Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-04-23

| MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the enter psng and Industrious portion Of
the Community is directed the following statements AID lib
| srsl inducements offered them By the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which as they will Perceive will enable them, by proper ener'
y industry provide comfortable and
manen homes for families with comparatively
| speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State in the Valley of the Mississippi offers great
iuducement settler the State OF illinois There no
soil 81 admirably combine 70 produce great staples,
Co.'s and WHEAT, the Prairesof Illinois
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich sa OF the praes cultivated with such
facility Of the Eastern and Middle States
are moving numbers The Of Illinois
about equal to that of England aud the soil is SO rch tnAt
it will support twenty millions of people.
casters AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands are contiguous railroad 200 miles in length,
thus aOrng unbroken win the Eastern
and Southern markets
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL.
Tbus far capa and labor have applied developing the
soil the great ces and iron almost
untouched The that the mechanic srts flourish
food and fuel cheapest will follow at an early
day in Illinois, and the Of the next ten the nau
raj necessities OF the warrant the belief that at
hundred thousand people will be engaged In the State
OF Illinois the various manufacturing employEents
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over 900 of private capital have been expended on
come from of these works. With valuable public fund
in lands diminish the State Expease the TAx as ARE
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THE STATE DEBT.
The stats Debt is only A. and within the last
rea has been reduced 81 s and we may reason
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State rapidly hrg up with PopulstOn s6so8 per
having been added since 1850 making the present popua
ton !, 1885, ratio of lO2 per cent in III years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products Illinois greater than those
any other state The Products ser out d1ng the past year
The wheat crop Of 1860 approaches
IS bushels while the crop yields not eSs than
i4O'OOO'O0' '''- FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Novhere can the industrious such immediate
suits for his upon these prairie Soils they beng com
rose Of deep the fertility of which unsurpassed
TO ACTUAL CULTIVAToRs.
Since 1854 the company haze sold 100000 acres
They SCI only 70 Ge Ga r. @ nGd 1s
ed through these lands Of an e9pense of SSOsOOO ono
.n1h e 1asses 1os os s since sOlcs 1895
Gdoe been added The sehoIe population" SI4,s91-
a gain Of lab per cent
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
Aap evidence of the thrift people, may be stated that
tuns Of freight including 900 bushels ef grain
and barrels Of four forwarded over the line last
year. rD,-c.rrov
Mechanics and worknEneu will find the free school system
and endowed with large revenue for
support schools Their children can live in sight Of the
church and grow up with heprosPey othe
leading State in the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AND Terms or PAYMENT.
The prces of these lands vary from s25 per acre,
cording quality, First class armnA lands
sell for about per the relative of
subdnng prairie compared with wood lsni Isl ratio OF
10 10 in the former The terms OF sale Tor the bulk
of the lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
x per and six crest notes at six per cent
syane respectively two three tour nye and sx years
rom dase OF sae and principal payable In four
sir ani years from date Of SALE the contract stDu
ang tenth Of the tract purchased shall &c fenced and
each and every year. from the date OF
ale that end of i've half sAoud De ened ana
Ender cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
fran the valuation for cash. except the should be at six
per acre. when cash price will be dollars
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands soil climate
rIcs ard terms OF payuient be had LEGATION 70
P' J. w. FOSTER. Land Commissioner.
Illinois Central Railroad,
chicago, lncis
For the names Villages and Cites
the Illinois Central Railroad see pages lec lss io' apps
ton Railway Guide.
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