The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-12-14
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.campsigwS,. IN Sppipsi Nytk eia hr mn
dred bullets to:kiH one man. bnt .s,,h h
of this ,wsst . OS ilesI, ll d ;lpowdcr A,.
due to carelesspess A1d. ignorance an
the part Of the uieuf. st)RfIie ffifed SO l;yh
that the balls w.,,lt over. The, llaad. ri
the ebeu,y; others s0 fow ffSut tIfiSv y Won,
into the groupd. Even in our rec.u,
war, with gqeaffy Afl6provea .6r.arns.
the uuwber VI killed aud wounded Gu.
very small co,A Paafaas~nHstib itn,uei,s.
number of shots tired: !, ,,,sS,...st. II
Mr.. Francis Gaitoupin.,kis rec.,,
work on Hereditary Ge,iiiss.a. e,Iitiiss presents
some curious caic qls,ions IN ttia ,uuu's
chance ofbeing stru"k, by bullets n, a
il height nna' in Slfaifh, ,l,srrt;rs a.0'ue. 'as
chance Of the one us oo,i,purel win
thut Of tho other. varies ~ tils is.cti,,,,ul
area Of his body that is1o say Nv h.,
height multiplied into his 'avern, a
breadth. Bnt'this Iii I, NOT The .whul,
truth, aud MIR. Gahuur )adnlits 10 :: for
large men are mere. !:Aa,y 10 b., ;ii; IL
not merely on account of. The. orc,,cr
area OF their bodies, but also on no,onn,
of their being more onuspicnou, fran
their siac. aud .Lhery tore. ,bei6r more
likelT to be: singled out us d mark Th,.
principle OF .:uatafal: !: selecfioii," oi, m.
part of the ene,i,y's buIltts hero rnu..
iuto operation. aud Alt. Gallon cudeav. !.
ors To correct ,his estf,na,. nf .h.,.., T.,
taking the weight Of the man into ac,
count. 1t is not easy TO pcrcriv. ,h,
force Of this Modt oil re.sv,,iu. I'm, .h,
result OF i. is, : that the clryncg OF a
mans being accidentally shut in bartlr
is as the squire root ot,ihe prujuct of
his hight multipliud into his wei ht.-
Thus. sapposing u man to bs b.i Two bnu.
dred aid twenty Eve. pounds in w.,.I,
and six feet tV5 .s,.d q half inulias h,.h
he wiii' escape from chance; sths shots tor
only two years, while 5 imuin of one iiun
dred aud twelve pounds weight. and
five feet six inci,es hiyh. would escap.
for three. The total relative chances
against being shot in battle of two man.
vi these Respective il,sixhty aad |weiuh,s
are as Is tihhrresss rss 'to,wo in favor ot'ths snaI-
ler one man. in respcc, to accident, >bn,s
and Id decidedly more favorable nro
portipn iu respect to direct aim. th.
latter chance boing compounded of the
two following: first, a better hope of M.
being aimed ut, and. secoudly, q. hnpr.
very little less than three to two. OF no.
being. s,is, when made hv.oBjsct Of an
aim.
Had Nelson been II large man. instea,
Of q mere leather weight. il is probable
that he would not have survived 81 ionp
the extraordinary dangers he +nconn-
tered. = In The. .courSe OF five years
he took part in n hundred und twenty
actions at, sea, including The bal,Ies ri
Cape st. Vincent aud the Nile. and IL
them lost. 40 arm and au eye. lie wa,
ultimately killed at Tratal gar Offer "a.
Gaping dsarh, at G"renhagen) by dne u,
many shots aimed. direc,Iy,at him bY II
rif!e!Han i" the maint"p of the French
ship W it'll which his' own was c.scl,
engaged but it should ut the. same
time be added. that on ihis occasion h.
greptly increased til. cInncrs against
him, by pacipH he q6awer deck ia full
uniform. wirh all his medals aud ord "
fastened on hia,'breasr., When tho fa-
nous MarshdL'Saul. visited England. IL
story appeared III the ewspaprrs t" the
effect that nome English veteran had
declared the hero must bear a charmed
life, for that he, the splaier) .;hah GOV
cred him with his rifle upward if thirty
times,and yet never hit t'him II is not
at all surprising that the une,lucai ed
believe some ,nen to bear charmed lives
when we remember Napoleon u. the