Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-08-23
An Original Mode of Manufac-
turing Soldiers.

man of 18 who gives an interesting ex-
perience of life in the Louisiana
zouaves. Originally resident of Cleve-
land, he vent to New Orleans two years
ago to make his fortune. The only
available place which offered the foun-
dation for such manufacture was a
plantation some miles out Of the city,
where he hired his services as hunter
for the commissariat of the "big house, ~
at $50 per month. Last spring he be-
came. tired of this easy but not progress
sive method of aggrandisement, and re-
turned to New Orleans. Here he fell
sick and remained long enough to ex=
haust all his savings. He was we'll
enough to walk out one Sunday evening,
and had strolled but square, when a
police man clapped him ON the shoulder
and took him to the "caboose." There
he remained till Monday morning, at
which time he was taken before the Re-
corder. The following grave and judi
cial ceremony then took place, called
in New Orleans trial" Recorder
"What's the charge against this boy?"
Beak-"Dangerous and suspicious char
acter." Recorder then looks into the
mild and beardless countenance of our
informant, which, even the sickness, con-
fnement and a long journey, is, to
northern eyes, as innocent of dread in
tent as ripe peach. Recorder reads
that countenance in an omniscient man
ner thro' periscopic spectacles. eyes,
to be sure! Young man, show your
hands" The hands are also pro-
nounced dangerous and suspicious
After this triumph of palmistry the Re-
corder pronounces oracularly, "Six
months in the prison Then adds
"If you don't get voucher, six more in
the workhouse after that"
The young man had hardly taken of
his handouts and stepped into the work
house from "Black Maria" when a man
approached him with long paper like
woman's rights petition. This man
is at once captain of the work house, the
parish prison, and company of Louisi
ana Zouayes-a union of functions by
no means incongruous. The paper is
an enlistment roll Of the latter-of the
former also, for when the young man
signs it to escape from the alternative
of prison or death, six of bis fellow
prisoners subscribe below him.
lie is then clothed in blue hickory
shirt and duck pants-these being pre-
liminary to the Zouave dress, for W hich
he is now measured. He then gets a
drink of whisky. He is then taken to
the BARRIERS, has his head shaved, and
gets another drink. At the same time
every fellow recruit with a beard is
compelled to have it raced to a goatee
and moustache. Then they get some
more whisky.
After this the young man goes into
quarters, consisting of cotton-press
with an unswept floor, on which the
soldiers are kindly permitted to sleep,
no mention being made Of beds OF
blankets. In the morning comes loll-
call. Then more whisky to the com
pany deployed in the line. Then break
fast-then more whisky-thon drill for
two hours, half of it at double quick
through Canal street--then more whisky y
again; another drill iu the afternoon
followed by whisky. Roll call, whisk y
and bed, With baaas aNd beef inter-
spersed, complete She day. The only
thing of which there is plenty is whisky
If anybody makes noise after going
to bed, the oHc OF III charge immediately
lends him up" aud gives him stra p
ping. The officers are almost all French:
some of them cannot speak a word o!
EpslisA. An affray which resulted, be
fore oar iaforaant's eyes, from blow
given to one of these ofac ers, who mis-
took ciyility for impudepee, resulted ir
the deata of eight men and two officers
bayoReta and brickbsts being used
freely.
In New Orleans two dollar commits
sion is paid to certain man-brokers fol-
every recruit they bring in. Means are
not inquired into. These brokers in
toxieate every boy or man they can lay
their hsads on-7-caFt Aim to the office
| leave him there till he is sober enough
| to ST gn his name-then, if he refuses
give him the alternative Of death o.
prison. IF a laboripg man is goine
past the office, these fellows nanufae
ture crowd and hustle him in. Ono,
in it, it is all up with him. The two dol
lar disbursement is the oaly one knowr
i'll New Orleans on account of the sol
dicr. Our young man never found a sin
gle comrade Of his who had got cent
On the first day of July he was dis
charged sick He managed, by means
of his discharge papers, to reach Louis
Vile, where, through frequent over
hauling by Vigilance Committees, they
fell to pieces lie is now in New York
weak ftoul loag sickness, heavy work
and travel, and without means of live
lihood.-N. Y. Ere. Post
Rat story.
We are assured hat qnce, ii Scotland
a thrifty laird, lnding his store Of egg
diminish, watched to see how the thieve
could carry them away. lie saw thre
rats go together to the pile of eggs
when, one turning on his back, tn
othars rolled an egg ppop him, wAieI
he clasred safely to his bp8pm, and HI
coppanl22s, taking has ta'! IN thal
mouths, started of like team DRAWN!
a sledge, and disappeared behinG som
barrels, which were the oatar fortidca
tIops OF their castle.
| BE- Qullp talking of legal proceed
ings, wants to know, in cases wher
thore is "plaintia III error" and a ode
feudaat in error how the deuce til
Judge car say which is most in error
and Why he don't send the parties ou
Of coprt till they have roformsl thei
error? Quilp ought to know that lega
language don't mean what It says, gen
orally speaking.
gl-J joseph the Second Of Austri
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