Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-29
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG OHED1T AND Ar Low PRICES.
MEonAN1os, FARMERs AND WORKING MEN

MEoHANIOs, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the PrisIng and industrious PARTON Of
the community directed to the following statements and LIB
eral Inducements offered them By ths
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which % ey will perceive enable them, by proper
y and industry to provide comfortable and per
homes for themselves and families, with, comparatively
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No state Valley OF the Mississippi oserS great
inducemen to the settler the State Illinois There ia
portion where all ofths conditions Of climate and
CoRs and What, as the PrGries Of Illinois.
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The dsep rich lean OF the prsiries cultivated With such won
derfu facility that the farmers Of the Eastern and Middle States
about dua to that Of England, 90 rich
1t will support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND soUTHERN MARKETS.
Tbese lands contiguous railroad 700 miles in length
ers thus aordng unbroken with the Eastern
and Southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capita applied to developing the
so the great the State csal and iron
untouched nvsabe ru9 that the mechanic arts flourish
best and fuel cheapest will follow at early
dav in Illinois, the years
raj and necessities OF the warrant the belief that ct
least hundred Thousand people will be engaged in the State
OF Illinois in the various manufacturing employnents.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over Of 0f Ess capital nave S been .r sIPnase S ss On On
several Of these works, With valuable public fund
IN lands, go to diminish the State Expsn the TAXES ARE
LIGHT, and must, Consequently, every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt only SIO 29s a. snd within the las
three years reduced % 6O and
ably sKect that in ten years it will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State rapidly hliEg Up with population; s per
ton ,i96-a ratio Of lOs per cent in 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Ths Agricultural Products Of Illinois greater than those
Of other state The Products during the past year
exceeded O0Oq tuns The wheat Of 1860 approaches
900 q buhss while the crop yields not less than
i|'''' WV O1'-' FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere industrious farmer such imEedetsFe
suits for his zboF upon prairie Bois they being
posed deep, rich oam the fertility Of Ehsh unsurpassed
By any on the globe
TO ACTUAL oULTIVATORs
Since 1854 The i0nepGny haze sold 100000 dcrs'.
7Gey oaly acSdS ol0aOrs. and eDey contract
cd tArOztgi these lands of epsnse Af 10000 600.
In 1850, lde IopaGttoa Of Io1tyntee c91't1es ET9aga
AqsS tss Gdded 1GSg f4e SohOLs population s14sS9I-
gGsa NJ l43 per cent.
EFIDENCEs OF PROSPERITY.
As an eFidense CT the thrift Of the people, be stated tha
1000 freight noGdng S600C6O bushels Of grain
barrels OF hsEr forwarded over the line last
year. -,o.-
Mechanics and voTkingmen will find tie free Ehoo! sem
ecouYage by the State endowed with large for
the support Their children live sight Of the
church aud sshoo houses and grow with the prosperity OH
leading State in the Great Western Empire
PRICES AND TERMS or PAYMENT.
Ths prizes Of these lands vary from So to S per acre. 80
eording to IoesRsu quality &c Fstclsss farming lands
sell foT sbou S0 Sa @ acre. and the relative expense Of
prairie land compared E wood land IS IN raho OF
70 10 IN fsVof Of the former The ss Of Ele for the bulk
Of the lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
per annU and notes st six cent
payable respectively in three four, Ave, and years
o ds and fsur notes fer principal payable in four,
ve x Ed seven years from Of sse the contract spu
ang e sf the tract purchased shall he fenced and
each and yes far Eve from the date OF
sale the end Of fve years should be fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PRR CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
the valuation for cash. except the should he at K
dollars per acre when the price will be dollars
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands so climas productions,
prics and Of payment be had GppcStionto
J. ". FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, unolE.
For the names OF the toHnI, villages and Cities situated upon
Illinois Central Railroad pages 1885, ls9 100, Apple
ton 9 Railway Guide.
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