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This being the only mode of communication that these exiles have with their kind, the arrival of a mail and newspapers from the world beyond is naturally an important occurrence. The military post of Ringgold Barracks rose before us on a high sandy bluff, its rows of long, low, whitewashed modern buildings, placed at regular intervals around a level drill ground, in the centre of which rose the flag-staff, with its colors hanging droopingly, unstirred by the sultry air. These buildings were the government store-houses, soldiers' barracks, and officers' quarters; they all reminded me of the house of the foolish man, "who built his foundation upon the sand," all being in a similar plight. There were no signs of vegetation around; not even a blade of grass was to be seen. The sentinels monotonously walking guard gave unmistakable token of a military post. The deep feeling of relief that our long journey was at length at an end, made me greet with delight the first moment that I landed upon the parched and uninviting sand which composed the bluff upon which the barracks were built. Probably on the principle that "any hut unto a homeless man is welcome," it was with intense pleasure that I took possession of the house assigned to me. Peace and quiet, after the turmoil and excitement of sea-sickness and travelling, seemed what I might at least find here, and I now look back to the year passed in this isolated spot as one full of pleasant recollections. Each day was filled with new impressions of a new country and new people. Surrounded by those whose intelligence and polish would have been appreciated in the most elegant salons in the world, I can never forget all the kindness and good-will shown to me in Texas both by our officers and the Texans. I never saw a woman while there, except a Mexican peasant or a camp woman. The abigail I had taken with me received an offer of marriage while in Brownsville, which (being over thirty-five) she accepted with alacrity, preferring a permanent situation at the head of the establishment of a sentimental blacksmith, to one less certain. In consequence, I was left to the tender mercies of an African valet de chambre, who took the place of femme dé chambre, to which he had been drilled by some navy officers, whom he accompanied on a cruise in the Mediterranean. He proved himself what in pathetic language might be called the comfort of this period of my life! This faithful negro shone both literally and figuratively in many capacities; he was at once chambermaid, waiter, and housekeeper; and like that faithful Scotchman, Caleb Balderstone, prided himself on keeping up the style of the family! No matter how forlorn the fare, the silver, glass, and china glistened in immaculate purity, and Joseph Williams always, I may say, presided at our board with an untiring grace and elegance of demeanor! A soldier officiated as cook, and with the occasional assistance of a drummer-boy as scullion, divided the labors of the household, with which I never dreamed of interfering. It was May when we reached there, and we were plunged into a tropical summer, which would have been unendurable had it not been for the delightfully cool nights, when a sea-breeze, full of the fresh aroma of the ocean, would spring up. During the heat of the day, aggravating visions of Newport would at times come across me, but in spite of all inconveniences novelty is so charming that I found a great deal to enjoy in this new land; the climate was very salubrious, and cholera almost unheard of. During the summer months I remained a great deal at home. It was not till the fall that we commenced riding about the country in search of adventure and novelty. These months passed by rapidly. I amused myself making a kind of Robinson Crusoe collection of pets. By September it consisted of a fawn, two goats, a flock of doves, a brood of chickens, a parrot, four dogs of different kinds, several mocking birds, and some orioles, to say nothing of a tiger cub, of whom I had a mortal fear, who was kept chained, and poked at, and fed on raw meat by our faithful negro, who took these judicious means of taming him! This small specimen of "a happy family " was kept in a large inclosure in the rear of the house, surrounded by a high fence of interlaced brushwood, peculiar to Mexican ranchos. In a mounted regiment, blood horses of course abound, but they all had too much spirit to go in harness, although superb under the bit. We could not extend our rides very far from the garrison, on account of the frequent close neighborhood of the Camanches. The only safe ride was a race-course just outside of the government grounds. We made many unsuccessful efforts to get a horse that would go in a wagon, and one day heard of a pair that were to be sold, which had been ridden down from Northern Texas across the prairies, and were used up, by being overworked on the road. Their owner, a rough Texan, now offered them for sale. One died before we got there, and the other! A mere verbal description can never do him justice! Ribs were the chief impression he produced, but his owner said oats and rest would restore him, and he would fatten up, and become a splendid critter! With this vague hope he was purchased for "about five dollars," his owner" reckoned." I did not wonder at the snorting and pawing of the ground (expressive of impatience and disgust) performed by the horse I was sitting, as he came in contact with this miserable specimen of his race, while it took all my strength to hold him in. The way-worn creature was sent to the garrison that afternoon, but evidently felt the exertion to be too much for his feeble frame. Oats and bran were administered with but small success. For weeks he lingered on, occasionally taking little walks or standing mournfully under the shed which was his stable, looking so sad, so patient, and so motionless, that rows of blackbirds would perch on his sharp backbone, unmolested by the feeble switches of his scanty tail! Unlike other horses, he did not "feel his oats; " his prime had passed; there was no more “fatten ing up" for him in this world. That he would never be a splendid critter" again was evident! He finally died from swallowing a wineglass! A peculiar death, one of unfrequent occurrence, and worth at least a word of explanation. A basket of straw, which had been used in packing glass, stood near his shed. He took a mouthful of it, pour passer le temps, one sultry morning. A wine-glass remained among it, encased most elaborately in hay (as is the wont of professional packers to encase them.) This he recklessly bit at, it got into his throat, and proved the instrument that accomplished his death. Peace be to his veteran bones, for they were many! Another of my dumb friends to whom I cannot fail to pay the tribute of a few words of remembrance, was-a chicken!-whose benevolence of disposition and kindness of heart elevated him in my eyes far above the level of the humble race to which he belonged. His personal appearance was yellow, delicate, and very bobtailed! his mien was subdued and even melancholy, so much so that he involuntarily reminded me of a young divinity student whom I had known! An old hen of his acquaintance had a brood of children, one of whom she maltreated, or, to use the technical phrase, "hen-pecked," so that the poor thing, too small to pick for itself, would have been left to die, had not this tender-hearted and philanthropic chicken come to its rescue. He took it literally "under his wing," where it slept at night. He picked food for it, providing it with grasshoppers, spiders, and other delicacies. One was never to be seen without the other; they presented quite a touching sight, even if they were only chickens. Their final fate was a sad one! At times our larder was in a deplorable condition, quite bare, without a resource left by which it might be replenished; while on other occasions, when a Mexican would ride into camp with a dozen wild turkeys swung across his saddle, it was quite the opposite. Sometimes an Indian hunter would ride up to the door with a whole deer, even the skin and antlers, and scores of prairie hens, and At such times there was nothgame of every kind, hanging in the rear. ing to complain of, but at others, if a piece of kid or rabbit, or a few turnips (sold for a real, or a shilling apiece), could be obtained, it was looked upon as almost too good fortune to be real. At one period, which I shall never forget, the quartermaster's stores were reduced to mouldy flour and rancid pork, two luxuries that are not generally very highly appreciated, even by the unfastidious. A long drought had lowered the river by extensive evaporations, so as to render it unnavigable; and the same cause had parched the country around, making it even more than usually sterile and unproductive. The steamboat with the monthly supplies of provisions could not get up the river. Starvation seemed staring us in the face. Even frijoles (the Mexican bean, an unfailing stand-by) became scarce, and butter, milk, bread, and other such small but necessary items, were utterly unknown to us for weeks. At this period dinner became a dreadful ordeal, it seemed like swallowing a succession of pills; but he would have been a cowardly soldier who complained, when all suffered alike, and the subject of food was one that was dropped by mutual consent!-discussion would only have aggravated the evil. It was during this t me, when sickness and "les vapeurs noirs" confined me to the house, that my poor little friend, the chicken and the forlorn little one that he had befriended, were transformed into an igno ble fricassee. They were not roasted, out of respect to my feelings, as by their difference of size (which was marked) I might have recognized them! No instinct warned me that I was partaking of my friends. They must have tasted tenderly, if the mind has the influence over the body they say it has. I was afterwards told the particulars of their fate: As our resources diminished for supplying the table, the eyes of our colored dependant fixed themselves on this loving pair, who, however, fought manfully and sagaciously for their lives,-three successive days retiring under the house just before the very hour of execution arrived, with an intelligent expression of "no, you don't," on their pointedly expressive faces. Finally, they were cut off while in the arms of Morpheus (if Morpheus admits poultry into these precincts!) and formed the above mentioned dish. I felt very badly on the following day, when I found that they had been eaten, but was comforted by the thought of how many in a state of famine had been obliged to eat their intimate friends, and even their best fitting boot! It is always best to philosophize. In fact, some of our fates would be unendurable were it not for this wonderful and unfailing panacea. At last the joyful news arrived that "The Corvette" was a few miles down the river with supplies, but "stuck" in a sand-bar, and the time of its precise arrival consequently very uncertain. Two "gallant sons of Mars" immediatetl volunteered, and started on horseback to go down the river, and bring me some supplies. They returned towards evening, heavily laden, receiving my gratitude as ample compensation" for a day's toil. A fine illustration of the word politeness! and quite worthy of record. 66 Under the most favorable circumstances, the food was flavored with red ants, which were so thick that it was impossible to eat without devouring them by scores. They tasted something like caraway seed, and were not as disagreeable as a novice might suppose! The water we drank came from the Rio Grande, and was invariably lukewarm. After straining it, it was kept in a stone jug encased in wet flannel, and suspended by a cord in the air, for the purpose of cooling it as much as possible. The butter was almost unpalatable from its soft liquid appearance, and was kept in stone jars under ground with bricks laid over them. The milk was that of cows and goats, promiscuously milked in the same pail. The vermin, the famine, hot winds, and dry soil, which caused clouds of dust to fill the sultry air of July and August and lodge on everything, made me begin to think that General Twig's advice, that it would be better to remain in New Orleans and keep a thread and needle store than go to Texas, had been quite judicious! However, these evils began to disappear in a measure as the season of fall and winter approached, and our rides became longer and more varied. Literary Intelligence. THE PRESS IN CANADA.-From "The Canadian Newspaper Directory,' published at Toronto by C. W. Michley, we glean the following facts: There are issued in the two Canadas 207 Newspapers, viz.: Daily 20; TriWeekly 18; Semi-Weekly 15; Weekly 156. Of these, politically considered, 57 are termed Liberal or Independent, 47 Reform, and 43 Conservative. In religion, 104 favor Protestantism, 18 are Roman Catholic; 35 are neutral as to creeds; 12 non-Political; and 2 neutral with regard to both religion and politics. There are 88 different cities, towns or villages in the Canadas, from which newspapers are issued, the principal containing population respectively as follows: The Canadian local journals have usually but a moderate circulation, ranging from 500 to 1,500, averaging about 1,000. The following are set down in the Directory as the most widely diffused: Globe, Toronto-Daily 5.000; Tri-Weekly 3,000; Weekly 14,500. Colonist, Toronto-Daily 2,000; Tri Weekly 1,500; Weekly 10,000. La Minerve, Montreal (Liberal R. C.)-Tri-Weekly and Weekly, 3,000. A few other journals may have a circulation large as, and even larger than, some of these, but it is not distinctly given in the Directory. We are surprised to learn that at least five journals are printed in Canada in the German language, one of them being Roman Catholic.—N. Y. Tribune. On Wednesday evening the sixty-ninth annual festival of the Royal Literary Fund was celebrated at the Freemasons' Tavern. Lord Palmerston presided, and proposed the toast of the evening. We observe that he took credit to her present Majesty for being the first sovereign of this country - who had acknowledged literary attainments "as a claim to the distinctions which it was her peculiar prerogative to bestow." This is, of course, a fiction. "Her Majesty" means "her Majesty's Prime Minister," Lord Palmerston himself, who advised the elevation of Lord Macaulay to the peerage. But the statement needs modification. Literary merit was certainly not Lord Macaulay's sole qualification. He was a politician before he was an historian; and even as an historian, the claims of party are obviously, in his mind, paramount to the claims of historical impartiality. We must be thankful for Lord Macaulay's liberality, such as it is; but his history is, after all, a gigantic Whig pamphlet. We much doubt whether the present reign is the first epoch in our history, when the claims of literature to high honor in the State were acknowledged. Putting our early sovereigns, Edward III, Richard II., and Henry IV., out of the question, surely, Addison and Steele owed their honors to literature rather than politics. At any rate, literature has always been a passport in the Church to preferments, which it is the peculiar prerogative of the Crown to bestow. However Lord Palmerston's allusion answered the purpose of the moment. M. Van de Weyer, in returning thanks for the health of the "Foreign Ministers," dwelt upon the interest taken in English literature abroad, and stated that a congress of literary men was about shortly to be held in Belgium, to consult on matters relating to their common interests. The subscriptions and donations announced in the course of the evening, amounted to about 9007.; of which 100 guineas were subscribed by the Queen. The Imperial Library at Paris has just obtained a copy of the "Geographical Dictionary" of Jakout, one of the most learned Oriental writers of the thirteenth century. It consists of six folio volumes, and has been taken partly from the portion of the original manuscript of Jakout, which is in the possession of Kupruly Pacha, at Constantinople,-partly from a copy of the remainder of that manuscript which belongs to Achi Effendi, of the same city. Only four complete copies of Jakout's dictionary have hitherto been made, and they are in the British Museum, in the University of Oxford, in the Library of St. Petersburg, and in the Library of Copenhagen. Jakout's dictionary was compiled with the greatest care, and forms a perfect summary of the state of geographical science in his country and age. Amongst other curious things it contains an account of an embassy sent to Bouskara by the Emperor of China, as far back as 942, and one of a mission to the King of the Bulgarians, sent by the Caliph Mokhadin Billah, in 921. A We learn with regret from Paris three new instances of the extreme rigor of the present Government of France towards literature and the press. work, in three large volumes, entitled, "De la Justice dans la Revolution et dans l'Eglise," by P. J. Proudhon, the well-known writer on politics and political economy, published within the last few days, has been seized by the police; and the author and publisher of it are to be prosecuted. The peculiar doctrines of M. Proudhon are far from obtaining general assent; but considering that he is universally allowed to be one of the most original thinkers and one of the most brilliant writers of his country in these days, it is hard that he should be rudely silenced. The second instance of rigor is the suppression of an old-established daily newspaper, by name the " Estafette," for having been twice condemned on the prosecution of the Government; and the third is the exclusion from circulation in France of the Belgian daily newspaper, the "Indépendance," for having published Paris letters of which the tone was displeasing to people in high places at Paris. An Italian translation is now being brought out in Florence of Baron von Liebig's "Letters on Chemistry," which first appeared in the “ Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung." From the London Publishers' Circular, May 1. The entire impression of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's work on "The Block Books," with the exception of thirty copies reserved to be distributed among personal friends and the libraries entitled to every publication by act of parliament, was submitted by auction, on Wednesday last, by the author's partner, Mr. Wilkinson, who addressed a crowded auditory in a short and appropriate speech, calling attention to the extreme accuracy of the extensive series of fac-similes from works of such excessive rarity as almost to preclude a chance of ever obtaining the originals. He pointed out that the production was entirely a labor of love and not of profit, for which reason the author had determined not to publish his work in the usual manner at 12 or 15 guineas, but to submit it to public competition, pledging himself, in the event of any copies remaining unsold, that hereafter no copy should be disposed of for less than 107. 10s. by him or his representatives. He trusted that the liberality of the gentlemen present would render such a pledge unnecessary, by every copy being purchased, an event he fully anticipated owing to the very limited number of 215 for sale. The first copy was then put up, and from the casual glance we had of the contents of the three portly tomes, we have no hesitation in saying, the work must be of value to all collectors of early wood engravings. This was secured for the Royal Library at Windsor for 10. 10s. The remaining copies were then speedily disposed of in rotation. The total amount of 215 copies was 2,0477. Amongst the announcements, Messrs. Longmans have in preparationScenes from the Snow-Fields of Mont Blanc, by E. T. Coleman; Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico, by the Abbé Domenech; A Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific, by B. Möllhausen; a Memoir of the Services of Arthur Yourg; a Life of M. A. Schimmelpenninck, by Christiana C. Hankin; French Finance and Financiers under Louis XV., by James Murray; a Second Series of Letters on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, by Samuel Bailey; a History of German Literature, based on the German Work of Vilmar, by the Rev. Frederick Metcalfe; The Islets of the Channel, by Walter Cooper Dendy; Twenty Letters to a Young Senior Lieutenant, by Captain F. Liardet; a Second Series of Lyra Germanica; Aspects of Paris, by Edward Copping; the British Army in India, by Julius Jeffreys, F.R.S.; and the Heirs of Cheveleigh, by Gervaise Abbott. New Publications Received at the Office of the AMERICAN PUBLISHERS' CIRCULAR. [In the following List will be found the names of such books only as have been sent to this Journal. The titles of all books as they are issued will be regularly inserted in the proper column.] D. & J. SADLIER & Co. publish "Alice Sherwin: a Tale of the Days of Sir Thomas More, by C. J. M. TICKNOR & FIELDS favor us with "Quentin Durward," forming two addi tional volumes of their Household Edition of the "Waverley Novels." ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS issue "The Autobiography of Mrs. Harriet B. Cooke," who says: "I offer no apology for the subject-matter of this work. The truth is exhibited in a plain, unvarnished statement of facts. For the manner in which these delineations have been made, I am in a measure responsible; but, standing as I do upon the threshold of the eternal world, the fear of criticism should not make me shrink from any attempt to glorify my Heavenly Father. Had the reputation of authorship been my only incentive for bringing these pages before the public, they would long since have been consigned to oblivion. Often, as I have reviewed the dealings of God with me, I have desired to leave my testimony to His mercy and faithfulness; but the thought of sending it forth in the form of a printed book never entered into my mind, till it was suggested by a few pupils, and afterwards urged by several Christian friends, who felt that a record of such an experience might tend to strengthen many weary, sinking pilgrims, and encourage them in their efforts to educate our youth for God's service." Also, The Indian Rebellion: its Causes and Results," in a series of Letters from the Rev. Alexander Duff, D.D., LL D., of Calcutta. The English publishers state: "The following letters were addressed to the Rev. Dr. Tweedie, Convener of the Free Church of Scotland's Foreign Mission Committee, and, being printed from time to time as soon as each was received, they were not only perused by many readers, but a very general desire was expressed for their republication in a collective form. To that desire the writer having kindly assented, the series is now brought together continuous and entire. In passing through the press, it was impossible to secure for the work the benefit of the author's revision; but even with the most fastidious critic it is scarcely anticipated that any apologies will be needful on that account; whilst the majority of readers will prefer these Calcutta despatches just as they arrived, tense with the emotions, and all aflame with the tidings of that terrible season. at first believed by some that Dr. Duff had exaggerated the nature of the Indian crisis; but each successive mail has only proved that he had sagaciously estimated aright both the depth and the diffusion of the revolt. However rapidly the letters may have been written, there is nothing hasty or extempore in the views and opinions which they embody. These are the ripe result of thirty years. The statesman and the fair-minded Englishman will value them as the deliberate judgment of one who has possessed opportunities of observation almost unequalled; and to the Christian reader they will carry peculiar weight, as the testimony of one who has made life-long sacrifices for the sake of the gospel in India, and who, in the hands of the Most High, has been the means of inaugurating a singularly promising and successful scheme for India's moral and spiritual elevation." It was MASON BROTHERS publish "The Para Papers on France. Egypt, and Ethio pia," by George Leigh Ditson. The author remarks: "The Author of this Work does not pretend to any new discoveries; to have seen any more than travellers usually see; to have performed any wonderful feats; or, in his composition and colorings, to have surpassed or even equalled any one of the numerous writers who have nibbed their pens over the interesting themes herein considered: he claims merely to have made a few cheerful sketches (though the numerous notes throughout the volume may possibly be of service to the traveller and the student.) For this, he can render no apology, unless it be such as a sculptor and a painter might offer,-a desire (laudable and legitimate, is it not?) to give form and permanence to thoughts and sentiments, agreeable in their conception, more agreeable in their embodiment. Nature poses alike to all, and each one, author and artist, may drape her to suit his fancy; but if either, in the handling' of his subject, fails to impart to it the character and grace the public requires, he has no right to complain of its neglect. The Author before you, has nothing to ask: he has already been paid for his labor in the accomplishment of his self-imposed task and in the knowledge that he will throw a moment's happiness into the few remaining days of a beloved grandsire, to whom he gratefully dedicates this record of his journey to Ethiopia."] STANFORD & DELISSER have got out the "Little Church Library" by Jenny Marsh Parker. It consists of six volumes, respectively entitled "Around the Manger; or, Christmas, Past and Present, with St. Chrysostom's Sermon; "What a Little Child should know; ""Seed for the Spring Time; ""The Light of the World; or, Footprints of Christ Our Lord; "The Soldier of the Cross; or, Life of St. Paul;" and "Frank Earnest; or, Going into the Master's Vineyard." 75 1 25 ALICE SHERWIN: a Tale of the Days of Sir Thomas More. By C. J. M. 12mo. pp. 899. [D. & J. Sadlier & Co.] BAYNE.-Essays in Biography and Criticism. By Peter Bayne, author of "The Christian Life, Social and Individual." Second Series. 12mo. [Gould & Lincoln.] BRINCKERHOFF.-The Spirit of Christ; or, William Thomas Biddle, accepted missionary to Burinah, in his Efforts to do good at Home, and in his Consecration to the Work of Missions abroad. By Isaac W. Brinckerhoff. 16mo. pp. 212. [American Tract Society.] 20 COOKE.-Memories of my Life Work. The Autobiography of Mrs. Harriet B. Cooke. 12mo. pp. 356. 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A series of Devotional Meditations, with Scripture Readings, for each day in the year, adapted especially to united worship with absent friends. |