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 A SCENE AT THE F BATTLE OF THE BAD aAxE. When our troops charged the enemy in their deIiles near the bank ol the Mississippi, men, women and catlz tren, were seen mixed togetherin such 4nanner as torcndcr it difficult to kill the one and save the other. A young sqaa " s4of about l9 years, stood in the gfassat q short distance from our line, holding her lle girl in her slrms, about 1 years old. While thus standing apparently uncon- cersed, ,a ball struck the rigl,t { arm of the child aboye the elbow, and shattering the bone, passed into the breast of its young n,o fi,1!!!cs zher to the ground. Sbc fell upon the child and coptined 1t to the ground also. During the whole battle this babe was. heard to groan and call for relief, but none had time to.afiordit. When, how ever, the Indians had retreated from the spot, and the battle had nearly subsided, Lt. Anderson, of the U. s. Army, ent tothe spot and took from unde der the dead mother her wounded daughter, and brought it to the place we had selected for dressing wounds, and placed # there ~for surgical aid. It was soon ascertain ed that its arm must come of, and the operation was performed without draw iDg l tear ora sIriek. The child was; eating q piece of hard bniscuit during the operation. IL was brought to Prai- grie du Chen, and VIC learn that t has nearly recovered.

 This was one among the many scenes calculated to draw forth q sympathetic tear for human misery.

 Illinois Gulenian.