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THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER ''TuE ELAcEHooa OF. AMERICA
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Fire DoHUz Iear, ia ,7dcagcc, 8. F. MINOR, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, ASSISTED
 BY tNEEloTs sotrH. ( N the lst of January next, lIsl5,4 the south " cln Literary Messenger commences is iith volume, and taH patronage ol the puhlic Is res pectluIll solicited fyt it. The present editor has noW conducted if for more than year. and the encouragement ha t.s received loads tiu tU expect large increase oi subscription. As the work has been sustained. uuIyrHo ordinary disadvantages. for toIong lime, il s entitled tot#e liberal sepPagt ot every friend of Lgier~. lts reliance tor rpatronaee Niii be upon he iHigIe= aHd Hstjee of tl1a public aud is own itaraA mnttts. Eachcuiug all in.n- bugs and eNtnsic liaEishes, il will depend for its success upon jts contents and character aloac, Ii is e8phatica{ Southern Werk. and appeals expressly to the south. whose character and utCt- csts. literary and soci&l t aims 10 upheld and pre- mote In the South. thetr are thoasaHds who c9h easily afford it, and they are particularly urged 10 come forward and assis, ia increasing is cireala ton.
 The Messenger has now bean established more than ten yealS. during which it has overcome iaHH8 and gfep; obstacles; ad attained q N ide circulation and very high charpt.er. fhc elosts oi Che pIes- cnt editor Will Ba strehuoUsiy directed. not only to the preservation ot is ancient tdne, hut also o ifs constant Improvement h this. the t}aterlug tes- tmonias he has received during the Inst twelve montls, lead him to believe he has already sgeeee- ded
  fessianaI and amateur writers of the first disHcion. Great expense is incurred and great pains ta- ken to secure an abundant supply ef interesting and instructive matter.
 PeaIar Contributors
 Judge B Fucker, C. B. Hayden, Nasus, Author css of "the Vow 'ePfatansjon' Sc; l.. V, all thor Of '..rhc Prize Tale, &c Virginia.
 Lt M F. Maur T. S N Washington
 w. Gilmore Sfaas, l.. L. D. Geo. Frederick Holmes, South SaroIina.
 Mrs. Jane N. Worthiugton, Oho.
 Ms. Mary [. Hewitt, New Yoli.
 F. B. IEaIc Illinois.
 w. W. Andrews U & Consul, Malta
 II. B. liirst. Philadelphia.
 Amercus South.
 OccINoaal Contributors.
 Pres Thomas R. Dew, Prof George Tucker, J. B. D. Author of .tThe History of an Adtenarar." Sc., Lueen Minor, N. B, |. s. Charge, Italy. ". M. B.. Us. Charge, s. \. Virginia.
 Dr.. Il. Dickson, r. D South Carolina
 Judge R. NJ. Charlton, Georgia,
 A. B. Meek. Alabama.
 L. l. Cist, Ohio.
 And many others, in the Soath. and in nearly ey- efy State in the Union some, Nhose Yeils We would gladly remove.
 The contents will be exceedingly varied, emhE- cing Reviews, Tales, Novels, Poems Essays. Tray els Sketches, Biography, History Popular science, Papers on the Navy, Army, and other National in- crests, Literary lnicitigeace Foreign and Domes- JIG, ana aDilCfS o New ff ofkS SflacltohS 6l mar | will occasionally be inserted. 9he leading pfi0 ciple is the promotion of pure Native Literature and q devoted National Spirit. With this view the following premiums are offered:
 For the best paper on the present state of American Letters, tae prospect and means ss5o 0o of their Improvements.
 The best Review of the works of some Native Prose Writer 8 GO The best Review Of the works of some Native Poet 5 co Tho best Original Tale }j co The best Gliginal Poem 5 % Their publication to commence with new vol ume and tae unsuccessful afticles to be al the dis posal of the editors.
 Many improvements will he introduced with a new volume. and the stYie rendered still more eX- celent As it aaPirea tobe the Literary 0rganof hc South and West it is expected that they, (and the North and East aso,) will barally encourage it-- as such. Il coaFratu!atcs the West on the success of their Naval Depot; q work of its own creation. The Messenger contains on an average sXty@ieur pages, q number, sixteen pages more than most oi the B magazines, and twice as much as some of them; and is published Monthly, at FIVE DoL- LARS, per annuIn. The volume, one year, con tains 7G3 Super Royal Octave pages al three quar- ters of a cent per page, FIVE Cortes for Twenty Dollars.
 If flhe friends of the caase and Agents exert them selves i will soon be visiting every month, al least l Twenty Thousand Stauch Subscribers.
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