A newspaper was published at St.George, owned and edited by an Englishman, who had been a non-commissioned officer in the regiment which was disbanded in the island a few years before.

I had then, even at that early age, some indefinite hankering after newspaper life, and having picked up a crude mass of knowledge, incongruous and undigested, perhaps, from the many books I had devoured, I flattered myself that I could render good service as assistant editor of the St.George Chronicle.

I accordingly offered my services to the proprietor, but found him less liberal in his opinions than the worthy sons of Scotia with whom I had been intimately associating.

His prejudices against the Yankees were unconquerable.

He did not even reply to my letter, but stated to a friend of mine that he must be very hard pushed before he would take a YANKEE into his office to assist in printing and editing an English newspaper.
I again turned my attention to the planting business.