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 Rh were Greenhow, Larry Lyle, M. M. Noah, N. P. Willis, L. H. Sigourney, Alex. Lacy Beard, and a strong wish is felt that others were also known. There is a sharp review of a passable novel, "The Cavaliers of Virginia, or the Recluse of Jamestown: An Historical Romance of the old Dominion. By the author of 'A Kentuckian in New York.'" Also a friendly notice, with an extract, of "Scraps. By Jno. Collins McCabe." This author was self-educated and became a faithful and useful minister of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia, He was the father of the distinguished teacher and speaker, W. Gordon McCabe, of Virginia, The "Scraps" consist of both poems and tales. The editor has some further sparring with correspondents, and Larry Lyle replies to his Shepherdstown censor. McCabe became a contributor.

In April, the Messenger makes its eighth excursion. Mr. Poe appears again with "Morella," another of his horror-tales, and the editor gives him this send-off: "Morella will unquestionably prove that Mr. Poe has great powers of imagination and a command of language seldom surpassed. Yet we can not but lament that he has drunk so deep at some enchanted fountain, which seems to blend in his fancy the shadows of the tomb with the clouds and sunshine of life. We