The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-01-11

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srccch, his conviction Of speed, :,
death. When received into the
hospital, he appeared" reports
the house surgeon, 'al,uost, if not
quite, unconscious. and unable to
support his head. lis face was liv.
i'll, aud his respiration very impcr.
feet, he moved Himself uneasilY,
puiiittd to his throat. and ,noaned.' g
The uttcrance was the first lost, then
that Of vision. lastly, that Of hear
ing. The pulse gradually sank, the
eXtrcmitcs become cold and torpid,
and lie died without a convulsion or
struggle. about onc hour afte, re.
cciving the wound. The hearts ac.
tion was renewed by mechanical in.
nati"n Of the lungs, and artificial
res liration, which at one time raised
the ulse to seventy-fve beats in a
minute, WAS kept up, halfan hour
af cr tho natural breathing had ccas
ed aud when the ncrvous system vas
d, AT. Galvauism was tri-d hut
clad no effect"
Su anSe reports of this very plain
occurrence have been circulated
through some channels Of popular
information. y puw3eyor Of mar
vcls to the Morning Advertiser, as.
suriine that all the scrIents in the
geological Gardens are kept, like the
happy family i'll Trafalgar Square,
in one large case, describes Curling
as, il: ordinary course, Of his duty.
ntc'ing bodily therein, with view
Of string up sosic Lirds whicl had
been placed there for che food Of the
serrents, the time having arrived
when some Of them Lad recovered
tiom their torpid state consequent on
a previous neal The cobra is
made, hy this intelligent and accu.
rate informant of4the public, to dart
at the unfortunate keelgr, as he was
STOPPING to pickup ionee-of the birds.
The screams Of the victim to the h*z-
araous duty "attracted The instant
attention Of William Cnckcridyc.
another kclcr, who thereu, Oh rush.
cd to the serpent case Gs.d Grcsr has
conInnion oat."
The Ridiculous report has found
It's way uucon;ralic,cl, into other
arcrs, including q respectable med
lea! Journal.
Now, as regards the mode adop-
ted for preserving the live reptiles.
The Inquest jury proceeded to the
Z"uloGical Gardens tninsrcct the ar.
engagements. They found the poison
ous scrI cnts kept in small ca a5cs, or
compartments, double wired, and
fitted ul' i'll such a manner as, with
the nest ordinary precautions, to
insure T.rrlcct safety from casualties
Of tic lind. by means of all iron
rod, hooked ut the end, and inserted
through the small aperture at the
top Of each compartment, the rep
c,,n,a-tmc,f G, nov, ~ I,n;r ,,,n o,,l
u.adc secure there Willie the kcerers
I!acc food in and clean OUT tho emp.
" one. Visitors arc enabled to Sc,
the scrpcnts il, perfect security
through the thick glass fronts Of the
cages So saws the Times rcrolt'
Of tic Inquest, and any one knows
the reptile house knows perlcctlv
we'll ihlt these cages arc, in a,pear-
ancc, like cases in Which stuffed
birds are kert-or like tie larger
sort Of glass cases at any great icw.
clicr's establishment.
The Secretary Of the yonlo,;cal
SOCIETY," d,,nsud on oo,h ,h., s.th.
kecucrs il charge Of the snakes wcrr
instructed on no account at anv
time, to do ANYTHING to the d;lfrren,
cages when The snakes were in them. ;
and that on one occasion he had So
verclv rchuk.d Curtin, .f,r liit;nr
,hc rlass aud ,uttinr in food for the