GREAT WESTERN STEAMSHIP LINE.

BRISTOL OR AVONMOUTH AND NEW YORK.

The Vessels of this Line sail weekly. The Saloons are very comfortable. The Steerage accommodation is exceptionally good, and every attention is paid to the comfort and convenience of both classes of passengers.

RATES FOR PASSAGE.

Saloon, Twelve Guineas for each adult; Children under 12 years, 21s. per year; Infants, One Guinea. Return Tickets available for twelve calendar months from date of issue, Twenty Guineas.

£5 deposit is required to secure Saloon Berths, the balance to be paid before sailing. No charge for Stewards' Fee.

Steerage passage to New York, Boston, or Philadelphia, including an abundant supply of cooked provisions, Six Guineas. Children under 12 years of age, Half Fare. Passengers booked through to all parts of the United States and Canada on very moderate terms.

Twenty cubic feet of Luggage will be allowed for each adult Saloon Passenger, and ten feet for each Steerage Passenger, free; all over that quantity is liable to a charge of 1s. for each cubic foot. For further information apply to the Managing Owners,

MARK WHITWILL & SON,

QUEEN SQUARE, BRISTOL.

"AMERICAN LINE" MAIL STEAMERS

LIVERPOOL TO PHILADELPHIA,
CALLING AT QUEENSTOWN.

FROM LIVERPOOL EVERY WEDNESDAY AND EVERY ALTERNATE SATURDAY.

THE STEAMERS OF THE "AMERICAN LINE" rank amongst the FINEST SHIPS crossing the Atlantic Ocean. They are of 3500 tons burden, are built of iron, full-powered, and strictly first-class. They are all constructed in accordance with the latest improvements, and every one of them is equal, in SAFETY, STRENGTH, ELEGANCE, and COMFORT, to any Ocean Steamers afloat. THE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION FOR ALL CLASSES IS UNSURPASSED. RATES AS LOW AS ANY OTHER FIRST-CLASS LINE.

This is the best route for Emigrants going West. Fares from Philadelphia being lower, and the journey shorter than from New York.

Through Booking is a Speciality with the American Line, and by one payment a Ticket can be secured from their homes in the Old Country to any part of the UNITED STATES or CANADA.

The Landing Place of the "American Line" at Philadelphia contains complete arrangements for the Comfort and Convenience of passengers. Runners and other disturbing and dangerous elements are strictly excluded, and every care is taken for the Protection of passengers against imposition.

Connected with the Steamship Dock at which the Emigrants are landed, and under the same roof with it, is a well-arranged Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad, containing

A Refreshment Saloon, where Emigrants are served with warm and cold meals at the Lowest Rates.

A Telegraph Office, enabling Emigrants to have telegraphic communication with friends and relatives in any part of the United States or Europe.

A United States Letter-Box, for the deposit of letters Emigrants may have to send to any part of the United States or Europe.

An Exchange Office, where drafts are cashed and money is exchanged at the most favourable current rates.

A Baggage Express Office, for the cheap and speedy transfer of baggage to and from steamer landings, railroad depôts, hotels, and private dwel lings within the city of Philadelphia and suburbs.

A Ticket Office at which Tickets are issued at very low rates to any part of the United States and Canada, and baggage checked through to destination.

A Passenger Train leaves the Station within a few hours after the arrival of each Steamship, connecting in every direction for all places in the United States and Canada accessible by railroads or steamers, offering to all that avail themselves of it a saving in time, money, much trouble, and annoyance.

For further information, apply to Local Agents of the Line in almost every town; or to RICHARDSON, SPENCE, & Co., Agents, 17 and 19 Water Street, Liverpool.

AN.B.--Inquiries made by Letter will be Promptly Answered.

The GREAT BONANZA for FARMERS.

DAKOTA

AND

The Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.

THE best portions of this Grand Territory are better reached by the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway than by any other route. It owns lines through Southern Dakota, with one terminus at RUNNING WATER, or NIOBRARA, on the Missouri River, 60 miles above Yankton, and another temporary terminus at MITCHELL, late Fire Steel, the leading town in the celebrated James, or Dakota River Valley, which line is to be the favorite route to the Black Hills, thus taking the cream of that whole country. It has also a good route to Sioux Falls, and the only route to YANKTON, the capital of Dakota.

It is also the owner of the late Southern Minnesota Railway, which is now completed, to the celebrated James River Valley, in Central Dakota ; running for hundreds of miles through the

FINEST WHEAT REGION IN THE WORLD.

Its Hastings and Dakota Line to Ortonville, on Big Stone Lake, makes three through continuous routes from Chicago to this great Territory of the North-west, which, with its St. Paul Line connecting direct with the

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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY

for Fargo and Bismarck, gives unparallelled advantages to its patrons to reach the almost infinite variety of

of that wonderful portion of the mighty North-west; traversing, in going thither, the very best portions of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, with immense tracts of highly productive lands, available for settlers at reasonable rates and on easy terms.

What are the Chances?

GOOD! A man can usually find employment at from $15 to $20 per month and board, and from $2 to $3 per day through harvest. He can take up a Tree Claim or Homestead, lay out his wages in breaking his claim, so that in a short time he can have a good farm of his own and be independent. ALL A MAN NEEDS HERE IS ONE YOKE OF OXEN OR A GOOD TEAM, TO SUPPORT A FAMILY, AND MAKE HIMSELF AS GOOD A FARM OF 320 ACRES AS EVER WAS PLOUGHED.

HOMESTEADS.

Homesteads.-1. Under the Homestead Laws the right is extended to every citizen, and to those who have declared their intention to become such, to enter 160 acres of land, either inside or outside the limits of railroad grants.

2. Actual settlement and cultivation for a continuous period of five years, together with the payment to the U.S. Land Receiver of the fees allowed by law, are the basis of a patent or complete title for the Homestead.

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3. The widow or heirs of the settler, in case of his death before the consummation of the claim, may continue settlement or cultivation, and obtain title upon making requisite proof.

4. Proof of settlement or cultivation must be made at the expiration of the period of five years, or within two years thereafter.

Adjoining Farm Homesteads may be entered by an applicant owning an original farm contiguous thereto, when such adjoining farm with the original farm shall not exceed in the aggregate 160 acres.

Actual residence on the separate tract need not be proved, but it must appear that the settler has resided upon and cultivated the original tract for the period required by law, making use of the entered tract as a part of the Homestead.

No fees or commissions are required for this class of entries.

Pre-emption.-Under the pre-emption law, persons entitled to the privileges of the homestead law may acquire the right to purchase 160 acres of Government land, whether within railroad limits or not.

THE PRE-EMPTION PRIVILEGE

Is extended to heads of families, widows, or single persons over twenty-one years of age, who are citizens of the United States, or have declared their intention to become such, and grants to such 160 acres.

To secure this, the party must, first, make settlement (by claim-shanty or otherwise); second, file a declaratory statement within three months after such settlement; third, make final proof within thirty-three months after settlement, and pay for the land at the rate of $2.50 per acre if within the railroad limit, or $1.25 per acre if outside the railroad limit. The railroad limit extends forty miles north and same distance south of the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad in Dakota. Within these limits all the odd-numbered sections were given to that company by the Government, the even-numbered sections remaining in the hands of the Government, when not already occupied by settlers.