THE ZOUAVES: THEIR DRILL AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC: Editorial-The Walton Mathews Murder (7/20/1860)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 7/20/1860

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The name Zouave is just now a household word. The occasion of its immediate prominence is, as is well known, the fact that a military corps of youths, hailing from the "City of Skunks," is now in our midst. Attired in singular garb; heralded by thousands of pens, as moral, brave, wealthy, skillful and wonderful, they have come suddenly upon us in the very doggiest of dog-days, and without waiting for rest, refreshment or a barber, have daily, nay hourly, astonished, delighted, surprised the few thousands of Gotham’s citizens who prefer the exciting sensations of our city life, to the quiet retiracy of a rural retreat. We see in the shop windows Zouave hats, caps, coats, canes, umbrellas and shoes. There is nothing which has hitherto been baptized JENNY LIND, SONTAG, PATTI or HEENAN, but now can be found with the Algerine prefix -- the African cognomen.

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

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The Zouaves: Their Drill at the Academy of Music – 2-4
Editorial: The Walton-Mathews Murder – 4-5
The Zouaves on the Stage – 5
By the Overland Mail: Advices from California, Carson Valley, Oregon and British America – 5
Out-Door Sports: Base Ball-Excelsior vs. Atlantic – 5-6
Fires – 6
Brooklyn Intelligence – 6
New-Jersey – 6