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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03
DeIusions ms 20 Bayonet WOUNDS.

The popular idea of soldiers ia a bay.
onet charge struggling hand 20 hand and
face to face with iiKe bayonets, is likely
90 he exploded, like many other decisions.
We find by referring to Gnthrie's com.
mentaries on Army Surgery, that these
struggles never occur. We quote from
that eminent authority
A great delusion is cherished IN Great
Britain on the subject Of the bayonet-a
sort Of monomania very gratifying to the
National vanity, but not quite ia accord
ance with matter of factlI Opposing
regiments, When formed in line, and
charging with, fixed bayoaets, never
struggle hand to han, aud foot to foot,
and thls Tor the very best pass Bile reason,
that one side turns ronnd aud russ away
a. soon as the other comes close enough
to do mischief doubtless considering that
discretion is the better part Of valor.-
Small parties of men may have personal
conflicts after an affair has been decided,
or In the subsequent scuille, il they can
not get out Of the way fast enough. The
battle of Mazda is usually referred 10 as
remarkable instance of bayonet fight
nevertheless the sufferers, whether killed
or wounded, French or English, suffered
from bullets, nos bayonets. The late sir
james hempt commanded the brigade
supposed to have done this feat, hut he
has assured IS that no charge with the
bayonet took place, the French being
killed ia the line by the fire Of musketry:
fact which has of late received re-
narkable confirmation in the published
correspondence of King JOSE h Bona
parte, ia which General Regnier, writing
to HIM on tho subject, says -
The LIST and And regiments CHARGED |
with the bayonet until they came within |
fifteen PAGES OF the enemy, when they
turned, ct prirent la fuite. The second |
line, composed of Polish troops, had al. !
ready done the same"
Wounds from bayonets were no. loss
rare in the PeninsuIar war. Ii may be
that all those who were bayoneted were
KILLED, yet their bodies were eeldom found |
A certain fighting regiment had the mis-
fortune, Que very misty morning, to have
large number Of men carried off by a
charge OF Polish lancers many being also
killed. The commanding officer concluded
they must be all killed, for his men DOS
sessed exactly the same spirit as part of
the French Imperial Guard at Waterloo.
They might be killed, but they could not
by any possibility be taken prisoners. -
lie returned thcm oil dead accordingly.
n few days afterwards they re-appeaTed.
to the astonishmont Of everybody, having
been swept '0F by the cavalry, and had
made their escape in the retreat of the
French army through tho woods. The
regiment from that day obtained tho lu-
dicrons name Of the Resurrection men,
The scige of Sebastopol has furnished
many opportunities for partial hand to
hand bayonet contests, in which many
have been killed and wounded ON ali
sides, but do not learn that ia any en-
gasements which have taken place, regi-
ments advanced towards each other and
really crossed bayonets as a body; altho,
the individual bravery of smaller parties
was frequently manifested there, as well
as in the Peninsular war
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03
Povrooy BnIDors.-The following de.

PoNTooN BRrDoEs.-The following de
serIption Of how pontoon trains are con.
structed and the kind now in use by IN,
Government cannot fail to be Of iuteres,
to our readers at the present time:
1t is imposed Of AZ wagons with spare
wheels, axles, spokes hubs, &C., $50 har
nesses, 30 india rubber pontoons or float.
with all the timber planking, cables, an.
chors, forges, &c., sufficient to form a
bridge Of GO feet in length and 1874 in
width. II can be thrown ready for the
passage of troops in thirty minutes
1t used as RATS brigade of 5000 men.
with equipage, artillery, &C., can be passed
over the Hudson at Sing Sing in 10 hours.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03

Nora BENA.-ThO following notice was
found posted on the bulletin beard of a
Western Post Office:
"Lost-a red kaf.l He had a white
spot on l Of his legs. He was she KAT
! will give thre dolOrs to everibudi that
will bring hym hum"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03
IT TAKES THE CnIlpary-A fr;o,d !

IT TAXES THE CnILDRES.-A friend Of
ours, uptown, has little fair-haired
youngster theologian, of four summers,
who, after being the other day for some
time lost in thought, broke out thus -
PA, can God do ANYTHING ?" ayes,
dear" "Can he do everything, PAP
eyes, dear" "Could he make two.year
old colt in two minutes?" "Why, he
would not wish to do that, Freddy"
"But if he did wish to, could hep" dyes.
certainly, if he wished to-" "What in
two minutesS" Eyes, in two minutes"
well, then, he wouldn't be two years
old, would her" The father was used 40.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03

TX The English travellers complain
that they are so hurried in our hotels
and so little in our stage coaches. An
Irish traveller took different view of the
ease. Honest Pat came in at one o'clock
and was called Ia half an hour.
"And what do you charge for that bit
Of lodgingY"
twenty-five CENTS" was the reply.
"And sure twas kind Of ye TO call me
% sirIy; IL I'D slept till morning I'd NO,
ssd the money to pay the billl'
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03

.EOne very cold night jolly old
fellow who had partaken rather freely Of
Zip at tavern, started for home in a
sleigh, and ON the way was upset, and
left by the side of the road. Some per.
sons, passing the same way a short time
after, discovered the fellow in a sitting
posture, holding his feet up to tho moon
calculating to some invisible person named
John:
pile on the wood, John; it's q thuu-
derin' cold firer'
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03

liza dandy, with cigar in his
mouth, On board a steamboat, once
stepped mp to a foreigner aud said
pray, sir, do gentlemen smoke in your
country on steamboats," "GentLemss do
not smoke in any country on steam boats, I"
was the laeonic reply.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03

CHILDREN. - Hard be his fate who
makes no childhood happy; it is so easy.
1t does not require wealth, or position, or
fame only little kindness and the tact
which IL inspires. Give q child a chance
70 love, to play, to exercise his imagina-
ton and affections, aud he will be happy.
Give him the conditions of health-sirnple
food, air, exercise, and little variety in
his occupations, and no will be happy,
and expand in happiness.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03
STOCKINGS ron THE AnMy-Tb, al

STOCKINGS FOR THE ARMY-Thc fol.
lowing rules are laid down for the direc
ton Of ladies wishing to knit socks for
the soldiers: Get large needles aud coarse
yarn: Cast on seventy eight stitches,
and knit the leg ten inches before setting
the heel. The heel should be three and
half inches long, and knit of double
yarn, one fine and one coarse, for extra
strength. The foot should DO eleven or
twelve inches long.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03

EF \ genuine Jonathan, sciourninc
on the banks of Longh Neagh, says, in
proof of the petritying qualities Of it.
waters, that an old fisherman in that
neighborhood, known by the sobriquet OF
Hugo Trout, has immersed his legs so
long and so often in the lake, that they
have petrifiod, and he now always homes
his razor upon what used to be his shin
bones.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03
Selected Poetry.
TRIPLES.

What are trines-who may guess
All the tribes meaningl
Scattered ears on lifo's broad Geld
For wise ones cleaning.
Hought but hath its work on earth,
Frnught with pain or pleasure,
Links ia natures mystic chain,
Though Of tinisst measure
But tribe seems word
All unkindly spoken,
let the lifo-trap waileth low
For gold string broken.
But a triGe seems smile
On kind face beaming,
Yet faint heart groweth strong
Meath it's gentle cleaning
Just look may waken thoughts
Full Of proud resentment--
Just a look will fill tho soil
With glad eontsntment;
Little prayers Of children fir,
BY their mothers keeping,
Touch worn and weary heart
With chld-liko feeling.
But a flowers perfume mny bear
Back through years Of sorrow.
To the sunny morn Of life,
With bright tomorrow
And tress of silkon hair
On young brow parted,
With front Of bitterest tear.
For the broken hearted
Twas single rain drop fell
On green bud thirsting,
Strengthened by tho fairy draaghs,
10! a flower is bursting,
And an acorn lightly lung
In pathway dreary,
sprend an oaks broad shadows Qua
To refresh tho weary.
friekling from the mountain height,
Through the beech roots stealing,
Zee, thread Of sil 81 light,
sunbcams are revealing.
Drop by drop it gathers asst
Never resting, never.
Till it swells and IA forth,
In a glorious riyer.
Trines! each ono be \ par,
In our pain or Pleasure.
Making up tho daily sum
OF our lifo's brief ruoa. ars,
All unnoted as they pass,
Scarcely worth orr huodine,
Yet trine it riay bs,
Gods own work IL speeding.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03

e. We look over the wido world, and
oil see'ni stormy and dark aud tempestu-
Gus, but tden we see the home circles.
like sweet patches Of blue sky seen among
the clouds, and little children shining
like stars in their midst.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03
CIIANCERY- SALE

4 pursuance and by virtue Of FIN al decree OF
4 the Circuit Court for the county OF Saginaw in
Chancery, made on the 18th day of June A. ID. 1861
IN n certain cause therein pending wherein Thomas
r. Doughty IS complainant, and James p. Hayden,
Caroline Il. Hayden and George Foltz are defend
ants Notice is hereby given that l. the undersign-
ed, Notary Public in and for the county Of Sag-
nav and mn Attorney Of the Supreme Court of the
State OF Michigan, acting Circuit Court Commiss-
ioner OF said county shall sell at public auction
the highest bidder at the front door Of the Saginaw
County Court House in the city and county Of Sag
NAV, Michigan ut IL o'clock noon of Saturday the
10Th day Of August A. ID. 1861, all tho following
described real estate to witt Tue south part of the
northeast fractional quarter Of section seventeen
(lD in township ten (lO) north of range FIVE (5)
east, containing one hundred and twenty-five aud
acres, more or less also tho northeast quar-
ter OF the south east quarter Of section seventeen
On township ten (lO) north of range FIVE (5) east
containing forty acres more less being and stu
.'sd IN Saginaw county, State of Michigan.
Il. c. NEWELL,
Notary Public and Attorney of Supreme Court, act
ing a' Circuit Court Commissioner Of Saginaw Co.
MooHE GAYLORD, Compl't SoIrs
Dated, June 10th. 1861. n4ew6
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03
~A baokwooJs cl.rcvr,,, .I,,r

EE A backwoods clergyman abiding
TO an anchor in his discourse, described
ITS use in the following lucid manner:
An anchor is largo iron instrument
tnat sailors carry to sea with them, and
when a storm arises they take il on shore
aud fasten it to tree, and that holds the
ship until the storm is over a6s
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03

EET The road ambition travels Il toe
narrow for friendship, too crooked for
love, too rugged for honesty, and too
dark for science.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03

Ii henry Ward Beecher writeJ a
letter attempting to Justify himself in
taking 500 for charity lecture, VIXEN
the total receipts were only Sl06.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03

ESThe City of London, England, is
more than twelve miles long and eight or
nine wide, and ito population is all of
three millions.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03

EE according to the statistics given
IN the Catholic almanac. there are 24I..
300 Catholics in the rebel States and
2,9o6,700 in the loyal portion Of the
Union.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03
Capital and Surplus,
5000, soc. &C.

For details Of investments, see small Card. and
Circulars
assurances may be effected in this cid and sub
stantial Company on very favorable terms.
Z Applyto G. ID. MOTT, Ageni.
r1- Dwellings and Farm Property insured 70
term Of years at very low aates. IN ----r .--,,-
Fast Saginaw, July 18th 1861. e 9tilj
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-03
ExTENSIv We
Livery Establishment
HeSs, BUIsEeELL az CO.,
Il their Now and Extensive StabIas ON wash

"A L their New and Extensive Stables, on Wash
IA ington Street It5
EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.
Have Of tho
Best Livery Establishments in the West
Family "turn outs' Horse. and Bugries. Sadie
Horses, and rigs" Of all styles single or four TO six
horses, promptly fitted out
NEW AND IN STYLE
Everything about the establishment il in good
shape tidy and Of late style Horses always in
good condition and carriages and Harnesses neat and
tidy.
REA SONABTE RATE.Sl
only, charged in all instances and the utmost pains
taken TO give entire satisfaction to all customers
A. w. GATES, Agent
East Saginaw Aug g. 1861 -
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-01-10
THE SPOTTED BLACK HAND.

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of South Carolina 10 tear asunder the
Union, or bap,izo it in all the horrors of
civil war makes appropriate the republi-
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The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-01-10
The Landlords taste FOR 5susK.

\ gentleman and lady were travelling
in Michigan, and having missed the stage,
were compelled to take private convey
ance from the town Of Souderi to Thorn
astown. The lady had with her beauti-
ful lap dog, which she carried in her lap
on an embroidered mat During the ride
the husband discovered that he had no
handkerchief, when the lady lent him
hers, which was fashionably scented with
musk. About half way between the tive
towns the carriage broke down, ia the
midst Of a hard rain, and they were
obliged to take refuge in the half way
house-a zone horse log tavern, consist
ing of two rOoms-a bar room and lodging
room. The lady laid her lap dog on its
mat before the fire, and herself and hus-
band took seats. In a short time the gen
tleman had occasion to use his handker-
chief, and took II out, leaving it on his
knee when he got through with it. In
few moments the landlord opened the
door, put his head in, looked around,
went out, came in, gazed at the dog-his
nostrils all the time up-turned in intense
disgust. He finally appeared satisfied,
went TO the outside door, opened it, came
back with bound, seized the lap dog by
the tail, and hurled him howliug through
the open door full ten rods into the forest.
The wife tainted the husband rose to his
feet, terribly enraged, and wanted to know
what he did that for!
That's my dog, ;" continued he, furious
/ y.
/ Don't care 4 cuss whose dog it is"
said the man gruffly and impetuously; Il
/ amt going to have no such blasted smell
inS varmint that's been fighting with q
skunk around my tavern"
/ The husband and Tife vacated the
house instantly, and proceeded on their
way in the rain, with the fragments OF
their iIl-used dog who had got into such
. bad od0r"
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-01-10
Premature EnGerments.

" lately saw paragraph stating that
gentleman Of Boston, Just before his
death, which occurred short time since,
made last request that his remains
should be examined daily for & period Of
ten days, in order to make sure Of the fact
that life had really departed, he having
fear Of being buried alive
Occasionally q case of premature burial
sends thrills Of horror through the com
munity; but the lesson which it teaches.
that less haste should be manifested in
committing deceased persons 10 their ST.
lent homes, is not always needed, and in
some instances, the body is hardly cold
ere the undertaken Is called 10 perform
his sad office. The ancient Greeks and
Romans took warning from similar oc-
currences, and prohibited the carly burial
Of the dead. The first recorded instance
OF the recovery to life OF an individual
about to be buried, was that Of woman
in Agrigentum, in ancient Greece, whose
funeral was arrested by Empedocles, a
man Of great medical skill, and she was
| restored to life. After this law was
! passed forbidding interment Of deceased
/ persons until three days had elapsed
/ Custom extended this period to the sixth
or seventh day, during which precautions
/ were taken to restore animation, If it was
simply suspended, and often with et-
/ feet.
The Romans also had their attention
turned to this matter in the time OF Pom
pey, by 4 physician, who detected signs OF
life IN person supposed 10 be dead. who
was on a funeral pyre which had already
been lighted The flames were extin-
guished and the individual was resusc;ta-
ted. Aviola, another Roman, was less
fortunate. Having fallen in lcthargic
fit, he was taken up for dead his funeral
pile was erected, the flames were lighted,
and Aviola was placed upon it. Quickly
animation, which had only been suspen-
ded, was revived Gy the heat and he at
tempted to arise. The spectators, who
had retired little to witness the spccta-
Gle, rushed to save him, but they were too
late. lie was killed by the flames The
praetor LAMA had a similar fate and the
life Of Tubero, who had formerly been
praetor, was saved by signs of 4 return to
animation being discovered, just as he was
about to be laid on the pile.
In consequence Of these examples, the
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The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-01-10

FLEECED At FARO.-JHce il Il while
some merchant from the interior, some
wise man from the east, or some splendid
youth from home, finds his way into a
faro-ro0n. and chances his money On that
desperate game. OF course he IS Heeced.
He calls himself fool, in which operation
we entirely coincide. He wecps for his
lost money, and he bestows rcd-hot male
dictious upon the gamblers, and asks our
sympathy fol his rashness. We withhold
sympathy in most Of these cases. Noman
plavs q game OF chance without earnestly
intending to win. The BOBBY who roarS
in anguish because he has lost his last
dollar o. two on the sweat-ciOth would
have pockcted the stakes with a thrill OF
s0rdid iov had he won. A sincere wish
to fleece the red-nosed gentleman with the
honeyed talk and big watch seal induced
him to stake his money on the cut-throat
game, and little would the BOBBY bother
himself about the fairness Of the thing if
he could win instead OF the red-nosed man.
Persons who know enough to spell their
own names should by this time be aware
that a man unused to gambling stands
about as fair 4 chance in gambling hell
as fat sheep would in the lair Of hun
CRY tiger "Gentlemen," said veteran
gambler to party Of infatuated young
men, who, having lost heavily at faro one
night, were now betting in the wild hope
OF redeeming their losses, "Gentlemeu, if
you expect TO tire out these gas-hghts you
will be disappointed" And it is anna
zing, when the tricks and wiles Of gam
/ bIars have so often been eXDosed that q
person can be found of sufficient string
bean greenness TO allow his fleece to slide
away before the keen aud never missing
shears of the cool and practical gamester,
) - E.cchaHge.