The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-11-23


popinsted ia the bond III Zap Plsusr1
amount w beads w TnsdA Tiy
able In coin. aud must be- 40 paid. Tbs
great majoEity or these bouds are payable In v
lawful money end, a. greenbaeks are law
ful money, they are legitimate currency Tor
he bondbolders, "a well as Tor the people. Y
rheis asaount should mot be iiminishea IN
IN the bonds are pait, or otherwiss funded
in othsrs bearing . smaller rate Of interest.
Applause Those VITO demand payment
ia coin are the real repuciators for the sure
foundation or faith y Justice, and when the
sense of justjce Is outraged the sense % OBJ
ligatior ~ weakened, " not destroyed"
Applause
In conclusion, Gen. Cary promised, at
some future time, to address the wOrkmen
Of Washington az greater length.
surxsry--Our DecbersIn the Rebellion.
The ancient modes and accomplishments
Of smpu:atiOn, says the GALAXY, were 80 bar
baric 10 to Be Iittle more than tskeHa ofgosd
will. Thus, thssdfgeons Of four hundred
years arc wsuii hardly venture 10 cnt OF
mortified Nab at all except through TIE dead
Hesh; which Of course insured the progress
81 the modification The reason was that
they dld not know how 10 stop the bleeding
OF the vessels when cut off IN living flesh
When they did attempt thus II was by means
sufficiently horrible One received method
vas TO anputate with a red hot knife, 50 a.
10 scar the vessels Another was ~ -ninre
and pick the flesh down 70 The bone, leaving
All the blood vessels until the last, ana thgn
I to scar them at he moment ~ dividing
them, with red-hot irons, or with strong
acids or asiriagents W NY dippiCg the
stump into boiling pitch.
Sometimes hatcAet ora cnisel va used
One surgeon invented Z powerful chopper
which struck OF lmh Az one blow And
another used TO bandsge the limb 70 be ne
moved ~ tightly AZ 70 stop the circulation
beIoT u, when, after some months ~ graiu.
al decay, the dead anil putri1 mass dropped
OF.
The records tell Of some re-ea Sahie recov-
cries There are noted lr hundred and
eighty-seven cases q sun-shOt fracture of
the vertebra ~ VIII ~ all blt seven were
, latai. OF these seven, * were mere fr.c-
tnres of the apptnvses 0r Dr jecti0nr from
, the spine, and cnly ore iiI the sall pene-
trate 10 the spinal marrow IN thus case
the ball and fragments ni b0As were extracted.
! and year after the Jury tho soldier was
! reported "likely - recover" Where balls
= rpasssi near tie r0at Of the l1ng-. on where
thew rerr4inei In the lungs, rtcpveries we're
i ve-. fea.And only two eases are eivea ol
the latter Kind. ft-iF les dangerous if the
. ball flies clear througn~,ihe nm, nsig-'
4 Belts, Twenty sixth Wv Jersey Eolnn-ar-.
: vas struck 10 the breast b. a three -oisnc,
4 grape shot at Frelericksbur.. ari the Bone.
.a-. a
n that the arch Of the aorta, clos Nh the heart
o vas visible through the wound, and its pul
n sations could be counted. After some tmi
2 he recovered perfectly. Of thirty-tv0 oase
i of gun-shot wounds Of the liver, all hut fou
u we're f4tal There were some strisirg cav
y Of rec0ser after injuries GO the other abila
r maj v.scsra. and X II stated generally tia
, recoyeries after wounds OF the large int,
y tines were much more numerous than afts
those Of the iirun Or jgjunum. n one "a.
e Of perldTaiinn n the brain there was At en-
tirs recovery The ball entered bnhiad.
lutte % the right side Of the head, and cam
~ or litt- W the LEFT of the crown, leayin
: bridge Of bone between, three inches vi Z,
The brain protruied httle az thn w1uni
10 exlf, and there was small swelling ;her
four months after the injury. ral- sztr
10 evidences u the impairmsAtslF ;as WV
Il oral Iacuities.r OnsSytffoaF cases ~ ,un-sh
f'wounas a part ere ~ record, M fat,
~ though one msA shot thonEh llc hcA
n win rsna.l pistol ball, survived fir tEsb
az hours. o.
Il. The use az anH sthe.ies hls been varT y
m tensive, chloroforul having been giveu n
east 10000 cases OF field 0Dersti~a~ HlOn
K A comparison Of tbs returns As 70 JS,22
AZ operations. shows that chioroform alone Nj
"a used in s. q per cent o. them. sther " thir
D. per cent. and mixture ,of tho two IN n
Or per cent, and it Il observed that % az q
x zsaeral hos oitals the EEeAter safety 81 eth
re "A az anSest tetic was Sommoniy conceded
mr. No. fatai aech'eats fEoSn its use araEepoEsC
~ while there wee seven from chlor0form
Of these no sufhcieu' cause for the deaths '
81 shown by IL sxaL,faptilns made
"a Wounds IN the hssck can no longer
n, recknned AZ proof of eowas-lice hJgEn
~ shot flesh wounds al ne, ir tie back, Ar
of recorded; enough M hAT BRANDED Who'll
Il Greek army for life. Ths reason VI, how
~ ever, merely that troors havbeen often OF
VI dered N lie down under a shs fire, whiet
no Of course. exposes their backs, Gt- san IA
M their regulations, % damage.
4, Very few sabre aud bay0net wounds a
III reportrd-I05 OF the former and Ii3 OF II
:, latter, including nearly all hose received
u the 6rst three years af the war. 0ne-thi
~ OF these, too, we're given by sentinels
,,a patrols. From Sheridan's campaign in 4
II Shenandoah Valley came just tEentv-6
sabre wounds; from the battle Of Jonesbor
u In Georgia, thirty bayonet wounds Pos
tive testimony IS citei that after the 81
i, battle or Ball Run the rebels bayoneted %
= eral Of our wounde as thsy lay on I
M field, Of whom one rraeif ei fourteen woRnt
y y and similar atsscities wee perpetrAtei az
IN the battle OF Fair Oaks,e Later n tha VI
~, u Y. a.ldat sNaeh eeslses xere very unfrequei
" Celebrated MANAGES.