Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-08
HOMES FOR THE INDUSTRIOUS,
GARDEN STATE OF THE WEST.
THE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
HAVE FOR sALE
100000 Acres
OF Rich Rariag Lands IL Tracks of Forty Acres and
Uptcard on Long Credits and Lon Prices,

yyuE attention ohe enicprns Oad Industrious portion Of the
community following statements snd liberal
Inducements offered them By the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.
which As they viii perceive enable them by proper
perseverance Industry provide comfortable homes FOR them
selves families With, comparatively speaking very little CAPT
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LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No state Valley the Mississippi ors great ndacs-
nent TO the settler as state portion
all Of the conditions OF climate and soil So admirs
bly, combine produce gseat staples OoRS and WHEAT
a the Prsries Of Illinois.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands are contiguous railroad 200 miles in length,
which connects navgable lakes and rivers
TINS aorin an enboken with the Eastern and
Southern markets
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
100000 Of private capital have been expended on the
railroad system Illinois Inasmueh part Of the income from
several works with valuable public fund lands go &c
expenses the LIoHT, and must
queaty every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The Ssrts DEBT Is only slOO6 SOS H. and ,On ne last res
years been reduced s2959Ti6 So and may reasonably
expect adt IN ten years I: 1ciH become estinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State rapidly filing up With population s6SO25 persons
having been added snce 1852 making the present population
l,7l9,s9O ratio Of1O2 per cent in ten years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Illinois greater than those OF
any The products sent out during the past
oeede The wheat crop 1850 approaches
900 bushels while crop yields less than
bushels
FERTILITY OF THE SOIL.
Nowhere can the industrious such Immediate
suits for his labor upon prairie Soils they being composed
o deep rich lOam fertility of which unsurpassed by
the globe. - . NON,
Sine. 1854 The Company haze sold 600 7Reyseu
u 90 actual crdrs and eDery contract contains agree
rt % cicdis The road has been constructed through these
ins at an expense Of $3OOOOOOO IN 1850 The population Of
6rHHe counties through toAieh passes ods only $685.
since ,rh 40 29s hare been ddded making he roe ould
ton sl4s9l, a gain ef143 per cent
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
As an evidence hr the people, be stated that
100000 tons freight including 100000 bushels Of grain and
100000 forwarded the line last
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
prices ofhese vary from s6to s25 per acre. according
to location quality farming lands sell for about
$40 s9 per and the relative OF ubdupg prairie
land as compared with the ratio OF 10 In
Of the former for the bulk Of these lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE,
at six per cent per aunu and six interest notes at six cent
payable respectively In three four Ave and six years
from date OF SALE for principal payable In four
ave- SIX and seven date Of the contract spula
ting than oneenh OF the purchased shall be fenced and cu
tvsted each and every year. Eve years from the date SALE
so that years oneha shall be fenced and under
cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT. WILL BE DEDUCTED
for except the should be at SIX dollars
per acre. when the cash price will be Ave dollars.
Pamphlets descriptive OF the lands SOIL climate productions
prices and Of payment be had application 70
Jw POSTER,
Land Commissioner, Hlinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois.
FOR the Towns Villages and Cities situated upon The
Illinois Railroad pages 1ss 49, $780, AppletOns Rail
way Guide. Jall-dkwen
WHITE GREASE-llO packages superior quality, land
w ing and for sale by n.rpvno,r
apS L&G d pAtENfohl.
WEST & JOHNSTON. -
w BOOKSELLERS, sTATI0NERs
AND MUSIC DEALERS Jas Main street,
Have for sale the ADDRESSES delivered before the Virginia
Convention BY
Hos. FULTON ANDERSON.
Commissioner from Mississippi
HoS HENRY l. BENsING,
Commissioner from Georgia, and
Hox JOHN S. PRESTON,
Commissioner from South Carolina,
February. 1861. Price % cents
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