Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-07-22

Of the neutral powers to accept the peace whit
Napoleon win be likely to tender him.
just before Dightf;,ll, tremendous cannon
aiding was distinctly visible in the direction
sfantua, and it was supposed by one or tu
| French officers that Prince Napoleon was Il
sauItng that fortress, rs a part of the genera
plan of the days operations, while tue Enpe
or was engaging the enemy in the open-fied
but see no reason to suppose this TO be tru
as Prince Napoleon could scarcely have reacl
cd Mantua by this time, as he was i'll Florcnc
only week ago.
/ am afraid to venture on any conjecture q
to the number killed and wounded i'll this bat
tic, but from the nature of the case, 1t must b.
enormous | am confident that not less thai
ten thousand wounded have been brought t
this village alone during the day, to say moth
| ing Of those left on the field.
The first intimation of all engagement hav
| ing taken place, was from meeting three or fou
carts drawn by oxen, and filled with the woun
tled As we had heard of no battle, we sup
posed these wounds had been received in som'
| skirmish. Soon after we met a one-horse car
| riage, iu which was laid at full length, an off
Ger of rank, whose face wore so ghastly u lool
as to make it evident that he was dying.
Those who were more severely injured rode
upon donkeys or in carts-and u few were car
ried upon mattresses on mems shoulders. But
these were mostly officers md nearly all l saw
carried in that way were SO badly wounded that
their recovery is scarcely possible One had
both his legs crushed by a cannon ball. An
other had received ball in his thigh and was
evidently suffering the most intense agony
Many of those whose wounds were in their legs
were seated i'll chairs swung across donkey
one being upon each side Several who were
thus carried, and were supported by soldiers
walking by their side, were apparently uncon-
seious, and seemed to be dying. Then would
como CARTS large and small, carrying three, five,
and some of them ten or fifteen each.
A steady stream of these gliastly victims OF
the battle of the day poured through the town,
I stood in the crowd by the side of them as the
sad procession passed along, and watched it at
this point for over an hour. 1t was not inter
rupted for moment except now and then
by a crowd of prisoners,-and it continued thus
from about 10 in the morning, when it began
to flow, until left the street, long after dark.
Every church, every large hall, every private
house in the town has been taken for the ser
vice of the wounded. Those whose injuries are
Slight, after having them dressed, pass at once
into the ranks and mingle with their comrades.
looked into the church as passed by. All
the seats, ratings, &c, had been removed =
mattresses of hay had been spread upon the
floor, and were completely filed with wounded
men, in every stage Of suffering and peril, lying
side by side. The surgeons were dressing then
wounds Sisters Of Charity and other women
were giving them comfort but morning, /
am sure , i'll dawn upon large proportion OF
them relieved forever from their pain. If any
thing can be more horrible than a soldiers life
it certainly is a soldiers Death .-.
On reaching Mont Echiaro, and stopping to
rest the horses, we were told that a great bat
tie was then going on in the pain before Cas-
tiglione, and going to the summit of some old
Notifications, which once defended the town, We
could see with our glasses the smoke OF the en-
gagcmcnt We lost 10 time in pushing for
ward, although we were told that we could not
reach Castiglionc, because the roads were so
completely occupied with artillery in reserve.
We went on, however, and, passing the French
camp Of the previous night, came to point at
about 81 mile from the town where q park OF
artillery wagons were defiing from their camp
into the road. Watching oar chance, VIC drove,
between two wagons and entered the town un-
der cover of cloud of dust.
The rlain street waa crowded with carts, hor-
Scs oxcn soldiers, suffers and fncrsons and ami
mails of every description. We pushed on di-
rcctly past the house marked us tic hcal-quar-
tcrs Of the Emperor, and were in the camp
! We had gone but short distance when wt
came to where the great procession ofthaw0and
cd was turning across a street to a church
which had been t;sken for hospital. 1t was
the most dreadful sight | ever saw. Every
conceivable kind of wounds are here exhibited
| All who were able were obliged to walk. The
| wagons and animals at command bcing rtqnir
ed for those who could not otherwise lre moved
Some walked aIong, their faces completely Gov
cred with blood, from cuts on the head. Many
had their arms shattered, hundreds had hand
tied up and sone most ghastly wortnds on thei
faces. some had tied up their wounds, other
stripped away the clothing, which clattd az"
made them worse. ! saw one prtn walking
with firm step and rcsolute air, nakcd 10 hu
waist. and having q trilIot@wound ON hls side
ap uqIe pash along bis check, aud deep bay
one, thrust received from behind, in his shoul
; d... Most NJ thos. who were walking wor'
scr;u,s looks. conversing hut little with on
ano,her. though they walked two and two, ans
6,yy Of them carried upon their flces any con
Siderable expression of pain. Six or cigh
times, while / stood upon the street watching
the wounded, there came along squads Of pris
oners taken at various stages of the action.
Sometimes there wouId be only three or four
then 20, 80 or 100. and in one company owe
100 They walked closely together, 6 or
deep. The officers were generally in the mic
die, and were guarded by a single file of trooI
on each side As a general thing, they wer
not bad looking men, very many OF them yer
, young-not over l6.
The Dangers of tho Soa.