Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-15
LONG CREDIT AND Az low PRICES.

MECHANICS, FARMERs AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the psng and industrious ps-ton q
the community is directed TO the following statements and lib
srsl Inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable hem By proper
, perseverance, and Industry provide comfortable and
IPeaking, very little capital
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State In the Valley the Mississippi offers 30 great an
portion Of where conditions ef climate aud
soil admirably combine produce those great staples,
oekE and WHEkT, as the Prairies Of 1linoiS
RIoH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich lean of prae is cultivated with such won
facility that the farmers asd Middle States
Is about equal to that OF England and the soil s so rich nat
1t will support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous rsirsad 700 miles length,
which connects with other reads and nsvigble lakes and Y
thus afordng unbroken wit the Eastern
and Southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capital and labor have bsen applied to developing tie
soil great the sstein iron aro
untouched The avSrabe rule that the mechanic flourish
day Illinois, in the the years
raj laws necessities Of the the belief that
OF Illinois in the various manufacturing employments
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
the railroad system Of Illinois Inssmuch as part q the in
from several Of these works, With valuable public fund
LIGHT and must c9nsequen nty, every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt only Slo, "a, and wtan the Ia
years reduced s0 and may
ably expect that in ten years will become extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
sons having been added noe O making the present POpus
ton ,7I9,4Os-a ratio Of 100 per cent in 10 years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
any other State The Products out during the past year
ceded 100000 tunE The wheat Of 1860 approaches
TERTILITY OF BOIL
Nowhere industrious farmer such immedasre
sus for his labor upon these prairie Soils they being
posed deep rich osm the fertility Of which unsurpassed
BY any on the globe.
To ACTUAL oULTIyAToRs.
Since 1854 the iOngpdny Aaoe sOd 100000 Gorss-
qgTeee. ciease Tie road has been eostrgcs
cd ttrOUgA these idRdS OF espese Of $4,000 600
t555s Z passes 10as og since uSGisI, 4792SS
haze been adde Hdb7g tAs sOsos poPuati0T sI4,s9I-
KvIDENcEso OF PROSPERITY.
A a evidence e. the thrift e he gesSS sG 6 aay bs stated ia
6OOgO uns OF tree including oooOVVO ousneS 81 gram
and barrels CT four we're forwarded oVsr the line last
year
encouraged By the State and endowed with large for
te sIpPOtt " - - - ~
leading State in the Great Weste.n EmEirs
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
codin te location quality Ec Frstclsss farming lands
about el0 SIC per and the relative Of
sbdung prairie compared with wood land isin ratio Of
favor OF the erer Tbs terms OF sale for the bulk
Of the lands win be
ONE YEARS TNTEREsT IN ADVANCE
per annu and int crest notes at six cent,
payable respectively one EO hree four, Ave- and
om and feur notes FOR principal payasle in four
Ave six and years from date Of sae the contract spu
ang that tenth Of The tract purchased shall be fenced snc
cultivated each and every year. for years from the date Of
sale st st the end Of ave should e fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER oXNT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the vauEon for cash. except the should Be at six
dollars when the cash price will be aye dollars
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands SOIL climate productions,
prices, and terms OF payment be had app csono
J. ". FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Iilnoih
For Of the towns, Villages and Cities situated upon
the Illinois Central Railroad lS8 le9 100, Apple
ton Railway Guide,
sp23-dtW&H6m