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164 There he married the daughter of Judge Tucker and was appointed editor, for the Federal Government, of the papers of Mr. Jefferson, which Congress had bought. This caused him to spend, with his wife, much time in Washington, where he came, by an accident, to an untimely end, when he had accomplished only a part of his task.

Mr. C. M. Farmer, Richmond, has ventured to publish a book of his poems and is "rowed up Salt River." But C. F. Hoffman's poems are treated very differently.

Another new contributor is Geo. W. Thompson, who vindicates the title of Virginia to the North Western Territory and her rights upon the Ohio. But three of the oldest stand by him,—Heath, Lucian Minor and Lieut. Maury. This last writes, at the request of the Hon. T. Butler King, M. C., one of his prophetic letters on "Steam Navigation to China." Sidney Dyer, H. H. Clements, W. C. Richardson and Win. H. Holcombe are among the new poets; and Mr. Thompson obtains two regular correspondents, W.W.M. and G.B.M., in Paris. There is another review of Howison's "History of Virginia," more favorable than that by Mr. Daniel, and just after it appears the "Stars and Steamers" of the late editor, Mr. Minor.

J. M. Legaré has gotten out a collection of his