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The
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AUGUST, 1862.
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CONTENTS.—No. VIII.
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Among the Pines. (Concluded,) 127
Southern Rights, 143
Maccaroni and Canvas, 144
Glances from the Senate-Gallery, 154
The Last Ditch, 159
Rewarding the Army, 161
John McDonogh, the Millionaire, 165
Helter-Skelter Papers, 175
Sketches of the Orient, 179
Witches, Elves, and Goblins, 184
A True Romance, 190
Huguenots of New-York City, 193
The Bane of our Country, 198
The Molly O’Molly Papers, 200
Wounded, 206
Astor and the Capitalists of New-York, 207
Thunder all Round, 217
Was he Successful? 218
A Merchant’s Story, 232
Corn is King, 237
Literary Notices, 238
Editor’s Table, 241
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A MERCHANT’S STORY,
By the author of ‘Among the Pines,’ which is begun in this number, will be continued in each issue of THE CONTINENTAL until it is completed. It will depict Southern White Society, and be a truthful history of some eminent Northern Merchants, who are largely in ’the cotton trade and sugar line.’