The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-05-07

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are turned towards the cold sky, and faces
are palid with the CHASTITY marble Of the
grave upon them. The blood still flows
from the unstaunched wounds Of the living,
or has thickened and dried upon their per-
sons, and passing by, pitiful glances fellow
you as if they silently implored the assis-
tance which il is not in your power to rem
der. The ground is cold and wet, yet there
they lie, unable to move, waiting, while min
lutes seem to drag into hours, for the arrival
of the comrades who are to remove them to
the hospitals. It's one of those periods Of
existence, when emphaticalIy, they
"Count lime by heart.throbs,
Not by figures on the dial"
And how these poor fellows shnlder and
groan with anguish at the rough manipuIa-
tlons of those who have come to their re-
lief! How have seen strong men weep
under this burden Of agony, and pray for
death to relieve their su!ferings
All if those who ruthlessly make war
could stand upon the battle field and see its
results, long would they hesitate before they
placed human life in the balance 10 weigh
against the accomplishment OF their de-
signs
As have already informed you, the thea
tire OF the recent conflict cannot be less than
three or four miles in extent Over the en-
tire area the victims were scattered by
thousands, here and there, where the strug-
gle was desperate, lying almost in piles, so
that you could step from one body TO the
other. The ground is covered with the
limbs OF trees aud bushes that have been
shot away, while great clots of blood fire.
quently mark the spot where some unfartu-
nate soldier has poured out his life's libation
in torrent. The earth is ploushed up by
the wheels Of artillery, The hoofs Of horses,
and the footsteps of men, and the debris of
the iight-muskets, canteens, haversacks,
and useless booty, are visible on every side
Imagination only can fill up these rude out.
lines Of the battle field Of Shiloh
Turn your thoughts yet a little further,
and count il you can, The hearts broken, the
tears wept, the homes made desOlate, the
garbs Of mourning, and brows Of sadness,
that follow in the train Of such an event, and
pray God that this unholy crusade upon our
and our hearth-stones may come
to speedy end.
One Of the most touching sights / have
seen during this war came under my obser-
yation this morning. The remains Of a
young lad Of fifteen, who had fallen in the
tight Of Monday, we're brought TO Corinth
10 be placed in coffin and forwarded to his
home IN Louisiana. He was a fair-haired,
handsome boy, with features so delicate and
beautifully rounded that, but for the stamp
of manliness upon them, they might have
been taken for those of girl. They seem
ed 10 be the shrine and tyre Of every noble
trait in human nature. He had fallen pierre
ed By ball in the breast.
The corpse was accompanied by a broth.
er by whose side 10 had fallen, aud, as the
comrades around we're preparing 70 put il
in coffin. the poor bercaved young man
threw bimself upon the body, and wept as
il his heart would break. lie told Us, who
stood around, that the little fellow was an
only brother TO whom he had been attached
with almost woman's devotion that he
had refused TO be separated from him, and,
young as he was in years, felt il TO be con
scientous duty 10 lend even his feeble arm
to his country. Ills widowed mother had
hidden them both GOd-speed" on their
Journey Out lew Meeks DtiuTet anu uUM
her soul was TO be torn again by an afilc
tion more terrible than the first. All he
loved in the world but his mother was now
noble, gentle, generous, lion-heart
ed little brother. lie became almost frantic
Ia his grief. lice cUnyulsiyely threw his
arms around the dead boy, pressed kiss
upon The cold lips, and then nature gave
way, aud he tainted. There was not dry
eve in the little company that looked upon
the scene, and doubt II its memory will
ever be obliberated from the mind Of any in
diyidual by whom il was witnessed.
saw two more brothers il the Office Of
the Tishomingo House, which has been ap-
TO hospital uses. One was wound
cd 10 the leg aud bad undergone amputa-
tion. The other was sitting by the side Of
the rude cot on which his brother lay, and
there, for hours, he quietly held the mutila-
ted limb, and watched him as be slept, nurs-
ing him as tcndcrly as woman, while great
tears now and then stole down his bronzed
face at the thought Of the ailliclion and dan
ger consequent upon IL.