The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-07-06
Willis visiting the Federal Camps.
from the Home Journal,
THE NEW YORK FIRE zouAyEs.

| THE NEW YORK FIRE ZoUAyEs.
Scrambling our way over the almost impassa-
| bic pavement OF Alexandria-no sign OF lite ex-
| cept here and there a soldier on guard, and now
and then IN opening of blind at an upper-story
| window to steal peep at us-8e kept our course
tow ard Fairfax Seminary, the Znuave camp being
located on Shooters Hill, in that direction. A
Michigan regiment, and two Others which We
understood were from Massachusetts, were para
ding in the meadows to the right.
AS We rode in among the Zouaves (Ellsworth's
CORPSE they were apparently about kindling up
the fires for their evening meal. The tents were
pitched in a grove on the summit of the hill; and
| nothing could well be more picturesque than the
| camp itself, while the view OF the meadows below
with their regiments on parade, Was doubtless, Il
considerable improvement on "ole Virginia -
the military music coming up the hill very stir
| ingly besides. But, in the red capped company
| around is, it was wonderful how handily the
| men went at the skillets and frying pans sat
| in my saddle while the cap tain made his military
| survey OF the Notifications and looked on with
wonder land some little appetite) upon the sa-
worry messes. They do it all so joyonsly, too !!
Will they ever be able to live again without the
fun? And are our women fully aware of this re-
! suit OF the war? What will they do when their
boys and husbands come home, usurpers of their
accomplishments.
Following my leader across the camp l stood
for few minutes by a bevy of tall and handsome
negro girls, who were selling cakes and candy to
the Zouaves-their large baskets and snowy BAN
dannas mingling very artisticalIy with the fez
caps and red shirts of the busy soldiers. "Well,
girls" l ventured to ask, after while, chow
do you like these strange boys?" But the reply
was most significantly prompt: "Fust rate 'said
the merriest looking one standing nearest to me,
"they pay"
Aud, complimentary as this was to the Zou-
ayes could not make out for certainty who it
was that she intended should suffer by the com
parson; though, as it was close by the spot
where the Zouave sentry was shot from behind
tree, the girls previous trading was probably
with gentlemen who lived by taking advantage.
vEsPER SERVICE AMONG THE RHODE ISLANDERS
Washington is all one stirring drama; but the
:" thing to see" among the daily sights, is the
evening parade and vespers of the Rhode Island
Regiment My friend Lieutenant Wise drove me
to the spot, amid one of the most beautiful sun
sets, and we found large representation of the
society of the capitol already on the ground
the band playing and the men under review by
their Colonial.
The locality Of the encampment (Eckington,
the country seat Of the late Joseph Gales will be
remembered by many as the scene OF the never
ending hospitalities. The house stands just in
the lifetime of the eminent and beloved man
whose home twas Mrs. Gales still resides there)
and the barracks OF the regiment are just yisi-
BILE through the trees across the lawn. A lap of
green meadow lying in the lap OF a carved ridge
beyond the grove, forms the parade; and this,
"a the spectator looks down upon it from the
terrace above, is the foreground of a landscape
in itself absolutely delicious; but the regiment,
with their kossuth hats and glittering arms, and
fI,ao Of
the picture with wonderful effect The poetic
part Of it is prayer. The grounding of arms,
the sudden stiffness of the drums, the stepping
forward of the chaplain, and the distinct aud
well chosen words OF the Invocation and bless.
ing, lett scarce a dry eye among the spectators
and how salutary and everlasting must he such
influences to the soldiers themselves, needs but
little skill for the divining
! can scarcely imagine righteous battle bet
ter prepared for, than by the closing hymn that
was sung after the prayer, accompanied with the
music of the military band. The voices of the |
men swelled up like the trained tamut Of an ad |
vnncng host, through an atmosphere that was
ali agIow With the red and gold of magnificent |
sunset, and the smoke of the camp fires among |
the trees seemed 20 pause and lrenibe with the |
reverberauon-the whole scene appearing like a |
sublime service that had been consecra.ed BY |
the sudden kiuding Of earth and sky with an |
). unwilling of,hc shekinah" The Rhode Island |
Regiment should be congratulated, too, think,
On the chance that has given them leader who
ooks fully up to it-Colonel Burnside's uncov-
ering Of his head for the benediction, as he
stands before them, being such show of intel,
ectual pre-eminence, (phrenoiogicaily and phys
economically speaking) as may well invest II
With an authority like that of sacred altar that
IS to be borne before them to victory.
/
OSE on THE M0DEsT MEN.--Mahony, Of the
Dubuque Herald, says, in half joking way, that
he Anamoss Eureka suggests TO the approach.
ng Democratic State Convention the peculiar
illness of nominating him ttiahonv) for Govern.
,r This round abont way of expressing the
iesire of ones heart, ia on par with that of the
maids, who, in the presence of Der beau, inter-
'ogated the cat as to whether said beau was 60.
mo tn marry her t,r nof Mahonv tho Demo |