ool 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.

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
" in seven years 200 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

Number 22. 25 Cents.

THE

CONTINENTAL

MONTHLY.

DEVOTED TO

Literature and National Policy.

OCTOBER, 1863.

NEW YORK:

JOHN F. TROW 50 GREENE STREET

(FOR THE PROPRIETORS).

HENRY DEXTER AND SINCLAIR TOUSEY.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: FRANCK TAYLOR.

CONTENTS.--No. XXII

The Freedom of the Press. By Edward B. Freeland, 361

The Brothers. An Allegory, 367

Unuttered. By Kate Putnam, 377

William Lilly, Astrologer. By Henry Willson, 379

Jefferson Davis--Repudiation, Recognition, and Slavery. By Hon.
Robert J. Walker, 390

Diary of Frances Krasinska, 394

Maiden's Dreaming. By E. W. C., 403

Thirty Days with the Seventy-First Regiment, 404

Reason, Rhyme, and Rhythm. By Mrs. Martha W. Cook, 412

Currency and the National Finances. By J. Smith Homans, 419

October Afternoon in the Highlands, 433

The Isle of Springs. By Rev. Mr. Starbuck, 433

The Restoration of the Union. By Hon. F.P. Stanton, 444

Was He Successful? By Richard B. Kimball, 452

American Finances and Resources.