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 8 per ct. annually on the
following terms:

Cash payment . . . . . . . $ 48.00
Payment 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 . . 209.00

40 acres, at $10.00 per acre:

Cash payment . . . . . . . $ 24.00
Payment 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

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Number 18. 25 Cents.

THE CONTINENTAL MONTHLY.

DEVOTED TO

Literature and National Policy.

JUNE, 1863.

NEW YORK: JOHN F. TROW 50 GREENE STREET (FOR THE PROPRIETORS). HENRY
DEXTER AND SINCLAIR TOUSEY. WASHINGTON, D. C.: FRANCK TAYLOR

CONTENTS.--No. XVIII.

The Value of the Union. By William H. Muller, 633

A Merchant's Story. By Edmund Kirke, 642

May Morning, 657

The Navy of the United States, 659

Three Modern Romances, 667

Mill on Liberty. By Hon. F. P. Stanton, 674

Cloud and Sunshine, 687

Is there Anything in It? 688

The Confederation and the Nation. By Edward Carey, 694

Reason, Rhyme and Rhythm. By Mrs. Martha Walker Cook, 698

The Buccaneers of America. By William L. Stone, 703

Virginia, 714

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