Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-10-21
TIE DYING SOLDIER.
From the New Orleans Delta, Sept. 10

Dropt from existence, like the wthered leaf
, nat irom The summer trees is swept away.
lis loss unseen. She hears not of his death
; Who bore hum, and already for her son
Her tears OF bitterness are shed; whe n first
He had put On the livery of bloou
She wept him dead to her.-SoUrHEY.
The hospitals n the city have received
an Increase Of more than hundred sick
within the las, ten days. The ok of al!
The regiments that have gone by have been
lett here, and an aIduous duty is imposed
upon the medical staff at this station. The
deaths, in proportion TO the number in the
hospitals, are very few, which speaks well
Tor the attention bestowed. A number
have died on board The boats coming I'd,
being so eneebled that their removal from
the encampmenis to the bouts FASTENED, if
1t id not cause their DEATH Malamoras
Flag.
Death on the battle field is a glorious
death; at least, with he exception of the
phlosophlc few, it has been So considered
by all nations, ancient and modern. savage
and civilized. Hence. men rush there to
meet II, Tor whom, in any o,her shape. il
hath thousand ierrors. Be The idea an
erroneous one, or not, death on The battle
held Is linked In men 5 minds with an ele.
vating hero.c chivalry-wlh the proud
thought that mans name lives after him
among his countrymen; or, if individually
forgotten, that the glory reflected from the
martial deeds with which he was associated,
! forms common mlusoleum for The char.
acter and his conr.de patriots.
here is an excitement in the battle field
TOO, VIII CHI drown all reflections Of the IN
ture. The roar of cannon. the rattle of
muskeiry, lie clang OF swords, the clash of
con ending bodies, the shout of def lnce the
cheer oEvlctory, the shril 5ugle-c call, and
The drums mimic hunder, all isolate the
min for the moment from The world: thew
shut ourthe ppst. preclude every idea of
the future; and then The intent of ginning
reputation at the lannon's mouth, no other
aspiration engfosses the mind; tseizes and
retaiHs sole control Of The senses. IT, un.
der such circumstances, dea comes, he is
nncarcd unthought o(--and the spifil
| passes away as in IL dream Of wild and en-
thus astic exc tement.
How do'eiu,ly d tleren it is wi h the sol
Ter who feels himself dying the victim Of
u wasting and lirem0vabIe disease. Take
the case OF any one Of those volunteers adj
verted 10 in the exact at the head of this ar
ticle. a number Of them say the Malta
moras Flag, have d ed on board the boats
coming up, being So enteebled that ihelr
removal Iromthe encampments TO the boats
h2stened ii II did not cause their DEATH
How sorrowlully SAL! how pitifully pain
(ul must have been their dying! On the
field OF battle they could have met death
with smile, at least wi bout Il shudder ;5u,
10 de III tie hammock OF heated steam
boat, without one 10 apply to The patched
lips even cup of cold watei-- with the ro
lection firm on The mind lha, there would
be no friendly hand to close i" death then
sig iIe@s eyes, and tha; no turf would grow
nor power would blossom over tie. grave
that cotliniess, their bodies would be con
signed to the murky, muddy water Of the
RIO Grande. Can they under such cir
cnm>tances, avoid Ieverting to the scenes
and feelings of few past months--scenes
to waIch by contrast their preson; life cou
ded cond ton imparls even more than IN
terent brightness?
How many cf them then. mere few
months since. left lone for the fist time,
and al lis nameIess nj'ymnts. Youth,
health Of body, and vigor in limb. were
hers: and they saw the ignus fatuus of
glory all but IN their grasp Eager press
ed they on to be enrolled among The delen>
ders oil their country amongst the aven-
gers OF us wrongs; anxious they fell to do
some deed 10 gid their humble name
Their chords Of liiaI affection--lhe bonds
OF he Young hear!'s ove--'he adhesive
sympaIhise which brother holds for sister
many OF them violently snapped asunder.
IN the hope that after brief and victorious
campa gn, they would return with laue.
bound brows and solder them for life. in
dissoIubly. VAN, do they now feel, were
those hopes-illusory those antcipations.-
Cypress IS seen instead Of the laureIs, and
the poor, debiIlated, dying volunteer feels
that II with mother, sweetheart. or sister.
he is ever again 10 be reunited, il is not in
this world
Sorrowfully sad, pitifuIy painful, indeed
must be the sensation Of the dying volun
ieer whose anticipated glory is cut short
not by the arm Of the enemy, but by the
subtle sword Of disease