Topographical Maps of Virginia – 2-3
The Mason-Slidell Affair: Report of Capt. Wilkes to the Navy Department – 4
Diplomacy of the War: Secretary Seward’s Letters to our Ministers Abroad – 4-10
Brother Bennett Inflating his Well-Known First-Class, A No. 1 Wind-Bag, Herald – 10-11
News from Washington: Important Dispatches Received from Our Ministers in Europe – 13-15
Editorial: Wilkes on Mason and Slidell – 15
Editorial: Exchange of Prisoners-Precedent of the Revolution – 15
The Rat-Hole Squadron and Southern Rivalries – 15-16
Editorial: The Theatre of War in Virginia – 16
Editorial: Mr. Seward’s Correspondence – 16-17
How to Scatter the Rebels – 17
Expected News from Europe-Relief to Nervous Sufferers – 17
The Grand Union Debating Society of the Potomac – 17
The Canvass for Mayor – 17