Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-01
Garden state Of the West.
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
COMPANY
HAVE FOR SALE
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES.


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MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
the community directed to the following statements lib
sral inducements offered them BY the ,.--y
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
gy perseverance, industry provide comfortable per
homes for themselves and families, with, comparatively
speaking, very little capital. q.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State in the Valley the Mississippi SO great
inducenent to the settler the State OF Illinois There
soil admirably combine produce those great staples,
Co.'s AID WHEAT as the PrairiesO Of illinois.
RICH BOILING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich lean Of the praes is cultivated with such won
seru facility that TIE farmers Of the Sasrn and Middle States
it will support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These contiguous to railroad 700 miles in length
thus aacrding unbroken communication with the Eassrn
and Southern markets.
r APPLICATION OF CAPITAL.
Thus capita have been applied to developing the
s,;l TIE ,est e,rces Of the IN Iii o15 To- -
untouched The nVsahe rule that the mechanic flourish
best where food and fuel are cheapest will follow at an esry
day Illinois, the nsxt ten years the nstI
raj laws and necessities OF the case warrant tss belief that
OF Illinois in the various manufacturing eHplayments.
t RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS. .
Of capital Been D. S 5 On
cops from several Of these works With valuable public fund
LIGHT and mntt, Consequently, every day decresse
TIE STATE DEBT. .
The State Debt only soo5 9g a. and witniD the last
ably expect that in ten years it will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
son. having been ddd since lO ratihg the present %
ton IzI9, 496-s ratio Of l02 per cent in 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
The Agricultural Products Illinois greater than those
any other State The Products out during the past year
sxcesed 50Ooe tuna The wheat crop OF s6O approaches
IS coo 90 sf bushels while the yields not less than
FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere can the industrious farmer secure such iedatere
Euts for his labor upon these prairie sos they being
posed OF deep rich loan, tbs fertility of which unsurpassed
By shy the globe
TO ACTUAL oULTIvAToRs
STAGE 1854 tie i0a7paHg haUe sold 100000 acTsI.
taia6 az agreement to cls0ats 74eToa has ss Construct
ca taT04gh 4ese Gnds q an expense If s40,uOo 600
.Oich passes oig 1893, since t1Gsa, 47929S
haze besa added, making as sOAOSo population S14,s9I-
gain Of I43 per cent,
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
A. an evidence Of the thrift o. eoels nay be stated thu
GOO un OF freight including $500 600 bushels grain
and 9soO0 barrels OF -four, forwarded the line last
year.
Mechanics and Workngmen will End the free school system
encouraged By STATE and endowed with large
the support Of schools Their children can live in sight Of TIE
leading State in the Great Western Empire
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices Of these isnis from IS sa5 per acre,
cording location, quality, &c First farming lands
sudung prairie land compared With wood land in patio OF
to 10 in favor Of the former The terms o. sa for the bulk
Of the lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
At six percent 2nnum, and six ere notes per
payable respectively one, two, three four hye and six s4rs
from date Of sale and feur notes fer principal payable four
and years from date Of sale; the tpG
sng that tenth Of the tract purchased shall
cultivated each and year. orAve years
sale Inst at the end OF five half should be fenced
under cultivation.
TWENTY PR GENT WILL BIZ DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cash, except TIE at six
dollars when the cash price will he dollars
prices and terms of payment be had LEGATION
J. W. FOSTER. Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois,
For the OF the towns, Villages Cities situated upon
ths Illinois Central Railroad pages 49, ISO, Apple
toms Railway Guide.
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