The Daily Dispatch: January 1, 1861., [Electronic resource]

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The Southern Literary Messenger.

In the number for January, 1861, advance sheets of which have been furnished us, we find the following attractive list of prose and poetical articles: Prose--1. The Union; its Benefits and Dangers. 2. Tom Hood as an Artist. 3. Faraday's third popular Lecture on the Forces of Matter. 4. A Story of Champagne. 5. The Story of a California Faro Table. 6. A Literary Peter Funk. 7. Parson Squint. 8. Chacun a Son Gont. 9. Gothic Architecture and Natural Religion. 10. The Fine Arts. Poetry--1. Oh ! the Sweet South ! 2. A View from Concession. 3. The Storming of Chapultepec. 4. In Dreams Thou Still Art Mine. 5. Sonnet. 6. Autumn Leaves. 7. December. 8. A Winter Night Among the Hills. 9. Sonnet. 10. Never in Vain. In all 20 articles — variety enough to suite every taste. The editor follows up the Secession article of the last number with a letter from Washington city. Two of the articles are illustrated, and there is a very pretty Fashion plate from Brodie. We advise our readers to avail themselves of the beginning of the year to subscribe to the Messenger.