Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-07-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
~W,ATERLOO.
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THE HORRoshester, NW .ATERLOO.
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p Pr, u.the S0azz,o,s;. 1aSSSattle OF
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My dear Ho1mer write this to you,
after having been some days at home,
engaged in my usual occupations, and
! Consequently disenchanted Of the hor-
1rorssef the battle of Waterloo. | feel
relief in this, for certainly, If had writ.
ten to you from Brussels. should have
appeared very extravaganza. An abso-
lutte revolution took place in my econo-
my, body and soul; so that |, who am
known to require eight hours sleep,
foafnd first three hours, and then one hour
fand half sufficient, after days Of the
most painful excitement and bodily ex-
ertion.
After | had been i've DAYS engaged
with the prosecution of my object, /
,, found that the best cases, that is, the
most horrid wounds, left totally without
assistance, were to be found In the hos
pitaI of the French wounded. This hos
pital was only forming; they were even
thea bringing these poor creatures in
from the woods. 1t is impossible to
convey to you the picture of human mis-
cry continually before my eyes. What
was heart rendng in the day was i'll
tolerable at night; and arose and wrete
at four O'Clock in the mornings to the
chief surgeon, Cunning, offering to per-
form the necessary operations upon the
French. At six o'clock took the knife
in my hand, and continued necessarily
at work till seven in the evening; and SO
the second day, and again the third day.
All the elecencies of performing surgi.
cal operations were soon neglected;
while l amputa:ed one mans thigh
there lay at one time thirteen, all be-
seeching to be taken next; one full Of
entreatY, one calling upon me to re
member my promise to take him, anoth
Ell execratiAg. 1t was strange thing t(
feel my clothes stiff with blood, and my
arms powerless with tho exertion o
using the knife; and more extraordinary
, still, to find my mind calm amidst sncl
variety Of suffering; but to give one Q
these objects access to your feelings wa
to allow yourself to be unnamed 70
the performance of duty. 1t was les
panful to look upon the whole, than t
contemplate one subject.
When ! first went round the wards Q
the Wounded prisoners, my sensation
were very extraordinary. We hat eve
nv where heard OF the manner IN whic
!, these men had fought; nothing could sur
+ pass their devotedness. In long ward
/, containing fifty, there was no expression
!. of suffering, DO one spoke to his neishbor
There was resenttul, sullen rigidnes
of face, fierceness in their dark eyes
as they lay half-covered In the sheets.
o Susaday.-I was interrupted, and nov
I perceive was falling into the mistak
!, of attempting 10 convey to you the feel
II inas which took possession Of me, amils
the miseries of Brussels. Afterb ein
eight days among the woaHded. Ivisite
d the field of battle. The view of til
field, the gallant sorties tire charges, III
!, Individual instances Of enterprise an
" yalor. recalled me to the sense which III