The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-02-27
Extract from L-tter on the Battle Rieii.l

This battle Antietam) has been the most
isanguinary of the war, and the only one
fought with visible design and upon military
principles. The arrangement OF our corps
the over looking position of the comman-
ding General--the sending into action the
right and the left division s--the closing up
of the centre, and final lsuecess-excites be-
wildering admiration. and carries the mind
TO the great fields of Austerlitz and Wagram
fought by Napoleon. OF all this have l
spoken. The heart history of such a con
fict, purchased by the fife and blood o,
twenty thousand men, must be found in the
hospitals. War has its glories-but it has
its ten thousand demons in these human
tortures, that make the eyebalIs ache-the
heart bleed--the lips palsy. and the brain
reel The sigh, is at first positively unen-
durable. The life blood of some is still
/ triekling away in silent tcalmness-while the
discovered limbs and maniac brain of others
give rise to sounds God grant | may not
again witness.
But We mothers who here seek a son-or
wives a husband-or sisters a brother--or
sons a father--know and be coDsoled that
J even here the hand of mercy is wstchful,
and better care is bestowed upon yoyr low
ed ones than might at first seem poss BILE
1t was in the hospital. were rested the gal
liant Hooker. that learned the history of
those mythical words so often seen and so
little understood. "S.--T.--lS60-X."-
Any thing alleviatipg the sufferings and saw
ing the lives Of our soldiers, is national
blessing / 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 ths necessity of reviving stimulant
In this particular hospital. the physicians
were allowing their patients to drink Plan
tation Bittters, otherwise called S. T.--iS60
X, and although the wounded are most
numerous here--this division having opened
the 6ght at in the morning-the men were
mostly composed, aud there was very little
fainting. The article acts upon the stomach
and nerves in mos incompiehensible man.
ner. superior to brandy, and without subse
quent s:upefying reaction. 1t ori .inated in
the West Indies, composed Of the celebra
ted Calisaya Bark. Roots. Herbs, &C.. all
preserved in st. Croix Rum-the S. T.
186O-X being a secret ingredient, not yet
revealed to the public. It is principally
for want of appetite. disorder
ed liver intermittent fevers, stomachic diff /!
known in the Southern States previous to
the war. and it appears an agent of Jeffer
son Davis. recently applied to the proprie-
tors for the privilege to make it for hospital
purposes during the war, to which they made i
the following reply; 2 v,. ~ = ,..,
Dear sir.-In reply to yoar communication Offering US
The Plantation Bters for your hospital purposes during
h we Seg 70 say PGs Is % sns ,h,
otherwise derive revenue from the Southern
Of consistency allow entertain though
nigh. please the suffering, of your mis-
Very r'1Psi,fn,kS p # pk SsEs yS1:ss CO
These gentlemen give the history Of cer-
tain ingredients Of their article for over two
hundred years-showing that through all
changes of the medical profession and its
practitioners, strength. composure and cheer
fulness have been derived from these sour
COS. 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 day s trial
gave him nights rest, and he was now fast
recovering l am surprised our Govern
ment has not equaled Jefferson Davis in en-
ergy, and adopted this invaluable article in
ali our hospitals The weak soldiers cling
to it like brother. AS lay member.
can bear witness it is "good 10 take" and
affords more energy and lie than anything
I ever tried. Success to the Plantation Bit
ters.
But have digrssed. In my next / shall
speak ofgsthering in the wounded. burying
the dead. &c. NICODEMUS.