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THE
SS0UTH ERlV III AR Y MESEN NGER
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IN announcing the Thirty and Thirty third
volumes of the Messenger, the, publisherss-stake
Measure in acknowledging the unabated confidence
Of the public and the press in a magazine which,
iuriI Ig SO many years, has obtained the favor of
The Southern people. For more than a quarter Of
n century the Messenger has been the exponent of
Southern opinion, the medium of Southern genius.
the bold and outspoken advocate of Southern insti
tions. Far from abandoning the position hereto
fore held in regard to the paramount question of
Slavery it is prepared to take still higher ground.
1t will maintain, not only that slavery is social
and political blessing, but that its extension is a
necessaru condition. of its eristence. Essentially
Southern Magazine, the Messenger claimsthe right
to share the good or evil fortune of the South,
izcsetIer in the Union or ont Of the Union
With respect to its literary merits the Messen-
ger must speak for itself. Its editorial columns
have been illustrated by the genius OF Edgar a.
Poe and John II. Thompson, and its pages have
been adorned by many Of the ablesl essays, the
profoundest criticisms thc most brilliant sketches
the best poetry, and the most popular novels of
the age. In lyerifcation of this statement We need
but to instance g The; Reyeries of a Bachelor,
.. The Flush Times of Alabama," ard g Vernon
Grove ~ all of which we're given to the readers OF
the Messenger before they appeared in the form of
books. No pains will be spared to secure literary
materials quite as attractive as any that have a-
peared in the past. .G.a ~,
Among the New Features to be introduced are
Original Illustrations, Fashion Plates Popular Sci
critic Articles, and Series of Humorous Sketches
and Poems of Southern Life! The admirablcLec-,
lures of Professor Earaday will be continued. a
sparkling Novelet, entitled :. A Story Of Cham
paigne, y will appear Also Transitions of thc
shorter and most brilliant stories of the younger
Dumas andSother celebrated French writers.
NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
The Messenger is not only q literary Journal, in
the modern sense of the word, but is political to
the extent of being ever ready to defend the
South and her institutions, without invading the
domain of party politics. Its contributors are
men of solid ability, and established reputation,
and its contents are usually happy compromise
between the light literature ofNorthern magazines
and the heavy and solid intellectual food of the
British Revicws.--Nep Orleans Creicent.
The contents are various, lively; and some Of
the papers thinking on thcpart of the wri-
ter. and will REQUIRE it from the reader. The new
editor presents himself gracefully to his reader in
his proper department, and opens his game ofibat-
tie With enthusiasm. Charleston Ncrcury.
John r. Thompson, Esq, is succeeded by o
Young man of great talent, already known in liter
orv circles MS tIeauthor of :. The Virginia Editor
{. SIozis Adldums Letters to Billy Ivins, . g Blue
Ewes and Battlewick' and many other articles
eyincinr talent and humor. Under the editorial
control of DR.. George W. Bagby, we feel assured
that the Messenger will, at all times, sustain its
rank as one of the best periodicals in the country.
We congratulate the readers of the Messenger upon
the happy choice of its present editor by the pro-
prietors T'tginid Echo
Jan. 81, 1861 "A ly