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[Extract Croma Letter on the Battle Field.] This battle (Antietam) has been the most sanguinary of the war, aiul the only one fought with visible design and upon military principies. Th arrangemonts of our corps - the seodiag into .iction tha right and the left divisions - the clo.sing up of the center, and final success - excites bewildering adiniration, ad carries the mind to tlie great field of Austerlitz and Wagrani. fought by Napoleon. Of all this have I spoken. The heart history of such a conflict, purchased by the . life and blood o' twenty thousand men, must be fouad in the hospitals. War has its glories but it has ten thousand demons in these human tortures, that make the eye-balls ache, the heart bleed - the lips pal.sy and the brain reel. The sightis at first positively unendurable. The life-blood of some is still trickling away in silent calmness - while the dissevered limbs and maniac brain of otliers give rise to sounds God grant I may-not again witness. But ye mothers ulio here seek a son - or wivcs a lmsband - or sisters a brother or sons a father - know and be consojed tliat even here the hand of mercy is watcliful, and better care is bestowed upon your loved ones than niight at first spem possible. It was in the hospital, where rested the gallant Hooker, that I learned the history of those myt bical words so often soen and so little understood, " S T.- 1860- X." Auytbing alleviating the suffeiings and saving the lives of our soldiers, is a national blossing. I witnessed some astonishing results from thiS article. It is well known the effect of burnt gunpowder and excitement is thirst, whicli added to the loss oí' blood in the wounded, creates the necessity of a reviving stimulant. ín this particular hospital, the physicians were allowing their patients to drink Plantation Bitters, othenvisc called S. T.- 1800- X, and although the wounded are most nuraerous here - this división having opened the fight at 5 in the morning - the men were mostly composed, and there was very little fainting The article acts upon the stomach and nerves in a most incomprehensible mannev, superior to brandy, and without subsequent stupefying reaction. It oviginated in the West Indies, composed of the celebialed Calisay Bark, Roots, Herbs, &c. ; all preserred in St Croix Rum- the S. T.- 1860- X being a secret ingrediënt, not yet revealed to the public. It is generallv recommendod for want of appetite, disordered liver, intermittent fevers, stomachic difficulties, &c. I understand it was somewhat known in the Southern States previous to the war, and it appears an agent of Jeiferson Davis recently applied to the proprietors for the privilege to make it for hospital pnrposes dnring the war, to which they made the following reply : New York, Jan. lCth, 18G2 Mr.- Agent of, etc.: Dear Sir, - In re)ly to your communication )fiering us "Fifty thousand dollars for tlie recipe and right to make the Plantation Bitters for your hospital purposes during the war," we bog to say your price is a liberal one, considerincr t would cost i;s nothing to comply, and that otherwke we can derive no evenue frora the Southern States ; but sir, rar duties to our Government and our ideas of consistency wonld not nllow us to oter:ain it, although it niight please ns to aasmge the suflerings of your misguided followera. We remain, Very respectfully yours, P. II DRAKE & CO. TIie.se gentlemen give the history of eortain ingredients of their article for over two Imndred years, showing thal through all changes of the medical profession and its practitioners, strength, composnre and cheerfulness have been derived from these sources. Dr. Wooda ü the Washington Hospitals informed me that one patiënt was fast sinking and crazy, and had not slept an hour for two weeks, uutil the Plantation Bitters carne to his knowledge, vvhen one day's. trial gave him a night's rest, and he was now fast reeovering. I am surprised that our Government has not equaled Jèfferson Davis in energy and adopted tliis invaluable article in all our hospitals. The weak soldiers cling to it like a brother. As a lay member, I can bear witness it is ". good to take," and aflords more energy and life tlian anything I ever triod. Success to the Plantation Bitters. But I have digressed In my next I shall speak of gathering in the wounded, bnrying the dead, &c, NICODEMÜS.