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 Rh are copious and varied and sometimes graced and seasoned by his own verses. The notices of new works evince taste, judgment and industry. Paul Hayne has become the editor of W. C. Richards' Southern Literary Gazette and a poetical contributor of the Charleston Weekly News and visits Richmond. Thos. B. Bradley addresses R. H. Stoddard poetically. He and his cousin, Miss Julia Pleasants, of Alabama, get out together a volume of their poetry. James C. Bruce delivers a fine address before the Society of Alumni of the University of Virginia. The constant friend, Tuckerman, brings forth his "Month in England." Jos. G. Baldwin, author of the inimitable "Flush Times," collects them in a book. He shows what he can do, in a serious style, by his "Representative Men," beginning with Jackson and Clay. Poe was charged with plagiarizing from Tennyson the poem: "Thou wast that all to me, love," etc. Mr. Thompson defends Poe and acquits him upon the testimony of Tennyson. We feel indebted to Mr. Thompson for a full and accurate version of Muhlenburg's "I Would Not Live Alway."

John Brown's raid and execution; the appearance of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" with its key, and Mrs. Stowe's visit to England could not allay feeling on the subject of slavery there, or in any section of this perturbed country. Mr.