The Continental Monthlyhas passed its experimental ordeal, and stands firmly established in popular regard. It was started at a period when any new literary enterprise was deemed almost foolhardy, but the publisher believed that the time had arrived for just such a Magazine. Fearlessly advocating the doctrine of ultimate and gradual Emancipation, for the sake of theUnionand theWhite Man, it has found favor in quarters where censure was expected, and patronage where opposition only was looked for. While holding firmly to itsown opinions, it has opened its pages toPOLITICAL WRITERSof widely different views, and has made a feature of employing the literary labors of theyoungerrace of American writers. How much has been gained by thus giving, practically, the fullest freedom to the expression of opinion, and by the infusion of fresh blood into literature, has been felt from month to month in its constantly increasing circulation.
The most eminent of our Statesmen have furnishedThe Continentalmany of its political articles, and the result is, it has not given labored essays fit only for a place in ponderous encyclopedias, but fresh, vigorous, and practical contributions on men and things as they exist.
It will be our effort to go on in the path we have entered, and as a guarantee of the future, we may point to the array of live and brilliant talent which has brought so many encomiums on our Magazine. The able political articles which have given it so much reputation will be continued in each issue, together with the new Novel by Richard B. Kimball, the eminent author of the 'Under-Currents of Wall-Street,' 'St. Leger,' etc., entitled.
An account of the Life and Conduct of Hiram Meeker, one of the leading men in the mercantile community, and 'a bright and shining light' in the Church, recounting what he did, and how he made his money. This work excels the previous brilliant productions of this author. In the present number is also commenced a new Serial by the author of 'Among the Pines,' entitled.
which will depict Southernwhitesociety, and be a truthful history of some eminent Northern merchants who are largely in 'the cotton trade and sugar line.'
TheUnion—The Union ofall the States—that indicates our politics. To be content with no ground lower than the highest—that is the standard of our literary character.
We hope all who are friendly to the spread of our political views, and all who are favorable to the diffusion of a live, fresh, and energetic literature, will lend us their aid to increase our circulation. There is not one of our readers who may not influence one or two more, and there is in every town in the loyal States some active person whose time might be justifiably employed in procuring subscribers to our work. To encourage such to act for us we offer the following very liberal
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Any person sending us Three Dollars, for one year's subscription to "The Continental," commencing with the July number, will receive the Magazine and "Among the Pines," cloth edition; both free of postage.
Finest Farming Lands
Near Markets, Schools, Railroads, Churches, and all the blessings of Civilization.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company offer, ON LONG CREDIT, the beautiful and fertile PRAIRIE LANDS lying along the whole line of their Railroad. 700 MILES IN LENGTH, upon the most Favorable Terms for enabling Farmers, Manufacturers, Mechanics and Workingmen to make for themselves and their families a competency, and a HOME they can call THEIR OWN, as will appear from the following statements:
The Illinois Central Railroad Company offer, ON LONG CREDIT, the beautiful and fertile PRAIRIE LANDS lying along the whole line of their Railroad. 700 MILES IN LENGTH, upon the most Favorable Terms for enabling Farmers, Manufacturers, Mechanics and Workingmen to make for themselves and their families a competency, and a HOME they can call THEIR OWN, as will appear from the following statements:
Is about equal in extent to England, with a population of 1,722,666, and a soil capable of supporting 20,000,000. No State in the Valley of the Mississippi offers so great an inducement to the settler as the State of Illinois. There is no part of the world where all the conditions of climate and soil so admirably combine to produce those two great staples,CornandWheat.
Nowhere can the Industrious farmer secure such immediate results from his labor as on these deep, rich, loamy soils, cultivated with so much ease. The climate from the extreme southern part of the State to the Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad, a distance of nearly 200 miles, is well adapted to Winter.
Peaches, Pears, Tomatoes, and every variety of fruit and vegetables is grown in great abundance, from which Chicago and other Northern markets are furnished from four to six weeks earlier than their immediate vicinity. Between the Terre Haute, Alton & St. Louis Railway and the Kankakee and Illinois Rivers, (a distance of 115 miles on the Branch, and 136 miles on the Main Trunk,) lies the great Corn and Stock raising portion of the State.
of Corn is from 60 to 80 bushels per acre. Cattle, Horses, Mules, Sheep and Hogs are raised here at a small cost, and yield large profits. It is believed that no section of country presents greater inducements for Dairy Farming than the Prairies of Illinois, a branch of farming to which but little attention has been paid, and which must yield sure profitable results. Between the Kankakee and Illinois Rivers, and Chicago and Dunleith, (a distance of 56 miles on the Branch and 147 miles by the Main Trunk,) Timothy Hay, Spring Wheat, Corn, &c., are produced in great abundance.
The Agricultural products of Illinois are greater than those of any other State. The Wheat crop of 1861 was estimated at 35,000,000 bushels, while the Corn crop yields not less than 140,000,000 bushels besides the crop of Oats, Barley, Rye, Buckwheat, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Pumpkins, Squashes, Flax, Hemp, Peas, Clover, Cabbage, Beets, Tobacco, Sorgheim, Grapes, Peaches, Apples, &c., which go to swell the vast aggregate of production in this fertile region. Over Four Million tons of produce were sent out the State of Illinois during the past year.
In Central and Southern Illinois uncommon advantages are presented for the extension of Stock raising. All kinds of Cattle, Horses, Mules, Sheep, Hogs, &c., of the best breeds, yield handsome profits; large fortunes have already been made, and the field is open for others to enter with the fairest prospects of like results. Dairy Farming also presents its inducements to many.
The experiments in Cotton culture are of very great promise. Commencing in latitude 39 deg. 30 min. (see Mattoon on the Branch, and Assumption on the Main Line), the Company owns thousands of acres well adapted to the perfection of this fibre. A settler having a family of young children, can turn their youthful labor to a most profitable account in the growth and perfection of this plant.
Traverses the whole length of the State, from the banks of the Mississippi and Lake Michigan to the Ohio. As its name imports, the Railroad runs through the centre of the State, and on either side of the road along its whole length lie the lands offered for sale.
There are Ninety-eight Depots on the Company's Railway, giving about one every seven miles. Cities, Towns and Villages are situated at convenient distances throughout the whole route, where every desirable commodity may be found as readily as in the oldest cities of the Union, and where buyers are to be met for all kinds of farm produce.
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.
80 acres at $10 per acre, with interest at 6 per ct. annually on the following terms:
Cash payment$48 00Paymentin one year48 00"in two years48 00"in three years48 00"in four years236 00"in five years224 00"in six years212 00
40 acres, at $10 00 per acre:
Cash payment$24 00Paymentin one year24 00"in two years24 00"in three years24 00"in four years118 00"in five years112 00"in six years106 00
AddressLand Commissioner,Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, Ill.
Number 1025 Cents.
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The Constitution as it Is—The Union as it Was! C. S. Henry, LL.D.,377Maccaroni and Canvas. Henry P. Leland,383Sir John Suckling,397London Fogs and London Poor,404A Military Nation. Charles G. Leland,413Tom Winter's Story. Geo. W. Chapman,416The White Hills in October. Miss C. M. Sedgwick,423Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-Two, U. S. Johnson,442Flower-Arranging,444Southern Hate of the North. Horace Greeley,448A Merchant's Story. Edmund Kirke,451The Union. Hon. Robert J. Walker,457Our Wounded. C. K. Tuckerman,465A Southern Review. Charles G. Leland,466Was He Successful? Richard B. Kimball,470Literary Notices,478Editor's Table,481
The Proprietors ofThe Continental Monthly, warranted by its great success, have resolved to increase its influence and usefulness by the following changes:
The Magazine has become the property of an association of men of character and large means. Devoted to theNational Cause, it will ardently and unconditionally support theUnion. Its scope will be enlarged by articles relating to our public defenses, Army and Navy, gunboats, railroads, canals, finance, and currency. The cause of gradual emancipation and colonization will be cordially sustained. The literary character of the Magazine will be improved, and nothing which talent, money, and industry combined can achieve, will be omitted.
The political department will be controlled by Hon.Robert J. Walkerand Hon.Frederic P. Stanton, of Washington, D.C. Mr.Walker, after serving nine years as Senator, and four years as Secretary of the Treasury, was succeeded in the Senate byJefferson Davis. Mr.Stantonserved ten years in Congress, acting as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and of Naval Affairs. Mr.Walkerwas succeeded as Governor of Kansas by Mr.Stanton, and both were displaced by Mr.Buchanan, for refusing to force slavery upon that people by fraud and forgery. The literary department of the Magazine will be under the control ofCharles Godfrey Lelandof Boston, andEdmund Kirkeof New-York. Mr.Lelandis the present accomplished Editor of the Magazine. Mr.Kirkeis one of its constant contributors, but better known as the author of 'Among the Pines' the great picture true to life, of Slavery as it is.
The Continental, while retaining all the old corps of writers, who have given it so wide a circulation, will be reinforced by new contributors, greatly distinguished as statesmen, scholars, and savans.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, byJames R. Gilmore, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York.