y 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

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

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

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Number 20. 25 Cents.

THE

CONTINENTAL

MONTHLY.

DEVOTED TO

Literature and National Policy.

AUGUST, 1863.

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

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

CONTENTS.--No. XX.

Our Future. By Lieut. Egbert Phelps, U.S.A., 121
Autumn Leaves. By Mrs. M. W. Cook, 136
Across Maine in Mid-Winter, 138
Diary of Frances Krasinska, 150
The Sleeping Peri, 159
My Lost Darling, 160
Reason, Rhyme, and Rhythm. Compiled and written by Mrs. M. W. Cook, 168
The Buccaneers of America. By W. L. Stone, 175
Under the Palmetto. By H. G. Spaulding, 188
The Spirit's Reproach. By Mrs. M. W. Cook, 204
Jefferson Davis and Repudiation. A Letter from Hon. Robert J. Walker, 207
Evergreen Beauty. By Major Samuel H. Hurst, 227
Dying in the H