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236 LITERARY. WILLIAH W. MANN, Editor. SATURDAY, DEC. 17, 1859. TRAVELING AGENT. John L. Stocktos, of this city, is General Traveling j Agent for the Fif.i.d and Fireside, and the CoxsTirr- ! IXOStALIST. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. We do not send receipts br mail for subscriptions re- j mitted. The receipt of The Soithees Field and ! Fireside, after the money is remitted, will be evi dence to each subscriber that his money has been re- ! ceived and his name duly entered on the mail book. BACK NUMBERS. Persons subscribing to the Field and Fireside can be supplied with all the back numbers. - ■■ is > literary and other, will | please take notice that all businms communica tions to the office of the Southern Field and ! Fireside should be addressed to Mr. James Gardner, proprietor; and all Literary, Agricul- j tural and Horticultural communications to the respective editors, by name. —iw*- TO CORRESPONDENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS. Received, during the week— From ‘ Fannie Fielding,’’ (of Norfolk, Ya.,) j the poem “Lord Lyle and Bessie Brown.” with six sketches in prose. “The Faithful Writer,” by Mrs. A. McCrim- j moo. The Curse of Disobedience, by Laura Lincoln, j A Word about Schools, by “James.” Recollections of a Contented Philosopher— Fhoebe's Wedding Night, by John Kstin Cooke, I of Virginia. A Charade, by P-de. Popular Astronomy, No. 3, by Lamkin. Left Alone, by M. A. J. Little Willie, by Mrs. E. L. Saxon. The Bound Boy, by same. The lines entitled “The Friends you leave Be hind,” are respectfully declined. The three stanzas on “Twilight,” the last of which commences with the line— “ The rays of the silver moon Is seen.” are also declined. The poetical contribution which, in five verses, describes the Christian’s Heaven as “a magical isle in the sea of Time,” with “fairy forms in habiting its bowers,” and “the King's banner gracefully falling o'er its jasper walls,” is hardly admissible. Editorial courtesy, stretched to its utmost limit, cannot accept this extravagant use of poetic license. The editor's orthodoxy, to say nothing of his good taste, peremptorily for bids it. The piece presents a most incongruous assemblage of Christian, pagan, military and ro mantic ideas. The writer lias a luxuriant, but undisciplined imagination, a good ear, and a fine talent for versification. These qualities, if care fully improved, will, ere long, enable tljeir pos sessor to occupy the poetic columns of our peri odicals with much more than ordinary ability. This little crack of the critical lash is not intend ed to discourage, but rather to inspirit our cor respondent to more careful and successful effort. The three poetical contributions marked Nos. 1,2, and 3, are also respectfully declined. We really have not time to write the author a pri vate letter as he desires, in justification of our decision; and he would think it unkind if we criticise the lines severely in this place. Suffice it to say—we have seen better from his pen, and cannot publish these, which, we are confident, he will rim his own pen across, when lie shall be a little older. NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Avouo. A Legend of the Island of Cos. With Poems, Lyrical, Miscellaneous and Drama tic. By Paul H. Hayne. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1860. It was only by a strong effort of self-denial that upon the reception of this enticing volume of poems by a favorite poet of our sister State of South Carolina, we refrained from its immediate perusal. Fearing that the pleasure of reading the book will still have to be deferred longer than it would be proper to omit the acknowledg ment of its reception, we hasten to present the volume to our readers with a recommendation (worth much more than our own would be,) emanating from the pen of one who, while he is himself a justly admired poet, is perhaps our ablest critic. Mr. Jno. R. Thompson, the accomplished editor of the Southern Literary Messenger, thus writes of this new volume of Southern poetry and of its author in the December number of his interesting monthly: Mr. Hayne abundantly fulfills the early prom ise of his genius in this new volume of verses, which brims over with the wine of poetry, as a beaker at a banquet with the latter and mellow er offerings of a well-known vintage. Never was there a more honest and consistent literary workman than Mr. Hayne. Conscious, as he must be, of superior powers, he bestows on all he writes the most patient labour, wherein he pays respect to the critical taste of his public at the same time that he does justice to himself. In his lyrics, odes, or dramatic fragments we find no doubtful rhymes, no halting feet, no awk ward inversion—all is in the strictest accordance with the severe rules of art. Not that he relies for the effect of his poems on the smoothness and melody of his measures, or at any time, seeks to impose upon us by the trick of dexterous versi fication, saying commonplace things in a musi cal way and beguiling the sense through the ear alone. Not at all. No young poet with whom we are acquainted has less of mere jingle than Mr. Hayne. It is only as a medium of con veying his thoughts that he employs rhythmical forms. Writing from a soul deeply imbued with the love of all things beautiful, his effort is to es tablish a sympathy with the reader, and make him see external objects or feel inward emotions as they affect the poet himself, and loftier aim he could not have. ***** As a writer of Sonnets, we think the general verdict of the country would assign Mr. Hayne a rank not fm; if at all below Wordsworth. With little enthnsiasm for this form of verse, we should not base upon it our high opinion of the poet, did we not see in his careful study of the ttrza 9*k& gouxKs&sr vssx>s xsm wmxMmn. rima the secret of his general success? Sonnet izing has chastened his fancy, strengthened his diction, and elevated his taste; and prepared him for the judicious employment of rhymed i measures and blank verse. Mr. Wir. C. Barber, 219 Broad street, has also laid upon our table The Woman of the World, a sensation novel, by Lady Cavendish, author of Lisa, or the Mesmerist s Victim, the Divorce, &c., &c. — • ♦«* - - THE SLAVE HOLDER ABROAD, Or, Billy Buck's Visit, with his Master, to England Snch is the title of a book now going through the press, and of which the author, a citizen of | our own State, has kindly furnished ns a few of ! the advance sheets. Had it appeared a year or two years earlier, it would have possessed a j remarkable a-propos, and would have doubtless ! effected more good than can now, we fear, be reasonably anticipated. Its intelligent and pa- , triotie author —one of our most observing and i reflecting men—intends it as oil poured upon S troubled waters, calming the angry waves which 1 have so long tormented our ship of state, and whose increased violence is threatening now to ; overwhelm and engulph us. We fear that it is j already too late to prevent the wreck of our j gallant vessel. The passions at the North which s conservative and right-thinking, but dormant j majorities have allowed to grow in intensity, i and spread unchecked, till they invaded all lo- j calities, and every class of the community, hare at last awakened equally fierce and uncompro mising counter passions at the South. As we ; write the words, these passions are catching j with electrical rapidity, and inflaming the minds of our population throughout the slave-tiolding j States of the Union. We do fear, we believe, j indeed, that these passions can he appeased only , over a common ruin. Our friend, the author of The Slaveholder Abroad, would give himself the i satisfaction of reflecting hereafter that lie poured j his cup of oil upon the troubled waters. If the North had learned the lesson he teaches —and it might have done so, many years ago, but it would not, —the American's patriot’s hopes would not have been brought to the present almost desperate pass. The aim of the book is to show that Slavery in the South, in its daily practical working, and judged by its results, as they affect both the race enslaved and the master race, is not the odious institution so malevolently portrayed by its en emies without; that it is patriarchal, kind, pro tecting, preserving to the slave, ensuring him an easy, pleasant, comfortable lot, as the general rule, and exhibiting his class the laboring class—as the most contented, happy, and best provided for, that the world has ever witnessed. Our author brings a great array of facts and figures, drawn from incontestiblo soureos, to the support of these positions. We bespeak for the new work a kind reception. It cannot fail to strengthen Southern men in their position, and detach some whose minds passion has not yet closed to the appeal of reason, from the host of our enemies. We give, on another page, from the sheets furnished us, the Introductory Letter of the book. It will afford to readers a good idea of the character and scope of the work, as con ceived by the author, and at the same time fur nish a pretty fair sample of its style and read able quality. We shall probably hereafter publish one or more Letters from the body of the work. |y We had the satisfaction of announcing, in our last number, the accession of Prof. J. 11. Ingraham, as contributor to the columns of our paper. We follow up that announcement by another to-day, which will, we believe, be equal ly gratifying to many of our readers, assuring them, as it does, that the proprietor of the Field and Fireside is determined to fulfill his own promises, and realize the expectations of friends, by making this journal second to none in the Union, as an interesting, valuable, com plete Literary and Family paper. Mr. Gardner has secured for the Field and Fireside, during the ensuing year, the service of the able and brilliant pen of Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, known to many of our readers, and widely throughout the State, as the admired editress and writer, whose charming productions have given interest and value to the columns of the Crusader. Hence forth, at least for next year, and we hope for many years, Mrs. Bryan will write exclusively for this paper. There are few if any young writers of the South, for whom we have higher or more confident expectations of a brilliant lit erary future, than wo have conceived and are now glad to express with regard to Mrs. Bryan : and we rejoice for her sake, and for our own,‘and for that of our readers and of all the friends of our enterprize at the connection we now an nounce. —•*■»— — OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. Paris, November 24, 1859. j C'est Fembarras des richesses. In English, I your correspondent can hardly see the forest for j the trees. I hardly know where to begin, and have not the remotest conception where to end i with my politioal report for the week. The saf est, at least most convenient, means of getting out of the difficulty, will be to confine myself within material limits. The contradiction of terms, between getting out and confinement, is, believe me, dear Sir or Madame, more apparent l than real. Igo to the middle of second column, as nearly as I can calculate, treating of grave and tangled political questions. Arrived at that limit, I jump over to other themes. The revolutionized Papal Legations, Parma, Modena, and, if Baron Ricasoli, dictatorial chief at Florence will, as he probably must, yield, Tus cany, are to come under the single rule of Signor Buoneompagni, to whom, as I wrote last week. Prince Carignan of Savoy had delegated the re gency offered to him by the vote of the Bo lognese and three Ducal Assemblies. The ar rangement that has been arrived at, is the re sult of a sort of compromise between the Em peror of the French and the King of Piedmont. Being a compromise, it is not completely satis factory to either of them, nor to the Liberals of Central Italy; but it is excessively unsatisfac tory to Austria and Rome —in whose non-satis faetion let us hopefully seek our consolation. How all will end. I do not presume, corres pondent though I am, to foretell. I cannot, however, help thinking that the prospects of Central Italy are less gloomy than they appeared a week ago' The regency of Victor Emmanuel’s cousin, Prince Eugene, of Savoie-Carignan, as desired by the moderate patriots, and which would have nearly amounted to a virtual annex ation to Sardinia of the three Duchies and the Legations, has been cut down, by diplomatic in terference of France, at pressing Austrian sug gestion, to the provisional, purely order-preserv ing commission of Buoneompagni. Perhaps the most agreeable feature in this compromise is, that Austria is, if possible, less content with it than the advanced patriots. It must bo admitted that the objections to the Ca rignan regency presented by the court of the Tuil leries, had a rational, or at least a constitutionally rational foundation. It cannot be denied that the Carignan regency came very near to a practical settlement of one of the chief questions—nay, to a whole order of questions, whose “solution” by the terms of the just-signed Zurich treaties, is “reserved” for the deliberations of a European Congress. Nor, happily,can it lie denied that even the modified forqi of that regency, so modified, the Moniteur of yesterday tells us, as to have lost all the characteristics of a regency, does yet help to unify the Northern Italians. Austria seems latterly to be less inclined to the Congress than she was two weeks ago. The conditions on which she can take part in it, are not yet arranged to the complete satisfaction of England. But all that is secondary. No one now doubts, of what I have had so little dispo sition to doubt any time these past four months, that the Congress will—must assemble, and will be composed of representatives from Eng land. Lord Cowley, the British ambassador here, has just Tun over to London to make some final arrangements, so that the English ministry can accept the Franco-Austrian invitation. There, for the moment, is the essence of the joke: Austria, who had on the whole quite as lief, not to say rather, altogether dispense with this Congressional business, bound herself by those Zurich arrangements the other day, to join with France in inviting the members who are to compose it. Whether now, it is to meet i next month, as everybody in Paris was saying last week, or month after next, as almost every body in Paris is now saying, your correspon dent does not know —nor does he much care. Meantime,awaiting its assembling, and thereafter the conclusion of its long drawn discussions, the provisional Italian governments are con stantly working important reforms. A com plaining protest against some of them lately is sued by the prelates of Modena, will be to most of your readers their best eulogy. The bishop’s attack, in this document, as so many acts of sa crilege, laws and measures whose sole object is to separate the civ'l power from religious au thority. They formally protest: Ist, against the granting to dissident sects an equal right to observe their own forms in worshipping a common God ; 2d, against the liberty granted to the press ; 3rd, against the abolition of eccle siastical tribunals, and the subjection of the clergy under accusation of crimes or offences to trial by civil tribunals; 4th, against the mak ing of marriage a civil contract, as in France; sth, against the prohibition to religious estab lishments, of receiving donations ahd legacies, without a special authorization—also, as in France. Like reforms have been decreed in the other central States, in the revolted Romagna among the rest. The need of them may be guessed from this ODe fact that the property held by the clergy in mortmaine (L e., inaliena ble) in the Roman States alone, amounts in round ciphers, to 100,000,000 of dollars—mind not francs —in value. What ever comes—and runaway dukes may be among the sad com ing things,—these reforms cannot be wholly un done. In the worst supposable case, they will at least have given the people a taste of justice and common sense, provoking in them a hankering after, and an insatiable cry for more. I was speaking, a letter or two ago, of the universal Teutonic Schiller Festival. Its cele bration throughout Germany, eminently literary, blit supereminently national, took quite gene rally a political color But the Hungarians, who naturally were little inclined to join in the man ifestation, take occasion of the nearly coincident birth-day of their eminent literary compatriot, Kazincy, to make their national manifestation also. I have not space nor time to enlarge on this point. It is, however, well worthy of at tention as one of the many significant symptoms of Austria’s sick estate. Hungarian discontent, that came so near a dangerous outbreak last summer, under the patronage of Louis Napo leon himself, as we all know r , was not satisfied, though for the moment hopelessly intimidated by the results of that Imperial conference at Villa franea. In those days, Francis Joseph was scar ed into tho promising of large reforms. His alarm was greatest, and his promises largest re specting Hungary. The promises have not been fulfilled. There is to-day a dangerous agitation of tho national spirit in Hungary. In those days, Francis Joseph promised large, liberal re forms, in favor of Jews and Protestants; Os the Jewish reforms, I can’t speak. The ordi nances in favor of the Protestants have been published. To an outsider, they have a liberal air. To the Protestants affected by them, doubt less the best judges in their own cause, the re forms are worse than their previous estate, and they openly protest against the ordinances, which they regard as an encroachment on the small measure of right and justice hitherto acceded to them. Graver, perhaps, than all this, is the financial condition of Austria, which is nothing better than a chronically staved off bankruptcy. The Emperor wrote the other day to his Minis ter of Finance, that it was “ his will ” to have income and expenses balanced the coming year. The autograph letter was immediately published, not producing the expected effect on the market, poor, obstinate, conceited young Franz Joseph’s “will” not being regarded by the public as a clear source of income. I have reached my political limits. The inexorable mail closes in half an hour. Will you, man cher redacteur, slip in here a chapter of Paris travels, and record my parole that next week I will make room for other than political themes ? A Noble Sentiment. —Some true heart has given expression to its generous nature in the following beautiful sentiment: “Never desert a friend when enemies gather around him—when sickness falls on the heart — when the world is dark and cheerless is the time to try a true friend. They who turn from the scene of distress, betray their hypocrisy, and prove that interest moves them. If you have a friend who loves you and studies your interest and happiness, be sure to sustain him in advers ity. Let him feel that his former kindness is appreciated, and that his love is not thrown away. Real fidelity may be rare: but it exists in the heart. Who has not seen and felt its power ? They deny its worth who never loved a friend or labored to make a friend happy. WASHINGTON'S FAKE WELL ADDRESS. Our readers are aware that a controversy, somewhat painful in some of its relations, has existed for many years with regard to the au thorship of Washington s Farewell Address. We are happy to state that the question is de cisively treated, and the controversy, we .trust, forever ended, by Mr. Horace Binney's “ Inqui ry into the Formation of Washington's Farewell Address'' (Philadelphia. 1859, Svo). Whether Washington had or had not the aid of Hamilton in the preparation of the Farewell Address is a question, in itself, of no moral im portance. But the unfortunate way in which it lias been treated has given it a gravity quite apart from its instrinsic interest: for, as Mr. Bin ney remarks in his preface, the composition of the Address has been regarded “ by some persons either as an unsupported pretension on the side of Hamilton, or as an assistance which he should have taken effectual means to conceal forever; and by others, as a transcript by Washington, with a view to unneedful houor, of what another had written, fundamental or guiding thoughts and all." But while the bearing of the question upon the honor of these two great names is, at present, its most important feature, its decision lias, besides, a definite historical value, which must come more prominently into view as the personal imputations, or rather insinuations, which first suggested the “ Inquiry,’’ sink into forgetfulness. Mr. Binney's“ Inquiry ” is conducted through out with rare critical acuteness, and with a still rarer impartialy. He treats the question as a judge, not as an advocate. The dignity and ele vation of his tone in stating and deciding the case, are only excelled by his tenderness and delicacy toward all the parties, dead or living, who may in any way be concerned in the solution of the question. Having under his eye docu ments unknown to Mr. Jay and to Mr. Sparks, he is able to show, without in the slightest de gree reflecting upon the judgment or honesty of those distinguished men, that their conclusions necessarily partook of the imperfection of their data. The case may be briefly summed up as follows: In 1792 Washington, intending to withdraw from office at the close of his first term, decided to state this purpose, and its grounds, in a “ Fare well Address.” On the 20th of May he request ed Madison to prepare the paper, and suggested certain “topics” which, “among others,” might “be observed.” Mr. Madison, accordingly drew up a brief paper, which is still in existence. Washington, however, at that time gave up his purpose of abandoning public life. Four years later he renewed it, and, with it the plan of an address. He prepared a “ draft ”of such an ad dress himself and showed it to Hamilton, in Phil adelphia, in the spring of 1796, requesting him to “redress" it. On May 10th, Hamilton wrote to Washington, asking a copy of the paper, as it would need to be “ much at leisure touched and retouched.” On the 15th, Washington sent it, authorizing Hamilton, if he “should think it best,” even “to throw the whole into a different form.” On the 30th of July, Hamilton sent an address, drawn up by himself, embodying all the views suggested by Washington with great care and adopting his very words as much as possible but giving a new and much extended plan to the paper. On the 10th August, he sent back Washington’s own draft, carefully revised. On the 25th Washington wrote to Hamilton, stating his adoption of the new draft (Hamilton’s), and requesting him to “ re-examine,” and return it as soon as possible. On the sth of September, Hamilton returned it, with a few alterations. The “ Farewell Address,” as now known to the world, was signed by Washington on the 17 th of September, and was published on the 19th. Mr. Binney gives the correspondence and “ drafts ’’ in full, with a minute and exhaustive analysis of every part of them, so far as it bears upon the question. His conclusion is that “ Washington was undoubtedly the original de signer of the Farewell Address, not merely by general intimation, but by the suggestion of per fectly definite subjects, of an end or object, and of a general outline, the same which the paper now exhibits.” The address “ speaks the very mind of Washington; the fundamental thoughts and principles were his; but he was not the com poser or writer of the paper.... The new plan, the different form, proceeded from Halilton. He put together the thoughts of Washington in a new order, and with a new bearing; and while, as often as he could, ho used the words of Washington, his own language was the general vehicle, both of his own thoughts and for the ex pansion and development of Washington’s thoughts But no Iconoclastes has appeared or even can appear, to break or mar the image and superscription of Washington, which it bears, or to sully the principles of moral and po litical action in the government of a nation which are reflected from it with his entire ap proval, and were, in fundamental points, dicta ted by himself.” The public mind, we think, will rest in this conclusion. Wo thank Mr. Binney, not only for his calm investigation and conclusive settle ment of a question about which a needless and annoying controversy had arisen, but also for the beautiful illustrations which this book af fords of the inner feelings and relations between the two wisest names in American history, Washington and Hamilton. Each knew his own worth and wisdom; but each knew still bet ter those of the other. Where either recogniz ed the other’s superiority, he leaned upon it with unqualified trust, but with no abatement of self-respect or dignity. Hamilton’s cast of mind of studies made him far more the literary man; the accidents and exigencies of his life made him far more the politician than Washington ever was. Washington knew all this; and hence sought and used Hamilton's aid with the utmost freedom whenever his literary or political talent was needed in the public service. The extent to which he depended upon Hamilton in these respects is well known to all who have investi gated the matter. Nothing can be more absurd than to consider the fact any disparagement to the greatest name in the history of mankind. This is to estimate Washington by a standard of which he knew nothing. As if he, whose single and lofty aim it was to shape his adminis tration for the best good of the country, had any of the petty vanities of “ literary authorship 1” Hamilton’s aid was rendered freely, always with a just apprehension of the relations between him and his great chief, and always with the strict regard to delicacy and honor which was charac teristic of his noble nature. Ho was a coadjutor in the building up of an empire, not of a literary reputation. Statesmen, on whose acts a nation’s welfare and the world’s future turns, have no time or thought to waste in adjusting, either for themselves or for posterity, “ the credit of a composition ” to which they have contributed together.— [Harpers' Weekly —in Though sometimes small evils, like invisible insects, inflict pain, and a single hair may stop a vast machine, yet the chief secret of comfort lies in not allowing trifles to vex us, and in prudent ly cultivating an undergrowth of small pleas ures, since great ones, are let on long leases. CHILDREN'S COLUMN. WASHINGTON, A BOV. From Lossing's Mount Vernon and its Associations. I In this vicinity lived some of the Lees, always a distinguished family in Virginia; and one of the most intimate of Washington’s friends, in his earliest childhood, was Richard Henry Lee, afterwards the eminent statesman and patriot. They were very nearly of the same age, Lee being one month the oldest. I have before me a copy of a letter written by each when they were nine years old, and which are supposed to be among the earliest, perhaps the very first, epistles penned by these illustrious men. They were sent to me a few years ago, by a son of Richard Henry Lee, (who then possessed the originals,) and are as follows: RICHARD HENRY LEE TO GEORGE WASHINGTON. “Pa bought me two pretty books full of pic tures he got them in Alexandria they have pic tures of dogs and cats and tigers and elefants and ever so many pretty things cousin bids me send you one of them it has a picture of an ele fant and a little Indian boy on his back like un cle jo's sam pa says if I learn my tasks good he will let uncle jo bring me to see you will you ask your ma to let you come to see me. Richard Henry Lee.” GEORGE WASHINGTON'S REPLY*. “ Dear Dickey I thank you very much for the pretty picture book you gave me. Sam asked me to show him the pictures and I showed him all the pictures in it; and I read to him how the tame Elephant took care of the master’s little boy, and put him on his back and would not let anybody touch his master’s little son. I can read three or four pages sometimes without mis sing a word. Ma says I may go to see you and stay all day with you next week if be not rainy. She says I* may ride my pony Hero if Uncle Ben will go with me and lead Hero. I have a little piece of poetry about the picture book yon gave me. but I musn’t tell you who wrote the poetry. "G. TV.’s compliments toll. 11. L., And likes Ills book full well, Henceforth will count him his friend, And hopes mnny happy days he may spend. “ Your good friend, George Washington. “ I am going to get a whip top soon, and you may see it and whip it.” ENIGMA, NO. XIII. 1 am composed of ten letters: My 1, 0. 7—is a hut “ 4,8, 10—is a box for corn, etc. “ (>, 5, 10—is what one of the days of the week is named after. “7,2, 3, 4—is where we are all going to. My whole is essential to life. Colin Spence, of Va. ENIGMA XIV. I am composed of nine letters —thus: My 2,8, 4, 3—the name of a celebrated poet. “ 6,2,1 —a “ bulky piece of timber.” “3,2, 8, 9—a bird, pronounced, in scripture, “ harmless.” “9, 8,4, o—the synonym of wicked. “3, 7, 9—a female quadruped. “ 5, 1; 3—another word for turf. My whole is a beautiful description of Deity, from Holy Writ. E**#- ENIGMA XV. I am composed of twenty-six letters —thus: My 8, 23, 6, 16, 17, 3,8 —pure carbon or coal. “ 11, 15, 5, 17, 7, 23, 18, 2—name of a group of islands. “ 1,9, 24—an instrument of war. “ 4,12, 1, 22, 20—the emblem of American Libertj’. “ 21, 6, 14, 26, 17, 9, 10—name of a distin guished Southern statesman. “ 25, 15, 13—an auxiliary verb. “ 19, 9, I—part of a buggy-harness. My whole is the name of a distinguished officer in the Florida wars. F ANSWERS. Enigma XII.: Obey her mama always. Answered by ‘'Bennie Gibbes,” Columbia, S.C., and by “Fannie,” of Washington, Ga. Mattie, of Alabama, and R. J. C., of Madison, Ga., answer Enigma XI. M. R. P., of Mobile, R. J. C., of Madison, and “ Mason,” of Richmond, Va., answer Problem 2, by “James.” Problem No. 3, (by “James.”) Having a certain number of turkeys and chickens worth s4s.oo—the turkeys worth each sljso, and chickens each 15 cents. There are 30 chickens to every 7 turkeys. How many of each sort are there ? To be worked without the aid of algebra. JTgp’Young folks and old folks, who oblige us and show their interest in the Chil dren’s Column by contributing Enigmas to it, will please remember that, in all cases, the An swers must accompany Enigmas; and, to save time and troublo in criticism, (for riddles, like everything else that goes in the Field and Fire side, have to be criticised,) contributors are re quested to furnish the Answers written out be low the Enigma in the following form, contain ing the Answer to Enigma XII., published in our last number: Obey her mama a Iwa ys. 1 23 4 5 6 7 8 910 11 12 13 1415 16 17 4,9, 10 Yam. 8,9, 4 May. 7,12,16 Ray. 8,3, 14 Mew, Ac. The editor can thus, at a glance, see if the Enigma is acceptable as a whole, and good in all its parts. Enigmas should be written very carefully, and writers should endeavor throughout to convey and impress upon the minds of children good sentiments, memorable facts, and useful informa tion ; so that, while they pleasantly exercise the ingenuity of the young, may improve the mind also. The “Periodical Enigma" of W. J. H., is de clined, because it really conveys nothing useful or improving—it is hard to guess, and not worth the trouble.. Le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle. Let W. J. 11. bear in mind the rule above given, and he can send to the Field and Fireside an Enigma we shall be glad to publish. We know he can, for the “ Periodical Enigma” is ingeni ously gotten up. The Enigma of L. M. P., of Greenville, Ga., is of rather too political a character for this paper. Let L. M. P. try again. Two Enigmas have been received from J. E- W., of Alabama. One of these will bo pub lished ; the other, the editor says he must be ex cused from. Enigmas have been received, also, from L. L. W., of Madison, Ga.; from Bettie Gray; from Colin Spence; from R. J. C., of Madison, Ga.; and from Mattie, of Alabama. Several Problems from “ James:” which will be soon published, are in hand. The Lost Child, a child’s story, by Bessie 8., will soon have place.