Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-11-03

incidents of the Battle of Alma.-Horrible Scenes !
The following is letter from medical officer
Alma: GU '"e "a''i0 Va
For the past two days have been literally in a
eI" Vi olooo as have been employed attending on
Sne wounded Russians on the battle field of Alma
no description could give would realize the horrors
"ar-the dead, the dying, horses, guns carriages
Pete mete-headless trunks, bodies minns arms or
egS mutation of every sort and knd-that nv blood
ios' freezes at the recollection. Every available
| nut was mprovised into an operating theatre and
unoer every disadvantage we performed the most
lotmiaaole surgical operations. You NAV Judge ho,
eApeoitlously we had to get through things when
mention that extracted % balls in less than three
| hours Dressings were out of the question
our surgical blvouacs readily known by the
huOef OF legs and arms strewn around the scene of
our laoors Indeed cannot iken the field of battle
LOT Inc TWO days after the fight to any better than an
o0duo" My assistant for COMPRISING arteries was
Tue llrst passer-by' and when his failed him
hau 10 wait until some one else came up. | will moi
say much tor the result of my ampuatons as direct
~ one was concluded | laid him on a bed of hay or
straw and left him to the uis med,catrir nature In
The redoubts the Russian dead lay literally heaped
on each other. Nearly all the balls extracted were
MIME ones
Report says there were $4,000 Russians on the
held They held the most formidable position any
army could occupy; but the bulldog courage of our
troops overcame everything, and in five hours they
Russian hosts were in full retreat No one believe
knows the Russian loss. | counted myself more
than 400 Russians dead in less than three acres and
the wounded were beyond my calculation Their
SuppHcatlons as passed through them were heart.
rendlng-when had attended one there were twenty
unInteilglble supphcations from those around to
give them my surgical aid. Our soldiers behaved in
the most humane manner towards the wounded
wish could say as much for the Turks. The latter
attacked the retreang Russian army and those who
heir fire. haU tod md
cIied ' Sinope" to them. Our army remained at AL
ma for two days after the action to attend to the
) wounded, and when they left there many of
. the enemy still unoperated upon. We have sent
down there day line of battle ship, to look after
the rest, but fear death will have played sad havoc
$ among them. The Russians look after their
wounded, and on our march here (only five mes) we
fell in with 500 wounded Russian soldiers.
APoPLEcmc sYMProMs.-Thousands of persons have de-
benefit and rief and the symptoms entirely
ceanse tho blood and strengthens the system, that the
whole Of the gross humours therein are gently carried off
thy action They also infable in all diseases of
liver stomach and bowels and for bilious complaints their
Sold Ss the Eslabshmsnts Professor Holloway 80 Maiden
and by all Draggists nd 6eaers ia
Roge B n s and the United
Drug houses OF the Union; and by A o. BRADLEY Whining
q b saying BY taking the
are affixed to each box.
p The only 1mfalIIble Medicine Kmows-EIxIr Vitae.
PREPARED BY B. BURROW The virtues of this
medicine too weknown for the above
be regarded assertion performing
derfu to leave doubt in its efficacy and comforting benefits
upon the afflicted that be forgotten It design
ed to and always disease of chronic
Diary hereditary nature two weeks and the
formidable IAN eating confirmed consumption
cepted) in three four weeks It's virtues have been endor
sed by the Masonic and Odd Ft0C Lodges by numer
eminent individuals by 5000 citizens of the city Nor
folk and town of Portsmouth, Va by Minister'S Druggists
Lawyers, Editors, and Chemists. Rev. THOMAS HUME OF
sion kindly permitted the his name having
cured C disease of the Throat and Lungs 1t pure
" the Blood, Bowels and Secretions.
re Objections Answered.
1t is wellknown that the ELIXIR WIFE is nfallb
medicine always restoring to health all who it from
four weeks according to the nature and extent of th
disease but is the dearest medicine the world
Indeed then health not priceless blessing Many
persons after spending all their living upon Physicians
for months and years drugged their systems with abomnab
use in from weeks AS the prescribed doses
if they be large for delicate stomach reduce them t.
size, it will only take proportionaby longer time t.
1t is made to the afflicted and please thu
palate does possess stimulating properties it tri
ke the foundation of disease and releases the vital
h from its grasp.
A R The genuine sale in Wilmington by A O. Brad
! ley, and by all dealers in Medicines.
u Oct 24th 1854 O2fd&w~2w
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