Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-24
100000 Acres
RICH FARMING LANDS,
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND Ar Low PRICES
MECHANICS. FARMERS AND WORRYING MEN

| MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the enter prng and industrious portion
the community directed to the following statements Lib
| ersl inducements offered them by the
| ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive, will enable te by proper sner
y perseverance and industry to provide comfortable per
speaking, very little capital.
! LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State in the Valley Of the Mississippi offers so great
portion Of the world where all Ofthe conditions Of climate azs
soil 50 admirably combine produce those tsO great spes
| OoRH and WHEAT, as tie Prairies Of Illinois.
RIoH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich lssm Of prairies wi such vop
serful facility that tie farmers of the Eastern Middle States
about equal to that Of England soil is 80 rich thSt
1t will support twenty millions OF people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN Markets
These lands contiguous railroad miles In length
thus aorng unbrokeA communication with tie Eastsp
and Southern maTkets
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capita and labor been applied TO deylopu the
to the great the cea and iron are
untouched The nVsrble rule that mechanic arts flourish
best where food fuel cheapeFt will follow at an early
day in Illinois, in the the next ten ysaTs the pst
raj laws and necessities Of the OsEe warrant the belief
eA ave hundred thousand people engaged in the STATE
Of Illinois in tie various manufacturing employnents
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
the "a os system Of ipoi, Iun,nncb s n n., Pc f on
come from several Of these works. With valuable public
in lands, t. diminish the State Expenses the TAXES ARE
Ll3LT and must, consequently, every day decrease.
TIE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt only Sld,l5,398 H. and WitAa the Is
tre- years has been reduced s and We ay reason.
ably expect tas: p tsn will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
sons Ssyin been added nce 5a msEH% he Per
ton l,1 1!5,a5J-s Iatio OF IO& cent in 10 years.
AGRloULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural PRODUCTS Of Illinois greater than those
Of other State The Products out daring past year
exceeded lOp tunE The SEt crop Of is50 approaches
% ~ u blse while ths czoP yields than
l4O,6J ,JjO bushels.
Nowhere csu the industrious secure such mmed,Strs
sG leg h or as upon these prairie soils, they being com
Possi OF d rich loan, the fertility Of Sca unsurpassed
By any OF the globe.
10 ACTUAL oULrIvAToRs
Sa'oS 81 s24 ne to,9pdny hage sod I3OQ.0oo G:TsE
& 1Sg se Gg q sadt eEttodoTS asd eeg ecaet con-
~ ~ "1,Slg@ Lese L+Ts q Ct e4es Of $4,000 elo
.. ~ iso - 15 = e = q L3sgetae e9gs:-s; ss,Sg. &
1l1e sss4 idsd, aak2 ~ gaA~1s population SI4,S9I-
a gIas 2f Ii3 }as9 .ss:,
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
"a a. evidence OF the thrift Of the people be stated tbs
Geo 600 OF freight, including 100000 busbeg cf lain
ant s5oOOo Sarsl'Of four we're OrwarS.d ~ Nc ip' last
E.ToATroN.
Me=Eiss sBd W0rkingns will md the free school system
encouraged BY tie stse and endowed with large revenue FOR
n support q schools Their children can live in sight Of the
leadnE s-l;sin the Great Western Empire.
PEIOEs AND TERMS OF "a PARST.
ne prices ot ms ss esy f'ap y 80 per acre, s
sell fo about Or pcr acre; and the relative expense Of
sabdung prairie Ia9d compared with wood land Is =
70 10 in fAvot of the foer Tbs terms Ct slS f tse bulk
OF the IaGds VIII bs
ONE YEARS JEfEaasF IN ApvANoK
a. sly per at and sir int crest notes six per cent
payable respectively B three four fve years
on OF sale fOur notes fer principal payable four
Are and from date of sale; the Stpu
sE that tenth Of the tract purchased shall be fenced and
cultivated each and every year. years the Of
SALE that the end Of i've years should end
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cash, except the should
dollars per acre, when the cash price will be ATe collars.
Pamphlets dseTptye Of the lsndS, so climate producons
prices, and q 1ent, he had applicaouto
tE Y: ROsTE Z, Land Commissioner,
Illinois OSutFsl Railroad,
Chicago, illinois,
FOR tie Of the towns Villages snd css situated upon
tbs Illinois Central Railroad pages l5s. I3, IGO Apple
tCn Railway Guide
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