Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-10
Garden State Of the West.
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND ar Low PRIOEs,
MECHANICS. FARMERS AND WORRYING xEy

| MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the prisng and industrious portion
the unity drected 70 the following statements and Lib
| eral Inducements offered them by the
| ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable them By proper ener
Pereverance and industry to prOyids comfortable and
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS
No State in the Valley Of Mississippi offers so great a.
portion Of the world where conditions Of climate ana
so 50 admirably combine 70 produce those two great staples
oeRE and WHEAT, as TIE Praires Of Illinois.
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep m loan OF the praes cultivated with such Won
deru facility that the farmers the Middle States
Is equal Of England and the sol Is 90 rich tst
It viii support twenty millions OF people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous rairoad es In length
era thus aforng an unbroken Communication with the Eastern
and Southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus capital and labor have been applied TO deyeopnp M
soil he rrea esourc Of the Statein osa and ion ~
Untouched The nvaEiabe rule that the mechanic arts flourish
S y; TiIJi % S I =; @ tb t wiz tOLlO" M 81 an eary
raj laws and necessities Of the warrant the belief
OF Illinois in the various manufacturing empoynents.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over Of private capital have been expended
from several OF these works. public fund
lands, go ta diminish the State Expenses the TAXES ARE
THE STATE DEBT.
Tbs State De D.t @ is only s5oq3 g; 81 T. - and within the
ably expect that in ten years it will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The Stats is rapidly hrg with population; 6sO26 per
1on ,496-s ratio Of l02 Fer cent in 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products Of Illinois greater than those
Of srv otber state The Products Sert ont DARING he es
exceeded l5O0OO9 The wheat 1850 approaches
ef b1shels while the corn crop yields not less than
FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere the industrious farmer such immedateF
salts for his labor upon these prairie sos they being
posed OF deep rcb os the fertility Of which is unsurpassed
BY any on the globe.
TO ACTUAL oULFIVAToRs.
S1ce 1854 TIE fonpany hGUe sold 100000 ceres.
7yseH only to actual cai0dtors. and e0eTy contract
ed through these lands Of espeHSs Of S3O,OOO 600.
Ia 1850, tie popuEGtion Of yorrniAe c0usses Gro0a
haze 6es added, making s tcbol5 popasion SI4,S9I-
a gain Of l43 per cent.
EvIUENoEsoF PROSPERITY.
COO 600 tuns Of freight including 6OOO bushels Of grain
ard barrels OF Four were forwarded over the line last
year.
Mechanics and Workngmen will find the free school system
encouraged BY the State and endowed with large for
he support Of schools Their can live in night Of the
eAding State in the Great Western KnRire.
PRICES AND TERMS or PAYMENT.
The prices Of these lands from So s5 per acre,
$40 s2 per acre. the relative expense Of
sbduing prairie land compared with wood land ratio Of
to 10 in favor OF the emer The terms OF sale for tbs bulk
4 the lands viii be
ONE YEAE's INTEREST IN ADVANCE
six cent and six int crest notes at six cent
ayabe respectively in two, hree four ve and
date Of sale and four notes for principal payable four
ve six and from date Of s2le the stpu
sting that tenth Of the tract purchased shall be fenced and
cultivated each and year. Eve years the Of
ale that at the end Of years should fenced and
ipdsr cultivation.
TWENTY PEE OENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
the valuation for cash, except the SIX
ollSrs per when the cash price dollars
Pamphlets scriptive Of the lands climate productions
ces, and terms Of payment be had app cation to
J. ". FOSTER, Land Commissioner
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago Illinois
For the Of the towns, Villages and Cities situated upon
be Illinois Central Railroad pages lS ls9, 100, Apple
on'B Railway Guide.
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