The national Republican., 1862-09-25
(coNMuSicATEp.)
Extract from Letter The Battle. .Fisid.)

..nsuusy as "s and n. Ssip only me fought @Ss
With design and upon military primo Piles. The
siticn 81 the Commanding Gensrsi",hs sending kS
into action the right and the lsft-the closing
up OF the centre, and Anal success--excites be.
wildering I'D niration, and carries the mind to
the great Acids Of Austerlitz and Wagrsm,
rhs heart history Of such a conflict. pure hssed
by the life and blood Of twenty thousand men
must be found In ii, hospitals. War has its
glories-but It has It's ten thousand demons In
these human tortures, that make the eye balr
ache-the heart bleed-the lips palsy. and the
brain reel. The sight 10 At hrst positively un
endurable. The life blood Of some 10 still trick.
ling away In silent cslmness-while the dis
severed limbs and maniac brain Of others give
rise to sounds God grant may not again wit.
meas.
But ye mothers who now seek q son--or wife
y husband-or sister a. brOther--or sons y
father-know and be consoled that even here
The hand Of mercy Ia watohiul, and better care
IL bestowed upon your loved one than might n,
frst seem possible. 1t was In the hospital
where rested the gallant Hooker. that learn,
the history Of those mythical words so oftr n
seen and SO little understood. "S. T.-l660-X'
tue lives Of our soldiers ia national blessing
witnessed some astonishing results from this
article.
II is we'll known the effect Of burnt gunpow-
der and excitement ia thirst, which, added t."
the loss OF blood in the wounded, creates the
necessity Of . reviving stimulant. In this par.
| tioular hospital, the physicians we're allowing
their patients TO drink Plantation Bitters. other
wise called 8. T.-1s60-X, and although the
wounded are most numerous here-this divis-
ion having opened the nght ats 10 the morning
the men we're mostly composed, and there was
but very little fainting. The article acts upon
he stomach, and nerves In q most incompre.
hensible manner, superior to brandy. and with
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mated in The West indies. containing osiissya
| bark. winter green. lavender, anise, Glove
buds, orange, snake root, TO-. preserved In ST..
Croix Rum-the 8. T.-ls60-X being q secret
| ingredient. not yet revealed 70 the pubic. 1t
| 10 principally recommended for want of apps.
tte, disordefed liver, intermittent fevers, stom.
| achio difficulties, &c. l understand II was
somewhat known In the Southern States previ.
| GUS to the war, and II appears an agent Of JEFF.
ferson Davis recently applied to the propre;;
purposes during the war. TO which they made
the following reply:
NEw Yosk, Jan. 10, 1862.
Agent of, etc:
"ffering US "Fiity thousand dollars for the re-.
cipe and right TO make the Plantation Bitters
for hospital purposes during the war" We beg
| TO say your price 10 a liberal one, considering
it would cost us nothing to comply. and th :,
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| Southern States; but, sir, our duties TO our
Government and our ideas Inconsistency would
not allow us to entertain It. although Il might
plsase US to sssuagc the suffertngs ofyour mis-.
guided followers.
We remain,
Very respectfully yours.
P. II. DRAKE h Co.
These gentlemen give the history OF certain
Ingredients Of their article for over two hun
dred ypars-showing that through all changes
OF the medical profession ~ d it's practitioners.
| strength, composura and cheerfulnsss have
| been derived fr, m these sources. DR. Wo"ds
| in the Washington Hospitals Informed me thn,
| he had been unable Ia produce an hour 's'lsep
| n ore patient for nearly two weeks. and he
sss fast Vi king Sna c azy, until the P antatio'
8 els came TO hia knowledge, when one day.
| rial gave him nights rest AID he WIS nr~
fast recovering Am surprised our G,vern.
ment has no, equalled j. hsrson Davis In energy
| and adopted this invaluable article In al our
hospitals. As lay member. can bear witness
Il Ia "good to take" ind sf,rds more energy
and life than anything have ever tried. Sue
| cess to the Plan alton Bitters.
| But I have digressed. In my rext l shall
speak Of gathering in the wounded, buryil 6
| tho dead, &c. u.
| sept 25-eOl3t