The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-09-09

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Maryland, q member of the same
scompany who ,Sas mortally wounded
the lnornins, iter, and who was now
dying. Wounded dmen, struck that
'atternoonsin Worth's advance upon.
the Grand Plaza, constantly being
broughtsin, the surgeons were ampu.
.tating and dressing the hurts Of the
crippled soldiers, by a pale and sickly
seandle light, and the groans Of those
3ylllstgsrievous ~ pain added new horror to
lassene which was at best frightful.
We Srecollect perfectly we'll poor
fellow, struck in both legs by q grape
shot whilesa advancing up one Of the
streets He was begging Justify, after
one Of his limbs had bee amputated,
that the other might be spared him
on which to hobble through the world.
Poor Thomas, as gallant spirit as
ever lived, finally brcathed his last;
swes brought Waters fresh cup Of
water with which to moisten his
wounds, and, then left the room to
catch an hours sleep; but thesrecol.
lcctions of that terrible nightwill not
soon be cifaced from our memory.
The above incidents occurred on
the night Of the 23d and morning of
the 24th September, 1916. During
the early part Of the month of Fcbru.
airy following, while passing into the
old St. Charles in this city, we were
accosted with strange voice by q
fine looking man who seemed OK.
trcmely glad to see us, although he
had most unaccountablc mode cf
expressing himself. We recollccted
the eye as one VIC had been familiar
With, but the lower features of the
face although i'll no way disfgured,
Tor the life OF us We could not make
out.
Why, don't you know mcr in a
mumblng half indistinct and forced
NAM er said the man, still shaking
or hand vigorously 'I'm Waters
And Waters it was, in reality,
looking as we'll and as healthy as cy-
er, and without showing the least
outward sign that ho had ever
caught a grape shot in his mouth.
~ luxuriant growth Of mustaclious
completely covered his upper lip,
and concealed any gear the iron mis-
sile might have made; an imperial on
his under lip hid any appearance Of a
wound at that point; and with the
exception of his speech there was
nothing to show that he had ever re-
ceivcd the slightest injury about the
face. His tongue, which was terri
bly, shattered, was still partially be-
numbcd, rendering articulation hoth
difficult and tircsome; but lie assur-
ed US that he was every day gaining
more and more the use Of it, and in
his own words he was to be just as
good as new
1T is needless to say that We were
truly rejoiced to seo8him-to meet
one weshad never expected to en-
counter again in such excellent plight.
Any one who could have seen him
sitting in that apartment of the Bish.
ops | lace, his face swollen, and
with a gravity Of countcnancc Which
would have been ludiclous even to
the causing Of laughter lad it not
been for his own prccarious situation
and the hcart-rcnding scenes around,
would have been equally as much as
tonishcd and rcjoiccd as VIC were, on
again SO unexpectedly bcholding him.
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The account Of lhe FLYING EN-
pertinent recently published in some
OF the French papers, and copied into
some OF those in This country, is
pronounced TO be II houx. GuIignani's
(Paris) Messenger says:
Some OF The journals have published
long and very detailed uccoun, Of
pretended experiment by u NJ.
Ar'i!!c, with flying machine. We
were convinced at The time that This
WAS hoax, and therefore did no, rive
il. The Gazette dc France OF
yesterday States; on the authority or
persons who were mentioned us having
been present at the experiment, lhu,
every line Of The article vas pure
invention.
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M ArrEAL TO TIE GENEROUS "A
paper with the following heading has
hccn placed Oh The counter in our
Reading Room:
we, The undersigned, agree to pay
Tho sums opposite to our names, TO ia.
clila!c the return Of cXilcd Cubans 10
their native shores
We hope the friends or,hc oppressed
will not he SLOW to respond to this call.
1t is made in behalf of those, whose
su.lerlpgS appeal 10 us with mosI