Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-14

| nave just come In from tne nOSpltd
where witnessed the reception of tn
first fruits of the terrible struggle that i
commenced to-day. Hundreds are ther
already, and still they come; all is pres
ent disabled by gunshot wounds, chief.
in the arms. No sabre cuts have ] seen
nor do | learn that the cavalry have beef
engaged in the fray.
Priests in numbers were there, ant
women in far too large quantities-dear
good creatures, flssing about in every
body's way, and dabbling their Ion,
dresses in human blood, and seeming t
think that few tears and tender clasp
of the hands were very serviceable sur
gical operations. OF course, the mos
serious cases have not yet arrived; the,
will need early attention ON the field ,ant
/ hope the medical men there are not al
absent from their posts as they seem t.
be here. There are enormous quantitlel
of them disporting their 'bandaged arm
about Metz generally; but for an houl
tonight sought them in vain.
The glory of war has different aspec
when we view it in the dim light of ,
hospital ward, with hundreds of our fel
low creatures with bleeding and shat
tered limbs about us, and the winget
victory should be painted with crimson
wings-wings dyed red with human gore
The loss of blood from some of the pa
tients Was sinPiy e"oI,ious' anu 'ne ~
miles journey from the held OF patti'
must nave peeh very trying 10 tne poo
fellows. VINO pore their pain win won
derfui iortitqde ana patence, tne les'
seriously wounded assisting IN unuress
ing, ana III otheIwise heipihg ,iie'r ulor'
uniortppate Drethren' VceaslohaIiy yot
near cry OF 4onA pieu mon Dieu
ana one poor leiioY' win pail figh
through ms lungs Is gurgsihg out al
anguished gasp Tor the absent doctor
foof ieliowi ! lear the opiy uoc'9r lna
can 20 him any good is that grand curei
OF al eVi's, ~, heath,
we turn 10 the right ana are eqog on
the crown OF the niii; ana mere God
what sickening slght awaits US ihere
IN 1ront is cream even iine OF deag
frenchmen, three deep iald out win
Rllltary regularity. AS they stood IN
line, 30 tse. ,ell almost an shot through
the mead. Most OF ths.' HfYs isllen lot
ward on thelr iaces, pheir arms extended
some with their nhgers on tne trigger
they never had time 10 pull some lew
have sefeled backwards and there is
smashed ana oaalgef iece turned toward
heaven. q,
There is another there. whose face is
half shot away. Surely II must be ran
cy--but no, it moves, and then IT flashes
to oar miHd that there may still be some
living here, ana We Raye dnty to do IN
which a neutral may engage, ana We e,o,
up to him, Yes, poor fellow. he sui
lives, though IL would almost u seems,
be the greater mercy to end that life OF
pain al qEee than attempt to save the
battered remains 6t iHe he should he
live, will have to carry. about WIZ ,iiia.
But as he lives something must be done.
The question is, whatI Not a French
solder is near, not French doctor, not
one Of that sar.tltudinous and polyglot
assemblage, who sport iasss y slte Dres-
sards with so m9cn complaeehey !.
Mex. There Is no help ior II put pu. 70 20
right pp 70 us russians there anq ash,
IN 9oa ; name' ri M heiR ior 4
wounded enemy MS - WY ,,t, rS ,bar
trues. hoSle-lffsrteuhes d Pats ~ tI'e,r r
own men anu eaft a'p Aaht ~ VIZ -
tor any wounded we may hnq' Her9
and there we PICK up another sun
breathing s9lu'eri anu conslsn nun W
th9 kindly hahds OF those VINO iew rev,
hours as9 ReFe iqst 4as ahAioHs 10 XII
MN as ihey hfe Ehi,hk wy >" sffec
inns Is the scene OF ,ne notIesl palt %
the hgnti ana the ueau ne thieAiA arounu'
Scarcely, however, 40 we see a ! RUSSIAN;
they nave aireauy removed mem, anu
then roasIRa hsve peeh eareu ior SOME
hours ago:
There lies a Ohasseur qe Nlhoehhes.
Surely he must be iiNing' ms eqIor Is SO
good nor can ne be deeRly wounded.
why, ,l.esi y ne so sun nearing
French voices near t'ta " iqeFFs w
pretending TO awake out oil sleep Fot
about sixteen hours ne mas IAN tnere IN
Moet4l ihnk-no other word WIZ uo-
and tbs Nreiebsq coward appeals to US
10 deliver him from the Lands OF the
Prussians. am sorely tempted t6 6ail
them up and give the wretched animal
into their custody; but then they would
haze 10 keep him, and he certainly IS
not worth his keep, 20 tbe counsels OF
my French friend prevail, and So piek
the creature up. He is so stiff from his
seeming death that he can hardly stand.
We call a couple of peasants, and he
leans on them as though seriously
aud thus we load him away.
A well-to-do-iooking farmer sioRs rs
and tells us there are some wounded up
by the wood yonder; so across the fields
we go, and here we find heap Of dead,
and amongst them three poor soldiers,
who have lain there since about three
o'clock yesterday unable 10 move, with
out a particle of food, or above all,
without a drop of water, One Of us