New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-20
THE ZOUAVES.
DRILL AT TIE ACADEMY OF MUSIC.


for wi ch the vocabulary of the current scoe has no
adequate terms On night of suffering for all AMI
mate nsu,e Of heavy signs for SHADE, Of moist and
unpessan. sights, the res,ge of company Of youtb7
who's existence " as scarcely kuo VII month before
t. the of the meropolitns and who have es'a5-
Ii ed Il cir character al pshed heifeducaon with
out any of the advantages which central fabhaton Is
alone presumed to confer attracted from their it'll
paradlres in cim opeD.windowed rooms and sprnkled
courts aid grassy gardens, a. many people "a the
Acedeny Of Muic could hold at high pressure, who
travtly perspired amid its blazing lights add CHOKING
waco for than two hours looking ut the drill Of
the ppl, pdid corps al visiting it with such Applause
as the great atists who have made the tbeaer NITRATE
with their genius never received The military fnrore
reached s climax. The gentle Muses. were dehroncd,
and Mars was celebrated
eS0' ok peoplo came from thedoors disappont-
ed Log before enght fall the beet seats the hou.e
| were taken. Wien the Iouaves appeared there vas
no vacant inch Of saec either in any of the circles or
in any o tie passatts. The audi-nc was relieved
by macy ladies' The light toiletes Of the season,
flowers and moving fans, gave beauty beyond ali
the grave .s gance OF the ful-dress ass-mbls. The
| stage was olen IN al its extent, set with simple
scene. Midway the arms OF the ZouaveS were
stacked.
TIE drsmati. persona of the occasion were escorted
| from their quarters by Companies A AMI of the
| l2tb Reg m-nt, and Dodworths band and were sig-
nailed by the xious audience not long after O'Clock.
II musica descended the orchestra, the
Of which aiken already by number Of debutotes
10 the Ieportoral profession, beside the ve,ita'e
gentl men Of the pres, and then the Zonaves
crost ed The Stage, with thund-r of
from he ou.p and taking line prear nre ,sOn
advanced to The stacks aud suted the people which
| iiiatoIy step the people responded with
will. The utons were at COM
meDced. No better rhsnce has o afforded to realise
their amazing perecnsss. Toe elevation Of the stage
threw each 10 of into clesr relief wlle the
contracted limit k.pt the 81 1h from wandering and tie
Of er eel sss fom disorder that c1mrs of rapid and
complicated action Although Col Els worth was
| pesed to end tbe pc formaDoe with bit of airy
| C medy that would have been attractive and ttimu
la ing Mr. j. iienoL-to apologize for the imperf=c
tiop Of the DR. H. Gid oer in atoDement for he slight
satisfacion of the visitors as Indignantly indicated oy
Ionsing rhous, vcceroi cbeers and such tokens of
| d. Jleasure TIE barro aDess of the field and tie
inequality of It's surface IT, is likely that these cJndi.
tons were esteemed The most favorable by those ou
ragged persons. Had they coDsde ed that the space of
c,es thai their feet not familiar with the slippery
boards of teater aud that 1t is not their custom
do their work in tie glare Of g's aud the dense at
mospI IRE made of the breaths of tbronging mutt
tude their dissa sfacton might have been aggravated
10 such F.h that the roof Of the Academy would be
lifted ny their chorus of execratiou.
The excitement rose with each movement in the
manual If AIMS. TIE applause At lasr became chronic,
hon he nal lnl h
hear the orders By violent compression The enthusi.
am was restrained breaking forth, however, ire
sirtble points in tie action ard raging fereey when
| The II stIaint was ased ny a rest.
The soldiers of the Twelfth, seated in section OF
the stock hodery reserved FIR EN-, much
wrought upon by the mechanical effects of the splen
dolly unanimous ZoUase ranks the ess intelligent
observers. They fieque ty gave the for applause,
and we've at length so surcbarped with generous aim
ration ta they could get relief but by three cheers
Tiger for the corps Disringushe military char
sciers in the private boxes and in the wings Of the
Nage, wire equally moved Spontaneous combustion
was the fate of any Individual. There resisiOg
the regular tall of feet upon the boards, the eng
front bearing here aud there the sympathy Of all the
ms of all he fcgr-ends that controlled and operated
tLcIn the cert iury of response to the most delicate
coli the cash and ardor of the young men, the pic mr.
e.auen, Of their every attitude, the happy lentnes
of heir carrisge the novelty of many Of their tac
lies, tie confidence of their boysh captain Several
new wonders of discipline revealed
sharp support Of arms; sde step for symmetrical
position; silent drill of loading and firing at WILL the
locks clicking click and the butts rappng rap
lock sep in which, linked by each others arms, the
corps moved like some novel snake, cong aud drag
png length TT were rare anvaOces to the very
footl ghs, and orderly dispsrsons when clashne
seemed certain attitudes taken suddenly the breath
war held and brilliant exploits beyond rhe reach
| of the simplest description.
Tie exercises were al vided into five parts the inter
| walls Of which were olled with mnric hone Of il, Of
course, was mar,ially distinctive. Unused to sncb
nenent the actors suffered greatly from tho near,
and inhibited coiously Of ths iced water provided be-
| hind the scenes. Several forced 20 withdraw
from service by inability to keep their feet upon the
| polished floor.
The prone movements were those that most OK tied
al the p.cpe. Several hac nor been seen before. The
lively rundown of the men vugsfly designated the
belly movement" (althougb ruly, the word was
more Utt than her ~ mach abdomen in the pa
rio Of Jonah ard tie original P'ince of Wales, and
deemed quite proper oked evhilarity. Bat 1he
Iesprse 70 the orders load aud e in the horizontal
p sition WAS, peri ape the climax of the evenings
wonder Irs,aps, eously the bodies revoved and
face upward, and thus dsposed with preciseP asmuch
| manmiry III the common mammal of arms the IIu-
Ioaded ter pieces. While the spectator specu-
Ted he her they would be discharged at that low
level au0 order broug bt The whole corps t. their
tees, it'll all the advantage the enemies of
country with whom VI eimagiDaton could easily people