New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-13


IN
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARD,
LONG CREDIT AND AT LOW PRICES.
| MECHANICS FARMERS AND WORKINGMEN.
The attention Of the enterpng aud industrious portion Of the
ducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
~ and Industry to provide Comfortable and per.
manent homes for themselves and families WITH comparatively
speaking, very little capital:
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State in the Valley of the Mississippi offers great in
@ ~ b 70 5 pe see 81 ne ne mere Is no PUr
admirably combine to produce those two great staples corn aud
wheat, as the pIaiTies of Illinois
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich lSam Of the prairie. is cultivated with ,3ch
States moving to Illinois in great numbers The Of Hi
nos Is about equal TO that Of England and the soil Ia rich that
1t will support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous Railroad 700 miles In length
which with other roads and nayigsbe lakes and
thus sordg unbroken with the Eastern and
Southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL.
Thus far capital and labor have been applied deveopnsthe
soil the great Of the State In Coal and iron
smost untouched the nyaabe rule that the mechanic arts
flourish best where food and fuel cheapest will follow at an
early day in nos aud In the Of the next the
natural avs and necees q the warrant the belief that at
least FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE will be en-.
gagged In the State Of Illinois In the various manufacturing
ploymenis
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over 10000 900 Of private capital have been expended
the aoeds system OF Illinois nasmuch part Of the income
lands go diminish the State expenses the taxes are light and
must consequently every day decrease
THE STATE DEBT.
.s, three year. Sa. BEEN reduced 81 4 so and we may
reasonably expect tha, in ten years will become extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
,rn, 19 s5SS p & hs up with % o
7l9i@,-ar.to Of lO2 per cen: in ten years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The agricultural products Of Illinois greater than those Of
ended eco an T6s wheat crop Of 1850 sppoaese.
oo eu.he, while the corn crop yields not less than
FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere can the indu.ou. farmer secure such immediate
results for bis labor these prairie soils they being
By any on the globe
TO ACTUAL CULTIvATORS.
SiSse 1854 he Company hare 'old 100000 dere'.
Thy sell only actual era, anS every contain,
inc 7ds OeeH br0bg1
te'e land asan ezpenseq $50. 100000. In h195O,ns
population Of the ortnne counties through rhh pdnes
only 335, ,50S 'nee Ohioh, 40 293 haze been added
makiHS The UhO's population S14, ,S91-a gain of 143 per
eeaL
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
Az evidence Of the th Of the people may be stated
that co coo tuns Of freight including 86O bushels Of grain
and $50 600 barrels Of -four were forwarded over the line last
EDUCATION.
Mechanic. Working Men will find the Free School system
by the State endowed with
the support Of schools Their children live IN sight Of the
Church and Schooouse and with the prosperity Of
the leading State In the great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices Of these lands vary from SC 10 s25 per acre
coding location quality &C. Firstcass farming lands sell
dns prairie land compared with wood land Is IN the of
10 favor the former The terms Of sae for the bulk Of
these lands WILDE
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE,
per per Annu and sI per cent
payable respectively in three and six
from date Of sale and four notes for principal payable In four
FIVE sir and from date Of the contract puls
ting that onetenh Of the tract purchased ha be fenced and
cultivated each and every year for tive years from the date Of
sale that at the end OF i've half shall be fenced and
under cultivation
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED /
valuation except should be dol
lars per acre when the cash price viii be i've dollars
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands soil climate productions
prices and terms Of payment. be had application
J. w. FOSTER, LAND COMMISSIONER,
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD,
For the of the Towns Villages and Cities situated upon
the Illinois Central Railroad l3S ls9 lS Appletons
Railway Guide.