The true Democrat., 1856-01-01
The Trustees of the Cairo City Property Offer for Sale, at Private Sale, a Numbe
 IN THE CITY OF CAIRO,


 IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS:
 HlS City, asis we'll known, is situated at the con Il fiuence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, at the head of the uninterrupted and permanent navigation the Mississippi, with clear and open channel for the largest class of stcamboats at all seasons o the year to the city of New Orleans and the tuf Of MeX- CO., Situated it is the geographical centre of the Union, and of the great valley Of the MisslssPpl in region unparaelled in fertility and aboundng in all the elements of manufacturing wealth. and being the center of nerly thirty thousand miles Of river n- vigation Cairo possesses location that as 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 ,std is already completed, and the whole of it under contract and in of conStruc ton. It is the point also opposite to which, in Mis- souri, the terminus of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad is fixed by an of Congress- donating to the States of Missouri and Arkansas a portion Of the public lands 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 to 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 continuous railroad from Cairo to Fl Paso on the Western border of Texas, will short y 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 Railroad which. with its branches, will be over roo miles in extent, traversing 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 Gaena and Dubuque the Upper Mississippi and the cities of Peru and Lasae at the head of gation on the Illinois river. with the city of Cairo The main trunk and Galena branch of this road are now completed and passengers and freghs daily transported WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS from Galena and Chicago to Cairo By means of the intersection the Illinois Central Railroad with the Mississippi and ralIrOad SIy mi ,St of railroad communication is now open with that city and by intersections with other railroads direct communication is now opened between Cairo and all the princ pal 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- wee. but and substantial evee, or embankinent is 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 that To- caliiy. This levee. embankment 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- tectioD 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 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 com menced, which will give additional value to the pro perTty:
 sona acquaintance with it, to be of the heathiest in the Valley of the Mississippi and, as regards sa- lubrity of climate, it compares ftvoraby with the healthiest cities of the Vest This is proved by the of ,1, [,f several hundred whose families present pictures of robust health not exceeded by the inhabitants of any other district, West East and short uaintance with the locality will not fail to satisfy any of the fact. Without the evecs embankments on the rivers, the inconvenience from high water would be but temporary, continuing for not longer than few weeks in any year and would be but slight in de- gree during that period. By means of the evces already finished this slight inconvenience is fully ob viatcd. 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 ot lots already sold toindiviluas 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 safest and most desirable point in the country for | investment of capital the exercise of enterprise and industry.
 The title to the property is indisputable: and the written opinions to that effect of the Hon. Stephe T. Logan Judge Lyman Trumbu, Hon. D. J. Baker Hon. Sidney Breeze. Hon. J. Dougherty. II. w. Bill lings. and C. G. SmOns csqrs., of Illinois and of the Hon. Edward Bates of Missouri can now be seen by application to Thomas $. Taylor, of Pladelp pha, or Charles Davis, of New York the owners in trust of the property, or to their Agent at Cairo
 TERMS.-O fourth ot the consideration money will be required in CASH lt the time of sale; the balance can be paid in three instamcnts of equal 1 amount, ill one, and three years. respectively from the date of sale, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, the unpaid inStalments to bt secured the lot itself by bond and mortgage. The terms of sale, ill other respects. will be of liberal character to put it in the power of persons of the most moderate means to purchase. Application t purchase, for information, to be made to either the Trustees at Philadelphia New York or to thei agent, $. STRAITS TAYLOR, at Cairo
 Cairo, H., April4, 1855.