The weekly Butte record., 1863-05-09
How to Enlist a Company.

TO induce men to eGlist during the Revoiuiiona-
" war, the following furnishes very success
iul one. and gave partial demonstrations Of the
fighting qualities Of the captain:
During tie Revelation Captain F.,
member Of one Of the first families Of Charles
ton. having lost IN 4 skirmish most Of his mer,
went ia,o the interior Of South Carolina for
the purpose Of enlistiog recruits. Having ap-
pointed rendezvous be spent day or tive in
looking around the country. At tie time and
place appointed he found large number as
sembied, not enc o. whom would enlist. After
some hours spent to no purpose, he appointed
a rendezvous for the next day and LEFT the
ground Next day came, and with it the same
crowd, bat he met with no more success than
the day before What could the matter be?
Il was the first time during the war that
recruiting officer hal been unsuccessful Some
/ thing must be wrong, and he determined 10
know what it was Calling one Of the rusties
aside, he then said:
Why is it get no recruits -
"Nou don't think" answered the country
man, that we are going to list under such
looking man as you are? You are dressed too
fine to be much of fighter"
In those days knee breeches and silk stock
ngs were fashionable, and the captain was
dressed in that style there lay his unpopu-
larity. lie turned 10 the countryman aid re-
marked:
So You object TO my dress do you Como
here tomorrow, and l shall have recruits"
Next day tie same crowd had assembled.
anxious to know what idea the dandy captain
had got into his head After the crowd had
assembled, Captain E stepped out and
said in clear and distinct voice:
My friends, understand that you object
to me because am dressed little finer than
yourselves. You think l am unable to fgh.
on that account will whip as many of you
as will come out. one at time. with the
understanding that every man is TO enlist after
be is whipped. Pick your men and send them
out"
After some consultation, huge, broad shouf
/ dered fellow came out. The captain drew off
his coat very cody. He was large well made,
and superior boxer. The countryman. rushed
up. intending to brush the captain out in few
moments He mistook his man, however, and
soon measured his length on the grass. A
| greater bully than the first stepped out 10 take
his place, and soon took his place on the ground.
The countrymen stared they had no idea such
man could fight; he had, however. enlisted
two men, and must be allowed TO go no further.
/ The bully of the crowd now stepped in to
take the gentleman in hand. He was stout
fellow, weighing about two hundred pounds,
and Dragging that he had never been whipped
He knew nothing however, about sparring,
and be very soon followed his companions
Never was crowd so strictly confounded !;
three of their best men whipped by man
from the city. They could hardly realize if,
and stood motionltss.
We'll, my friends, are you satisfied? l
have whipped three of your best men. sup
pose you have no objections now to follow
their cxample?"
Not bit of it, responded one of the
crowd.
You'll do to tie to, old fellow Come
boys, fall in :"
They did so, and in a short time the captain
had his company filed, and be had offers of
more than he could find room for.
l. al
beautiful rosewoods, I think we have hardly
begun to see the best specimens of the Bra
lillian forest. Ere long the railroads in the in
terror, which have been chartered will bring
to the seacoast those giants of the forest. L
have been surprised, again and again, in look
ing at these beautiful trees, which are OF the
- sensitive plant " character. When the sun
goes down, they fold their leaves and go to
slumber. and are not aroused until by the
morning sun and singing birds. | observed in
some portions of the interior that rosewood
was used for very common purposes. In Chris
tian ox-carts the spOkes would be made of rose
wood. Aud | use the term Christian ox-carts
in distinction from Roman OK carts where the
axle and wheel turn together. Rosewood is
used in carts made like our own. The teeth
of cog wheels are often made of it. gentle
man showed NE 10 his sugar house a beam
nearly forty feet in length, and three or four in
diameter, which he told me was a violet color
ed rosewood. lie took me then to his pig pen,
and-would you believe il, ladies his pig
pen was made out Of rosewood! l would no.
have You understand that it looked like the
legs of a pianoforte. Nothing of the kind
for when left rough and exposed to the wealth
er it becomes as plebeian in its appearance as
our own aristocrat the black walnut of the
Mississippi When l returned brought