Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-25
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Eednesday MORNING ,Jnns95 s, 1852
Notice TO man subsoribers.

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D6-Invariably in advance.
p8HFEIaNIXa SicKSEss. is is asst opish.
ing what a vast proportion of the soldiers
now in the hospitals feign 10 DO sick n heu
they are as well aud able for duty as need
be. THEY come 10 the hospita spfetenii6e
to be afflicted with all SORTS of diseases. and
surgeons and ot!ter officers nta shamefully
imposed upon. They are gener..ity shreWd
enough to feigh disessps OF various symp.
toms, so that doctors cannot detect the
cheat. A large numbered This class of;pa.
tients have been treated at the Sprist
House Hospital in this city. Some month
or more since soldier complaining of i
disease Of the eye was taken in al the
Sprigg House Hospital. The man had evil
IDENTIFY read some medical work upon the
disease of which.he complained, for he,
described the symptoms SO correctly, that
the surgeon in charge of the hospital at.
once proceeded to treat him in the most-ap.
proved manner. The eyes OF the, patient,
though carefully attended TO, seemed to
grow worse instead of better, until, the sur
gSon was very much concerned for the safe.
y ofhis patients eye.sight. One evening.
recently, however, the surgeon, in going
the rounds Of the wards, suddenly came
upon his patient who was sitting iuadatk
corner very intensely absorbed In. 4 New
York ledger story. The next m6rnIae up
on being questioned 4hs to histeyessiHht,
the man said his optics were growing , worse
instead of better, and that hscould not see
at ali. He was asked bowshe came, 70 be
reading the paper with 90 much interest
when he was completely non plussed, and
did not know how to answer. ItgWss at.
forwards discovered that there was moth!
ing whatever the matter with his eyes, aud
he was Immediately ordered to join his
company. Such impositions as This are
praclised almOst daily. and the surgeons
being 10th to send really ailing patient
away, are frequently compelled to suffer
the cheat, when they are almost certain
that they are being h1mbagged., - ~ 4
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Bar TuE SHOoT1Na OF ", w. HoI11DAx-
HIS ARRIvALfIN THs CITY.--W. W. Holt.
day, Wagon Master of the First iYirgihia
Infantry; arrived in the city last evening
suffering from dangerous wound ia the
right side OF the head. received 6ndeq the
following circumstances: On last SaturI
day afternoon, as the First Virginia Infant
~ wereion the road leading towards Ma.
uassas Junction from Fr66ti Royal, the
wagon train of the First virginia was
moving Immediately in advance Of the
First Ohio Battery. a member of the
Battery, named Baldman, who was intoxt-
Gated, continued to force the gun carriage
which he was driving upon Mr.. HpllidaY's
riding horse, which, with its rider, fol-
lowed the train. Baldman was told once
or twice to be more careful, but insteadsof
paying any attention to the request he in
tsntionally. forced his vehicle upon the
horse, woundipg the animal aud throwing
Mr.. Holiday to the ground. Holiday be-
ing justly indignant remarked 1.-THE fell
low that he had . halt q mind to knock
him off the carriage with stone. Akthis
Baldman Instantly drew q 4 .smalia Distol and
e., "a, 49, =
n'euI usl oa'l entering inc Elgns sAus 81
Ar.Holliday' head. Baldman then jumped
from the carriage an6 broke for-the woods.
A sonsa NJ cavslrv ana IN 4, ,,,,.y 2 ava rant
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~ Putsuls y snoOt s3s,
wherever found, but he is thought to have