The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-10-30
CULTIVATION OF COTTON.


TIE er prrin,ents q. Cotton cEit4.,e are or
Gerry graf proulfss. Commencing sa latitude
50 deg. 50 min. tsee -HdtfooH on tie BruHch,
and Ass7sr7a ysftDrl on TIE Mana Line, the COM
pam oIsrs thousands T aeFes &C ell adapted TO
tie perfection Of III IL FIRE 4 settler haris0
q fhalig oT young cAfhdfe-a. can farm she.r
goht3 fft ifJog 70 a p,oAt r1rs9stabie account IN
the grcIrth and perfection or this plant
The rigorous ereFtioRs NOR making 10 o.
rain err ply Of reliob1e sesS suited 10 NS
require Is of he soil or I1fiaois tei, if is
hopes sJesdify Qire sufficient amount TO
pans a great 5re,ldsA cf land.
MINING AND AIANlFACTVEEs.
The great resources of the State. in Coal. Iron.
= Lead Zinc Potter's Clay Limestone, Sandstone,
Se &C. are almost untouched; they await the
arrival Of emit -irising and energetic men, accus-
toned To convert them Into gold.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Railroads intersec. the whole State. $ll5,-
COZ COO have been invested IN completing the
great network that links every part of the State
into immediate connection with the surrounding
States and the direetest thoroughfares of com
rercc-
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
Traverses the whole length of the State, from
the banks of the Mississippi and Lake Michigan
to the Ohio. As its name imports, the Railroad
runs through the centre OF the State. and on Ell
ther side Of the road along its whole length lie
the lands offered for sale.
TO ACTUAL SETTLERS.
From the unprecedented advantages this Com
pany offers, il Is not surprising that il should
have already disposed of 300, 800 acres of land.
1t is now selling at the rate of J, coo acres per
week. The population along the line has trebed
in ten years and is now Sl4 sci The Com pany
sell TO actual eultivators and every contract con-
fains an agreement to cultivate.
CITIES, TOWNS, MARKETS, DEPICTS.
There are Ninety Eight Depots on the Compa-
ny's Railroad, giving about one every seven
miles. Cities. Towns and Villages are situated
at convenient distances throughout the whole
rate where every desirable commodity may be
found readily asain the oldest cities of the
Union, and where buyers are to be met FOR all
kinds Of farm produce. .t
Mechanics and working men will find the free
school system encouraged by the State, and en-
dowed with a large revenue for the support of the
schools. Children can lire in al ght OF the school,
the college, the church, and grow up with the
prosperity of the leading State in the Great wes
tern Empire.
No one who has visited this splendid region OF
country doubt that il equals the most favor
Ell descriptions that lave ever been given Of il
bat let any careful observer visit it, and he will
inform you that the half has not been told of the
advantages it offers for immediate occupation
and imm ediste returns. The farmers of the East
and Middle States, and Canada, are moving
to Illinois in great numbers; and IL is believed,
that if these surprising advantages were made
known to the farmers. mechanics, manufacturer
and working population Of over-crowded Europe,
they would promptly avail themselves of the
knowledge.