, 1859-07-25
SOLDERING.
The W1nnded.--Thc Field OF Rat&le-.-
msccllancoua 1uctdcnts---Ferso sonal
Observations, DC.


| -t%-A AAS AA%t4Ct aUaltA0 QI EQ10T t,3f.
ward With the headquarters Of the ar1py. 1, re,
mancd behind to sec the wounded, md 10 "a
orcr the ground where the fight had Ieen t}1r
most severc. During the whole Of Friday nirLt
and oil through Saturday and Sunday, 1hc
| wounded Of both armies continued to he broueh ht
~. H. iihey were removed fion the field rlirrc
| toey taF as rapidly rs possible, and brought to
some point where their wounds could .,c
dressed. All the churches and accessible bu;:d.
lnEs Of this town. public and private. were oe.
cupled-the officers being generally t4kcn to
Pirate houses as fur as practicable. But for
thousands q no shelter Whatever could be found,
ond they Werc' from necessity left in The omen
ar. As last rs their wounds could be dressed
they were removed TO tho next towu beyond
which il Aontccliaro, irc miIes ti;stant-a,d
from thence to Brcscin, twclrc miles further.
Tint being the first town Of any considerable
Immense aun,l,er Of persons. | wns ut !innta-
rtla'ro when the great procession began 10 rr-
r'se. At the entrance Of the TORN stands y Jar,,r
bn1ldIng used AS a -haspssa1 1-fscrtinE Gnon
small open zen space and being placed ut lie antle
Q! t"o dtsefe1ng 1oads. As the wounded ,r.
were taken or the carts and left here. Willie lie
rest moTed on to nrcscia. I never ss,r xo
heart -Eending sight MS was presented in front
Of tl'at hospital. The ARMY seems not II,
be provided with anr mcaus Of rcmoy;,Iv
.ne wounded, ,but reties entirely upon tbs
w. NaA pFuEHfE 3fflHl 1f1M
surrounding. pcasantry. Every thinc f,r
miles around had been called into rcoui.jti3n.
For tue most part they consisted of The rud,.
heavy ofcarts Of the farmerx. made to car1r
stone or othcr ponderous articles oycr Tie fclds.
fach q them had fiat platform six or eight
was spread upon this. and upon that the wound
ed soldiers we're placed us tl,icklv as they could
be hl-without shelter Of any Kind. or niIior.s
tor their hcads or blankets for their limbs. r.
cept such as they might happen to .haye uno,1i
them. Tile weather las been excessively warm
last rain that has talien.-anti yesterday and IN.
duy the sky las been perfectly clear and the
ait headed Will. the warmest rays Of m Italian
SUM- Tile roads are perfectly hard and verr
hussy:-and it was utterly impossible for well
persons 10 travel along them with any comfort
w'tl'out protection Of some kind from The heat,
gu can judge then Of the intense suffering
which these thousands Of manned and rnutiIatcd
creatures must hare endured during that
fearful journey Of ten or fifteen r1ilcs-,er-
'11.ncd at the slowest pace Of hcatv nTr,
and compelled constantly 10 stop BY sumo in
.,. .ea,,.loa o. h,c procession: 1t was enouel. to
melt the most obdurate heart to sec the s,afe in
which they arrived. The peasants who drove
.hem seemed not to llnye the sliehtest sense Of
1heir condition, or 10 take the least mains to
alleviate thcir agony Somc Of the soldiers
themselves. whose wounds were lcast scrious
ana permitted them to 1novc about, had cut
branches from the willows and other trccx tl,,t
i.ordcr the road, and made Of them n sl;r1,t
SHADE tur some Of those who could onir il
tlp,n their backs, their faces turned II thc
lTazen and tile burning sky. As far a. thu ore
could see, dense cloud Of white dust marked
tne nppfoaca Of the advancing train. As lie
cns,s s@ro,. ec 'nt9 te town, many Of tz poor
eft!ng tor water, Or for wine, as lucy were pef-
'shinE Of thirst. The people Of The village lad
prepared, so far as possible, fnr their recent;on
Committees lad been appointed, quantity Of
soup had heen prepared, ind the vomug women
~ ana men Of the p'ace went to work to supply
the most pressing necessities Of the 1,oor
ercatutcs, wha were suffering on their behalf
lhey went about from cart to cart, asking v1at
each needed. mud provided for them to the hcst
ot their ability. Austriuns aud French wcre
mingled indiscrainitatcly, and were treated with
precisely the same kindness nud attention, AZ
seosru thi1g the Anstrians were very badly
*t'unded, and seemed TO suffer terribly, Thcy
we're, 30 far us had been convenient. placcd
upon the same carts-nnd frequently six or
eight earts. weu}d arrirc Will, none but Aus
ttlans upon them; hut sill more frcqucutjy
there would he three or fur Austrinns npon =
cases hare seen Il French soldier insisting tha
Austrian who lny l,y Lis side into eomc easier
position, or endcayorng to procure for him ma.
ter or something else oi which lie seemed 10 l,c
iii need. AL differences Of nationality: were
submerged in the intense and overmasteriur
aSo'',es Of their common fate. Cpon one cart
which came up lay an Austrian who bad died on
tue road -and close by his side WIS Frcpc,
soldier Just able to raise himself from his
place and beg for water. As he raised his
head be Looked over ut his COMPANION
and said, asif envying Lis lot,. :. Poor fcslow-
,!e =, needs e nothing no~." The Austrian lnv at
ou lis breast. and Ills facc whIc1, was turned d.
rcct'y upward to the sun, wearing M expression
m intense suffering. Five or six otLers. lcss
severely wounded, wcrc sitting in front. 'Upou
another cart lnr poor fellow, entirely naked
above his waist, except broad bandas se which
had been passed around his body TO protect a
Irishtful wound received from nusket baJj iu
his side,-ste l,nll seemed to have passed entire
" through his body-his face wns ,,atc and in
pressbly sad and lie had just strength enough
icfs TO lift himself, up and beg for water. it
wns immediately brought aud as soon as lis
cart in the blank kct on which he WIS lyinr md
placed in the hall Of the bos2itaI-but lc lived
ouly few minutes longer. As tllcy were li(t-
ing him out, the blanket WINS drawn from under
the feet 81 another poor fellow lying ii the same
cart, and the Hlbtiou extortcd frpn him cry of
anguish more intense tlAan l, ercr heard before.
But It is ntterlr useless to multiply notices Of
individual cnscs Of suffering. Indeed it would
be impossible to mention a hupdredtE, mart ar
the instances uf dreadful agony which attracted
niy specini attention Mt the time and il each
one Of them could be described In writing, not
even faint Impression wond he given Of the
fearful horrors Of the scene as it met tue ere Of
the tpectator.- II. you can imasinc the open artn
in front Of the City Hall flled with carts. upou
eyery one Of which lay from five to ten or twelve
men 10 soldiers uniform. 50 far us thcy were
dressed ut n'l,-ncarly nil hsre1e.ded, their ia.
ces clothes and hands clottcd with L]ood, eroan-
nt.A+ f1ain Tt1%
broadway, as fur rs tie eye can sec. to be filed
sith An saabroken procession Of Just such carts
laden in the same sad ssyle,-thc cattle below.
ing 'the drivers shouting. and with the usual ac-
compartments Of great and hatf.regulatcd
crowd, you may form. some idca Of the character
general thin. the wounded mads but 1itl!e uoise.
Many Of them were too much exhausted. d.--nonc
Of them cried aloud.- and comparatively few
could be heard to Etuaa. But there was no mis-
taking the expression Of tAeir faccs, which spolc
Of intense agony, in spite Of all thcir ctIosts
70 suppress and conquer it. AZ l was riding
through the principal street in castiglione this
afternoon, passing the largest hospital, saw
living in the street close to the WALL tify or SIX
r. s~oupdcd Austrinus who had lust been
brought 10 from the FIELD, and for whom no
place within lie building could be found. One
of them, large, po.eriaf 1nan, with an intelli~
gent taec. wns sitting upright With his back
us0lHaA LIE HAll1 1a4A ALA<Ai0h H*tA
sopud the most intense and 6ca1trrndjng 7els
Of pain. He looked eagerly into tho face Ct
'cve.J one who passed, Is Il lie fnast have help
but be could only awuit his tarn+ In another
part Of the town; on cross-road leading from
the hill in front Of So1ferino, met tuenly.ooc
OF carts laden with Anstrians in every stage Of
suffering. 0ne Of the casta coniaincd hut two,
md in the extremity Of their agony tacy had
Laif risen 10 their knees. grappled one another
by the shoulder nnd were Eazing INTO cacl,
others faces with Gxed aud stouy look Of
frenzicd horror which. shall never forget
Just before dark on Sunday evcning looked
into the lurgc church in iAis place to which the
greatest number Of the wonnded were taken.
1t was Catholic church, ot cocrse, Is there arc
no others here; Al The furniture Of every kind
had been taken out, from the altar and side
chapel as well rs frum the nxre Of the building,
and upon ROWS Of mattresses extended 1ength-
wise on the stone door, az closely as they could
lie, the wounded were placed. AL whose injr-
RIGS would permit their removal had been taken
away and sent on to Montechiaro, Erescia,
aud other towns, and only those were left
who seemed very near thcfr end. In one
side chapel lay tiyht Austrians-two or
three gatping for breath and in t'.c very
act Of dyiag-nnd pot ono Of the whole eight
could possibly as It seemed to nc, live an hour.
The entire floor Ens covered with tho poor vio-
titus Of war. nearly all rapidly approaching tue
same extremity. Men mud women, charged
with the care Of them, were passing to End fro
not to sootheior comfort the dying, for there
was no time for }haa-h,t looking for those who
might still be sared, And over he altar, look
lHW tluWn unon = A.~~;4. :.r.