St;.TE JoIRNAL, —’I lie prospectus of
this State paper foi 1864 may be seen in
our paper this week. A prospectus will
Hiso appear in lime for the session of the
' stature, when m »st rea less will wish
>m ir. a cl il» in order to get the pro-
St. Rose, Dec. 7th, 1863.
Mr. Cover— Dear Sir:— l have re
ceived a second letter from my son Victor
from Richmond. The last is dated Nov.
20. Will you insert in the Herald tl.al
Sergeant Pointer, of Patch Grove, Cur pl.
Retiey, of Beetown, Joseph Hur*t, of Ha
zel Green, and him-Aiif, are all well and in
as good spirits as could be expecte I. They
are the four of whom you have never in
serted anything definite, more than that
they were mis.-ing. Yours,
11. N. Strong.
Home Journal for 1864.—0 n the
2 l day of January this popular paper will
commence another volume. All the essen
tial features of this widely known journal
will be continued. A new and interesting
French novel entitled “ De Valvrede,” will
be commenced in the first numi>er, to run
about four month'. N. P. Willis, the Po
et and Gentleman, will continue to devote
his entire addition to the Journal, and will
contribute his elegant ami readable sketch
es of both city and rural lite that have
proved so accept d I • to the readeis of that
paper. The Home Journal is, in short,
an epitome of the news, of the literary and
fashionable world, of the arts, ot the w it,
humor and pathos of the times, containing
the earliest record of the news for the la
dies, and criticism upon literature, society,
morals, poetry, fine arts an i fishions.
