Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-28
TRACTS OF FoRTYnACKEs, AND UPWAR
LONG CREDIT AND Ar Low PRICES
mEoHANIos, rARMERs AND WORKING nlEN.

/ MECHANICS, FABMERs AND WORKING MKN.
The attention Of the psng and industrious portion
I eral Inducements offered them by the
i ri ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, a,
which, they will perceive, will enable them, By proper
anent homes for miIies with corpasfiye
speaking, very little capitsI 8: d. In 'a.b zi.l
| -t-.sa -g.:.3 LANDS OF uLIE0IS. 70 aaali 3
No Stats in the Valley the Mississippi offers 50 CREST
indacsnsnt the settler the State OF Illinois There
portion the ali ofthe conditions OF
Cons and WHEnT, as the PraIrisS Of Illinois -
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS! a. ,'.
The deep rich eam Of the prAies cultivated with such
Ere moving Illinois great numbers. The area Of nno
y about equal 70 that Of England and the soil is rich that
Il viii support twenty millions Of people -f. z.+
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS. .sa
which connects with other roads, and navgable lakes rV
srs thus aaOrdngsn unbrOksn with tie Eastern
81 APPLICATION OF CAPITAL s-s-r
Thus far capita and labor have been applied developing
soI great Of the Ssten oea and iron
beg where food and cheapest will follow at an early
day Ipois and in the Of the next years the
least Ve hundred thousand people vbe engaged in ths ate
o. Illinois in the various manufacturing emPOynentS.
... RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS. rg
Over Of private capital have been expended
TIE RAILROAD ystem Of illinois, Inssuuch part Of the in
in lands 60 Z dins the state Expenses, the TGxEs ARE
LIGHT, and must c1Rsegue ntly every day decrease
.a TUE STATE DEBT.
three years has been reduced s So nay reason
ably ereCt that in ten it will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State rapidly hlrg up with Popuhtioai e6oO3o per
having bsp sdded since 1850 making the present pOPuA
ton {96-s n 10 OF 192 per cent in 10 years.
AGRlCULTURAL PRODUCTS. i. .. b.
The Agricultural Products Of rEos greater than those
any ether State The Products Out daring t past year
sf bushels while the corn crop yields not les than
t'''''''''' FERrILTrY OF soIL.
Nowhere the industrious farmer secure such
Eul for his labor as upon these PISre Soils tney being eo
TO ACTUAL oULTTvAToRs ~.
7ky seI only to actual cusiDaors Gsd sseTy contract
tais an agreement ei0ats road has been 60st
h 1850, Ms population Of ToTtylias c0Stiss fsr0lgA
vhc6 passes soos 91g 335,59s since s0Atsn 47SS9S
a gGiH Of l43 per Gsst .. .....
sD gns SToeG0S o frSe o including Gi bsShSs o %
600 barrels Of dcur forwarded the line Last
year .-.. .,-,,,.,-o,,,,r .r -. -.
Mechanics and Workngmen will find the tree school system
the support q schools Their children can live in sight tue
church and shOolhouses and grow with the prosperity 0ths
leading State in the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices Of these lands vary from 50 to S5 per acre 70
Tng IN e G1 qT. S s5 @ Iss1s aS nSI Of
subdung prairie land compared with wood land ratio Of
10 n favor Of the former The tsS Of ale for the bGk
Of the lands win be .. ..-
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE .
percent per annum and six interest notes at six per cent
payable respectively in Eo hree four ave, and six
om sale and four notes fer principal payable in four
and from date Of sale the contract stpu
ang tenth of the tract purchased shall be fenced and
cultivated each and for i've years from the date OF
SALE that at the end Of hy Aoud be fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from tbs valuation for cash. except the same should be at SIX
dollars per acre, when the cash price will be dollars.
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands, soil, climate productions
prices, and Of payment, had LEGATION
J. ". FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad
.. Chicago, Illinois
For the Of the towns, Villages and Cities situated upon
the Illinois Central Railroad le, ls9, l9O Apple
tons Railway Guide.
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