 The editing of a newspaper is a sufficiently exacting piece of work for most people, but Barrow was a man of tireless energy and contrived also to carry out the duties of a member of parliament during nearly the whole of this period.He did not seek re-election for the assembly in 1860 but in 1861 became a member of the South Australian Legislative Council.In 1870 he was one of the South Australian delegates to the intercolonial conference held at Melbourne.