The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-15
Fire ZOulaves.

EllSworths FIRE ZouaveS ana BILLY VIII.
sons Five Pointers are playing the devil in
Washington. Correspondents Of Forney's
Press, the Tribune, the Times and othe,
leading journals represent them as most ex
travagantly insubordinate. Some dreadful
stories are told of the Five Pointers, and il
is said that Gen. Scott has observed, in refer
ence to their bad character, that "tbe profes
sion of soldier was not that Of thief OF
murderer" For the honor Of the Ameri
can name we trust that these ''roughs" may
be speedily reformed or discharged from the
service. Let no act Of violence be commit
ted by our army which will darken the
pages Of history or prove unworthy Of us
as christian nation. We clip the follow
ing terrible illustration of innmorals from Q
New York letter to western journal
Speaking Of Wilson's Zouaves the write,
says:
"Y> sterday, Methodist clergyman went
down To- Staten Island to exhort them. Billy
Wilson drew his men up, and called 'atten
ton The parscn then gave them very
edifyino and appropriate discourse, to which
in ob"dicuce to the Coloncls commands
they lis,, rcd attentively. When the parsor
had finished, Billy gave his boys shor,
talk, somewhat in this wise: Boys, want
you to remember what the minister has told
you. 1t is all for your good take his ad
vice, and follow it ). for there is no knowing
but what in less than six months every one
of you will be in hell' Here voice from
the ranks called out, Three cheers for He'll!
and they were given with WILL The par
son. astonished and angry, asked what il
meant. Oh says Billy, the boys don't
know much about scripture. They think
hell is somewhere between Montgomery and
New Orleans, and they are anxious to gel
down in that neishborhood
Various other hard stories arc told o.
these desperat, men. Among other state
mcnts, (canards we. trust they are) it is sale
that Billy on one occasion in questioning his
men as to their advance in crime, ordered
''none but murderers into the front ranks r
Another to the effect that Wilson told one
Of his men, who had a pinch-beck watch, to
"throw it away, because the plugs Of Balti
more carried gold watches, and all his men
could better themselves when they pass
through that city. ...-
Occasional" Of Forney's Press, gives the
following notice of El'sworth's Fire Zouavcs
We copy also notice of them from
another paper:
The Fire Zouavcs are continuing Their
pranks, and expounding to the terrified PEG
pie of this city their very free and easy
ideas about property. Yesterday a squad
went into boot store, cast off their old
feathers, selected the best and walked off
telling the tradesman that the Government
would make it all right. To-day they have
been ransacking tbs Capitol like so many
rats, breaking open doors, ripping cushions
and tearing up carpets, knocking down the
guards, and chasing imaginary sccessionist:
through the strects-jumping on coaches
and going it pcll nell. One fellow came
across pig near the White House, when
was up there this morning; he incontinent
" seized his porcine majesty, ripped out his
bowie knife and cut his throat, swearing thai
pigs had no business in Washington.
Col. Ellsworth is ont with card, dsa
vowing the act Of his Zouaves, asserting
that the majority are aw.abiding, and tha
he will ship the rest when they take tn,
oath next week. Those have convcrscG
with say that they came for fight, and are
determined to have it. They had better BE-
sent to South Carolina at one, to be pitted
against those Palmettoans who say that
"the North dare.not meet them"
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The New York Zouav"s, under command
of Col. Ellsworth, of Illinois, have created
a good deal of CONSERVATION in our city Of
Magnificent Distances. The have had two
days Of extensive, expensive and extreme
fight, fun and frolic. They have brok n
into two tapcrns, terrified old ladies, ordered
dinners and suppers which they had the i'm
pudence to request their victims to charge
to that bankrupt concern, the Southern
Confcderacy, and performed many other ir-
reverent feats. They now occupy the new
Hall of the House of Representatives, from
which their aristocratic predecessors, the
New York Seventh Regiment, retired to en-
counter the Id rain storm of Friday and
Saturday and, in order not to be behind the
Representatives Of the people, they yester-
day improvised House of Representatives,
elected speaker, clerk, and other officers,
went into full session, dissolved the Union
and reconstructed it, and then wound up
the Joke by going into Executive session,
after the model OF the Senate, and in obedi-
ence to the example Of Senator Mason, of
Virginia, ordered the galleries to be cleared
which was ruthlessly effected, although that
part Of the building was then occupied by
some of their tired and sleepy companions,
seeking few hours rest. After walking
the parapets of the capitol, rife on Shout
der, leaping fences, knocking down senti-
nels, turning aside indignant bayoncts,
hanging like monkeys from the outer lodges
of the dome, some two hundred feet above
the firm-set earth, to everybody's horror,
they have been brought up with round
turn by an old gentleman at the other end
Of the avenue, named Winfield Scott, speak.
ing through quiet gentleman in charge Of
the Capitol, Major Mcdowell, U. S. A.
1t is to be hoped that the last of the
above lines is correct and that Gen. Scott
has tanned these lawless devils into repecta
bic military law and order men. The troops
from the country are in most instances ths
flower Of our people and it is not right t.
put them in the ranks with such abandoned
characters.
Weather, Markets DC.
Weather little fairer though cool. Riv
er high but falling slowly. Business moi
very brisk. Large stocks Of goods in town
and fair prices offered for produce.
Wheat at Milwaukee about 90 cents ir
currency. At Chicago the price is from 6
to cents better because of the anxiety o