Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-11
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES.
MECHANICS, FARMERs AND woRK1Ne men

| MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the enter Prising and industrious psron
srSl inducements offered them by the
/ ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, as they viii perceive viii enable ths proper
msnent homes for themselves and families WITH comparatively
! speaking, very little capital.
| LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State Valley OF the Mississippi offers 20 great an
nducement to the settler the State Of Illinois There
portion Of the world where all 0the conditions Of climate and
soil 50 admirably combine produce those two great staples
CoRE and WHEAT, IS the Prsries Of Illinois.
RIoH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS
The deep rich lean of the prares With such won.
are moving to Illinois in great numbers The Illinois
It viii support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lad contiguous railroad 700 miles in length,
which connects Sh other roads, and nsvgable
thus aFordingan communication with the Eastern
and Southern markets
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capital and labor have applied to developing s
untouched The invarabe rule that the mechanic rts houh
best where food and fuel cheapest at an early
raj laws case warrant tie belief
least I'VE hundred thousand people will be engaged State
OF Illinois IN the various manufacturing employnents.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over SO GOO Of private capital hsY been expended
eos rom several ol these WORKS. Eth valuable public fund
In lands 60 s diminish the State Expresses the TAXES ARE
A4d44AB anu HlAh CSnst4 every day decrease
TEE STATE DEBT.
The STATE Debt h only - 3 ss9 H. and within the ls
re years ass been reduced S2594b eO and
Ably expect that in ten years it will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State Is rapidly hEg up with population a6O26 per
sons having been added since $780, making the present popu
ton l,7l94s5-a ratio Of lO2 per cent in 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Products Of Illinois greater than those
exceeded 5Og The crop OF 1850 approaches
IS Of bushels while the yields less than
FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere the industrious farmer such Immediate
suits for his labor upsn these prairie Soils they being com
posed Of deep ro9 iOa the fertility Of which unsurpassed
By any on the globe
ToAoTUAL oULrTvAroRs.
os & 1881 so tSs toH9Pony Aaes sod 100000 ao-es
t g SS S 9g q q s c,s r. qa ana 1s e9sc con
Cd thr0agh these lands Of an ePease or $4,000 900.
tcAicA a passes 9Dds oo 3S5,3s, since s0xsa 1Ta 29S
AdDe 6eoz addSd 1dbHG the sOhOfe reputation sI4,s9I-
EVIDENCEsoF PROSPERITY.
A. an evidence Of the thrift Of the people s be stated hs
6O9O tuns OF freight including e,6OO0O bushels Of grain
and OO bsrres OF -four, forwarded the line last
year.
Mechanics and workngmen free school system
encouraged by the State endowed with large revenue for
the support children can live in night Of the
leading State in the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices Of these lands vary SIS per acre. &C.
eordng to location, quality, &c Frstclass farming lands
sell for about $40 or S2 per acre. and the relative Of
to 10 il favor the terms Of sale for the bulk
Of the lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
At six and cent
payable respectively in wo hree four hve,
date OF sale and eur notes fer principal payable four,
years SALE the contract stipu
atng that tenth of the tract purchased fenced and
cultivated each and year, Eve years date Of
sale that at the end Of Ave half should
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER GENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the valuation for csh, except the six
dollLrsper acre, when the cash price will be dollars
Pamphlets scrptve Of the lands SOIL climate productions
prices, and terms Of payment app lcation to
J. ". FOSTER, Land Commissioner
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, illinois,
For the Of the towns Villages Cities situated upon
the Illinois Central Railroad ses lSs. I69, 9O Apple
tons Railway Guide.
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