. El puchero; or, A mixed dish from Mexico, embracing General Scott's campaign, with sketches of military life, in field and camp, of the character of the country, manners and ways of the people, etc . nd thegroans and cries of the sufibrers, the heavy tread of soldiers bringingin wounded, the flashing lights of the surgeons and attendants, dis-pelled the hope of a moments repose. About midnight a con-siderate person boiled a little cofiiee for those who stood in need ofit, or rather for such as saw it, for all were nearly famished; and Ifound half a tincupful, without milk or sugar, but accom
. El puchero; or, A mixed dish from Mexico, embracing General Scott's campaign, with sketches of military life, in field and camp, of the character of the country, manners and ways of the people, etc . nd thegroans and cries of the sufibrers, the heavy tread of soldiers bringingin wounded, the flashing lights of the surgeons and attendants, dis-pelled the hope of a moments repose. About midnight a con-siderate person boiled a little cofiiee for those who stood in need ofit, or rather for such as saw it, for all were nearly famished; and Ifound half a tincupful, without milk or sugar, but accompanied bya little dry bread, refreshing and renovating. Although there wasimmense sufiering among the wounded, they bore it geneially withremarkable stoicism; men in their senses seemed to scorn to com- 113 thatwhilelerald ope-• tied, Men weregentle )f my 1 day, ( .eeping •ps of the itelligence associates, J are taking i c \.del—Street^y—Deckeds—Fatality ir, 1847. ,or the ne-ivisionms ofguns,3d thatuthori-litman ■^ \ ==?? ^_ v , :r ... _ ^ ^ - •- Z:-^--^- , ■-■ _-c - ■.:^- i-; V^ ■ -^ . -■■ - ^- iV^ ^^0 #, f^iZ^-^: £^^- ^. -^ ^ ,v\- Q^ •ii^v.^V A MIXED DISH FROM MEXICO. 113 plain, but lay patiently awaiting the operation, or the change thatwas to decide the prospect of life or death. In one instance, whiletaking off the forearm of a rifleman, a sturdy son of the EmeraldIsle, with a shattered wrist, he conversed calmly during the ope-ration, uttering not a groan; and the arteries were scarcely tied,before he was smoking a pipe borrowed from a comrade. Menseemed to feel cut off from human sympathies, and certainly werenot unnerved, as is so common in civil life, by the kind and gentleattentions of friends. I must offer a passing tribute to the diligence and zeal of mycolleagues; some of whom passed hour after hour, night and day,without pausing for a moments rest; scarcely eating or sleepingfor several successive days and nights. The medical corps
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