Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-12-12
!; Correspondence of the New York TimesI
General Buffers Black Sol
-ta- dierS.
The First Louisiana colored Regimen
New ORLEANS, Oct. .24, 1862.


~ NEW ORLEANS. Oct. .24, 1862.
On Thursday evening, by invitation,
I visited the camp Of the lst. Louisiana
Colored Regiment, which is now at4the
Louisiana race track. Lieutenant Col /
onel kinsman was appointed by General
Butler to make. what might be termed
an informal inspection, to see what the
regiment wanted before it was moved
over the river to enter upon active duty
Bv some unforeseen accident, the Colonel
of the regiment had neglected to in
form the officers of the expected visit OF
| Col. Kiusman, and the result was, he
found its members in the usual disorder
that precedes the regular evening parade.
A few moments only elapsed, however,
before the men were in line, then into
columns of companies and went through
! inspection. There were ten CO mpanies
on the ground, numbering ninety six
men each, aud, on the whole, their con-
duct could not have been better; in fact,
4 have seen older white regiments, with
Emore .regimentai drills, that are not
their equal One thing. was very per-
eeptible, there was a uniformity oi
hight that surprised me: do not be-
Ilieve there was an inch difference be-
tween the entire regiment if there was
the drill Sergeant had concealed it BY
the happy arrangement of the men.
smoke to each officer as the inspection
: .proceeded; several were, to all superb
cial appearance, white men, fairly
formed, and soldierly in appearance
;, one of the Captains was evidently of un
mixed African blood; in fact the diver
sity of color among the men and officer
q was about the same a characterized tn
l Mexican soldiers 1 sawsin Mexico, ex
cept that these native Louisianians ar
: taller and better made men. In FEY
{ days these soldiers will take up thei
:. position in Algiers, to guard, [ believs
!, a line, Of railway, in common with tn
u country at large. 1 take great des
d of interest in this experiment of colore
" men for soldiers. Already.it ceases
4 attract attention ins our streets to sc
:, the privates and officers passing to an
fro. and have never heard that any
- them have been the victims Of effensis
% demonstration on the part of the vulgs
d whites-the educated people, here
sr elsewheres never make such demonstr
!. : tons. In this connection | should So
" that the city cars here, as in New y or
IS have certain ones appropriated to co
e, ored people These specialties a
e, designated by a star. Recently,
ne. formal decision of the Court here esta
lisbed rendered these distinctions mug
~ tory, and in New Orleans respectab
be black men and white men, if they b
It's have themselves, ride together. Y
j. hope this fact will not cause comm
~ ton on the Sixth Avenue Railway
:, Gotham, nor make the mules that drs
o' those vehicles along bray with indign
'ie ton. ,.'-
Ia THE NEW FRENCH PAPER.
nd There has recently been started
paper here called L Union. It has
xt large circulation among certain of t
4 creole population, and is literally I
~ - tronized by the people of mixed bloc
~ My attention. has been called to 1t
rt. several persons. Some. were surpris
I'D, that such sheet should be publish
IN in New Orleans; others again were h
ia rifed.
no aa= The Indian war in Minnesota
all closed, the savages' have been subjug
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