Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-12
tE.s.s.noI Letter on the B..,..-r,.la.l


This battle (Antesam) has been the most San
gAaary Of the war. aad the ouly Que fought With
visible design and upon military principles. The
arrangement Of our corps-,he overlooking posi-
ton Of the commanding General-,he sending
into action the right aud left divisions--the
closing up Of the center--and finally success.
excites bewildering admiration, and carries the
mind 10 the great fields of Austerlitz and wag.
ram, fought by Napoleon. OF all this have
spoken. The heart history of such a conflict
purchased by the lives and blood Of twenty thou
sand men, must be found in the hospitals. War
has its glories but il has its ten thousand demons
in these human tortures, that make the eye-balls
ache. the heart bleed. the lips palsy. and the
brain reel. The sight is at first positively unen-
durable The life blood of some is still trickling
away in silent calmness, while the discovered
limbs and maniac brain of others give rise 10
sounds God grant may not again witness.
But. We mothers who here seek a son, wives
husband, or sisters brother. or sons father.
OF mercy is watchful, and better care is bestow ed
upon your loved ones than might at first seem
possible. Ii was in the hospital where rested the
gallant Hooker that learned the history of those
mythical words, SO often seen and so little under.
stood. IS. T.--ls6O.-X." Anything alternating
is national blessing | witnessed some aston.
ishing results from this article.
1t is we'll known the effect of burnt gunpow
der and excitement is thirst. which, added TO the
loss of blood in the wounded, creates the neces
sity Of "A reviving stimulant. In this particular
hospital the physicians allowed their patients to
drink Plantation Btters, otherwise called
S. T.--ls60--X. and although the wounded are
most numerous here-this division having opened
the fight at in the morning-the men were
mostly composed. and there very little faint
ing The article acts upon the stomach and the
nerves in a most incomprehensbe manner. supe
ror to brandy. and without subsequent stupefy-
| ing reaction. Ii originated in the West Indies,
composed of the celebrated Calisaya Bark, Roots
Herbs, &c, all preserved in ST. Croix Rum. the
5. T.-lc60-X being secret ingredient, not
vet revealed To the public. Ii is principally
recommended for want OF appetite. diserdered
liver, intermittent fevers stomachic difficulties.
&c. ! understand il was somewhat known in
the Southern States previous to the war, and il
appears an agent of Jefferson Davis recently
applied to the proprietors for the privilege to
make it for hospital purposes during the war. to
which they made the following reply:
NV York, Jan. 10. 1862
Mr.. -- Agent Of, &c:
! Dear Sir-In reply to your communication
offering fifty thousand dollars for the recipe and
right to make the Plantation Bitters for your
hospital purposes during the war" We beg to say
your price Is liberal one considering il would
cost US nothing to comply, and that otherwise we
can derive no revenue from the Southern States
but, sir. duties TO our Government and our
ideas of consistency would not allow us to enter
tain it. although it might please Us to assuage
the sutferiDgs of your misguided followers.
We rem lin, very respectfully, yours,
p. II. DRAKE ( Co.
These gentlemen give the history of certain
ingredients of their article for over two hundred
years-showing that, through all changes of the
medical profession and its practitioners, strength,
cOmpOsure and cheerfuness have been derived
from these sources. DR. Woods, in the Wash
ington hospitals. Informed me that one patient
was fast sinking and crazy, and had not slept an
hour for two weeks, until the Plantation Bitters
came to his knowledge. when one DAVIS trial gave
him nights rest. and lie was now fast recover
ing. | am surprised Government has not
equaled Jefferson Davis in energy, and adopted
this invaluable article in all our hospitals This
weak soldiers cling TO il like u brother Asa Law
member, can bear witness that it is good to
anything ever tried. success to the Plantation
| Bnters
But have digressed In my next | shall
speak of gathering in the wounded burying he
dead &c NICODEMUS
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