, 1862-10-18
A VOICE
FROM
THE BA1TlE.FIEtD!
The Right Kind Of Testiasnr!
READ An D. PONDER.
The special co.respo odent OF tI.e NEw Yoxx.
EXPRESS, who xas with the aracy dutia9 the
csmpaign in Maryland. sa5s Of tie recent
battles:

Tits hattl" (artetam tas been tile most .n sutaary
OF the EAT and tie only one fought with design au1
upcn military principles. The szraukeme11 or onr
coE7s-th: overlooking position Of thu cor-cauetuv
Gereral-thc sending Ito actior the right eud TIN
let-the c.osin& up Of the centre and ansI S1-ee,e
bewi!deEicg admiration. and carries the uaf b the
great fields ct Austsrlltz aud Wa47an fought Dv M
foean- cf al this hare suokeo. The heart aftorv
Of such conflict purch ased by the life and b1cvl Of
twenty thousand men. mus be tound II the no4dta,a
Var fss ifs coresh7t It has It. ten thousand derscux
fE these aurlan fortunes that Ike the eyebas aehex
Tie leazt b.eed-the ilrs 3al5-aLd the br,tn reef
TIE III 1t Ia At first positively unentur.hle Tbs 1h.-
bcod cf ttme il slll srcklinx away In silent c4ln-
Le-s-whilr the discovered limbs and maniac brain OK
others give rfse to s.un6s God Mt msy 2os sza,s
xNrtss.
But ye rothc:s wto Iow seek son--o. wife bur-
bnnd-oz els1er n b5uther-or sous fatser-k,oY snf
he cox set tat even low tie hand ct 1e7s l. watcl
fui Rhd better care l3 bestowed upon ynn: t>yed op
faaA Esht At art SEEN posssb}e- It tue ho3p,-
II! where rcst:d the gaEsut Hooker taat learned
hstorF Of tEcs2 Ethical VIC: u 20 olssn seen sa ID
little understood, as. T.-ts63-Xr Aayth{Rr air.
Waiting tic suSsr;rSs ard saving the lives az ca-
soldlerr- Is 1stiona1 bcsen.+ 1 Witnessed Soma ~
t.njstpE results from tIli% at cte.,
It Is we'll known tha: the effects o. -1spo.dera.r
eactt=mtn1 Is this, Which, aided t. tic las Of bot
n TIE wounded, crrHtes the necessity cf .evtvIn.
stmulaLt In t1E particular hospital the u sctan7
wee 1!1oTtnG their patients to drink Plantation Bit
tc1t. Otherwise eAiled s. T-1ss0 X a1t although
tts worr.led 1In.t numerous he-c-ts1s l:y,slor
laE1ns opened tie light 1t i've In thu 1norn1n2-th.
nltn t.e n1oetly composed. and tEefs bat very
little tatnsise. The article nc's upon the s4ouacn ani
IN tie ncst incompteAensb.e ma ne. auperfo
:. tfaaAy. and without eu!5t 1rent 5tupefrtnE reac-
*oc IT er:snat' In the Wtst fnites cautataac cal.
ka,c tuFE. winter rceo. 1%Tendar ansc, core pE,-
erncEtslaka root &C. preserved IN st Ccetx Eum-.at
= 3Ltn Lnf~
ri, to tie public Il l. ptcelpalIy Recommended f,r
w&tot spRette. .IscslsreH Nver +erzt.teat feyc.a
s@n:chc didcu'ttet &c. understand 1t wAs souae-
Whist krcwn IN the Southern S:ate+ previous TO tn,
WIZ, and it aprears An agett OF Jefferson Davis r.
csL'1y applied t. the repssetars {os the privilege
male it fer hospital purposes du1lns tile war, {,
| L;cl ta.s made the following pe1,y:
NEW EoRz. z.:tea- 18TH. 1ss:-
Agents Of, etc:
Dear o1r:-ln r~ply tn your co.umu 7t-at{1u
Offs ziEe us Fifty Thousand d.,lla.~ fr tao recioe
G.a rish- 10 make the Plantation S11se7s E,c hos-
pita! r::Eposee during the war,'' VIC be- to say
3uIr t1ic: j. = ihersl one, considering it would
as' s+,1e as to snR and tn.
bnt. slr on dn'ies to our Government aud our
IDEAS Of s2nsistsney would not alio~ Il. to enter
7a'r it. although It might please ss.usyq the
srfsriDEs q your mi guiaed followers-
We remain,
| Very respectfully rau-a.
P. Ii. DRAKE i co.
These gentlemen give the history Of certain itRrr-
'eots Of their article for nres two hundred ycars-
Ehcpl1r that through all changes Of t edcal pro-
fesson and ts practtGnerA coz posu1e an
chec7fuaess has lc-n derived from these ,arces D.
Woods IN the Washington Hotptt.ls. iniormed me
thAt te lad been unab1. produce Al hours sleep
one patient for ucnr1y two wteks. and he 9as sinking
and until the Par tation B1tter his
| ledge wht Que daJ'a tsiai gave hin nights rest