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sR7l THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MEsSFNGFR

THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.
 1.-THE BLAcKwooD OF AMERICAS 2
 Fire DoHars Tear, ia .4dcancu B. B. MINOR, EpITo2 AND FroPRIErop, ASSISTED
 BY AMERIcus souTa. A \ the Ist Of January next, f1SI5) the South O em Literary Messenger commences its Ilth volume, and the patronage ef9 the public is res pectfuv solicited flor it. The present editor has conducted it for more than year, aud the encouragement he has received Qa9s him to expect large increase of subscription. As the work has been sustained, under e ordinary disadvantages, for so long time it Is entitld 10 the liberal support Of every friend of Letters. Ihfeanee for patronage will be npon the interest ndJustice of the public and its own literary merits. Eschewing~ ali huna- bugs and extginsc foursAes il will depend for ifs success upon its contents andeharacter alone.
 It is emphatically a Southern work, and appeals expressly to the South, whose character and inter ests, literary and social fl aim5 to uphold and pro- mote. In the Sotth sheTe are thonSends who can easily afford it. and they particularly urged to come forward and assist in increasing it's eireula- ton.
 The Messenger has now been established more than ten years, during which it has overcome many and great obstacles and attained wide circulation and very high character. The efforts of the pres ent editor will be stenuously directed, not only to the preservation of its ancient fame, but also to it's constant improvement. In this the fattering tes- hmonials he has received during the last twelve months lead him to believe he has already succee- ded.
 The contributors are numerous, embracing pro- essiona and amateur writers of the first distinction. Great expense is incurred and great pains are ta- ken to secure an abundant supply of interesting and instructive matter
 Regular Contributors.
 Judge B. Tucker, C. B. Hayden. Nasus, Author ess of ''the Vow ''Pretenson,' &c.; L. W, au- thor of ''The Prize Tale,'' Sc, Virginia.
 It. M. F. Maury, U. S. N Washington
 w. Gilmore Siinms, L. L. D. Geo. Frederick Holiness South Sarolina
 Mrs. Jane N Worhington Ohio.
 Mrs. Mary E. Hewitt, New York
 F. B. Hale, Illinois.
 w. W. Andrews, U S Consul, Malta
 H. B, Hirst, Philadelphia
 Americus South.
 Occasional Contributors.
 Pres. Thomas R. Dew, Prof George Tucker, J. B. D. Author of 'sThe History of an Adventurer,' , Sec., Lucien Minor W. B., U. S. Charge, Italy, w M. B., U. s. Charge, s. A, Virginia.
 Dr. S. H. Dickson. E. D. South Carolina
 Judge R. M. Charlton, Georgia.
 A. B. Meek, Alabama.
 L. J. Cist, Ohio.
 And many others in the South, and in nearly ev- cry State in the Union; some, whose yels we would gladly remove.
 The contents will be exceedingly varied, embra- cing Reviews, Tales. Novels Poems, Essays, Tray els, Sketches, Biography History, Popular science, Papers on the Navy Army, and other National in- terests, Literary Intelligence, Foreign and Domes- tic and Notices of New Works Selections of mer- it will occasionally be inserted. The leading prn- ciple is the promotion of pure Native Literature, and devoted National Spirit. With this view the following premiums are offered
 For the best paper on the present state of) American Letters, the prospect and means $50 % of their improvement.
 The best Review of the works of some Native Prose Writer 35 co
 The best Review of the works of some Native Poet 8 co
 The best Original Tale 36 %
 The best Original Poem 35 co
 Their publication to commence with a new vol tune, and the unsuccessful articles to be at the dis posal of the editors.
 Many improvements viii be introduced with a new volume. and the style rendered stiii more ex- celent As itaspires 10 be the Literary 0rgan.of the South and West. it is expected that they, (and tbe North and East also,) will literally encourage it-- as such. It congratulates the West on the success of their Naval Depot; work of it's own creation The Messenger contains on an average siXty-four pages, number, sixteen pages more than most of the s3 magazines, and twice as much as some of them; and is published Monthly, al FIVE Dol LARS, per annum. The volume, one year, con tains 76S Super Royal Octave pages, at three quar- ters of a cent per page. FIVE CoPIts for Twenty Dollars.
 If the friends of the cause and Agents exert them selves it will soon be visiting every month, at least Twenty Thousand Stanch Subscribers.
 N. B-Subscriptions received at once and can be sent, free O postage through the Postnasters
 Richmond, FHgiaiu, Oct 1S44.