Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-01-29

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TUESDAY kvENING J N 29rH 1861.
HOMES FOR THE INDUSTRIOUS,
GARDEN STATE OF THE WEST.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
HAVE FOR SALE
1900. 200 Acres
Of Rich Farming Lands in Tracks of Forty Acrss and
UpWard on Long Credits and Lon Prices.
NIE ohe cn'erpr,sng portion OF the
Il community directed the following and liberal
inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.
which, they perceive enable them by proper energy
and Industry provide
selves and families with, comparatively speaking little capt.
tai
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No In the Valley Mississippi an ducs
the settler h4 State Of Illinois There portion OF
the wrrd where all OF the conditions climate and soil admir-
lily produce great staples coas and WHEAT
as the PraIries Of Illinois.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These contiguous railroad 80 miles In length,
which with other roads and nayssb lakes and rve
thus aordng an unbroken Communication with the Eastern and
Southern markets.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
800 private capital have been expended the
railroad system Illinois Ina'much OF the income from
Of these works. with valuable public fund In lands to
diminish State expenses the and must
quently every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The State DEBT Is only 49, s9s H. and within ne three
years reduced $3.50 l6 So and may reasonably
espect that In ten years Il toiH become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State is rapidly filing up with population sSs person,
having added rnce 1857 making the population
LIS, 400. ratio OF 102 per cent In ten years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agrcu ura Products greater than those Of
any ether State The products during the past
ceeded 900 UO tons The shtst crap OF loO approaches
bushels while the crop yields less than
bushels
FERTILITY OF THE SOIL.
Nowhere the Industrious farmer such Immediate
suits for his labor upon prairie soils they being composed
Of deep oam the fertility Of which by
the g'obe.
TO ACTUAL CULTIvATORs.
Srcs 1854 ne Cmppny hare soil 800 OOO TsysH
" to actual eirdtor and cuUy contract coHtiirs agree
nent TO cgrG The road his been constructed through these
lands erpeqsS # ssOOOOcOO In 1870 he population Of
,ytnino counties through p4'e Iss only S'5ass.
zinc. ic1 40 1913 hass been Gdded making te xAoe Iopa
ton sl4 81, gatn eftiS per cent
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
Az an evidence th Of people, may be sisted that
600 600 freight Including 900 900 bushels OF gran and
barrels Of -four forwarded the line last year
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The ces lands vary t25per acre. according
to aon gu Atty FIRST class farming lands sell for about
$40 per and the relative expense Of subdnlg prairie
land AS impaired with land In the ratio Of 10 In favor
Of the former The terms the bulk Of these lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE,
at six per cent per annum per n
payable respec lively three four ave AMI six years
tom date sale and four for principal able Ia four
ave from date Of sale the contract spula-
rg IN an tenth tract shall be fenced and cu
vAe year. for Eve from the date Of sale
that years onehaf shall be fenced and gder
cultivation
TWENTY PER CENT. WILL Be DEDUCTED
valuation fer cAh except the should be at six dollars
per acre. when the cash price Will he hVs dollar.
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands SOL climate productions,
prices and OF payment be had application to
J. W. POSTER,
Lana Conn,i.rioaer, Illinois Cent,ol Rnl,o1d,
Chicago, Illinois
For ofhe Towns Villages aad Cities situated upon the
nn,i, C,nrL Railroad pages lss 49, 19o Appetn Rail
Guide. Jali- dcAwSm