The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-08-09

on Thursday evening, which was attended
by very large audience, composed prin
clpally OF ladies. The Tribune thus de-
scribes their exhibition
The soldiers of the Twelfth, seated in
section OF the stockholdery reserved for
them, We're as much wrought upon by the
mechanical effects ofthe splendidly Zouaye
ranks as the less intelligent observers
Ihey frequently gave the cue for applause,
and We're at length SO surcharged with
generous admiration that they could get
no relief but by three cheers and tiger
tor the corps. Distinguished military char
aeters, in the private boxes and in the
wings OF the stage, were equally moved.
Spontaneous CONT ustion was the fate of anv
individual There was no resisting the
regular fall of feet npon the boards. the
unialtering front bearing here and there
the sympathy of all the arms of all the
hnScrends that controlled and operated
them, the certainty or response to the
most delicate call, the dash aud ardor of
the young men, the pictures iucness, IF their
every attitude, the happy Hghtness. OF their
carriage, the novelty of many OF their tac.
tics, the confidence of their boyish captain
Several new wonders of discipline were
revealed--a sharp support of arms; q side
step for symmetrical position; silent drill
OF loading and firing at will, the looks click
ing one click, and the butts rapping one
rap /; a lock step IN which, linked by each
others arms, the corps moved like some
novel snake, coiliug and dragging in its
length. There we're rare advances to the
very tootlishts, and orderly dispersions
when elias hing seemed certain, attitudes tn.
ken so suddenly that the breath was held,
and brilliant exploits beyond the reach
even of the simplest description. The ex-
ercises We're divided into FIVE parts, the in
tervals of which were filled with music
none oi 1t, OF course, was martially distinc-
tive. Unusedto such confinement, the actors
suffered greatly from the heat, and imbi
bed copiously of the iced water provided
behind the scenes. Several were forced 20
withdraw from service by inability to keep
their feet upon the polished floor
The prouc movements were those that
most excited all the people Several had
not been seen before. The lively turn-down
OF the men, vulgarly designated the "be :
ly-movement," (although, truly, the word
was more used than either stomach or alb
domen in the period of Jonah and the origi-
nal Prince Of Wales and was deemed quite
proper) provoked hilarity But the re-
sponsc TO the orders to load and fire in hori
2antal position was, perhaps, the climax of
the evening 8 wonder. Instantaneously the
!odies revolved and were face upward, and
thus disposed, with precisely as much una
nimity as in the common manual of arms.
the Iouaves loaded their pieces. While
the spectator speculated whether they
would be discharged ut the low level. ano-
thcr order brought the whole corps to their
feet, with all the advantage over the enemies
OF eur country with whom the una gination
could easily people the rear of the stage.
these having shot clear over the outstretch.
cd persons OF the gay musketeers. During
an entire internlssion the men kept the
floor, the postures ot all being unconstrain-
edly graceful. Did anybody contrast these
incompatible soldiers with the melancholy
creatures iii uniform which the stare of.
ters rs tair representatives of the trade of
war, and revert to the sad marches and ter
r!6!e collisions of the immemorial our who
constitute the army of Richard?
Nor must We neglect to mention very
quaint tactics that preceded these tactics
ON the ground. Ut Vas in us& lock step
! he men were involving without con
fusion their respective feet, and as
stated previously, the line resembled a
brilliant serpeut. There came all order
to halt. The head and tail of the animal
| came together. At another order il dou-
bled up. This phenomenon Was caused by
the nen suddenly sitting down upon each
otners knees, presenting q very pretty
problem in the science Of equilibrium, and
convenient theory for summer pedestrians
to put into practice.
OUR EDUCATIONAL INsTITUTIoNs,-A
sensible correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing from New Haven concern
ing Yale College and its improvements
says:
The changes made in the order of exer-
clses at ase at the last commencement have
gwen new character to college life
Looking back from the present, even no
1arther than one year, the transition
seepas as sudden as if civilization, by a
colossal stride, had brought us down from
the feudal timcs. The very thought of
being shocked out Of ones dreams al such
. "''N"@ouioic nuns as was ioTHierly tne
way we had at old Yale, makes one fancy
those times of morning aad evening prayers
so be traditionary, "chapel rushes" somean-
cieht myth, and that the disgraceful con-
d,,ct connected with the old chapel services
were the sacriegious rites of some far-off
barbarous age. Students now have break
fast at $50 a. m, prayers at 7.30 a m, re-
citation at a. m. where formerly prayers
were attended at $50 a M, recitation i'm
mediateiy after, and breakfast at I a. M,
and such appetites. Chapel exercises only
one each day are now what they should be.
ZoUAvE.-The word "Zouavc" is gen
orally aud incorrectly pronounced as word
of two syllables it should he spoken as if
written Z,eagc, the a having the Italian