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 Rh Campbell has a bout with Mr. Richard Randolph in relation to the treatment of Patrick Henry, as to his military rank, by the Committee of Safety, in 1775, and Mr. Campbell completely vindicates the statements contained in his History. Probably that committee rendered a greater public service by keeping Mr. Henry out of the Colonial Army and making him Governor of Virginia.

Announcement is made of a new and improved edition of Campbell's "History of Virginia," with an appeal in its behalf. There are numerous selections, probably furnished by Mr. Campbell, from the Lee papers.

One of the main literary features is a copyrighted novel, by a lady of South Carolina: "Vernon Grove; or Hearts As They Are." Very soon after it was finished, it was issued from New York in book form, and very well received. It turns out that the Zarry Zyle; or Larry Lyle, of the earlier years of the Messenger, was P. P. Cooke.

1858. This was the year of the inauguration of the grand Washington Monument, in Richmond, on the 22nd of February. The March number contains the opening ode, by Mr. Thompson, and the oration, by the Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, which had been printed in advance. But the celebration is recorded in the April number.