Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-03
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG OEEDIT AND AT Low PRICES.
MEoHAN1os. YARMrRs AND WORKING MEN

! MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN,
The attention the prisng and industrious portion
Tie cOmnuni directed to the following statements and LIB
| eral Inducements offered them by the
| ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILRoAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable them, by proper ener
g per,everanee and industry to provide cOfOrtabs and
nsnent homes for and FAMILIES with, comparatively
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS
No State in the Valley of the Mississippi offers 50 great an
portion Of the world where ali ofthe conditions climate and
soil 50 admirably combine produce those two great staples
oORE and WHEAT, as the Przrss Of Illinois.
RICH BOILING PRAIRIE Lands.
TIE deep lean the prares cultivated With such won.
deru facility that the farmers of the Eastern Middle States
is equal EngaDd and the soil Is SO rich tst
1t win support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous railroad 7OO miles in ls7gh
Gnd Southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capita and labor have been applied TO developing the
soil great the in csa and iron are
untouched The the mechanic arts flourish
best where food and fuel cheapest will follow at early
day Illinois the Of the next ten years the
raj laws and necessities Of the warrant the belief thatat
least ave hundred thousand people will be engaged State
o. Illinois in the various Misunderstanding enployaents
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
the rsfood system Of illinois Insuoi as part n he n Go
from several Of these works, With valuable public fund
lands, go diminish the State Expenses, the TAXES ARB
LIGHT and mast. censequeo atty, every day decrease
THE STATE DEBT.
Tie State Debt only A. and vitan the Ia
ably expect that in ten years it win become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
Hsyns been ddd snos $50 making the present opps
dOn i I9,49S-a ratio Of lOe per cent in 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products Of Illinois greater those
any ether State The PRODUCERS ont during the past year
eEcssed O0o09 tuns The ShSEt Of 1860 approaches
IS sf bushels, while the crop ysds not less than
I40,Oc9O00 bushels
Nowhere can the industrious secure imuedstere
su for his labor upon these prairie soils they being
Possd Of deep, s l0a, the fertility of which unsurpassed
TO ACTUAL oULTIVAToRs.
lSiaee IS54 The SOalP1Hy hdUe sold 100000 dc-ss
They sell O5y actual cssedsOTs. Gad eoy cOnacs
agreement cs0Gte The TGGd has BEN construct
ed through these lands Of espsase nf $4,000 OOO
.OheS { passes tos osig 80 ,5Ss, since oIsS' f7sa3s
haas been added, making fhs OAOs population sI4,sS1-
q gain Of l43 psT cent.
RvIDENCEseF PROSPERITY.
as n. ai a s 56sn G e 5as1 'sd s tTsn s
and barrels Of four forRsrsed over the line last
year. :
Mechanics and worngmen will find the free school system
encouraged by State and endowed with large
the support q schools Therchdren live in sight Of the
leading stats in the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AEp TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices Of these Rads vary from So s25 per scrs
cordng location, quality, &c Frsclass farming lands
sell for about $40 S2 acre. and the relative expense Of
to 10 in favor fsrmsf The balk
Of the lands viii be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
sx per aEnum a-d per cent
payable respectively in two, three four, Ave, and
Of and eur notes for principal payable in FOUR
ave- six and seven years from date OF sae the contract spu
ang that tenth Of the tract purchased shall be fenced and
cultivated each and year. for FIVE years from the date Of
s that at heend Of five be fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cash. except the should be at
dollars when the csshprice will be dollars
Pamphlets Eepye Ct the lands, soil, climate
preE and of payment, be had pplcatonto
J. ". FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois,
For the Of the towns, Villages and Cities upon
the Illinois Central Railroad pages lSS 1885, 100, Apple
tons Railway Guide.
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