The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1859-07-07

fear TO be iDexsct A0d throw mourning into
many families Alas there was one whom
Commandsnt Bocher presented to me only
the evening before. Never was face more
gay and laughing than bis was then. His
bead had been taken OF by ball.
He was rs good a. il be was big,' said
the Zouave.
have given up making the acquaintance
OF officers. These shocks injure me. They
say it 10 because am not used 10 il.
On tbs evening or next morning after
these murderous trays, at the table dhote,
or at the cafe, when the officers meet to get
the news, there we zee how, 10 some of its
strongest features, grief 10 mingled with
carelessness The new comer are questioned;
a name is spoken . countenance contracts;
= clenched fist comes down on the table; Q
hand is passed quickly over the eyes. One
comrade bites bis moustache, another gets
up and steps aside to cough, turning his
bead his neighbor lights cigar, bis hand
trembling a little. An ejaculation, an oath,
q souvenir is heard. Poor fellow p "The
devil !" Such . good felioww They
swallow a cup Of coffee and separate.
The funeral GRAFTON Of the departed is fin
ished.
You have learned by telegraph that the
divisions Trochu and Regnault met the Aus.
trians in the same affair but at another point.
A loyal order Of the day pronounces q bril-
liant eu|ogy npon the bravey Of our soldiers
The Sd Iouaves, which have become my
friends from the circumstances in which I
have been placed, is attached to the corps
d-armee OF Victor Emmanuel. 1t will 20
with him everywhere. The King and the
regiment are worthy ofeacb other
SKETCH or THE TURcos OF The FRENCH ARMY.
Correspondence ofihe Lond ~ Telegraph.
The 1urcos are collection Of Arabs, ne.
groes, Spanard aod French. The same
costume, the same flag and the same spirit
belong to them all. Their faces are fierce
iookiog; their features strongly marked ;
heir manners are rough and reckless their
language is a jargon OF all known and un.
known tongues, and finds expression in sharp
short, emphatic words, admirably adapted
TOR military service. Their audacity is as
founding, all the more so because il IL natur.
al to them, Is not in any way put on, and is
the daily habits Of their lives. Their reck.
lessness has in 1t something Of the terrible,
for they care no more Tor their own lives
than Tor the lives Of others. They have an
ardent love Of adventure, OF danger, OF bat.
tie and Of Difficulty that is almost insur.
mountable. Fighting is to them pastime;
human life plaything; they sport with
deadly weapon as child with its toys. II
instinct, instead of reason, were not the mo.
tive power OF their acts, they might be apt
ly denominated the most lerocious, blood
thirsty cut throat ruiiians heavens fair sun
light ever shOne upon.
Such are the Turcos. leave you, there
fore, 10 imagine what their charges must be
against an enemy, when add to the above
details that they are as nimble as squirrels
cunning as monkeys and savage as tigers.
Grape shot excites their fury 10 the utmost.
A iLsillade irritates them. A charge of
cavalry Is the sole thing they do not like.
They tly at the enemy like an arrow from its
bow I; they fall upon him as the knife Of the
guillOtine falls npOn the condemned neck.
The bsyonet is the weapon they use. though
their teeth are often enlisted into mar.
tial service, for some of the wretches love
to suck the blood Of their foes. With
my own ears heard, at Vercelli, one OF the
barbarians declare that be liked to taste
Austrian blood.
No troops march like the Turcos. They
run, they leap, they jump, they bound, they
spring tike wild beasts; they drag them
selves along on their bellies; they dart for.
ward like snakes and whenever they tread
they leave the footstep Of death in their
track.
10 costume they resemble the Iouaves
They have large breeches of Holland, lit.
uc Arab jacket OF blue color. and red tur.
ban. They have thus the aspect of some
thing undiscovered between Turks and
devils
When fellows of this kidney fall upon
troops like the Austrians. resistance. how.
ever brave, is utterly useless. Everything
yields to them, everything disappears, every.
thing except stains Of blood and liieess DO.
dies. Their officers in vain cry out, "Make
prisoners They want no bother-csn't
be encumbered with luggage.
In one word, the Turco is the concentrat.
ed essence Of the Zouavc.
The steamer Nova Scotia arrived AT Qae-
bee, on the 9th, with Liverpool dates to
the 18th, one day later than the Bremens
advices.
GKSAr BRuArS.-Lord Palmcrston was
making good progress in the formation Of
his cabinet. An authoritative list Of its
members was expected to be made public on
the day OF the sailing Of the Nova Scotian.
Rumor gives Lord Elgn the Colonial
Secretaryship Richard Golden the Board
Of Trade and Mr.. Gladstone the Indian
Secetaryship.
Remarking upon the rumored alliance of
Prussia and Austria. one OF the London
journals says: The advent OF Lord Palm
ers,on's Ministry has evidently induced her
to take the decisive step and join Austria.
The English government will nov perceive
the truth OF what we before asserted, that
the Caste Of prrbys government alone pre-
served Europe IRON being enyeloped in