The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-10-15

'%Ata r,ccn, meeting OF the New York
Historical Society. Frederick kapp, Esq,
gave an interesting sketch Of the history Of
the Custom OF employing merconary troops,
which he traced from al early day, and gave
an account OF the engaging Of foreign troop.
by England during the revolution.
At the commencement OF the revolution,
England stood in great need Of troops, and
contemplated the hiring Of 10000 men from
Russia Bot il was dcc;,lcd before long tn
abandon ibis plan, and apply again to their
old man purvcyors--,he snall princes oi
Gcuuany ard soon lhc neceessarv treaties
were made with the Duke OF brunswick, the
landgragc O, llesse ''aSs,l and tie Court
Of lIauar.
The Duke of Brunswick. whose dn,uinion>
comprised at that time 800 s,uar. mice
with ll00oo inhabitants, undertook to fJlr
nish $1,000 men, Of whom 36G were cavalry
and ,Lc r,st infantry For these the Duke
received uulcr the name OF levy money"
80 crowns S35 1o for each man, the same
SUN for every one killed OF for three
wounded. who were 10 be- accounted equal
10 one Killed aud besides tli-. far the cA.
ponsos 81 equipment, two months extra pay
The subsidies received by the bake, as long
a, the troops received TIE pay of English
soldiers. amounted TO 81, 800 CROWDS u wear.
and double that SUN from the time their pay
ceased until two years after their return
into Brunswick.
The iandgrayc Of IIes>c, the iniamoll.
Frederick H.. although he Possessed but D.
300 square miles. with about 2-0,ooo in.
lubilauts, had an army Of nearly 10000 cX-
pcri,nccd troops. lie undertook to furnish
w;'hin ioc" weeks .hreo grrnaa;er bc,'a'iore
six infantry regiments, and one company OF
riiicmcn and in a month after that a ba'ta-
lion O! crvnadlcrs. nine infantry r'gimeu's
and company OF rlilemcn-- amounting in
all to l2loi men. The Iandyraye received
not only the levy money Of ~ crowns a
head, but there vas paid him also a subsidy
of 10000 crowns per year, in addition L.
the regular pay Of the troops.
The Lanigraye's son, also, then Ipignng
Count If Ilanau. sold regiment of Cos
men to the English for $4,000 crowns per
year. beside the regular Icyy money Eieu
tn" Prince of Little Waldcck. wlosc as.
dominion, consisted Of some sterile hills ot
too square miles, with abou. 30 000 inhah.
itar's lcft, attracted hy The prospect ot
larger profits, TIE regular trad with h
pa'ch. and instead Of sendin, b, -oilcrs.
as usual % the Cape Of Good ilo,c u Ba
fayia. sod IN infantry regiment Of 60 men
30 England on the same god ;crm u.s. the
Com, Of lianau.
In tie beginning q l,1,. The Ma--r .,
Of >nspach Brandcnburs ari tie prince o.
Ant1l' Xarhst ioincl these prjncay ea|er.
in human i!,>h, .ul contributed - former
l2-j nd The latter 100 men The Max.
grave received. i-~il.s the levy morey. ~
annual subsidy OF 5000 crowns; IL
Prince similar >0m Not Of The -"il'.r,
were f'rcihly enlisted and Of c,g--c DIR
lions were frequent. 90 h tn'.ah -e-
mcnt lio men deserted = once. al he
next day even an ofljc' With ~ men were
among the missing.
In conclusion, Mr.. Napp alluded 70 t..
largo uumbr Of Germans wha ,ltsartin-
their ranks, hal remained IA ,ts e,un'r
aDl by ihtir ind..'ry bal j ne a.. e g
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