The true Democrat., 1856-04-22
The Trustees of the Cairo City Property Offer for Sale, at Private Sale, Number of Lots
 IN THE CITY OF CAIRO.


 IIiS City. as Is well known Is situated at the con tuence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. it the head of the uninterrupted and permanent navigation on the Mississippi with lear and open channel for the Ia ges class of Seamboat> all >esolS of the year to the city New Orleans and the Gulf of Meyi- CO., Situated as It Is. near the geographical centre of the Union, and of the great valley of the Mississippi in region mparalelledi in fertility and aboundingin all the elements of manufacturing wealth and being the center ot nery thirty thousand miles of river n- Nlgau"n CalrO possesses location that regards manufacturing and commercial advantages. is unsur- passed. It Is the point opposite to which, in Ken tucEY the tcrnnUs of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad connecting Cairo with Mobile is fixed by lava large portion ot which oAd is already completed and the whole ot It under contract and in of ccnstruc- uon. It Is the point also opposite to which. in Mis- sOnr the terminus of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad Is hXetAby all act of Congress- donating the States "t Missouri and Arkansas portion of the public lands to assist in building that road. The road now alluded to. will connect afro with Fulton in Arkn- sis the TcXt. 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 i'll course of construction through eNaS. aided ny donation of land by he Ntate ot Texas continuous railroad from Cairo to II PaSo on the Western border of TeXIs will short y be built forming the first division of Il railroad to ne l'achc-Ocean aS 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 Foo miles in extent traversing the State of Illinois from us extreme Nprtncrn to It's extreme Southern limits
 ana connecting directly the city of Chicago at the head ot navigation the Lakes the cities of alena anl Du5uque on the Upper Mississippi and the cities p Fern and La-alle at the head of navigation on the uHnolS river with the city of Cairo. The main trunk u'd GaIena branch of this road are now completed lnt passengers and rcigltS daily trans poredi WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS, from Galera aud | Chicago t. Cairo By means of the intersection of the, Illinois Central Railroad with the Mississippi and ollo railroad. about sixty miles of St. Louis railroad communication is now open with that city ana by intersections with other railroads direct communication k now opened between Cairo and all the PrhGP4I cities and towns not only of Illinois but also of all the Northern and Eastern States Cairo VII also bc the terminus of railroad about to be built from Brooklyn opposite Paducah Ky. along amt down the Ohio river to its mouth thus bringing to Saro the rich products and wealth of the Wabash valley.
 The site of the city of Cairo now fully protected agmnSt overflow from the rivers by an ordinary le- Nce but q new and substantial evee, or embankment E m course ot construction. and portion already hni~hei which will be 50 feet wide the top. with an average height Of about ten feet and five feet higher than the highest water ever known at that To- calily. This levee. or embankuent, will entirely
 ENCOMPASS TIE 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 tecton from overflow al any stage of water however high. The expense of thi, embunkment or lpvee is provided for by the Trustees of the City urorertv and purchasers of lots will not be taxed or cbarred in any way for its construction. Othcreytou.iyc and Important improvements to be made at the eype,ise "t the Trustees are projected. aud will soon b. com. menred, which will give additional value to the pro- \ pcr'y.
 This point is acknowledged by all having anv pcr Sonal acquaintance with it. to be of the heathes m the Valley of the Mississippi and, regards sa- iUbutV of climate. 1t compares taVOrablv with the hcalticst cities of the West. Thisis proved bv 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. w est East and d short ucQuau anCe with the locality will fail to satisfy any one of the fact. Without the leveeS or embankm1nts the rivers. the inconvenience from high water would be but temporary continuing for not longer than few weeks in any one wear and would be but slight in de gree during that period. By means of the levees already finished this slight inconvcniences fully ob- vatcd. and now during the highest floods. while other cities 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 of Cairo is placed beyond doubt and it is therefore confidently offered to the public AS tho 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 indisputabe; and the written opinions, to that effect of the Hon Stephe, T. Logan Judge Lyman Trumbull Hon. D. l. Baker. Hon. Sidney Breeze, Hon. J. Dougherty Il. w. Bill gnu S VI, Sii'iio coqlS, oI lilllolS ana or 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 Of the consideration money will be required in CASH, at the time of sale: the balance can be paid in three nstalments of equal amount. in one, two and three years, respectively from the date of sae with interest the rate of six per cent per annum, the unpaid instaments to be secured on the lot itself by bond and mortgage The terms of sale. ill other respects will be of so liberal character to put it in the power of persons of the most moderate means to purchase Application to purchase, 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., April f, 1855.
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