Litchfield enquirer., 1859-07-21

and it continued thus from about ten m the
 morning. when it began to flow, until left the
 street. long after dark. Every church, every large hall, every private house Ill tie town has been taken for the service of the wounded Those whose injuries are slight, after having been dressed, pass at once into the ranks and ningIe with their comrades. looked into the church as passed by. All tile seats, rail jugs, &c. had been removed mattresses of hay had been spread upon the floor. and were com ,,.etely filled with wounded men, in every stage of suffering and of peril, lying side by side The surgeons were dressing their wounds Sis ters of Charity and other women were giving them wine aud otherwise ministering to the.r comfort but morning, 1 am sure, will dawn upon large proportion of them relieved for ever from their pain. If anything can be more horrible than soldiers life, it certainly is q soldiers death.
 When we drove into town,'we were warned by French gentleman, who had arrived a little before Us, that unless we placed our car riage in the stable on the grounds of some pri- vate citizen, it would certainly be seized for the service of the wounded, as his had been. As it was all we could rely on for bedroom as we'll as means for locomotion, we were unwilling thus to lose it. On going to pri- vate house, therefore, to make such an arrange meut we fonnd it had been taken for hospi- tai, and among its inmates was riuamdaere "a woman of perhaps 30, dressed in the style of boomers, who had received a ball in her hand while following her occupation and car rying water and wine to the soldiers during the action Two surgeons from tile Emperor's family were dressing her wound--and though pale from loss of blood, she was conversing cheerfuIly and even gaily with them.
 Six or eight times, while I stood upon the street watching the wounded, there came along squads of prisoners taken at various stages of the action. Sometimes there would be only three or four--then twenty, fifty or hundred, and ill one company over 400. They walked closely together, six Or eight deep, the 1 officers being generally in the middle and were guarded by single file of troops walking on each side. AS general thing they were not bad looking men. Very many'of them were very young-not over IT certainly-and only now and then you would see a particularly brutal and stupid countenance. There was mo- thing like auger or shame on their faces they seemed generally wholly indifferent to their 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 officers were, with scarcely an exception, handsome, manly and intelligent fellows. All were without arms. The uniform of the men was very coarse brown stuff, made of flax, very plain, and with scarcely any attempt at ornament Towards night, carts began to come in laden with wounded Austrians, hundreds of whom passed along while stood there and were ta- ken directly to the hospitals, where they re- ceived precisely the same treatment as the French. Among the number, both of the ! wounded and the prisoners were many Hun garians.
 The town tonight, as might be expected, is simply camp. Not one have seen in the slightest degree intoxicated /; not one, have 1 seen shouting or singing ; not rough or rude remark have seen or heard addressed to any one,-nor have failed, in single instance, whenever 1 have applied to d soldier for infor- nation or addressed him on any subject what ever to receive courteous reply and the most polite endeavor to aid my wishes. Nor have 1 heard single cheer over the victory,-or a single syllable of exultation over the prisoners as they come in. The most respectful silence has in every case been preserved. Expres- sions of sympathy with the wounded were con stant, and prompt attention, so far as possi- ble, was always given to their wants. Private property in the town, so far as 1 can see, has been treated with great respect In selecting
 fields for the camp, those which will be injured by it least seem uniformly to be chosen. Ba- kers's shops, and groceries with cheese, bacon, sausages, &c, freely exposed, are open--and have repeatedly seen soldiers bargaining for supplies at their windows.
 But have heard no instance and seen no indication of the slightest interference with private property. Yet there is no ligor of dis cipline enforced for the soldiers seem to be quite at their ease, and wander about town very much at their own discretion. But they look upon war as business something to be done like everything else, with as little fuss aud excitement. as possible. So they look upon battle, and the operations attend ing it--the care of the wounded the reception of prisoners, &c.--as merely part of the regu-
 lar routine, just like cleaning their muskets, or boiling their soup over their bivouac fires But it is 3 o'clock n the morning, and you will excuse me from general disquisition upon the character and habits of the French sold iery. slept upon a bench last night, ,-and :, if the heas permit, have hope of little better accommodation for the few hours that remain of tonight. H. J. R
 GH The number of dead letters n the Post Of fee at Washington, is about 2.25O. 900 year o
 which 10000, containing money or other valuables