Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-08
Garden State OF the West.
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAIL ROAD
G0AP&hY
HAVE FOR SALE
100000 acres
re- Il FARMING LANDS,
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES
MECHANICS, vAnxrRs AND WORKING MEN.

MECHANICS, FAREERs AND WORKING MEN.
The attention of the snerprsug and industrious portion Of
the community directed to the ooEisg statements aid lib
srsl Inducements offered them By the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable them BY
gy and industry to prOyids comfortable and per
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS
No STATE in the Valley of the Mississippi offers 50 great
uducemen the settler the stats Illinois There is
portion OF the world where all conditions Of climate and
soil admirably combine produce thoss two great staples,
CoRs and WHEAT, as the Pralrieso Of Illinois.
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep Of the praiss cultivated with such
facility Eastern Middle
are moving Illinois ruzberJ. The area Illinois
is about equal that Of England and the sci 10 rich that
it will support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous length,
which with other roads ami navgabe lakes and
thus afordng unbroken Communication with the Eastern
and southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL.
capita and labor have applied developing
soil the great the SAein csa and iron almost
best where food and fuel cheapest will follow at early
Illinois and il the Of the next years the nau
least hundred thousand people viii be engaged in the state
OF Illinois in the various manufacturing employment
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over SIO0OO OG9 of private capital been expended
in lands 20 tS diminish the state Expenses the Taxes GRE
LIGHT, AMI must csnsequeo tly every day decrease.
TIE STATE DEBT.
The Stat, only 295 A. and within the Ia
three has been reduced So and
ably expect thai in ten years it will become extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State rapidly hl-g up with population; ss O26 pc
having been added since 1850 making the pOPu
ton l,7l9, 49j-a ratio Of l02 cent in 10 years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products Illinois greater ose
Of any ether state The Products Set cut during the past ezr
oF the
FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere can the industrious farmer SEIZURE such msdaters
for his labor upon these prairie soils, they berg
rOsd Of d.p ro1 Ios the fertility Of which unsurpassed
by any OF ae globe.
TO ACTUAL oULrIVAToRs.
=. Since 1854 the iompasy Aaes sold I3O0,OSo acres.
They ssH only to actual cHi0tors and eUsy e0Eract
tas an azreeeHtto cl1ats TAe road las been oastrucs
Ell through these lands Of eDeHss nJ tO.aOO 600.
IN 1850 the DopuIltfoa Of J0Tt3-niae c9EHtis through
hare been aided, ngakgs ne boEs population a4,s9E
a gain Of i43 per cent.
RVIDENcEsoF PROSPERITY.
As evidence Of the thrift people, ra1y stated tia
500 $50 freight fnclui NJ s1aO 5ushis grain
and barrels Of -four forwarded ae line last
EDUCATION.
Mechanics and workinsnen w find the free ehOo system
encouraged the State and endowed with lars for
church and choo houses and grow With the ospery eitke
leading State in the Great We-5era Empire
PRICES AND TEAMS Oh PAYMEH.
The prices OF these lands from s. to - per acre.
cordDg location, quality, elias fsrmin. lands
sell for 3l0er E3 per the rlaye Of
subdlng prairie Land compared with ani Is in ratio Of
to 10 o. the former The sale for the bulk
OF tAe lands viii be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN DvANCE
at six parent per AZ AZ six per cent,
payable respectively two, hr ar, ave, and
from date Of sale and fou prirpI payabs four,
Eve six an from Of s the contract stipu
latng tenth Of the pucsd shall re fenced and
cultivated ech evcry var, ears from the Of
end Of years should Be fsnosl
u1Ger cultivation.
TWENTY PEI oEST WILL z DEDUCTED
from the valuation cash. except should
dJlLrs per when the vi be dollars.
Pamphlets sriDve OF LANDS, d. climate, productions,
prices, and terms OF payment, be pa lcatJn
J. ". FUSIEs. And Commissioner
II !iD5 Central RAilro1d.
Chicago, 1 nois
For the names Of the owns s and Cities situated upon
the Illinois Central RAILROAD pes 49, lsg 49,, apple
toms Railway Guide.
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