East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-02-18


be found to favor the amendment, and
that the resolution will pass as originally
offered; should il fail, however, I must
yield IL the bchest, and on the final ques-
tion-more, perhaps, FOR the sake Of de-
sired unanimity, ia favor of q depot at
SONS point in Michigan, vote in favor OF
the resolutions as reported by the COM
understanding that if not amended IL
the House below, an appeal to Cngres.
sional power will correct what / conceive
20 be the mistaken endorsem .nt Of this
Senate.
Tie resolution was subsequently, amsnisi 40 70
reAi sat Grand hassr or some other psinf on fis
eastern shore Of lake Michigan or as western
sisre ef Lake Huron," tcl
WnAr BATTLE PHRASES MEAs.--Think
only of the common hackneyed express
ions which pass so lightly between the
lips when speaking Of great battle
We talk exuliingly, aud with a certsin
fire, Of q magnificent CHARGE" of a
Splendid charge"--yet very few will
think of the hideous particulars these
airy words stand for. The "splendid
charge" is headloug rush Of men on
strong horses, urged to their fullest speed,
ri ling down and overwhelming an OPP
posing mass of men on foot. The read.
er's mind goes no further, being cont.nt
with the Information that the enemy's
line was "broken" and "gave way" This
does not fill the picture. To do so ef-
fectuslly we must first think of an ordi.
nary individual run down in the public
street by a horseman moving at an easy
pace. The result is usually fracture aud
violent confusion. We may strengthen
the tones Of the picture by setting this
borseman at full gallop, and joining to
him company Of other flying horsemen.
How will il be then with the unhappy
pedestrian So, when the "splendil
charge" has done its work and passed by,
there will be found a sight very much
like the scene Of a frightful railway acci-
dent. There will be found the full com.
pie nent of backs broken in two, Of ar,ns
twisted wholly of, Of men impaled upon
their own bsyonets, of legs smashed up
like 6rewood, Of heads sliced open like
apples, Of other heads punched into soft
Jelly by iron hoofs Of horses, of faces
trampled out Of ell likeness to anything
human. This is what skulks behind
splendid charge" This is what follows,
as a matter Of course, when "our fellows
rode at them in style," and "cut them up
famously." Again, how often does the
commander, writing home through official
dispatches, dwell particularly on the gal.
liant conduct of Captain Smith, who.
finding the enemy were annoying our
right little" got his gun into position,
and "held them in check" Both express.
ionsrea fair in drawing room phrases. to
be mentioned cheerfulIy by ladies' lips.
1t is, as it were, few flies buzzing about
"our right wing" teasing and fretting
tour" men. And yet, properly trans.
lated, it signifies this: That stray men Of
the right wing are now and then leaping
with convulsive start into the air, al a
mimic bullet hieswith sharp sting through
their hearts, that stray men, suddenly
struck, are rolling on the ground; that .
man here and there is dropping down
quite suddenly with shrek, his firelock
tumbling from his hand-in short that
there is series of violent death-scencs
being enacted up and down the long line.
All the Year Round
| --s~------
Daniel s. Dickinson was not far out of
the way when he told a client, who
,remblingly asked him in case Of in.
portance, how he thought the jury would
"bring in" any iriend," said the illus.