Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-23
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES,
MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.

MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention of the prising and industrious portion
the community directed to the following statements and lib
eral inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable them by proper ensr
and industry TO provide comfortable and
manent homer for themselves and families with compsrsTs
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No Stats in the Valley Of the Mississippi great
inducemsnt to the settler the State OF illinois There
portion of the world where all ofthe conditions climate
soil 50 admirably combine o produce those two great staples
Cora and WHEAT, as the PrAirieso OF Illinois
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich loan Of the praes cultivated with such won
dsrG facility tat tie farmers Of the Eastern AID Middle stes
about equal to that Of England, and the sO rich that
Il viii support twenty millions OF people.
EAsTRBN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous railroad 100 miller length
which connects with other roads and navgsble lges
thus afordngan UnhTossn With he Eastern
and Southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thug Far capita and labor have been appd to deyopg r.
so the great resources of TIE State p a and iroa are
untouched The nvGra5e rule that the mechanic flourish
bs where food and fuel are cheapest viii follow at an er
day Illinois, the the next ten years the natu
raj laws and necessities OF the the belief that
least hundred Thousand people be engaged in the STATE
OF Illinois in the various manufacturing employments
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over q private private, capital h.ys been s1Ps 3; o.
come from several Of tsess works 9TH valuable PqbS qna
LIGHT, and must Consequently, every dag decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt only 1oI95 3s8 A. and itaO the Ian
ably expect that in ten yesrs it will seeoTe extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
s S4Is Zen s5d n sDds IS s ak1g s PEI
Hoa LIS, 4g6-a ratio Of Toe per cent in 10 years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
any other Products during past year
exceeded lBO The wheat crop Of 1850 approaches
IS O0 600 Of bahelS While the crop yields len thar
0,eC0 900 bushels
HoEheTo car the industrious farmer secure such medaers
Eu Tor his labor these prairie soils, they being
posed Of deep rich lOsa the fertility OF which unsurpassed
hy any o. lie globe
TO ACTUAL ouLTIvAToRs
Since 1854 the i01gpaay haze sold 100000 acres
agreement cuLUats The been construed
cd through these lands Of eoDeRse Of $4,000 COO
n 1850, TIE population Of torfy,liSs counties through
haze been aided, making 1hs ScIs opEGtiOH SI4sS9I
a gain Of lac per cent
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
AZ evidence Of the thrift Of the people may be stae tia
100000 tuns Of freight including e6UOOO0 bushels 81 grain
year.
Mechanics and Hon gnen will 6nd fres school syst.
by the State and endowed with large
tie support Of schools Thsrcdren live sight Of The
issdag STATE IN the Great wcstern Empire
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
cOrdin te looation quality &c FrstcIsss fsriDs Isnl,
sell for about $40 sl2 acres and the relative Of
10 in favor OF the sTe TIE Of s&ls The bulls
0! the lands viii be
ONE YEARS IETsREsT IN ADVANCE
1t six percent per snnam and per cent
able respectively in one hree four, ave. and years
o date OF sale and fsur notes fer principal payable 10 four
ave, and years from date Of sale the
Rng that tenth Of the tract purchased shall fenced and
cultivated each and every year. oT Ave years from the Of
ale, that at the end OF i've sou lie fenced and
1ndeT cultivation.
TWENTY PER oEHT WILL BE DEDUCTED
nom the valuation for cash. except the should
dollars when the cash price will be dollars
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands, coil, climate productions
price,, and terms Of payment, hsd apo eGton
J. ". FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Illinois Csntrzl Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois,
the the tozus, Villages and Cities situated upon
tie Illinois Central Railroad Psgss 5. 1853, $50, Apple
tor q RalSsy Guide.
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