, the Company owns thousands of acres well adapted to
the perfection of this fibre. A settler having a family of young
children, can turn their youthful labor to a most profitable account in
the growth and perfection of this plant._

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 either side of the
road along its whole length lie the lands offered for sale.

CITIES, TOWNS, MARKETS, DEPOTS,

There are Ninety-eight Depots on the Company's Railway, giving about one
every seven miles. Cities, Towns and Villages are situated at convenient
distances throughout the whole route, where every desirable commodity
may be found as readily as in the oldest cities of the Union and where
buyers are to be met for all kinds of farm produce.

EDUCATION.

Mechanics and working-men will find the free school system encouraged by
the State, and endowed with a large revenue for the support of the
schools. Children can live in sight of the school, the college, the
church, and grow up with the prosperity of the leading State in the
Great Western Empire.

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PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT--ON LONG CREDIT.

80 acres at $10 per acre. with interest at 6 per ct. annually
on the following terms:

Cash payment $48.00
Payments in one year 48.00
" in two years 48.00
" in three years 48.00
" in four years 236.00
" in five years 224.00
" in six years 212.00
" in seven years 300.00

40 acres at $10 per acre;
Cash payment $24.00
Payments in one year 24.00
" in two years 24.00
" in three years 24.00
" in four years 118.00
" in five years 112.00
" in six years 106.00
" in seven years 100.00

Address Land Commissioner, Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, Ill.

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Number 14

25 Cents

The CONTINENTAL MONTHLY.

DEVOTED TO Literature and National Policy.

FEBRUARY, 1863.

NEW YORK:

JOHN F. TROW 50 GREENE STREET (FOR THE PROPRIETORS).

HENRY DEXTER AND SINCLAIR TOUSEY. WASHINGTON, D.C.: FRANCK TAYLOR

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