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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 103, 19 October 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)

— «a A Federal Hospital. - In the first tehtf I vie'ted Jay a handsome 3 otlng drummef § boy, scarcely fifteen years of age> patientf ajnd cod ten ted. His leir was x amputated f three inches below the knee. - " Well» ray^ boy, you were lucky to save so much of j| it.' " Yes,*' lie replied, •• the' doctor says l^ can have an artificial piece put, on, so th*fP girls won't know it >f By his side lay an! irishman, with his leg off ( close to the hip.^ He removed v lhe oilcloth covering, and £*% saw a stump anything but .beautiful. ltf| had not healed) and the Seam, or Whatever*! the doctors 'call it, was much inflamed.! " Docs it pain you much V " Ses,'all thef time; hut he who dances must ' pay iho|l fiddler.*' By his f-ide,was-a y« ung fellowig who had been shot tlirofagh . the right Ir cheek. 'the ball breaking 'the left jaw, then f breaking ( the shoulder 'blade and lodg-|§ ing in the fleshy part of thaarm. Ills face *| was frightfully di torted, and -he buffered % great agony. ' He was unable to take much f; nourishment, and he was very weak. Butfjr' still, with great difficulty, he toldime that ? the ball h*d; been extracted, and he * " thought it was too hard to have the snrgeons cut him after the rebels had already ■, J made four holes In his body»° He thenjj endeavored to say something' else> but the ";" suppressed smile caused so much pain he J relinquished the^efrort. 1 merely cite these 1 tiifle* to show life spii its of the .men. In , the next tent were men with broken legs. They would lay hopelessly in bed, but f comparatively comfoi table. Thejr baclw were generally propped up by pillow's, and the broken limb suspended a short distance f_ from the bed by the 'use- of an anterior 1 splinter. This j£. a very cheap , invaluable t aiticle. It is nothing but, a thick wire '- bent in a rectangular shape, the length to % conform to the length of the limb and, the ' 'width about four inches* Two tnoveahle -S, slides or hooks rUn on the sides by "which *$, it is attached to the top of the tent by a Jsg cord and pulley. The bandaged leg is then »- suspended by this simple contrivance (the sp I nt being above) so that it can be raised or loweicd at will without changing the position as set** When a limb his been shot or broken'an'd suspended iri this man -, ncr, an empty can (that 3 Once contained, hermetically sealed oysters' of fruit) is hung > directly over the wound) and 'filled with watrr. In the bottom is pierced a small ' hole which just a!k>ws aiconstant'drip* ping of water to keep the bandage sufti* - cicntly moist. In another apartment were men slightly wounded,' who were playing- - checkeis or* cards,* or writing, &c. A showy chandelier was hung in this tent, and two soldiers were making another foV : the doctor. They were very pretty, although barber-p ifcK Three r hoops of different sizes were covered with strips or red and white^ flannel, and then connected 1 by quill com. Woollen sockets for tho , candles were covered with tin foil and s fastened at intervals upon the" hoops. * Other men were carving pipes from laurels - or makfng rings fronrold beef bouea. In- ' stead of being a disagreeable sight, a visit (p our hospitals is really pleasant, the - patients are so much more ' comfortable than one would , suppose* — 2Vc*J; York Paper. ' , \ ". -The Government have Ordered eight thousand' Whitwbrth- rifles for the' use of , the battalions of the Rifle Brigade and the ' ,60th Rifles* If the weapon is* found, to ; suit th e^e troops better 4 than any other, • 'there" is rio reason whyjt should -not suit all the regiments in the service. In illustration' of the' eSciggerated effect which war tumors always in the first instance poduce. The Time* " says I— "The premonitory symptoms of the Crimean war caused Consols to fall. to_Bs^ 'yet they touched^ during the,WQrst.year,of - that conflict, »3^, or f exactly 2 percent* ** over their present ijuotatlon.On the.othet h^nd, the announcement of oeace ledtoj equally false notions, and Consols then, ' with discount at 5 per cent » and With a stock ot bullion jitth embank, £4,000,000' less than now held^ were buoyant at 95.", •Miss Pyne and Mr Harrison, says rumor, ti will open their season with an opera' on an, •. Indian subject, the words b/ Mr Harris. '*"» the music by Mr Wallace. It is said that -Mr Balfe will set as an opera." The Duke's ~ -Motto " for the same ' Will not some gracious musician take " Our American Cousin* in hand ? The one drama is as fit for music as the other , The total receipts of the Commissioners • of the In'emational Exhibition were L 803,558, the payments L39i,64J.