Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-06-29

After the Bntt.c-sThe Wounded nc Magenta
The London Times correspondent gives a
glowing description Of the great battle and VIC
tory of the. Allies at Magenta, closing with the
fortunes Of the wounded-the other side Of the
picture He camo down by rail from Magenta
20 Milan with a train of wounded and prison
ers; the Mloneso, immediately after the Aus
trian evacuation, having sent up train to fetch
the wounded As they were found they were
brought in succession to the station by the
soldiers. We quote his description OF the har-
rowing scenes
At the station the surgeons were in attend
ance to apply the first dressing, and the trains
| hom Milan went TO and fro to carry them OIL
The traius consisted OF nothing but third class
carriages and goods wagons, partly covered,
partly open. Tho.c who were only slightly
wounded and could walk whore put into the
! carriages, while the others were laid IA the
goods wagons, which had been made as soft as
the circumstances admitted, by putting straw
and hay at tho bottom. To these the uniortu-
nate wrctches were carried, IN agonies ui pain
caused by the movement A large barrel Of
roolng drink, made of water and syrup, was
| ne5r, as well as another filled with wine, with
/ which to assuago tue fiery thirst caused by their
/ wounds. Boughs were cut 10 make an awning
over the open goods trucks, as to protect
! their mi crabi5 inmates from the rays OF a TO.
al Italian sun.
Inns station and the railway train itself were
certainly the most shocking scenes OF misery
which one can possibly conce I'VE. 10 was tho
darker side OF brlIlianC vIotory-looking be-
hlnd the scenes by daylight; wounded m all
| stages of agony and pam, only half clad, torn,
/ fIn.fN IA / U.ulIy. ID thptr hlnon The
priests walking about with the vaticum TO ad.
minister the last sacrament to the dying; the
glazed eye OF death IN some, showing that they
mad ceased 10 suffer, the working eyes of 9TH
ers aad the kueehug priest before them, show
ing that they were ON the point OF sighJng their
last; near them were Others whom you would
have thought dead bad 1t not been for the per-
copube movement of the eye or convulsive
twist Of the limb You became involuntarlly 81
lent wheu you entered aud took off your cap
at the sight Of 50 much misery. Even the live
ly French soldiers, who mlnIstored TO the wants
Oi those deiaced specimens OF humanity, be.
came grave, aud tins dead silence was only
bJOkon from time 10 time by the solemn words
of the priest a faint sob a frantic shrek OF
pain, or weak sigh
You forgot almost that there was a victory
to redeem this dark scene, and these men, who
would otherwise have peacefully followed theil
domestic occupations, were summoned to 3x
pose themselves to all this for a cause which j.
not their own, which they know nothing about
nor care for 1t was, indeed, hard lot
Blu. It was, above all, when the wounded hat
TO be moved to the carriages that the neighbor
hood became almost intOl, rable Such shrieks
such pale faces, contracted by pain, such tori
limbs The soldiers ordered to transport then
seemed to forget every thing in their anxiety tC
alleviate the pain OF the sufferers. The philaR
thropst would have been touched by so much
care and the cynic might have sncered at the
idea that the very men who had made th,
wouIGs should now try TO cure the mischief
ready TO begin again Before starting new
distribution oi drink took piece, Tor which there
, was a craving. AZ last tine train was off, and
the noise oil the train drowned all others, Will,
a lew turns Of the wheels took us out Of sigh
of the station. On our arrival at Milan, a mum
Der Of volunteer nurses were already waiting
: with glasses OF lemonade to assuage the burn
ing thirst alter passage of more than an hour