St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-08-23

brigand caps ! noticed intelleotual, gentle
manly heads, and pleasant, laughing faces.
They load and fir, making every motion
ason e man, OF Is if they were all moved
by one wire. For half an hour they drill
cd on full run, turning, wheeling, some
times all abreast, then single file, or two,
five, six, twenty abreast-turning right
angles, charging forward, firing, wheeling
and retreating at the pace school boy
would chase a ball or butterfly; and never
making misstep or getting into any con-
fusion. Once they formed into two lines,
both lying fiat on their faces, and reserve
standing back The forward line popped
up their heads like turtles, took aim and
fred, then turned over on their backs and
loaded, while the second limo arose to a
STOPPING posture and ran before them,
threw themselves on their faces, popped
up their heads and fred and turned on
their backs and loaded while the other line
ran forward and repeated the operation
Once they lay on their faces, and att sign
seized each his gun in his teeth, ran for
ward on hands and knees, fell fiat, popped
up their heads and fired away in less time
than it takes ne to write it. But T could
not in half day give you an idea ef all
the maneuvers they went through in two
hours. The drill was on the Fair Ground;
and it was estimated that ten thousand
persons witnessed it, I am much interest
ed in it, not so much for its military value
as because it appears to me, this Zouave
Juror must exercise wholesome influence
on the dress and physical training of Young
America; and perhaps aid in preventing
its becoming 0hl America at twenty. The
Kossuth fever relieved thousands Of aching
American brains from thu ancient necessi-
ty Of wearing section Of stove pipe; and
I hope the Zouave Juror will emancipate
thousands Of feet from stub-toed and mar
row-soledl boots-let down thousands of
half strangled unfortuuates who are hanged
by the ears on unyielding shirt collars un-
til they are half dead; and bring into
healthy use many set of dwindling mus
cles. A mixture Ct Zouave drill would
greatly aid the manhood and comfort of
American men, and for this I say God
speed Zouave exhibitions.
There, it has not rained for five minutes,
but my feet are chilled. and damp, and
must go back to my corner by the cook
stove.
The dry spell is over. It lasted ten
minutes; and I have my feet warmed,
when I come to tell you that the Republi-
cans are very sanguine OF carrying this
State by large majority Of the entire vote.
Strenuous efforts are now being made to
unite the Breckenridge and Douglas tick
cts; and some Of our Republicans are anx-
ious they should throw Bell and Everett
in, SO as to make it all apparent to the hon.
est portion Of the Democratic and Union
parties that the sole object Of the leaders
in all these three factions, is the extension
Of Slavery over the Territories in defiance
Of the will Of the people. Inever believed
there was any real quarrel between Doug
las and the South; and recent events do
not tend to convince me of error. South
ern Statesmen are shrewd, and know very
we'll that the people of the North must be
humbugged on large scale, and they out
-Barnum Barnum in the humbug line.
The present dodg is to make the people
Of the North believe that Douglas is perse-
cuted for his devotion to squatter sover-
eighty. After he has been prosecuted to
the death-to the second breaking up of
their Democratic National Convention, and
all the enthusiasm and sympathy manu-
featured which can possibly be got up, the
Breckenridge Committees begin to court
him. He plays the incorruptible with a
desperate swell, isn't going to have any
thing to do with them-no, not he-he is
standing on principles, he is; and scorns
all approach to the citadel Of his integrity
but after while his patriotism will take a
new turn, that is if he sees reasonable
hope Of any large number Of his followers
turning with him; and on this, hangs all
the hopes Of the Slave Power. He will
take trembling fit for the fate Of the
country in case it be given over to Black
Republican and-and-ahem-
much against his will conclude to postpone
the settlement Of all differences in the
great and glorious Democratic party, and