Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-03
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND at Low PRE0Es.

| MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
the community directed to the following statements and III
| srsl Inducements onered them BY the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which they will perceive will enable them by proper sner
g sad industry to provide comfortable and PEI
homes for themselves sni iliea vn, ngsTEti1s
EPeakiGg, very little capital
! LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No STATE the Valley OF the Mississippi cEsrs 50 great
nduceent to the settler the state illinois There Mt
soil 50 admirably combine to produce thoss tvs great stses
| ooEz and WEEAT, Is the PrairieS Of Illinois
RICH ROLLING PRLIGIE LANDS.
The deep rich lean Of TIE Praies cultivated with such
Sru facility that the the Eastern ard Middle State
are moving to l1O in great uqnbers The area Of linO
1t viii support twenty millions Of people
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous railroad miles in length
which connects With other reads and nsvgsbe and
er thus Aford1g communication with BAstsru
and Southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL,
ThEI far capis and labor have been applied developing
soil The OF the State csal and roa
untouched The nyssle rule that the mechanic dour
best where food and fuel cheapest will follow early
raj laws necessities OF the that at
least Eve hundred houEand people will be engaged in the
Of Illinois in toe various manufacturing enpoynents.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over Of private capital have been expended on
eoms from several q these works. with TaluSbe public tand
lands, 90 danish the State Expenses the TAXES
LIGHT, and nus, csnSequenty, every day decTe8se.
TIE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt only sIU,O5,s9s "A, and wtsin the Ia
three has been reduced So and may
ably sxlect that IN ten years viii Fesome extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
me state 5oPsy aEg pP nth gGg9 t sSs @ per
ton I,7l94 s6-s ratio Of To- per cent in 10 years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products Of Illinois greater hsS those
exceeded 5OOg9 The crop 1850 sppro.chss
s. 900 Of bushels while the crop yields not s than
FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere the industrious farmer such edaisre
posed OF deep rich ioa It's fertility CT which unsurpassed
By any on the globe.
TO ACTUAL oULTIVATORs.
7Aey eel cH3g 10 zaI cC0TS dd e,erg contract
tGis GgTesett c9tDate 7AsroId has been construed
ed thrOEga these Lafds Of an eeass Hf 10000 600
IN 1880 TIE population OF ToYfyiRs counties through
saOs boe adod, making ne tsAeLe poPalaoa SI4,SSI-
glEsa Of 1873 per cent.
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
svdsncs Of the Thrift Of hs people be stated tia
900 tuns Of freight noIuiing 590O bushels grain
And 600 barrels Of foG-, forwarded over the Line LIST
year. -
Mechanics ana WorhEgDen viii fnd ss free school sJstsn
encouraged b. The STATE snd endowed With large rsTenue for
4. rapport Of schools can live in sight Of Il:
leading STATE in the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS or PAYMENT.
The prices Of these lnds vary from s. SIS per acre,
sell for about $40 81 s per scs and the relative expense q
IubdznE prairie land compared With wood land is II sts Of
10 favor OF the former The terms OF sale for the bulk
Of the iands viii ss
CNE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
per per annum per sent,
payable respectively in three oTr Eve and yearG
from Ge and fsur principal pRyssIe four,
yesr date OF sale; the
snE tenth Of the purchased stall and
cultivated sh sRd every year, ave from the dae Of
Eo the end ysarI should be fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BIZ DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cash. except the should
dollars per acre, when te price will be re dollars
Pamphlets scTptiTe 6 the lands so climate productions,
prices, AID terS OF payment be had app LEGATION
J. v. FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois
For the CT the towns Villages Cities situated upon
the Illinois Central Road pages 49, 49, I0G, Apple
tons Railway Guide.
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