THE BARREL MOVEMENT.

A SKETCH OF CAMP LIFE ON THE


RIO GRANDE.
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When the st. Louis Legion was encamp-
ed on the Island, at the mouth of the Bra
zos Santiago, the boys began, for the first
time, to feel the inconvenience of 'Uncle
Sans fodder arrangements--not that they
expected to find 'chicken fxins' every
morning; but they at least felt confident the
beans would be nourishing


About ] ! o'clock, a m, every day, the
little round vegetables were put in the camp
kettle, and in an hour, or probably an bour
and hall, were served out To those skill
ed in the matter of dried beans, we need
not explain how little effect one hours boil
ing would have upon them. The different
messes cracked away, however, chewed the
hard pebbles up, and left off their meals in
an unsaisfied manner.


few days had scarcely elapsed before
general grumble was set in circulation
against the commissary department, Uncle
Sam, and his beans, in particular. One tall