National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-04-22

Hoon. IL appears tnat the members
of French family were gathered
in room engaged in conversation.
when IA young man Of eighteen took
up IA pistol that lay handy by, and
''playiully" informed a girl of six
teen that he would shoot her, mot
suppoSing it was loaded" and pulled
the trigger, when to his horror the
pistol exploded. 1t was loaded with
shot the size of the bore, ole of
which struck the girl in the fore
head and came ont on top, and as
she is not thought severely injured,
1t must have kept outside the skull.
Five other shots struck pillow on
which was resting the head of "A wo-
man lying Oh ii bed. The girl at the
time was sitting on the bed and
holding young child, which also
escaped injury. The easy virtue of
this affair is, that the pistol was
known to be loaded, but as the cap
had been removed it was regarded
AS a armlcss plaything! AS very
few if any will heed these warnings
so often given, the newspapers are
all ready for the next case.
Commodore Richard Meade died
very suddenly last Sunday evening,
in Brooklyn. of an apoplectic fit
He was a brother of Gen. Meade,
and was sixty years of age. He was
born in Spain. while his father las
minister to that country. He had
been in the navy for forty years,
having been retired in 1864, after
the loss of the San Jacinto, which
vessel he commanded. Last year he
was placed in the Bloomingdale In
sane Asylum by certain of his rela
tivcs. who, he charged, were actu,
ated by a desire to obtain command
of his fortune, which is large. Af-
ter prolonged legal proceedings he
was released.
TIE British barquc Stella, Capt.
Hammond, which left Boulogne,
France, on the 2Sth f last Decem
Der, arrived ut New York on Sunday
last, after a remarkably long pas.
sage of los days, having been at
sea all that time without being 1p.
ported until she was signalled below
this port. She has been delayed by
n succession of westerly gales, dur.
ing which she sustained conSidcra
bic damage. On the Goth of March
in heavy squat, II ball of fire
struck the torccas,le deck and ex
ploded, scattering sparks in all iii
rectionS, with IA noise resembling
the bursting of a cannon.
CHICAGO, Ill.,, April 1S.-Thc ex
ccutlve Council o! nine, appointed
by the tenian congress. are James
Gibbons, of Pennsylvania, Z. j
Meehan, of New Jersey, G. =. Me
Kay and Frank Agnew, of Illinois
Frank Gallagher and f.. l., Carin OF
New York. j. W. Fitzgerald, OF
ONO, Lawrence Fnncgan, Of Mary
land and Richard McCloud. of Con
necticut. The following were APP
pointed delegates to the convention
III New York Col. Cosgrovc and
John +. Funncrty, of Illinois, Ma
.lor c. Williams, Of PENNSYLVANIA
and Capt. Mclaughlin, Of Colorado
1t is intended that five of the
above executive council shall resign
SO that the New York convention
may elect four, leaving one member
to be chosen by the other eight.
{ In the Congress the pope's bul
elected some warm discussion. and
SO far as learned, the sentiments eX
pressed were hostile TO clerical in
reference in political matters per
tanning 10 the Irish nation. Th,
question of making the organization
secret was also debated and decided
in the negative. The Red River
rebellion was debated, but the char
acter Of the debate has not trans
pred.
a SINGULAR CASE.-Willam w
French, of Enfield Centre, u mem
Der of Co. Il, 9th regiment of y. ii
, Volunteers, son of Amos French
was wounded at the battle of Fred
erlcksburg, Dee. Is, 1862, 10y IA mini
ball, which entered his It leg, pei
laps four inches below his hi
, Joint, on the inside front of his les
! aud in downward direction. From
that time until Monday night last
+ he has suffered very much from tn
+ wound, being compelled to poultic
}. 1t from two To six times a day, io
= ut least six years, and to use crutc
I eS in walking. An attempt wa
> made June 13, 1860, by DrS. A. !
Crosby, of Hanover, and b. i
f skinner, oi Enfield, to remove til
V ball, but without success, and il wa
A the opinion of most surgeons VIII
/, examined the leg that amputatio
A must take place at the hip Join
|. and that the leg could not he save,
|, About eight months age. Dr. Thon
Il as u. Clement of Eulield Centr
: took charge of the case, and aft,
q due investigation gave it as Ii
=. opinion that the bone of the leg WI
$ unnlured. and that the bali WI
working it's way down the leg, an
could he removed and the leg save,
II On the 2Sth ct last month, an G
u pertinent To hnd and remove Il
u ball was made under his supcrnte
Il dcncc. which proved successful, AZ
e mimic bali, weighing one ounc
y was takcr from the leg Just uud