Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-03-29


: of The dead and 10 minister, as much a
> possible, to.the comforts the wounded
Y began to occupy The chief thoughts ofever.
one. Now you could see the marked at
lenlions ofmessmatss,4: aud srf1ei kind ant
generous acts. Of tried friends. Anon:
these. every effort was made tosbe useful
Every garment that coulil be disposed of
was cheerfullv given iorlnake be4sutIern!
comfortable; and the neighborins village:
were all ransacked to procure for them
suitable diet. g,..rs Yil
The Surgeons, also. were beginning
their work. The suffering. Of many sum,
,, mon hcm in every direction. They are
pressed on every side. How anxiousIy the
pnor wounded man gazes npon the excited
Surgeon IA The latter passes him by to
attend 10 the more dangerous, or as he
approaches him ~ dress his wound. or to
pronounce upon his case is my wound
dangerous, yon think, Daclnr? warmly
enquiries the sufferer The Surgeon ex-
amines -probes-hrsitarcs Seriousness
and melancholy are depicted in his coun-
lenance. a tear rises in his eyes. He
answers, your wound is severe; it is dan
eerous; but let us hope for tho BEST The
poor frlInw looks sad, bur appears resigned.
To another. he replies, your. arm must
come Oft another your leg will have
10 be ampntatcd.' The men seem glad
the matter is no worse.
AS the Surgeon approaches the slightly
wounded, quite different scene appears.
All IS good humor and gaieiy. Instead Of
the somhre seriousness caused by the pros
pecl Of Immediate death, tue Surgeon finds
The Cheerful smile aud gleeful joke
The subjects Of his care are merry as
crickcrs, and jes, in wanlun jnllity cn the
character of their wounds, and on the
cowardly freaks Of the enemy. The rea-
son is plain. 4 brilliant future is before
them. The monster death stands nff at a
distance. They have mn fears of his grim
visage. They laugh at his limidilY. The
Surgeon soes away amused and grntilied.
He tells The happy sufferers, he will dress
their wounds to-morrotO.
Night approaches, and the angry clouds
threaten torrents ofiain and heavy Storm.
-Caerulcus supra capnt aslilit imber
Noctem, hiemque Ierens.-Horacs.
The most active ell1rls are made 10 store
away the wounlrL in the adjoining Ha-
cienda. The building is capacioHs but il
will scarcely contain all: for here also are
the wounded oftha Rog gimenss. Necessity.
however, has no laws. All are packed in
thick aud crowded. Tho blood of one
minses with the blood Of another; and the
grnans of all unite To form one deep. low
'nurmur that fills the house. But the
weather is cold and dalnp, and there are
no heds and few blankets. The supply
train with all the camp equipage is ten
miles distant. What is TO be done FOr-
lunaely roam of The Hacienda, in
which lbn prisoners are quarIered, is half
filled with straw. With this the floor is
overspread. and the wounded mon laid oul
upon it. AZ
Aud nnw- begins properly the hot work
ofsthe Surgeons. rs saTf,rel;.,inary, boxes
:ofbanlages are rapidly opened. anJ-ail
the sharp implements nf surgery arc proud.
! ly ydisplaYed. Aflhe shtof these, itand.
wounded men.appenr moro terrified. Than
they had been BY Ihe bullets oi, The enemy.
But untouched, the Doctors begin their
work. They dress, they pr,be. they am
pu'a,e. The Hacieuia is convcrtel into
a very slaughter.pen. A scene of dre,d.
fnl havoc ensues, in comparison with
which. the battle ground loses moro than
half its horror. The loors and walls are
covcVed with lond an'l members of The
human body. Fingers, arms, legs, fig in
every direction. Tho whole house is flied
with thegroans of the unfortunate sufferers.
To a truly sensitive heart, The scenes
above described (and-,hey are, we think,
lrue to nature) Cannot but create feelings
of disgust q the hurrnrs of n bloody war.
Who that has once seen Them could ever
wish 10 have them repeated :! Is il a tri-
l'nS matter to see young men cur sudden
" off in tho hey day of their existence. 10
see ones bes' friends shnt down in death {!
TO observe the painful emotions caused by
surgical operation? J? aud to listen to The
grnans ofrhe dying and the suffering? We
would greatly doubt the sincerity Of him,
who. after witnessing such scenes, should
express himself deSi!ous OF euing into bat
lie. Il we believed him to be sincere, we
would be compelled, also, to believe him
devoid of the proper feelings Of our nature,
MARLBOROUGH.
Something Ertraordinary,-The Char,
lesion Mercury of the 2ls, instant says;
Daring the entire day yesterday. not a
hale of Cotton was sold in our market.
This we think is without parallel in the
history ofrhe Cotton business in our city
AT this season Of the year, and is nne OF
the establishment, of the Telegraph.
Green Pcas The Ncw-York papors
are revelliug in the anticipation of Green
Peas by The Charleston steamers. They
are already in our markct, and we had the
pleasure Of participating in mess of this
delicasy, al dinncr given by the IlIheruian
Society on Friday last, which was got up
iu Lees bcs, slylc.-C Char. Mercury,
a plant Indigenous to California, called
chanealagia, has been lately introduced in.