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 Rh first savants, he might have been one of the most distinguished litterateurs of the age."

When, if ever, will Maury's "Vision of the Valley of the Amazon" be realized? He afterwards issued a tract upon "The Amazon and the Atlantic Slopes of South America."

The question of slavery is still discussed. That versatile genius and prolific yet elegant writer, Judge Nathaniel Beverly Tucker, is no more and Mr. Thompson pays him a high and appropriate tribute. It is worth noting that two young editors of the Messenger were trained in the Law by two brothers. Mr. Thompson was at the University of Virginia, under Prof. Henry St. Geo. Tucker, who had been president of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. Mr. Minor commenced at the University under Prof. Jno. A. Davis, but finished at William and Mary, under Prof. Beverly Tucker, who had been a circuit judge in Missouri. It has been seen how both of these brothers were intimately connected with the Messenger.

Mr. Thompson also made editorial excursions and recorded them. He was taken to task for some strictures he gave on his accommodations at the vaunted Charleston Hotel; and it was hinted that he was treated well enough for a bachelor. He admits this impeachment, but insists that even a bachelor was entitled to better