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•*$si mmmmM^M •m m$r && uJK^ »»**<fc!«- •M-Jjxro IN.DBPHDNENT, 3 God^-a point of argument that even the moat abandoned wretch atj.be' South hastailed.to perceive. But no doubt the ta;u«h will soon flash upon tbem from the pea ot ''Cognisanti.\ X am of an opinion that the gentlenna .in making a thrust at Scripture rather than at abolitionism ; bat still hi&.ofrn assertions show MEXICO PENDENT. Thxuiday, A.Wgtast J5, 1801. Notice to Subscribers, Those o: oir Mibaofibi'rs who have paid tnr tin' Icnle- him to be fighting the latter. However, lest he \ P«nde D t foe three months ooiy,a..d wWeHuh-criptioi,.. e the id po- ll into iality, 3 have ne or- jle de- iannot lav cry crime, 3 to its Ueviti- f fails, service lich no ght of an the ight to is been tion in ocrease ility.- i egyp i i th -m rights, giving its time ice and jypttan declare winkeflP irs the jr, per- t aJSong attempt lich he position ny ' was by such notun- laraoter i\ write .^tempts right to rbire or further- )f has a even to i before should b& left in ignorance of the former on the subject, we will give him some of its teach- ings on American slavery, «. -— - First\. As to its oriaip. Man stealing, its basis and begining; this ?s plain to? all. • Ex. 2:1:1*1-*-\He that, stealeth, a man and selletb him, or if he be found in hii hand, shalt suMy be put todeath,\ 1 Tim., 1:9— \Knowing this, that the law is not made- for & righteous irian, but for man stealers.\ Second*; A's to the rights, of involuntary servitude. Jer. 22:13—\Woe unto him who buii(l\th his house by unrighteousness; that uweth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work.\ Mattb.. 7:12— \All thing*! whatsoever ye would that men 8bould„do unto you. do ye even so tn them» are about to expire, will renev said oubacriptiopf immediately on receiving their paper'withmrne w.-ivten in Re4, i£.ihey would bare it continued. One paper will.be sent after such notice is given TwfJjtSi—One, Dollar fv>r<*ne }ear, or FLUy Cents for six months. j(5y* No new subscriptions tnten unless psW in ad- vance. Yearly subscribers, who have not jet j.«ii J, are requested to do so as soon as possible. - ~ .June 5th. 18S1. Battle of Bull Run. OXK p&Y'S EXPERIENCE OS THE BiTtLE-TH'.i-D. At half-pa't two, Sunday morning, I was in \ my saddle, wMt my assis'ants by my tide, and my ambulance was ready for the march. Th- 1 (I suppose that m-anstobuy, sell, and work ! column Vgan to move a t -this ear'y hour, but men, as we would like to be trea'ed thu») ; for ,this is the law ftnd th* prophets.' 1 Not accord- ing, however, to the argum-nts of \Oogni- sauti.\ \There isdifflculty somewhere.\ Third. Our duty to return fugitive slaves.— our Division, under-Gen. Miles, did.hat leave the'encampment until after nix o clo^k A\ M. We then followed the long train which had pre- ct-didu«, and after a march of a'mut three milt s tO'ik up our position where the battle of Mr.'Cogn'santi\ bore gOP« higher than the the precfd ng Thursday was fought, upon the Constitution. Hear him \The New Te«tampnt: brow of a hill commanding a view of the whole takes up the 8ti»j*»ct, and Pa'il s»ys,in Roman\' valley in which lay the fores of the enemy. iiirtrg— 'Let every sour be su'jget-mato-- the jfbe 33d - and-the • IfHh •New-York-VotunttK.'rs higher powers ; tbe powers tint be are ordain- ed of God. Whosoever, tlierHfore. re-i°teth, resisteth an ordinapce of God; and he shall receive damnation.' The Fugitive Slave Liw were ordered to support Lieut Piatt's battery, Col. P-satti ofthn 31^t7ainitig\WBrtgadier-Ge8. or commanding officer, while Lieut. Col. Brown took charge of our own regimei.t, th- 31st; is one of tbe powers that he. therefore is an subsequently Col. Pratt took charge of bis own ordinance of God.\ Wonderful logic! Ac from Dr f Woodward, the intelligent andf-fci'h- \ fnl nxdical director \of our division, for me to fall hack with my'\hospital to CenireeiHe, about one mile further back, as'tbe enemy were making an attempt to flank us on the left', in the direction *>i our division. I 'immediately..that had every thing replaced in We ambulance, and having paid Maria, the black wonmu. whose dinner we did not eat, \we startedjbr Centr'eville. We went-along the same road with the troops, who were Bwvhig, in .good or- der, and without auy apptarance of alarm.—* At CeotreviUe I took out my amputating ca=e, general operating, ease, and medicine cltest, and finding £ large nambsr of wounded already here, proceeded at once to dress their wouiids extract the bullets, etc. We were occupied for an hour or more in ari old tavern. • My assist- ants here were Dr. Luoien iyamainville (first assistant), Dr. *— Brown, Mr. Marvine. medical studenf, MrTNourse, and my son Frank, who had been tfctitig'mosrof\ the day as the Col- onel's a ; d'. I think Dr. Arnt, of one of the Michiganreguncnts,\was with us at this time. We had no bandages', no lint, BO sponges, no e*H\ate very Ift'tfe wat^r, .and I, think only oa« ba*in. Our first attention'was d'rect- ..i'd to those already vinifie'\ house. Stooping dowq as th**y lay crowded \upon .the floor, we inquin d, \Where is your wound, my poor fel lo.v ?-\ for they seldom called as until we came to their relief, nor did many of them'utter a moan. There they lay silent, waiting their turn. Most of the wounds were made by spheri- cal -balls-some_ had goue through entirely cording to this mode of reasoning, we could prove that every law that ever existed was one of the \powers that be,\ and \therefore an of- diaanceot God.\ Hence all the corrupt laws of the heathen are ordinances of God. wb ether they command beast worship, or the sacrifice, of human beings. But where did the gentleman learn that a law wa* a power? Liws are but modes in 'which a power acts, and bow we can make a law tbe power is beyond my philosophy. This grand strike ' beats\ anything of ncent date in favor of slavery. 1 tbink he ought to be made a cotton D. D. immediately, and ho doubt if his fame reaches the South, tbey will embalm.it with the noble Brooks. However, be ought to know that God ordained human government, and that he will hold ruhrs ac- \BOtrBtable tat the character of their laws ; and -i-JiC^^a^ Bottbeen quite so ignorant, he might have known\ what the ^teaching of Scriptures is on this point. God gave the, J.-ws a Fugitive Slave Act. Dent. 23:15—\Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant whioh has escaped from hia master unto tbee. He shall dwell even among you in that plac e which he shall choose.\' Fourth. What is our duty in resReot to slavery and its perpfetutty? ••Cogn^inti\ ar- gues its perpetuity from its divine nature. H\ says \it is Sanctioned and commanded by divine revelation,\ and asks \how can men claiming to be guided by its unerring counsel d eclare that the institution is not divide?\ Let God diotaie our duty. Jer. 34:17—'Thus saith the Lord ; Ye have not hearkened nnto me in pro- claiming liberty, every one to his brother and neighbor ; behold I proclaim a liberty for you, §aith tbe Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine/' Isaiah 58:6^-\h not this the fast that I have chosen, to unloose the bands of wickedness and heavy burdens, and let the oppressed go free, and' that ye break ev ery yoke?\ And as to its divine character, let G-od, angel*, men, &od even devils, answer, and they would combine to brand the system a» of hellish birth. And let that tnan who attempts to defame the character of God,and corruptthe pure stream of Revelation, by making hi m tbe greatest of tyrants, and his Word the foulest of all books, in upholding American Blavery, which had its origin in murder and theft, and is maintained at 'the expense of every moral precept, human and diviae—let that man think not to escap« the indignation of an en- lightened public, who will class such men with • the ignorant or corrupt; and furthermore, let him remember that such sentiments are only for South of 30° 3(f, arid (hat the free people of the North, after having suffered in the past, and who are pouring out their blood and treasure in the present, to overthrow a rebel- lion which has for its bads American slavery, will no't always lavish its benedictions on the defenders of that which now threatens the downfall of our countryi And when the Great Day shall come, let the millions of crushed hearts, bound in chains here, but then free, rise to condemn that nv*n who, though enjoying freedom himself, yet employB his pen to \grind the face of the poor,\ and underwrite the doom ot a whole race; and may God-have more mercy on him than he has had on hii fellow beings. S. E. B.' ^sar*The authot of John Hallifax is out with a new story, entitled \Nothing New. y ' regiment and was ordered to support Major Huut's battery. As soon a* the troops were fairly in position the batteries open, d upon tbe enemy with shell, sold shot, grape, and canister. Their fire was very effective, but it was not answered until late in the afternoon. In'the meantime my a*- fistanta aided me in selecting a place along the wood, in our rear, where a pretty deep cut or gorge, leading a little off from tbe main road, would enablf us to dress the wounded without exposure. We all went to work with a will, with the help of the drummer boys, and b*d soon clrare'l the gorge ot stones and bushes. Hero we propoVed to have the wounded brought on stretchers by the drumnaerB and a few vol- ant\ er aid«, who together composed my ambu- lance corps. We,th;n placed our atnbultince above and beyond the gorge, in *tbe directio i towards a log house, which was situated one- quarter of a mile further off in the rear. We took down the feuces to let the ambulauce pass, and planted our red fl-tpa at the temporary de- pot, and at the log-house. We were all ready when we received notice of an expected charge of cavalry upon that road, and w.ra requested to select a building on the oppo»ite side of the road, as tbe erf'my's batteries would range across the old log-house. Accordingly we hast- ened to make the change, and in a fe,w minutes we had everything as well arranged in a snug wooden house, occupied by npgroes, as if we were in Bellvue. The op-rating table was ready, the bed arranged, and the instruments, sponges, bandages, cordials, &o., in order. 1 now rode back to the field, and found we had bad one stigbt skirmish, in which one man of 1 be 16th bad been wounded in the head, wbich Dr. Crandell, of the 16th, had already dressed. It was past mid day and we were all tired, hungry and thirsty. Exploring a garden in front and to the right of the batteries I found cabbages, beets, paisley, onions, sage, and po% tatoes; near by were chickens, and smoked hams in a deserted lodge. Water we found one-quarter of a mile to the left on -the borders of the woods, within which lay the enemy* bat the drummers brought water, and with the help of Mr. NourBe, Dr. Marvin, and my son, we soon made about four gallons of the best soup I have ever eaten. We had salt and pepper to season it, and good appetites to welcome it* We made also a large coffee-pot full of coffee, and found sugar to sweeten it. This we carried to the rear and fed out first to the colonel and his staff, and then to the line officers and men, as far aa it would go, not forgetting ourselves and the drummer boy. After this precious repast we carried whisky to those soldiers who had been skirmishing, or who seemed especially to need it; for they were without shelter, under & sky of brass. To those who oilled for it. also we senior carried water in pails—such water as we -could get.— The men never left their lines, except when ordered to act as skirmishers, and must have perished except for some such refreshments.' At about four or five P. H. a message was sent to ns that the enemy were retreating, and that the day was ours, «nd I immediately re- turned to my hospital to order, of the black in- mates of the South, supper for the Colonel's staff and my own. I was standing at the door, looking out itow&rds the road, when I saw the regiments approaohing in order, but rather rapidly; ftt the same moment came an order •without breaking a bone or severing t an artery —and to tbem we said, \Bravo my boy, a no- ble ufcund, but no harm done. Mr. Nourse, apply a cloth, wet with cool water.\ Not a few, encouraged and strengthened by these words-, got up, and came oa foot to Alexandria and Was-bington. I saw several at Fort Run- yon, from whom Ihad extracted balls from the mck arms and legs, the next morning when I arrived there, and they had walked the whole distance. Three b'r four had balls through the'r bodies, andhad walkfdtwq, o.r/,£uree miles to the village; one was brought up wj|h a wound iu bis thigh, who had lain on tbe fit-Id f-ihee the Thursday preceding. He will recover> I think. From this building we went to' a private house, which was also full, and then to the old stone church. Here -I met Dr. Taylor, of the 1st New Jersey Regiment.'who was laboring most industriously, and Dr. —-, a private, a very intelligent man, belonging,! think, to the 2d Michigan, and who, for his extraordinary zeal and attention, deserves great credit. In the old stone church thfe men 'were lying upon every seat, between all the seatetand on every foot of the floor ;* a few on stretchers^ perhaps -three or four; a dozen or more on blankets—occasionally upon a litter, hay or straw, but mostly on the beards..' The scene here was a little different; it was dark ; we had but two or three tatlow candles. The men had been waiting longer, and were in getieraj more severely wonnded; a,ed although now and then a man asked us to pass by him, and to look first after some one lying near who was suffering more, yet from all sides we were constantly begged and implored ,to do some- thing for them. After a little we concluded, to take them in order as they lay, since to do otherwise rendered it necessary to consume time in going backwards and forwards, and we were constantly in danger of treading upon the wounded; indeed,-it was impossible to avoid doing ejo. By this time we had found a hos- pital knapsack, and were pretty well supplied with bandages; hut the time did not allow us to do much more at* first, than to extract ^the bullets, and apply caol water dressings, with lint. Only two amputations were made by myself; one below the knee, and one above the elbow- joint. Both of them, I confess, were done very badly, but I could, at the time, and under the circumstances, do no better. My back seemed broken, and my hands were stiff with blood.— We still had no sponges, aadseareely more water than was necessary to quench the thirst of the wounded men. My assistants were equally worn out—Dr. Taylor alone seemed vigorous and ready for more toil. At half-past twelve, or about that time, we went out to get a candle, to «nable Dr. Taylor to amputate a man's arm at the shtfulder-joint. Just then a regiment came up, and the Colonel was challenged by the picket. This reminded me that if we were to stay all night, as we had mutually agreed to do, we should need the countersign; but although we told him we were medical men, in charge of the wounded, and intended to stay, this was refused to us.— The Colonel told us that his WBB the last regi- ment covering the retreat We obtained a candle and went to the house where lay Dr. Taylor's patient, with his arm terribly shattered with a cannon ball or frag- ment of a shell. It was nearly\ torn off near the shoulder-joint, • but tbo hemorrhage was trivial. He was dying of the shock. We gave him whiskey, the only sttniulant we had, with water, dressed the wound slightly, and left him to his fate. Dr. Drttnaliiville.and I now-lay down upon our backs ppou the floor beside the wounded-r we could do no more—our last caudle was \burning. Some of us had seen 'all the wounded, probably 250 iu number, and done for them all lay in our power. 1 had drunk tome but- ter-milk and eaten a sandwich that Adjutant Washburn bad held to my mouth once in tbe evening, but none of us had auy other food. I had sent Adjutant Washburn to overtake Gen, McDowell early in tbo evening, and torepre- setH bur condition, but he could not find him, and returned without help. The two bottles of TShiskey taksnjay my son from tbe ambulance when we first came, were already nearly dis- tributed to the wounded. Th^y .had uot a morsel to eat, the ambulances were all gone, and had been for several hours. As we went iotolbe'street again, we found it was silent as the grave—the pickets,even were gone, and except a few men so soundly asleep' noder the trees that we could not awaken them, there was no,one left in the < road. After a second consul-, tation we determined to go also. * My assistants and myself soon found our horses, but the ser- vant ,W9s gone, and sith him the' bridles* nor could we after much search and loud and long.. shouting find him. I went back to the old stone church, and found one soldier just brought .• in, whose wounds I dressed, and then said aloud to tbe poor fellows within : \Thank God, my boys, n»ne of you are seriously injurtd ; you will probably all get well*\ To whioh 1 heard one or two feeble responses : \Thank you, Doc- tor, thank you,\ I could not tell them-1 was about to\rgave thsih/aaa I trust la Tearing them so I did them no wrong. I could be of no more service to them until rhorning, and then I presumed they would be in the bauds of a civilized and humane enemy'who would care for tbem better than we could. As I passed along oujt of the village I requested one gen- tleman who lived there to look after tbem, and also a family composed of a man and Wife with two daughters. They all promised to da what they could. Our instruments we could not take. There were.flve of us and two horses, and my son b'a37\ sprained his ankle and could scarcely walk, so we wenUyikto wards Fairfax Court House* and Tn half an. hour we began to overtake the rear regiments, and soon I saw Dr. Woodward's cheerful face begrimed with dirt like our own. I told him how we had left the wounded. There was no remedy, said he. They must be left.—- We hurried on, and at Fairfax Court House overtook Gen. McDowell, to,^ whom I at once reported tbe condition and\ number of the wounded, and requested to be sent back if he thought it bPBt. He replied, \You have done right, keep on to Washington.\ As I was leaving the gate he sent a messenger to caU me back, and to ask me if I was walking. I replied Chat I was. \Gen. McDowell has here ten or twelve amhulances,\ said be* \for the wounded, which he obtained by-a dispatch to Washington. He wishes you to ride.\ Sroia Fairfax f rode until our ambulance broke down, filled with_ wonnded. Tbe wounded were transferred to another ambulance, and I again took to my feet and occasionally to my horse. I reached Fort Runyon, opposite Washington, about 10 A. M., and here washed my bloody hands and arms, for here I found the first water. The wounded were scattered the whole dis- tance from Centreville to Washington, not in large numbers, but here and there one could foe seen walking by the aid of one or two asso- ciates. In reference to the ambulaTSces, the oc- casion of their absence from Centreville wits simply, that tbe drivers became frightened, and to turn them back would have been im- possible. Nor do I think it would have been possible for Gen, McDowell to have sent one vehiele'back beyond Fairfax at the time I s*aw him. ' It is remarkable that moBt of the woends seen by me were not of a character which\ wonld be likely to prove fatal. Perhaps the men'moat severely wounded were left upon the .neld,'or were dressed by thoBe noble surgeons who were near them, and some of whom lost their lives, while others gave themselves up at prisoners. In no case did a wound seen by me require the use of a tourniquet, although some soldiers had their limbs tightly girded Bo aB to have already occasioned great swelling and pain. Most of the balls extracted were spherical j and of those which I removed, the majority were removed through counter openings, the balls lying close against the skin. Nearly all the soldiers that I have se'en since the battle, in Washington and Alexandria, are doing well. I must not omit to state that after I had lefty and when I supposed otir whole natty were in front of me, Mr, Npurse, acting asifetaht apothecary in our regiment, went back with three horses, and placing three wounded men upon them, and sent them off, for which he would accept .of no compensation, He then walked himself ihfe whole distance to Alex- andria. This, with many other signal in- stances of this young man's courage, en* :
