Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1860-07-24
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS
NEW YORK. July Is. 1860.

of dipping in the crested waves as they came IN
mad fury, dashed and broke in thousand fantas-
tic forms upon the beach, reached Philadelphia
on the good steamer Boston safely. and to-day
find myself in SO Gotham the city of sights and |
sensations After the japanese, then the
Big Ship, and yesterday the crack military corps |
from Chicago, called the ''Zouaves Cadets ar
rived, commanded by Col. Ellsworth, who, It's
said, was educated at West Point His splendid
company of sixty real soldiers are trained and
equipped in close imitation of the celebrated
=" Zouaves y that did such deeds of noble daring in
the late Italian campaign. They are armed with
muskets, bayonets and short sword, as Light In
fantry; their uniform is combination of the Tur-
kish and Arabian style, loose Turkish pants Of
red cloth, with leather CATERS buttoned about the
ankles covering the bottom of the pants, blue
pointed Arab jacket of cloth richly trimed with
gold lace and bullet buttons, silk vest of pecu-
liar cut also trimed little red cap tightly fitted
to the head, without pompoon or plume, black
knapsacks, to which is attached scarlet blan-
ket nicely rolled with other equipments, all of
which, It's needless to say appear novel and fam
tastic in the extreme, and the seem to be in
statue and bearing, just what good soldiers should
| be.
At 81 P. NJ yesterday they appeared in front
t of the City Hotel, under an escort composed of
detachments from the 4th and 9th Regiments,
accompanied by two fine bands. An immense
crowd had gathered to witness the movements OF
the strangers; every window and tree and foot
of ground in the neighborhood was filled by the
multitude, said to number over twenty thousand
The first exhibition of the "Zouayes " was the
Infantry drill, (Hardee's tactcs) which was an
admirable performance, every movement being
nc nerfect as the work Of the most complete
chinery, Then came the skirmish drill, showing
all the manoeuvres of attack, defence, deploy
ments and fianking, bayonet assaults, resisting
charge rallying, &C.. all of which exhibited the
most perfect drill in every particular. and the
crowd Of admirers almost continually gave vent
to their feelings of delight by shouts, cheers and
clapping of hands That must have been highly
gratifying to the gallant Zouaves." At 64 L.
NJ they marched to the Armory Of the 9th Reg-
ment and wers dismissed.
A morning paper says of them: The COM
nanv is composed almost entirely of young men
who are prepared by an arduous course of gymnas-
tic dscipline fitting them for the proud military
. triumph they have acheved.'
i Last night they slept on the floor of the Ar
roorv with no bedding but their red blankets and
knapsack pillows. Such is their usual lodging
1,bev attended divine services at Trinity Church
! this morning and believe will soon leave for
2 Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington.
7 will here add for the benefit of your military
men. that these perfect soldiers have been great
1v aided in arriving at perfection, by the peculiar
a manner of their commander in giving the orders
0 viz. Giving ample time between the precaution
. arv word and the word for execution, which lat
ter is Given in as short and spirited tone AS pos
, sble. the Colonel almost springing Oft his feet az
n he ntters it. Military men will readily see and
feel that this mode of itself has inspiring intiu
over the men that is irresistible, causing then
It TO execute the order with the promptness that nj
r other method will. With regard to discipline,
. hos heen truly said that there is organization
:. known in our happy land, that approaches nearer
+, 70 desnotism, than we'll disciplined militar,
(, corps Without it uniforms and armor are moth
# ;no worth and Col. Ellsworth seems stern an'
@ determined man of medium statue; yet evidentl.
u born to command.
+ Soon the Zouave " interest is to give place t.
# another sensation. Heenan and his Enghsl
st trainer. Jack Mcdonald arrived last night at II
e o'clock per steamer Vanderbilt. at Staten Island
y where they took rooms at Burne's Hotel, and vii
~ ~ ronoain there until Tomorrow (Monday) un
e derstand after much solicitation and large pay
e his friends have succeeded in obtaining rooms TO
u the two worthless at the Astor House, where,
n snnpose, the admirers, 'Tag," Rag" and " Bot
is tail" will visit the {" Bull Dogs" of two legs
or GREAT natural curiosties.
~ To me it's the most wonderful, as we'll as tn
most disgusting thing of the age, that two grea
nations priding themselves most upon their CIV
;Iization, refinement and religion, should PERM
sncb beastialities prize fighting; and more
vorship the actors of the bloody scene Nation
those religious societies daily coi1ectln
money to aid in the conversi ion OF the ben1ghte
heathen in distant lands. and yet let the heather
at their very doors go on IN their onnuness'
t. morrow the people of this city of churches,
whose steeples have been piled up as if to reac
tbe verv clouds, will by tens of thousands. joi
in a welcome to Keenan, the great man OF mu
Gle" "Tell it not in Gath But to-morrow
~ demonstration will not suhce' notnlns WIN Il
re the measure of glory that many totse ana goo0 Pc
&C. nle seem To think Heenan deserves, but to mak
as him President of this Great Republic; and VIII
M M not7 Perchance Convention may yet be he
tn at " the Five Points, with delegates from " 20
81. Gn Bay" and nominate " the not'om cnanPion
tic ers - and men of MUSCLE of every name IN ev
lss rv CITY. and town, will vote for him. Besld
m these too all his other admirers scattered as the
ny are over the entire country, VINO not only are
ns duced to read the :" Herald glowing aooou. !.
ire of him but now pous people, who only feao =
is 6. Sunday naners" now have chance to read
ge- " the GREAT hero " in Extra Sunday DlsPGtch
ny of today, and they will vote for him. Will on
raj add as word to the wise, Office noioers ana o
tle-holders, of every grade, look to your i iaqre
Cor r. Heenan is elected smash goes the Cabin
' 1vare and smash goes the kitchen crockery OF {
" 9l white House" for we'll have a -" Dead Rabbit
nd ~ Hard Muck" and Plug Ugly Cabinet WI
ill. their attendant Jaeh ,id g T;s Yonkers T
honest Dutchman, once SAID LIS ionNo''
- ton is a great PEBBLES. NJ,
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