Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-02-02
THE ANTI-SLAvERY BUGLE.

who are probing tho wounds: Good my lord, do
not rack me- myself walk with great difficulty
between ,ho rows oi stretchers, and cry out: Come
here, my men, aud take him to GustczinskiS
house,'-that is where the hopclessly wounded are
carried-'takc this man to the Nikolaieff battery.
Place that man upon the bed. Now they bring III .
officers Toe. The room is crowded dcnscly with
the wounded, but operations are not to be thought
of at this moment. Give us time to bind up the
wounds Of alive sisters are all busiiy engaged.
There they are bringing in an officers his face is
delayed with blood; | wash it oif-meanwhile he
takes laboriously out Of his snap-purse some mon
ey for the soldiers who brought him, to drink his
health. | have seen many do the same thing. II
kneel on the floor to light tho doctor-the wounded
man has been shot in the brcast--to see if the bali
has gone right through. l place my hand under
his back aud feel for the wound. You may think
how he lies weltering in in his gore. But enough.
You would shudder if | were to describe to you
all tie %tortures aud lgouies | witnessed that night
Dawn came at last, and the firing ceases. we
have n little garden. Picture it to your mind
well, there are wounded lying there also. l took
brandy and ran down to it, while the sun was ris-
ing most gloriously over the bay amid the twit.
tcring Ct birds, in the shade Of acacias full OF
white blossoms. | found thirty, or tnereabouts, all
grlev0uSly wounded. most OF them already at the
point OF death. Ny Maker and my Lord! what a
contrast to this sweet Spring morning. | begged
:wO of the Inhabitants, who had been helping most
diligently all night to carry the wounded, to take
these Immediately into the hospital. Thank lleav-
On. the bringing in of stretchers is at an end The
surgeons, who bad gone home at daybreak to get
some rest, returned, when those whose turn 1t
was to be relieved, departed with the close OF
day. -,
"At7 o'clock the operations recommended. AL
though it was not my day to be on duty, | re-
solved to be again in attendance. The operations
last till two in the morning. Between 5 and q
o'clock Pirogeff comes back and they operate till
eight; then the work was over, and at nine ! went
home. The cannonade, however, still continued,
and grew forcer toward the morning; | accordingly
got up about six, and at seven announced myself
repdy fer duty. Everything was in order; 100
wounded were brought in this night. 1t is true
the amputations lasted three hours, but by | O'Clock
the dressing was finished. They brought me your
parcel: | opened it and began to tear bandages off
your linens directly. They are bringing me my
dinner. All is quiet. Thank God, this day, then,
is u quiet one. The door is opened, and one stretch
er after the other is borne along. What's the
meaning of this? How is this ? When were you
wounded, poor men ? we have lain out yonder
ever since that night There is a truce at this
moment. Only think of this horrorl They have
been lying out yonder nearly twice twenty-toui
hours; IL few compassionate Frenchmen had given
them bread and water. We washed their wounds
at once; we bound them up; we gave them to
to eat and drink. OF course they were all wounded
in the legs, though a few not severely. Again
there were twelve operations and as no one expect
ed an arrival of this sort out of hours, DIR. Chlebnikut
and myself were almost the only persons at the
Operating table. The night passed off quietly
Imagine my having to tie the arteries for Pigoroff'
patients on that dreadful night, while he was
pulling them out and holding pinccrs in his hand.
SISTER g..