Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-14
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES.
MECHANICS. FARMERS AND WORKING

MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
the community is drssed The following statements and lib.
eral inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they perceive, will enable them, by proper ener.
g and DduGy to provide comfortable and per
homes for themselves and families, with, comparatively
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
Nc State IN the Valley Of the Mississippi great sn
nuoement to the settler the state ii Illinois There
soil admirably combine produe those two great staples
Co.'s and WKEAT, as the Pralries Of Illinois
RICH BOILING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rh lean Of the praries cultivated With such won.
deru facility that TIE farmers Of the Eastern and Middle
moving to Illinois great umbers The of Illinois
1t will support twenty millions OF people.
Eastern AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous raroad 100 miles in length,
"hcn VIZ oueI IOsu1 anu nsVIaoe akes Hnd nv
thus afortngan unbrOken communication with The Eastern
and southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL.
Thus far capita and labor have been appp to deTeIopug the
untouched The nvsrsbe that mechanic
dsy in Illinois and in the course Of the next ten ys the na1
raj laws and necessities the warrant the ef thatst
o, Illinois i0 the various manufacturing empoyEe1ts.
R-ILRuAO SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS
Over SOoO yOO Of private capital have been expended on
IN ispds 20 t. diminish The state EIpsSss Ihs TaXEs ARR
LIGHT and must, Consequently every dag decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt Ony 81 In5 2gs -, and within the LAST
years reduced 81 $50 80 may reason
ably expect that in years it VII. besUle extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
soa ync 5ep daed since $50 skins me present poppis
ton ,7 iJ-s ratio Of l1E cent in 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Of ether state The Products CT; during the past
sxAed 5O0O tuus. The wheat crop Of 1850 approaches
8 mo $50 bushels while the crop yields cot less thar
i4O,OJO 900 bushels
Nowhere can me tnausr Us "a e secure snch inedaiers
su.ss for bis labor these PFsre soils they beng
rOsd d deep o loan the fertility of which is uaaarpsssed
ny any the gohe
TO ACTUAL oULT1VAToRs
Knee Is5l he tszapai haze soZi { $1,000 o
ta1 an agreement to c10ass 7hoTogd 6as8esn conSsrict
d t6rorgh t5ese ban9s 81 an espslse of u. 90 90
IN 1880, tie Tof2 ttoa Of yoTtyrtae c9afaties through
haze 5Ss ad5sd, 1aEig ne dol population SI4,s8IS
gain Of as PER cent
EYIDLUCEsOF PROSPERITY
an evidences Of tnrtt O. the eopls tmAy stated tina
5OOO un OF freight including s6o0O0 bushels e grain
and $50 @ barrels Of Roar forwarded the lie last
yesT
EDUCATION.
Mechanics ao workngmeD will dudtke fee rchocl system
BY the state and endowed with for
church nd Sshoo housss and grow with the prosperity OF the
leading Staten the Crest We tern Empire
PRICES AND TEoAS Os PAYAENT
The prices Of these lands vary fon 90 10 s5 per acre, &c
cordirg l0casn quality, &c First class arIuA lands
sui1uE prairie lad 81 compared with in Of
favor Of The former The terms Of sale for the bulk
Of the Lands TiH be
oyETEAR's INTEREgT IN ADVANCE
per -Rad and interest notes six Ter cent,
payable respectively in one, t'2 te ou i've and Sxyears
from date Of s and four notes for principal payable IN four
years from date Of sale; the stUu
sng at tenth Of the tract purchased shall fenced and
cultivated each and for ave from the cate Of
sale the end Of ave yes half should be fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cash except the same shoDd be st SIX
do Irs per when the cash rice will BE edollaTs.
Pamphlets soTp:;ye Of the lsnas sU climate, productions,
prices, and farms Of payment be had sprcationto
}. ". FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois,
For the Eaes q the towns Villages sud Cities tr9sd upon
tons Railway Guide.
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