Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-07-21

by the side of them as the sad procession
passed along, and watchedsit at this poln
for over an hour. il vas not interrupted
for a moment,-excep, now aud then by
crowd OF prisoners; and lit cuntlnusd tia
lrcm abon, ten in the morning, when ii be-
gan to flow, until lett The street, long al
1 ter dark 49, =, = a7',s i- - - ''-''
Every church, every large hall, every
private house in the town has been Taken
Tor the service Of the wounded. Those
whose injuries are slight after having them
dressed, pass al once into The ranks and
mingle with their comrades Hooked in
to the church as passed by. All the seats
ratings, &c., had been removed; mattress
ses OF hay had been spread npOn The floor,
aud were completely filled with wounded
men, in every stage Of suffering and Of per-
FIJI, lying side by side. The surg icons were
dressing their wounds, Sisters Of Charity
and other women were giving them wine,
and Otherwise minIsttring 10 their comfort
but morning, sm sure. will dawn upon a
large proportion Of them relieved forever
from their pain. If any thing can be more
horrible than soldiers lie, it certainly is
a soldiers death. a., =. r.s..#-s. "d'
I When we drove into town, we were
warned by French gentlemen, who had
! arrived little before us. that less we pla.
ced our carringe in the stable or grounds
of some private citizen wonld certainly
be seized for the services OF the wounded
as his had been. As ii was all we cou!d
rely on for d tefro0m as well as means
OF lncomoiion, we were unwilling thus TO
ln>e il. On going 10 a private house. there
/ fore, Ia n,ake such an arrangement, we found
! il had been laken for hos pIIal, and among
It's inmates was a Uirandere-a woman of
I perhaps thirty. dressed iii the style oil our
Boomers, " no had received a ball IN her
hand whine following her occupation, and
carrying water and wine TO the soldier. dn-
ring the action. Two surgeons IRON the
Emperor's family were dressing her wound
and though pale from loss of blood, she was
conversing cheeriuily and even gaily with
| them. OIL -.. s...--r-..l p .-..
! Six or eight times while stood upon
The street watching the wounded, there
came alorg Squads Of prisoners taken at va
ricus stages OF the action. Sometimes there
would be only three or ionr-ihen twenty,
fifty or q hundred, ard in one company
over four hundred. They walked closely
together six or eight deep-the officers
being generally in the middle were
guarded by single hle OF troops walking
on each side. As general thing, they
were not bad Look ing men. Very many OF
them were very young hot over 10 GER
tanly only now and then you would
see particularly brutal aud stupid conn,e-
nance. There wa. nothing like anger or
shame on their faces; they seemed gener-
ally wholly Indifferent 10 their position, bu,
| looked about with good dea! OF curiosity
! upon the crowd which surrounded them
They were generally silent, though now
and then they would talk and laugh with
each other as they passed along. The Off
GERS were, with scarcely and exception,
| handsome, manly and Intelligent fellows.
All were without arms. The uniform Of
the men was very coarse brown stuff
made Of fax, very plain, and with scarcely
any attempt at ornament. Towards night
carts began 10 come in, laden with wounded
Austriars, hundreds of whom passed along
while stood there, and were taken direct
| ly to the hospitals, where they received
precisely the same treatment as the French.
Most OF them seem 10 be very badly hurt.
! Among the number, both OF the wounded
and the prisoners. were many Hungarians.
The town tonight. as may be expected
is simply camp. The streets which are
narrow are crammed with artillery and pro-
visions wagons trying, almost in vain, to
make their way through the town; bivouac
fires light up the orchards and fields around
the village; Two streams oil troops pour out
IN the Two roads Leading 10 The field OF bat
| tie, extending a. far as the eye can reach;
suffers. lruil red3.ers. and small dealers Of
every kind ccular. among the soidisrs who
crowd the street; all inin, nse Train OF Pied
nnntess artillery are brought 10 stand
in The street, while trying 10 make their
way through the town to their place of en-
campment; and thousands Of French infan-
| try, despairins OF reaching Their tents have
seated themselves upon the harrow side
walks, and with the hous-wals for back
and their haversacks ior pillows, hey have
addressed themselves in that position o the
labor Of obtaining a nights rest, 1t is u
striking scence most certainly and the most
wonderful part OF it is the perfect order and
good behavior Of the troops.
have not seen during the whole day
single instance Of disorder or OF even rud-
rness in word or deed from any soldier
| Not one have seen IN the slightest, degree
intoxicated; not one have / seen shouting or
singing; not a rough or rude remark have
seen or heard addressed lu any nhe-nor
have failed, in single instance, whenever
have applied 10 a soldier for information nr
addressed him on any subject whatever, to
receive courteous reply and The most po-
lite endeavor 10 aid my wishes. Nor have
/ / Heard single cheer over the viciory-or
single syllable Of exultalion over the pris-
oners as they come in. The most respect
iul silence has in every case been preser-
we'd. Expressions of sympathy with the
wounded were constant, snd prompt atten-
lion, so lar as possible, was always given
TO their wants. Private prosperity, in the
town, so far as can see, has been treated
with perfect respect. In selecting fields