The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-06-30
Those who were only slipht.


Ely wounded and could walk, were put in
to the carriages, while the others were
laid in the goods wagons, which had been
made as soft as the circumstances admit
ted, by putting straw and hay at the bot.
tom. To these the unfortunate wretches
were carried, in agonies of pain caused
| by the movement. A large barrel of
cooling drink. made of water and syrup
was near, as we'll as another filled with
wine. with which to assuage that fiery
thirst caused By their wounds. Boughs
were cut to make an awning over the o.
pen goods trucks, so as to protect their
miserable inmates from the rays of real
Italian sun.
This Station and the very railway train
itself were certainly the most shocking
scenes Of misery which one can possibly
conceive. 1t was the darker side of the
brilliant victory--lookiDg behind the
scenes by daylight; wounded in all sta
ges of agony and pain, only half clad,
torn dusty, and muddy intheir own blood
The priests walking about with the viati-
cum to administer the last sacrament to
the dying; the glazed eye of death in
some, showing that they had ceased to
suffer. the working eyes of others aud the
kneeling priests before them, showing they
were on the point of sigbing their last;
near them were others, whom you would
have thought dead had it not been for the
impercep.ible movement of the eye or a
convulsive twist of the limb. You be-
came involuntarily silent when you en-.
tered aud took off your cap at the sight
: Of so much misery. Even the lively
French soldiers who ministered to the
wants of those defaced specimens of hu-
uanity became grave, and this dead 81.
ence was only broken from time to time
by the solemn words Of the priest, a faint
sob, frantic shrek of pain, or a weak
sigh. You forgot almost that there wa,
, victory to redeem this dark scene, and
these men, who would otherwise have
perfectly followed their dome,tic occupa.
, tions, were summoned to expose them.
selves to all this for cause which Is not
their own, which they knew nothi0g abou
uor care for. 1t was, indeed, hard lot
| Dub III Ndss all uGu tue HOuu
ded had to be moved to the carriage,
that the neighborhood became almos
intolerable. Such shreks, sucl
pale faces, contracted by pain. sucl
!, torn limbs The soldiers ordered t.
transport them seemed to forget every
thing, in their anxiety to alleviate th,
pain of the sufferers. The philanthro
pist would have been touched by so mucl
care, and the cynio might have snecret
: at the idea that the very men who haC
) made the wounds should now try tie cur,
: the mischief, ready to begin again. Be
fore starting new distribution of dIinl
b took place, for which there was era
/, wing. AT last the train vas off, and th
;, noise of the train drowned all Others
while few turns of the wheels took u
out of sight of the Station. On our arri
val at Milan number Of volunteer nur
ses were already Visiting with glasses o
lemonade, to assuage the burning thirs
after the passage of more than an hour
You jumped out Of the carriage, and
few steps brought you into another world
. . ness, from the pale faces to radiant ones
from shrleks OF misery to cries of JOY ant
exulta.ion, from few wretched, suFeriu!
men, to people mad with JOY, from rail
way train full of maDgled specimens o
hum anity to large town in its best holli
day attire, the windows decorated Wit
carpets and tricolors, French and Italian
the balconies filled the fair. greeting ev
. cry new uniform as it passed, and throw
ing flowers upon all soldiers without dis
tinction; the streets crowded with peopl
hurraing and capping their hands at ev
cry soldier or officer. all decorated will
the Italian tricolor and the French blu
in the background. Among the mas
you could see the French troopers, ever
one accompanied By several townspeopl
> and carried about in triumph, carriage
full of the new guests and their entertain
ers; civilians with the tricolor in the but
: tonhole, a musEct on the shoulder, and
q paper stuck in the hat or which was prin
ted "Ortlince Sirurazeo" These wer,
the new Municipal or National Guard 0
2 nuskets found in the citadel, and kept b.
the police since.
La one word, Milan was rejoicing a
the retreat of the Austrians aud the en-
try of the French which had taken plac,
= that morning. The corps of the Due d
f Magenta, the yictors of the battle Of NJ
genta, had entered Milan.
The Medina Tribune states, that du
ring one night recently, just before til,
expiration of a mortgage upon a, hous
; and lot in that village some persons with
out the fear of cent per cent, before thci
eyes, removed the dwelling house ant
: fsmily from the lot on which the mort
gage rested, and placed it upon land be
longingiDg to Gen. Burroughs, some fy,
rods distant Immagine the consterna
tion of the mortgage, when he found tha
! even real estate may take to itself wing
and 1y away
ri Tha prosidapt hoe seeuoJ