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
" 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 17.

25 Cents.

THE

CONTINENTAL

MONTHLY.

DEVOTED TO

Literature and National Policy.

MAY, 1863.

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

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

CONTENTS.--No. XVII.

The Great Prairie State. By Mrs. C. M. Kirkland, 513

A Winter in Camp. By E. G. Hammond, 519

In Memoriam. By Richard Wolcott, 527

A Merchant's Story. By Edmund Kirke, 528

Shylock _vs._ Antonio. By Carlton Edwards 539

A Heroine of To-Day, 543

National Ode, 554

The Surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip,
on the Mississippi. By F. H. Gerdes. Assistant
U. S. Coast Survey, 557

Reason, Rhyme, and Rhythm. By Mrs. Martha Cook, 562

The Value of the Union. By William H. Muller, 571

War Song--Earth's Last Battle. By Mrs. Martha Cook, 586

Miriam's Testimony. By M. A. Edwards,