LIST OF CONTENTS. 1. GOV. WISE'S ORATION, AT LEXINGTON, 4TH JULY, 1856, PROFESSOR or LANGUAGES IN Austin COLLEGE, Texas, By J. E. C. 7. A PASTORAL HYMN TO THE FAIRIES. BY T. B. ALDRICH, 8. KANAWHA PIECES. BY AN OLD MAN OF KANAWIA. No. V.—THE DISAPPOINTED BRIDEGROOM. No. VI.-A SCREECH, 9. THE HEART SACRIFICE, 10. BANNAKER, THE BLACK ASTRONOMER, 11. SULLY'S FOREST DAYS: His RECOLLECTIONS AND HIS DREAMS, 12. THE PAINTER AND HIS PUPIL.* A FLEMISH STORY, 13. EDITOR'S TABLE: W. Gilmore Simms—The Original of “ Not a Drum was Heard,” 14. NOTICES OF NEW WORKS: Rachel and the New World-The Youth of the Old Dominion--Poems 47 55 65 68 72 79 80 * From Chamber's Journal. TO ADVERTISERS. For the convenience of the public, we shall publish an advertisement sheet with each number of this work, where advertisers will find it to their interest to insert their advertisements. Every issue of an adtertisement, will be equal to twenty-five hundred circulars distributed. TERMS.-A quarter of a page, one insertion, $ 1 50 A quarter of a page, one year, 12 00 Half page, one insertion, 2 50 Half page, one year, 20 00 One page, one insertion, 4 00 One page, oftè year, 35 00 MACFARLANE, FERGUSSON & CO., Proprietors . THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER, DEVOTED TO EVERY DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. Au gré de nos desirs bien plus qu'au grés des vents. Crebillon's Electre. VOL. XXIII. NEW SERIES, VOL. II. JULY TO DECEMBER—1856. JOHN R. THOMPSON, EDITOR, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, |