Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-27

| MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention the enter prng and industrious portion
the community directed the following statements and lib
sral Inducements offered them by the
| ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable them BY proDsr ener
perseverance, and industry to provide comfortable and
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No Stats IL the Valley Of the Mississippi ofers 50 great Al
nducensnt to the settler the State Of illinois There il nc
admirably combine produce those two great Staples
ooRE and WmAT, as the Prairies Of Illinois
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich lean Of the praries is t7stsd with such won
derfu facility that the farmers the Bagtern Middle satel
are moving to IaOis in great uunbers The nnoi.
about equal to that Of England, and the soil is rich that
twill support twenty millions Of people.
EAsTERN AND soUTEERN Markets.
These lands contiguous railroad mile, in length,
which connects with other roads, and navsbs akes and
thus afordngsR urbroen nunson with the Eastern
and Southern markets
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capita and labor A2ys been sppd to developing
untouched The nvsrabe rule the mechanic arts flourish
best where food sad fuel chesps viii follow an early
raj laws and necessities TIE that
least I've hundred thousand people v be engaged in hs State
ei llinois il the various manufacturing en- roymens.
RAILROAO SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
&C o5sT :I 60 Of Sf PEs d, ! ys been szsn6st @ on
coTns nom several o. 7@s oszs eh " aaee public fund
lAnds g diminish ths State EPsEa1 the Taxes ABS
HI,61 Z
tbs STATE DEBT
s The s.4 S De Deb sn o s5 y 3 "a u ana 3 san the 3
ably expect that in ten years it will extinct
PRESENT POPULATION,
The STATE !: rpidiy tEE @ sp Sa pcpa9tiO. 56so8 per
ton I,7l94 406-s ratio O. lG2 per ceI. in 10 years
AGRICULTURAL EODUCTs.
The Agricultural Proda-ts CT Iaois greater ths= those
exceeded I500GJg tUns The Es crop 1850 approaches
s bushels while tie crop yields no: les thsD
-'''''''''' ' FzRzIL1TY CT eon.
Nowhere the industrious fa'eT ssc1r sash uedaeTs
Ets Tor his labor these RE sells, they being
posed Of deep ss loaI the fertility Of which unsurpassed
by any on the globe.
10 ACTUAL cULTIvATcRs.
Since 1854 tie iOD7pdEy haze soil 100000 deYSI.
1heyss only to actual ca5GoT, and eUery contract
Cd fIro1gi tSsss Iasds c an ez9sass Of 100000 COO
IN 1850, tss oE2aatiOH u 0TtgHtse coNa55eS tksOu0k
GdVs bss addcd nsakg SSs soiSss gogEiaon s1i,sSio
gain Of las per cent.
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
evidence Of the thrift itmay stated
OOeO Of freight ncludng 86O00O bushels 81 grain
and barrels Of four forwarded over tho ne last
zDUoATIoN.
Mechanics and Workngnen will find tbs free school system
encouraged BY he state 11d WITH large revenue for
ths support q schools can live in sight Of the
leading State in the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices these lands Tsry from Sc SIS per acre,
@ @ aOu SIC @ a and he Taas as e5snss ahSa q
Sabdung prairie land compared with wood land is in rate Of
to 10 in fsvc Of the fesT The terms oi sale for the bulk
os the lands viii Be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
st six percent Pe snrG, and interest per
payable respectively in tRo three, four Eve, years
from Of sale and feuT notes Ter principal payable four,
and yesrg or cate Of sale; the contract stpu
arg that tenth Of the tract purchased shall be fenced and
cultivated each ard every year. for Eve from the date Of
sale, that At thee Of Ave yes be fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER CSN2 WILL BE DEDUCTED
NON the valuation for cash. except TIE sane should be st '1
dOllsrE per when the cash price will be dollars.
Psuphlet descriptive Ct the land soil climate productions,
Prices and terms Of payment be had app lcsontO
J. v. FOSTER. Land Commissioner
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicsso ulnoa
For the Of the towns Villages Cities uasd upon
tbs Illinois Central Railroad pages Is3. 1885, $780, Apple
tons Railway Guide.
ap2-dtE6rW6n a.