Swearing In The Recruits

Gol. Backvs visited onr City Int week, for tlio third timó, for the purpose of mu-stering in anothcr detuchment oí First lïegimeut Kccruits. The Colonol being i!l, and nfiable to visit Camp Kountain. tlio ceremony was perfonned on Prlday forenoon, in the grove adjoining tlio rosidence ol I:ior Miele, whoso guost ho was. Wc were present :i portiött of Ihu timo and witnessod the exürnination and administrntion of tho oaMi. Tho usual questiona were : " nro you in good hualth ? are you used to hard labor, and whnt kind ? havo j'ou had aiiy limbs broken ? are youc teeth good ? what is your age ? anü numeious otliers. as the personal appearanc:o of the recrort inight attraet tlio attentioü of tho Colonol. Thé different traswers oí the inen, and espeoially tho marnier oí uuiking answer, gave evi dence of tho moro or loss spirit with irliieb tfiey go forth to do battle for thoir countiy. For ins'.anoe, one man, aged 62, an Engl'shman by birth, oame up protnpUy to tho stand, claimed i that he was as good as ever, and that ho would tight foi h;s country, and that ii nol receivod ho wnnld go "on hia own hook.'' lic was a real soldier, has soen '20 yunrs service, was in the Caflir war, and in the Ci'iniean campaign, and was mustered in. Another reernit was just tho reverse, approached hu.sitatingly, held down hiu head, eouldu't wag his tongue, and was -for homeeickness. Several mure ere rejected for physical causes ; and Irorn ten to iifteen, tired of "sogering," aüeged that they had been deceived by reüruiiinu officers, ne' guess some of thejn had, and ref'iised to swear in. On the wholo it was an interesiing eeretnony.