The Fortitude Of Our Wounded

1 ka superinieiidont of n eompuny of M issacliusetts arniv Hura.', who ha juut róturned frorri Washington, givcs a pk-asant account of thy beaiing of our bravo soldiera an'dor t'ieir su Sering fwfl their oriunda nid hickr.ees Át he bospitiila ntíyrcHt ü;e Battle field. ,v!u:ö iha worst csses vtero received, he saw nutnmè bu t cheerlül resignatidii nnd. indomitsillo furtiuide. Our oldiorn accept tbo incidente of wound, fevcr-', atid laok of ord'nary èonveriiences as ii)vi:al)]ii occurrences, and lns oetther their patienco nor rhelr iuith. One poor ft-How, who b:;d rweíved n bhot through his body, rtquestod thu surgeon to altend tlju wnntts of a oomrade whose leg had been siiaiteix-d by a oannon ball. "See to hjm first," Biiid he, '(! is more badiy oflf Umn l am." Yet this l'ravëraan, wlio forgothïs own sulleiing.i in eompsciim tor tiitisa t oUier.s, was dfltüwtifds futnid lo be dungenniëly huit , uud 'u noff vtry ill in Vt!iington. Ano. her poldier, getting out of an ainbularfcü vy!liout asjisianci-, vvalked i;ito the ln?pitt with a firm step, b:t expired wilhin an hoijr. fn3 ball wliiuh hit li'un, tienurnbcd his ntrvus, and he liad no idea that his injury wna inorlal. One touching incident was ruluted us. A Voung Michigan 6oldier w.ia broitght in i'roin the Centrövillü fieid. tenlbly wounded by a tiniüketball which had ontered the light side of hia nock a:id otnergwd under the lufc enr, oarrying uvvay patt ol hia tongne and Ucerating" the windpipe Uub!e to güeak eat, this soldier lay helplcss ior a day or two, receiving no nounshment, beeause he could swajlow nothi g a:id indicating s wisi:es by aigns. Ojjening the hand signiíied ''Yes;" cíosingit, " No." In the third uiglit after bis arrival at the hospital a sudden attack of huniorrhage ended his l'fe.- To the last his evos were fi?ed upon the portraits of his vviie and child, which he had caused to bo bung upon the wal! by his bedside. Another soldier, wounded in the leg, amused himself by carving rings fiom peach stones, producing cruditabla vyork, and distributing hia specimens among the nofses who attended him.They ure preservej us keepsakes.This man so dextrous with tlie koife, was a Yankee who had nothing o!se to do than to entertain himself with the pastiroe of " whittling." In the severest surgical cperfttion.s our rnen utter no groans make no oompluititp, but be;.r U[) uuder the treatment with wonderful cu'mness. In oasos of amputation chloroform id administered. Uut ihe operulions of prob;ng and dressing are nec.esaarily conduoltd without the aid of ansosthelics, and the pain is oftfn terrible. The me joke over it, and laugh ofif ihoir troublttfei They are iv brave company who have gone forth to fijht our b ittle.s.