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of Corn is from 50 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.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

The Agricultural products of Illinois are greater than those of of any other State. The Wheat crop of 1861 was estimated at 85,000,000 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.

STOCK RAISING.

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.

CULTIVATION OF COTTON.

_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._

THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD

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.

CITIES, TOWNS, MARKETS, DEPOTS,

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.

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
Payments 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 300.00

40 acres at $10 per acre;
Cash payment $24.00
Payments 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

Address Land Commissioner, Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, Ill.

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Number 14

25 Cents

The CONTINENTAL MONTHLY.

DEVOTED TO Literature and National Policy.

FEBRUARY, 1863.

NEW YORK:

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

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

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CONTENTS.--No. XIV.

Our National Finances. Robert J. Walker, 129

A Trip to Antietam. Charles W. Loring, 145

American Destiny. John Stahl Patterson, 160

The Birth of the Lily, 169

Was He Successful? Richard B. Kimball, 171

Nullification and Secession. Hon. Robert J. Walker, 179

The Sioux War. John G. Nicolay, Private Secretary

to President Lincoln, 195

"Dead!" 204

A Merchant's Story. Edmund Kirke, 206

The Consequences of the Rebellion. Hon. Frederic

P. Stanton, 223

Sunshine in Thought, 233

How they Jested in the Good Old Time. Charles G. Leland, 237

Literary Notices, 248

Editor's Table, 250

The article in this number of THE CONTINENTAL, on "Our National Finances," by Hon. ROBERT J. WALKER, will be found worthy of especial attention at the present time.

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Our next issue will contain a valuable article on "GOLD."

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ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by JAMES R. GILMORE, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

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INDEX TO VOLUME III.

A Chapter on Wonders. Perth Granton, 461

A Fancy Sketch, 482

A Heroine of To-Day, 543

A Merchant's Story. Edmund Kirke, 206, 289, 451, 528, 642

American Destiny. John Stahl Patterson, 79, 160

An Englishman in South Carolina, 110

A Trip to Antietam. Charles W. Loring, 145

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

Cloud and Sunshine, 687

Consequences of the Rebellion. Hon. F. P. Stanton, 26, 223

Cost of a Trip to Europe, 730

"Dead," 204

Down in Tennessee, 469

Editor's Table, 126, 250, 379, 503, 747

Ethel. Mrs. Martha Walker Cook, 435

False Estimations, 274

Flag of our Union. Hon. R. J. Walker, 480

For and Against, 334

Gold. Hon. Robert A. Walker, 279

Great Heart, 629

Henrietta and Vulcan. Delia M. Colton, 421

How they Jested in the Good Old Time. Charles Godfrey Leland, 237

How the War affects Americans. Hon. F. P. Stanton, 411

How Mr. Lincoln became an Abolitionist. S. B. Gookins, 727

Huguenots of New Rochelle. Hon. G. P. Disosway, 1

Huguenots of Virginia, 348

'I;' or, Summer in the City, 40

In Memoriam. Richard Wolcott, 527

'Is there Anything in It?' 688

Last Words. Ingoldsby North, 282

Literary Notices, 122, 248, 374, 500, 630, 744

Maccaroni and Canvas. Henry P. Leland, 7

May Morning, 657

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

Miriam's Testimony. M. A. Edwards, 589

Montgomery in Secession Time, 354

National Ode, 554

Nullification and Secession. Hon. Robert J. Walker, 179

Our National Finances. Hon. R. J. Walker, 129

Our Present Position, its Dangers and Duties, 488

Parting, 288

Pen, Pallet, and Piano, 117

Pictures from the North, 398

Poetry and Poetical Selections, 474

Promise. Edward S. Rend, jr., 78

Promoted, 420

Reason, Rhyme, and Rhythm. Mrs. Martha Walker Cook, 662, 698

Shylock vs. Antonio. Carlton Edwards, 539

Sunshine in Thought, 233

The Birth of the Lily, 169

The Blue Handkerchief, 279

The Buccaneers of America. Wm. L. Stone, 703

The Captain of '63 to his Men, 315

The Causes and Results of the War. Lieut. E. Phelps, U. S. A., 617

The Century of Inventions. C. G. Leland, 318

The Chained River. Charles G. Leland, 410

The Chech, 395

The Complaining Bore, 496

The Confederation and the Nation. E. Carey, 694

The Destiny of the African Race in the United States.
Rev. J. M. Sturtevant, D. D., 600

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

The Ivy. Charles Godfrey Leland, 47

The Lady and her Slave. Mrs. Martha W. Cook, 330

The Mishaps of Miss Hobbs. Wm. L. Williams, 54

The Navy of the United States, 659

The New Rasselas, 404

The Physical Survey of New York Harbor
and its Approaches. Henry Mitchell, 105

The Return. E. S. Rand, jr., 464

The Sioux War. John G. Nicolay, 195

The Skeptics of the Waverley Novels. Chas. G. Leland, 439

The Soldier's Burial, 373

The Surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. F. H. Gerdes, 557

The Union. Hon. R. J. Walker, 68, 366, 465, 615

The Value of the Union. W. H. Muller, 571, 633

The Vision of the Monk Gabriel. Eleanor C. Donnelly, 316

The Wonders of Words, 385

Thought, 23

Three Modern Romances, 667

Touching the Soul. Lieut. Egbert Phelps, 734

Turkey. A. Comte, jr., 257

Virginia, 714

Visit to the National Academy of Design, 718

War Song--Earth's Last Battle. Mrs. M. W. Cook, 562

Was He Successful? Richard B. Kimball, 98, 171, 611, 719

JOHN F. TROW, PRINTER.