East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-06-22


A correspondent writes from the
Chickahominy writes concerning cow
ards. He says: -. ys cr.-i..t 7.
"Within the past week have seen
some ten or twelve cases of self mu-
tilation by soldiers desirous Of going.
to the rear. These towards shoot
the hand, selecting generally the sec
ond finger Of the right hand, and then
go back to the hospital in hopes of be
ing sent to Washington with the
wounded. The surgeons having no.
ticed the recurring frequency of these
cases-as tke character Of these
wounds burned and discolored with
powder, was sufficiently indicative of
their origin-they reported the mat
ter to headquarters, and the delin-
quents in future are to be put on the
skirmish line.
1t is customary in ordinary cases TO
put the patient under chloroform but
as punishment to the coward, the
surgeons now perform the amputation
of wounded fingers without any an
aesthetic"
Another describes how the two
armies, on Saturday, the fourth inst,
were in such close proximity, that it
was death to stand upright in the
trenches, and thus it continued for
two days. We clip the following:
NATURALLY the time hangs heavily,
when, as sometimes happens, nothing
that may be shot at is seen for an
hour or two During one Of these in
tervals this morning one man con-
ceived brilliant scheme, which un-
folded to his comrades, was instantly
adopted
Every man loads his piece and
points it over the parapet or through
one of the many small portfolios made
by placing ammunition boxes in the
wall. Then the author Of the plan
begins to shout orders as though
commanding at least brigade:
"Colonel, connect your line with the
47thi" "Give way to the right p
"Close ranks ~ "Right dress !" "Fix
"Instahtly uvb' -n,frial'ea afyif~a4R
into plain sight behind the rebel
works, expecting to see an advancing
line. Not so, but five hundred men
from safe cover fire upon them in an
instant. the volley, which infic-
ted considerable loss, is followed up
with cheers and jeers. laughter and
much chatting, as: "What do you
think of Yankee tricks ~ "No use
batting hooks when you're fishing for
gudgeons."
''The trick has been repeated sew
eral times during the day, with ingen-
ious variations, always to crowded
houses, and always eliciting much ap-
plause from the performers"
Mares nests are sometimes found
"a 'Fresne Lens" such as are
placed in the largest lighthouses, was
found buried near house in Wright:
front last night This lens is manu-
factured only in Paris, and costs from
81, 900 to $4,000. How it came 10 be
in this vicinity is mystery. The
most probable hypothesis is that it il
part of the plumber of some of the
lighthouses which the rebels have de
spoiled. The facetious explanation i
that it must have been sent by some
ignorant army aiiicial to Cold Har5Or
, he supposing that place to be a por
of entry, and that it fell into the
hands of some citizen of the locality
The joke is apparent when it is re
membered that Cold Harbor is not {
harbor, and is fifteen miles from nav
igable water. The lens has been sen
to Washington in a quarter master
wagon.
The richest find, however, is that o
man in the 9th corps, who, digging
; for sweet potatoes, found over 81, 90
in silver He very generously divides
it with the company, and that compa
ny have since been matching quarter
, and half dollars as thowgh they wer
= pennies.
j The following incident must hav
. excited deep interest:
: All day yesterday wounded office
!, of New Hampshire regiment la
some twenty yards in front of Gen
I Marston's works, unable to crawl IL
i and the rebel sharp-shooters woul
, suffer none to go out for him. III
u had fallen the day before in the MOI
Q niny assault, and the lines as fnall
/ established left him midway betwee
z friend and enemy. One man ha
v been severely wounded in attemptiu
q TO reach him. Hard bread Wa
II SHE'D out to him in abundance, but
l. dozen cantoens were thrown away b,
/ fore one lodged within his grasp. f
u nally, night setting in, opens chanC
= to get him off. A zigMg is starte
" from the main works; men work wit
L zeal and well directed muscle, b.
y noiselessly as though they were L
u original managing directors of "Oit
T. the Silly Night" Three hours
such work and tho wounded man
+ reached is pulled into the. trench;
= carried triumphantly back its takir
N course, and then is received behir
a. behind cover with great cneers. III
" cheers cause volly, but the volly
u harmless, and the man is sayed."
u
ig David Paul Brown, Esq, of Phil
~ delphia,. one day last week rose to q
at dress q jury in behalf of a man char
no ed with murder, when he perceiv
n tlo+ 49,, of tho iurvrnon had thf