Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-17
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RICH FARMiNG L LANDS,
rRAoTs OF poRrr ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low pnIoEs


MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the snerprisng and Industrious portion
The community directed to the following statements and lib
srsl Inducements offered them BY the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable them. by proper ene
gy perseverance and indusy to provide comfortable and
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State in the Valley the Mississippi offers 80 gres an
portion OF the world all ofe conditions Of climate auS
soil g admirably combine to produce those two great staples
ooRS ana WHEAT as the Prairesof Illinois.
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS
The deep rich loan OF the praes cultivated With such won.
eu facility that the farmers Of the Eastern and Middle States
is about equal England and the soil is so rich inst
It will support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous railroad 200 miles in length
e thus ahordnga unbrOken communication with the Eastern
snd Southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus capital labor have been applied to developing the
so the great of The State iron are almost
untouched The nvsrsbe rule that the mechanic arts flourish
best where food and fuel cheapest follow at an early
day Illinois, the the next ten years the nat1
raj laws and necessities OF the the belief that
least five hundred people be engaged in tbs STATE
OF Illinois in the various manufacturing employnents
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
& q q PgSss gd;, capital have been sTPsndsd Or
cons from several q thsse works. With valuable public fund
LIGHT, and nus;, e0nsequen ntly, every day decreass
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt isOny solO539s A. and within the lsl
sby expect that in ten years it will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
1hs 5 sss s5 r1 s5d h y vs Gpa0n ss Pc.
ton IL ,4e6-a ratio Of IO2 cent in 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
any other State The Products ont during the past year
exceeded 100000 tuns The wheat crop Of 1860 approaches
Of bushels while the crop Yields not less than
If0.OG5OOO bushels
Nowhere the Industrious such immediate re
suits for his labor these prairie Soils they being
posed Of deep rich lOa the fertility of which is unsurpassed
by AEy the globe.
TO ACTUAL oULTIvAToRs.
Ssaos 1854 tie dOEgpday haze sold 100000 GeTes
sate agreement cU0Gte Tie road has been construed
cd through these LaEds Of espense Of $4,000 O0O
Ia 1850, The population Of JOtyniAe counties through
erie1 passes oaIg 335,50s, since SoAisa 479,29S
hare been added, Eaa:ag he sOHOe population S14,S91-
a gain Of l43 per cent.
EVIDENoBsoF PROSPERITY.
evidence Of the thrift Of the people, may be stated ha
100000 tuns OF freight including S60O000 bushels Of grain
and go 600 barrels Of -four forwarded the line last
year.
Mechanics and Sorngmen will hnd the free system
encouraged by The State and endowed with large for
the support Of schools Therchdren live in sight of the
leading State il the Great Western Empire.
PRICES ANDTERMs OF PAYMENT.
eordn to location quality &C Frstcass farming lands
sell for about sic acre. and the relative Of
10 in favor Of the former The terms Of sale for the bulk
Of the lands viii be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADyANoH
per annEm and crest per cent
payable respectively in one EO three our hVe and szyearS
from date Of sale and eur for prpa payable in four,
ave, six and years from date of sae the contrac. spu
ang that tenth Of the tract purchased shall fenced
cultivated each and year. for ve years from the date Of
ae SO tt a. the end Of should be fenced and
1ndsT cultivation.
TWENTY PER GENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cash, the should be at six
dollars per when the cash price viii be ve dollars
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands, soil, climate productions
prices, and terms Of payment, be had applicaont
J. W. FOSTER. Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois.
For the OF the towns, Villages and Cities situated upon
the Illinois Central Railroad see l. lS9, I9, Apple
toms Railway Guide.
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