OR,

MISCELLANIES

HISTORICAL, LITERARY, AND POLITICAL.

BY

JOSEPH B. COBB.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

346 & 348 BROADWAY.

1858.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

TO THE

HON. WILLIAM L. SHARKEY.

OF MISSISSIPPI,

Eminent alike as a jurist, a statesman, and the friend of general literature, I dedicate this book, as an humble evidence of the high value I set upon his friendship, and of my appreciation of those qualities of character which have drawn to him such universal attachment and respect.

LONGWOOD, August, 1857.

J. B. C.