from high water would be but temporary, continuing for not longer thana few weeks in any year, and would be but slight in de- gree during that period By means of the levces already finished, this slight inconvenience is fully ob- vatcd. and now. during the highest floods, while other cities on the Mississippi and Ohio wholly partially submerged, Cairo is entirely free from an noyance by high water. From the great number of lots already sod toindvduals the buildings already erected and other Improvements making and the great amount o business already concentrte, there the suceces of Cairo is placed beyond doubt and 1t is therefore confidently offered to the public as t 0 safest and most desirable point in the country for investment ot capIt or the exercise of enterprise and industry.
 The title to the property s indisputabe; and the written opinions to that effect oI the Hon. Stcphe T. Logan, Judge Lyman rrUnbull. Hon. D. T. Baker, Hon. Sidney BrecAe. Hon. J. Dou@herly, II. W. Bill ings, and C. q. Smons eaqrs, ot Illinois and of the lion. Edward Bates, of Missouri can now he seen by application 10 Thomas $. Taylor, of Pilaole hia or Charles Davis. of New York. the owners in trust of the property. or to their Agent at Cairo, TERMS.-Onet fourth oI the consideration money will be required in CASH, at the time of sale; the baanoe can be paid ill three instuluents, of equal amount in one. two anl three years respectively. from the date of sale, with interest ut the of six per cent per annum, tile unpaid in~talmcnts to be secured on the .o, itself, by bond ana morcgdgc The terms of sale, ill other res ecs, will be of liberal a character as to put it ill the power of persons of the most moderate means to purchase. Application to purchase, for information to be made 10 either of the Trustees at Philadelphia New York; or to their agent, <. SHAFTS TAYLOR, at Cairo.
 Cairo. H.. April I, 1855.
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