The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-17

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ST. LouIs, Mo. May Is, '6a.
The .. A. January came up last even
ing with sick and wounded from Pitts
bargh Landing and goodly share d
them were brought to this hospital in =
most deplorsble condition. The smbu.
hnces were driven to the door and backed
up with their ends to the curb, when pro-
jeeting feet but too plainly intimated that
there were those within requiring aid at
the hands Of those whose duty it il to
extend il. The work Of removal COM
menced, and A. they were too much az
haustcd to be taken up into the upper
wards Of the hospital, they we're brought
into tho wards under my control.
The first poor frail mortal, worn down
by disease to skeleton, and counte-
nance without intellectual expression, but
rather that Of imbecility. was placed upon
his bed and the work Of personal renova-
ton By washing and change Of apparel
commenced by the attendants. He re-
quired fine to deliberate when asked fbr
his name, and when the dry, hacked and
swollen tongue was made able to answer
BY being moistened with = little wine and
water, the articulation was hesitating,
trembling and indistinct. A consuming
typhoid fever had for some time been
wasting him away md preventing struc-
ture and functions from halthy stand
ard until now his hold on life Is but by :
6bril and scarcely spark left 70 revive.
Left him determined 70 make every effort
to save. Here comes upon stStcher
another--ths face and hands are iyid
from congestion Of the extreme vessels,
the skin aud extscmities are cold, the
breathing i difficult and slow. enunte-
nance wears death expressios, his eyes
are partially closed, the nostrils collapse
It every inrpiatory effort, the chin drops
and tho mouth 10 partially open, the limbs
lie passive wherever placed-inssnsible
-dying-dead He had scarcely gained
the place allotted him when be died, and
after M EXAMINATION / made up the re-
cord with, "Willism Whitconb, eyed 20.
height s #. 8 inches, Co. +, l4th Wis
consin-typhoid pneumonia" Another
void in the community 10 which he lived
aud in the family Of which he vas mem
Der. How many hears will bleed when
the sad fact is known to them, We know
NOT. Who was the cause If this? Let
lenient. forgiving rebel sympathizers an
swer.
Upon turning, after witnessing the last
expiring breath, another was seen upon
bic bed, having been just placed there
de has raised himself upon his elbow,
sustaining the weight Of his body By one
skinny emaciated arm. He looks wildly
around, is very voluble in French, asking
. great many questions ~ to where he is
and who are those around him. He is
assured that lie is among friends Who will
take good care Of him, and when asked TO
lie down he readily complied and signi-
fed his assent BY lustsring .'osi, Gus, de-
leaa, dcleau" (water, water y which was
given him with due proportion Of vine
added, when he looked up wildly, but
PLEASANTLY, and, nodding his head in
thanks, said: 'boa. bon" (good, gsod J
and laid down and was soon 10 deep
sleep, muttering French. Poor fellow !!
he is wasted to ! shadow and his excira-
BILE brain could not bear the presence Of
the poison in the blood and circulating
there with impunity. This son Of Gaui,
and Of The land Of Lafayette, shall have
al the benefits witch can be afforded
him. Following is another, whose frame
i large, but wasted to shadow. He Is
rational, though his voice il feeble. He
commenced his narration By stating that
he had been very III for week prior to
the battle Of Shiloh, with what 10 the n
my u classicaliy and appropriately called
the Tennessee double-quick, Z (diar-
rhna,) and that on the day before the
battle he had remained with his Captain,
who was also sick with tho sams disease,
bat Who. on the next day, would 60 into
tho battle, and he accompanied him, and
picked his Captain up twice on the battle
Geld when tainting from exhaustion. He
sank down into : typhoid condition f.
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