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Number 8. 25 Cents

The

Continental

Monthly

Devoted to Literature and National Policy.

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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.’