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. As we will, and not as the winds will. VOL. XXII. NEW SERIES, VOL. I. JANUARY TO JUNE-1856. JOHN R. THOMPSON, EDITOR. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA: MACFARLANE, FERGUSSON & CO., PROPRIETORS. |