The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-02-13

that he did not get shot in the head from
somebody's pistol"
Extract from Letter the B..tle Fiel,l
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This battle (Antietam) has be9n the mos
'sanguinary of the war, and the only ont
fought with visible design AMI upon military
principles. The arrangement OF our corps
the over boxing position of the comman
ding General--the sending into action tn
right and the left divisions--the closing ~
of the centre. and final success--excites be
wildering admiration, and carries the mint
to the great fields of Austerli,z and Wsgrau
fought by Napoleon. OF all this have
spoken. The heart history of such con
iict. purchased by the life and blood o
twenty thousand men, must be found in the
hospitals. War has its glories but it has
its ten thousand dem ms in these human
.ortures that make the eyeballs ache-the
heart bleed lips palsy. and the brain
reel. The sight is al first positively unen
durable The life blood Of some is still
trickling away in silent calnness--vh the
discovered limbs and maniac brain of others
give rise to sounds Gol grant | may not
again witness.
Bat ye mothers wh) here seek son-or
wives hush ,nd-or sisters brother--or
sons father--know and be consolei that
even here the hand of mercy is watchfdl.
and better care is bestowed upon yopr lov-
ed ones than mi ,ht at first seem possible -
1t was in the hospital, were rested the gal
liant HDoker, that learned the history of
those mythical words SO often seen and so
little understood, ;" s S--T.--lS6)-X -
Anything alieviating the suff rings and saw
ing the lives Of our solIi.rs, is a national
blessing. l witnessed some astonishing re-
suits from this article.
1t is we'll known the effect of burnt gun
powder and excitement is thirst, which add
ed to the loss of blood in the wounded, ere.
ates the necessity of a-reviving stimulant.
In this particular hospital. the physicians
were allowing their patients to drink Plan,
tation Bittters, otherwise called s. T.--lS60
X, and although the wounded are mos.
numerous here--this division having opened
the fyht at in the mornin y--the men were
mostly composed, and there was very little
fsinting. The article acts upon the stomach
and nerves in a mos; incompIehensibe m an
ner. superior to brandy. and without subss-
quent s:upefying reaction. 1t ori .inated in
, the West Indies. composed of the celebrs
ted Calisaya Bark. r pots. Herbs DC. all
preserved in ST. Croix Rum-the s. t.
l86O-X being a secret Ingredient, not yet
revealed to the public. It is principally
recommended for want Of appetite, disorder
ed liver, intermittent fevers, stomachic diff
fculiies. &c. understand it was somewhat
known in the Southern States previous to
the war. and II appears an agent of Jeffer-
~ou Davis. recently applied to the proprie-
.ors for the privilege - make i. for hospital
purposes during the war, to which they made
The following reply:
NEW YoRk, JAM I6, 1s62.
Dear sr,-In reply to your Communication. Offering Us
fe Plantation Bsters for hospital during
the war; we beg to say your price Is liberal one con
otherwise derive from fhe Southern
might please to assuase the sunsrins of your mis-
p. II. DRAKE & CO.
These gentlemen give the history Of Ger.
tain Ingredients of their article for over two
hundred years-shoxing that through all
changes OF the medical profession and its
,ractrioners, strength. composure and cheer
tulness have been derived from these sour
ces. Dr.. Woods in the Washington Hos
pitfalls 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 days trial
gave him a nights rest, and he was now fast
recovering. | am surprised our Govern,
nent has not equaled Jefferson Davis in en-
ergy. and adopted this invaluable article in
ali our hospitals. The weak soldiers cling
to it like a brother. AS lay member, l
can bear witness it is "good 10 take and
affords more energy and life than anything
| ever tried. Success to the Plantation Bit
ters.
But have digressed. In my next shall
speak of gathering in the wounded. buryiug
the lad. DC. NiCODENUS.
TEA IN Russia The Russians attribute
the superiority Of their tea to the fact that
it is sent overland from China, and does
not get spoiled by the sea air. | should be
inclined TO think that the real reason is that
it comes from provinces in China near the
Russian frontier, where there is better
growth of tea than in the provinces from
which comes the article we use. They
drink it as soon as the boiling water is pour
ed on it, whilst we allow il to stand until it
becomes rs black as ones hat, and as bitter
as hops. The genIlemen mostly drink their
tea in tumblers, without milk, sometimes
adding a slice of lemon, whilst the ladies'
take 1t in cups, with any amount of cream.
Indeed. after night in the railway car
| riage, We found that tumbler of tea 10 the
early morning more celebrating TRAN the
best sherbet," aud more refreshing than
ever hook and soda-water. When at Pc
iersburg we bought a small quantity of a
hne sample of caravan tea, for which We
paid q, the rate of thirty eight shillings the
pound; but OF course this was one of the
fancy sorts. and not that which is in COM
mon use, which costs about six shillings
and sixpence the pouud.-[ Bsntiey's Mis-.