Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-08-28
CUITTVATIOV on COTTOV.

The e1PsTfE1ents IN Cotton cuIturs arc ef
gerry great prOHlfse, Co1l11enci1g n LatifHde
- deg. 30 zltg. (sse lidttoon on TIC BTl1chI
AID Assunspf pfioB on TIE Afdfa Lac, fbs Com
pdHV Ot5Hs Thousands Of acres acsLt tldGpfsdEO 70
the perfection Of fhfs fore. a settler hdgfHg
family Of gOEag c8fsdreH, can turn fhslF
youthful labor TO o most Tro1Lt16L6 account fn
Ae gro1etb Gad PoJectioa Of Ills pk1ne.
The C@JorOiiS er8Ftioas aOi5 making to %
tain q apply Of Fegidb2s seed slifted % ths
TeQuireneHts Of Tie soi2of IlIinOis, tciil, z e
hoped, speedily gtJs sufficient d1t01uf 70
plant a great bTsGdth ef EGHd.
MINING AND MANUFACTURES.
The great resources OF the State, In Goal, ,Iron,
Lead, Zinc, Potter's Clay, Limestone, Sandstone,
&C., &c, are almost untouched; hey await the
arrival Of euterprising and energetic mea accu8-
toned to convert them Into gold.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Railroads interseet the whole STATE. Slf5.-
100000 have been invested In completing the
great network that links every part Of the State
into immediate connection with the E1rrounding
States and the directsst thor9ushfsres Of com
meree.
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
Tra7erses the whole length Of the STATE, fron
the banks Of the Mississippi and Lake Michigan
to the Ohio As It's name imports, he Railroad
runs through me centre Of the State, aRd on s.
theF side Of the rosd along It's Fhols length De
The lands offered for sale. E
TO ACTUAL SETTLERS.
From the unprecedented advantages this Com
pany offers, il Is not surprising that Il should
have already disposed or 500 900 acres OF land.
Il Is ncE selling at the rats Of 5, 600 acres per
week. The population along the line has trebled
In ten years, and Is now 814, 591. The Company
sell to actual culvators, end every contract cor
talns an agreement 70 cultivate
CITIES, TOWNS, MARKETS, DEPOTs.
There are Ninety Eight Depots On the Compa-
uy's Railroad, giving about one every seTen
miles. Cities, Towns and Villages are situated
at convenient distances through0ut the whole
route, where every deIlrabls CONNOLLY nay be
found as readily Is In the Oldest cities Of the
Union, and where buyers are % be met for al
kinds Of farm produce.
EDUCATION
ALecnan.cs and working men Win Ind the nee
school system encouraged BY the State, and en-
doWed with large revenue for the support Of the
schools. Children oOn live In sight Of The school,
the college, the church, and grow up With the
prosperity Of the leading stats h the Great Wes-
tern Empire.
No one who has visited this splendid regionof
country can doubt that Il squalls the most i9yof-
ed descriptions that have ever been given q lt;
but let any careful observer visit Il, and be VII
inform you that the half has not been told Of the
advantages II offers FOR Immediate occupation
and Immediate returns. The farmersof the East
ern and Middle States, and Canada, are moving
70 Illinois In great numbers and 4 4 believed,
that If these surprising advantages we're made
known to the farmers, mechanics, manufactures
and working population Of oVer-croEdsd Eu-1pe,
they would promptly Egaa themselves Of tss
knowledge,