The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-06-24
The Soldiers Ut nxrprr's Ferry.

w" YAK" III" following from the
Hnrper's Ferry correspondence of the
I Charleston Courier:
! The number 81 troops 1T this point
is probably not far trom--,lIolSand.
! Eleven hundred and -i<,v "f,h.-..
ar. .Alaha,nians, fifteen hundred are
Mi--i>-irrIan-, five hundred arr
I krntuckinu-. and the halnmrc j.
made Of tirSinians. sprinklrd with
more or less from "v,rv State South
of Mason and Di>"n'- Line. \ con-
siderable number. hv the way. are
Indians from North Carolina, visor-
Gus, hearty looking red,mc,t. tu, in
wha, force they are here | xm una
fle to say ats" = good!v shar. Of
Baltimore boys, who have struggled
hi,h-r by ,wos and ,hrec.. Oh foo,
and in the cars. impcll.d by de-
sire I" escape prosecution for partic-
: ipa,ing III III" rio, Of April 10Th. and
10 taxi their place in the approach
/ ing contest. 1h-s- form \" t" spcnk.
Il "cohort" hy til, ms..lvcs, and if
they fight rs we'll ns they talk. will
II.
Their distinguishing feature j. gen
orally AN abbreviated crop of hair.
! which. ~ Use their fnvorif. "Nprs.,.
ion. has been fled "dpwu." nose
"lich hrar- the mark Of contact
witt that indefinite suhtanc" vci,p,
a "brickbai," before which the grace
full proportions ~ that organ have
ANONYMOUSLY r-trca,cl, aud "A stvlc
OF conversation so miscellaneous and
emphatic. that il wnuld rrpnirr n
thorough revision %: W.h~,rr'- una
bridged tn embrace it's numerous. tn
prov'm:n,s on the Anglo Saxon.
Their most eloquent topic i, ANUS"
and upon his theme they pour forth
such a cascade Of splu,teriny "xpl,-
tiv.- As would make Par>on Brown
l"w gr"an from sheer inability II, a
successful imitation. You will re-
cognizc this interesting species TN
der the euph"nic name of plugs"
The .ttabannians ARE by this time
safely ensconccd in camp among the
mountains on til. Maryland side.
The locality il one which will first
bring them in con,ac, with an APP
preaching enemy, and being a pos,
Of honor. they made the request that
they should BE- permitted to occu-
pv ii ns SOON ~ :..cy arrived. The
corps embraces some Of IN" weal,hicst
and most influential citizens of Ala
bamn-lnwycrs. doctors, professors.
editors, printers, merchants and plan
sers. together with strong infusion
Of the hardy bone and sinew of the
country districts. The Mississippi
ans are of much the sam. character.
The kcntuckians are class bv
themselves. They ar. generally n
large, wcll-tormcd robust set of men,
splendid marksmen. Independent rs
the air; and in their careless, vet
not unsracetul movements, one may
almost carry his thoughts back into
the past and imagine our f"rrf:,thcrs
of the forest borders around him.
When they first arrived. bcin. with
out arms, it was proposed 10 give
them muskets. but these were refu.
sed under any circumstances. The
boys said they didn't know how to
shoot "s"g:r tools, and II they
couldn't have rifles they would
rather throw rocks" Considering
the length of time they have now
been here, their regiment i. probably
the worst drilled at Harper's Ferry,
But the fault is entirely their own.
They can't see the use Of it; they
won't be persuaded to learn. and a.
for attempting to force one of them
into anything like systematic disci-
plinc. you might as well cndeavor to
put n hurricane in harness. 4 mill.
tary gentleman who visited their
encampnent in the mountains, re-
marked to a little group that he re-
GREETED they were not better drilled.
whats The good Of that - said one
Of the men. 1--WE come here 20
wade in any wbar. and when 7ve sec