Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-04-26
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS,
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES.

MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of prsing and industrious PARTON Of
the the following statements and lib
eral inducements offered them bS the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
wh they will pc osive will enable then BY proper sner-
gy and gus provide comfortable and per
manent home, themselves and aaes, with, comparatively
speaking, very little cspiIs'.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State in the VALLEY CT the Mississippi offers great
uducement to the settler Illinois There
sl admirably nbne 70 produce great speS.
CoRs and WHAT, tie Prsiries Of Illinois
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deem loan Of the praries with such
der facility CT the Eastern and Middle States
moving Illinois great ruubsrs Tbs Of Illiaos
equal that OF England aud the SOL s so rich mat
it Will support twenty millions of people
CASTERS AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
TkesaIands ,n to rIirsad 40 miles in length,
AsOrngan uubroken cmmuneatiOn with the Eastern
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL.
Tins far espa and labor have been app to developing
so he 0reat resource OF cea
untouched The that the mechanic arts Hjurlsh
b Tbsr food and fuel are chespest will foIow at s early
DAY in nos and ia the years ths
raj and necessities the case warrant t4s belief that at
o. Illinois the various anu'aeturing enPl"yAents
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over 100000 600 of private capital have been expended on
como from Of these With valuable public fsnd
in lands 90 diminish the State Expenses the rAXHs Ar
LIGHT, and must. cynseqQe oily every gay aecrease
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt is only sIO5ass "A, aud within the
tea years reduced 81 46 So and
ably expect that in ten years it will OecOm' extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State is rapidly 6rg mp with population; O6 per-
sons having 1850, making the pOpua
ton ,496-a ratio Of ls9 per cent 10 10 years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Produ CT Illinois greater than those
Of any state The Products srt cut dufag the past year
The wheat OF 1863 APP reaches
IS bushels while the corn crop yields not less than
i'O'''O''' O'' FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere the indutr us ia su,h inneda,ere
quits his labor these prare sos they beng
rosei Of deep rcs losm the fertility Of which is Unsurpassed
By any on the globe
TO ACTUAL oULTIEAToRs.
Since 1851 the ionpa q haze SOD 3OO,OSO acres
TAsy ss2 only 10 cult 2ors end ersr contract
tai an ogrstnssntto ciots hero I'd eoAss-o
In Is,s Ms Doput Of JoItysLae cosaties through
which pLsses lcts ~ s. J- siles whaca, 459 21S
gain Of I43 per cent
EvIDENCEso OF PROFANITY.
evidence of Of the people be stated that
COO freight, ncud ng s,6nO 10 rushsls gram
bar els -FOUR we're or"@dsd over the line last
year. ,
Mechanics and workn aud free school system
eacourzged oy the State aud enioSd sth
leading in the Great We 1eFn E.aplrs
PRICES AND TEAMS OF PAYMENT.
The prcss Of these Ian Is vary from 50 SIS per
cordng laciion quality First class iarnu lands
sell fOs per acre. tbs relative
sabduing r4rle land eompSrei with wood is 10 1 Of
10 Of the former Fhe Of sale fo the hulk
Of the lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
at six percent per snnum aterVs uot six per
payable respectively one two hre, i've, and
from date OF ae aad four pri1ciPI psyabs 10 four,
Ave six an seven from date Of sale the tract snu
ang that tenth Of the tract chased shall fenced and
cultivated each ave from the Of
sale so that at Of Ave years should fence and
cultivation,
TWENTY Pc CENT WILL De pEDVCTED
from tie valuation tor cash except the houd be at six
dSlsrs par when the cash rice will be ed,lars
Pamphlets sripve u tie SOIL china productions,
prices, and payment. be had sp hcauSntO
}. W. F0SrBss, Land CoHmssoHsr,
IlIiaois Central kaiio id.
chicago, Ln0is.
For the Of the towns, ages and Cities SITUATED up
the Illinois Cent? Railroad pages les. ls, leJ, apple
tons Railway Guide.
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