Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-05
IN THE
Garden state Of Lhe West.
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
COMPANY
HAVE ron SALE t
100000 Acres
OF
RICH FARMING LANDS,
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low prices.
MECHANICS, FARMBRs AND WORKING

MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of rprisng and industrious portion Of
the community directed to the olloEiRg statements AID ID
eral Inducements offered them By the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable hsn By proper sner
mausn home FER sSem1eiV. .ps SIIIs vita
speaking, very little capital
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State Valley the Mississippi offers 80 great an
nauemens to the settler the State Of Illinois There
portion Of The world where all Ofhe conditions Of climate
soil 50 admirably combine produce those great staples
cORs and WzEIr. As TIE PrAirissO nlinois.
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich le4m Of the Pras Is cultivated With such
moving Illinois in treat Buubsrs The area On Ios1
Is about equal 70 that Of England and the SOa rich
it will support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKKFs
These contiguous rArsAd 100 miles N engtk
which connects With other roads and BaVgbe lakes and
ers thus sordng unbrOken REstsTa
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capital applied to DEVELOPING ne
great OF the state eSs and a0ss
best where food cheapest follow At an ssry
day Illinois, and in the course Of the next ten the
least hundred thousand people viii engaged STATE
of Illinois in the various manufacturing employnents-
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over private capital expended
the railroad system Of illinois, Inas1ueh part Of the ia
come from several q these works. yith valuable public i5na
LIGHT, and must, consequently, every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The stats Debt is only slelo5 sss a. ana within tAs Il
ably expect that in ten years IL will become extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
The rapidly hEs Win population; $50 Os psr.
ton l,7I9496-a ratio Of l02 per cent in l0yeArs-
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
The Agricultural Products Of Illinois greater than s,s
o. any Sthe ua he s sToo ~ $50 spp1o.
5 s bushels while the corn crop yields not less than
l4o'OOo'OOO bushels FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere industrious sImer such immediasFs
salts for his labor these prairie Soils they being
rose rich loAm the fertility Of which is unsurpassed
BY any on the globe
To ACTUAL oULTIVAToRs.
EsSncs 1854 The company haze sold 100000
tais an agrssnt to cuisiOGss has
Cd Through these lands Of al sFpsass Of $4,000 900,
gOAic6 posses oklg SSS,59s, since sAia, 479s9S
6GVs 5es added, labag fAs soOls popastOs sI4,sst-
a gaia Of I43 per cent.
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
As evidence Of the tE q The people tnay b stad ~
barrels Of -four, forwarded over the line Ast
year. -
Mechanics and vorkngnen will ind The free school ysten
eacouragei By endowed with large for
the support Their children live sshtsf he
Leading State in the Great Western Empire
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices Of these lands vary from g to s per acre. a.
eording location, quality, &c Frstelass farming lands
so s3 and the relative expense o.
prairie land compared with wood land is in ratio 81
favor Of former The terms o. le for the bak
Of the lands win be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
and six interest notes AZ six cus
payable respectively three four, ave and
and four notes for principal payable In bur
and from date Of sale: the contract stpG
sng tenth OF the tract purchased shall be fenced 1na
each and for Eve from the dss o.
that at the end Of ave half aoud be nod and
under cultivation.
TWENTy DER GENT WILL az DEDUcFFD
from valuation cash, except the should be 81 N
when the cash will be hHe dollars
Pamphlets serptive Of the land soil climate, prodaeSas
prices, payment be had apDlicanouso
). W. FOSTER, Land Commissioner
Illinois Cantrai Railroad.
Chicago, Ulinoisa
For the names Of the towns Villages and Cities situated upon
tons Railway Guide.
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