The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1861-02-07
TIE
LITERARY MESSENGER,
raCEsRLhtIE & FERGUSON. Publishers.
TIE
RICHMOND, VA
Price. sa per Annum, in advance.

Price, So per Ailnum, III advance.
IN announcing Tie Thirty second and Thiry-third
volumes of the Messenger, The publishers. take
pleasure in acknowledging Tie unabase, confidence
of the public and the press in magazine which,
during so naIiy years has obtained The fSyor OF
the Southern people. For more isn qGa";cr Of
century, the Messenger has been the exponent OF
Southern opinion. the medium Of Southern; genius,
the bold and ouspokeu advocate Of Soathcrl nsii-
tionS. Far from abandoning ,he position hereto
fore held in regard The paramount question OF
Slavery. it is prepared to take still higher ground.
Ii viii maintain, not Only ili':i slavery is social
and political blessing. b:; tiat lis ertaSica IS
necessary coRdioR al is csis,Nce. Essentially
Southern Magazine, The Messenger claims tie right
to share the good or evil iostune Of the South,
ah tier IN Lie IN on ar oa IF he iro1
With respect TO It's lisrar:' aieriis the licsscn-
ger must speak for Itself l;s editorial columns
have been Illustrated by ;hc eenas of edgar A.
Poe and john Il; Thompeon, ans: lis pages have
been adorned by many Of sho abiesi essays. t:e
prooumdosl criticisms, lie most lr!..iSH. sketches,
iiie best poetry, ard The Most porular novels oi
the acc In vcricaiior OF this .iI0ieae.l;. Nc need
but TO instance The AeyerIcs Of bathelcf,
sqhe Flush Times of A!ahama.' aud Vernon
Grove y all OF which gren to the re'iers oi
the Messenger before tbey aPprare' IN tie ioraoi
books No pains viii be spared to secure literary
hii cflNlS f4itc a't!icllNe ~ any ''''' H''' "
peared in ihc past.
Among the New Featuros TO he introj"red nro
Original Illustrations Fashion Plates, Popular Sci
cn;iiic Articles aGdN Series OF humorous Sketches
and Poems Of Southern Lie TIE admirable Ice
t,.gcs OF Professor FaraGay will be continued.
sparkling Noyclet entitled 4 Story OF Clam
,,aigne,' will appcar Also TranslasioHs Of the
shorter and most brilliant stories OF the younger
Dumas and other celebrated French writers.
NOTICES oF TIE PRESS.
Tie Messenger is not only literary Journal, in
the modern sense Of the word but Is political TO
the extent OF being ever ready to le.end Tie
2auih ans, her institutions, without iaya,ias the
domain Of party pol:iics. rs contributors are
men of solid ability and established reputation.
AID It's contents are usually a happy compromise
between he light literature Of Northern Magazines
and the heavy and solid intellectual food Of the
British Reyews.-Ner Orleans Crescent.
Vie con,ens are various lively: and some of
the papers exhibit thinking, The part o. thc wri
ter and viii require j; from thc readec. The new
editor presents himself gracefully his reader in
his proper department and opens his game Of bat
tie with rntliusiasn.- Charleston .Vycnry.
john r. Thompson. Esq, is succeeded By
young man OF great talent, already knowr in liter
aly circles as Tic author of The Virginia Editor,
"Niozis .!dlnms Letters 10 Billy wins g Blue
Eyes ard Ba,tlewick," and many other articles
evncing talent and humor. Under the editorial
control of Dr. George ". Dagby. We iac assured
thas the Messenger viii, at all times sustain its
rank as one OF the bcs; periodicals in the country.
We congratulate the readers OF the Messenger upon
the happy choice of its present editor by the pro-
pretors Irginia Echo
Jan. 81, 1861 q ly