The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-06-17

dispatched TO. The latest word Is that tho
ball did not penetrate the intesunes, and
the wound Is not mortal He has perfect
possession Of hIs'facultles. The pistol used
was Smith s. Wesson. No one knows
how 1t came to be discharged. The acct.
dent has produced intense excitement in
Lebanon. .....-.
SECOND DRPATCH.1
uNFAvORABE SYMPTOMS SHOW THEM
SELVES.
Hg CINCINNATI, June TO-
The Commercial has a special from LIE.
banOn, dated ii o'clock, which says Mr..
ValIandigham was vomiting, which was
regarded as an unfayorable sign, and one
Of his physicians said there were indica-
tions OF internal hemmorrage. Drs. SEQ.
vile and Drake ceased their fruitless
search for the ball, about an hour after
the accident they closed the wound and
placed the patient on his right side, where
he lay Us white as the sheet upon which
he rested. He was calm and collected,
HOW 1T HAPPENED.
II appears that no one was present with
Vallandlgham when the accident occur
red but eX.Lieut. Gov. McBurney, who
has been associated with him in defence
Of Mcclellan. McBurney had expressed
some doubts as TO the theory that Meyers
hal shot himself, and Vallandigham
picked up pistol from the table, saying
he would show him in half second.
Two pistols were on the table, one un.
loaded, and he by mistake took up the
loaded one, He put II in his pocket and
Withdrew II, keeping the muzzle next to
his body. Just rs II was leaving his
pocket 1t was discharged; the ball enter.
Ing, II Is said, near the same place Mey.
ers was shot He at once CALCULATED
"Ohl murder T. and said lie had taken
tue wrong pistol. While the examinati on
was going on he watched the surgeons at
work with eager eyes, and even assisted
them IN their search for the ball. The
locality Of the ball Is not known. 1t up.
pears to have taken A downward course
in the direction Of the bladder. DR..
Dawson, of this city, was telegraphed for,
but received the dispatch too late for the
train. lie has taken private carriage,
and will arrive about a o'clock tomorrow
morning. The Lebanon House Is
crowded with anxious inquirers, and the
excitement Is great.
[THIRD DIsPATCH.l
SYMPTOMS GROWING UNDERSTANDING FAST.
& CrNCrNNATT, June 1G-Mldnight
A dispatch TO the Gazette, dated 1l:49,
says: The symptoms are growing more
unfavorable; pulse about 100. The sur.
geons do not appear hopeful, though they
are retiCent.
A dispatch received at II o'clock says
he Is suffering no pain. II
CINCINNATI, June 17-1:3O A. M.
Dispatches from vallandigham state
that his hands and feet are growing cold
lie vomits often,,bu throws up no blood.
DR.. Drake says he Is sinking fast. Pulse
still rising.
lIOURTn DisPArCH
INTERNAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WITH Its SON.
CINCINNATI, June l7-8A.M
A special to the Gazette, dated Q II. NJ,
says Dr. Reeves had arrived from Day.
ton, and pronounced the wound Of the
most serious character. Vallandigham's
surgeons and friend from Loveland are
now with him. No others are admitted.
About midnight DR.. Scoville asked him
II lie was aware Of Ills condition.
lie replied, yes, He has thus far shown
no alarm. There seems now no doubt Of
internal hemorrhage. Mr.. Vallandig.
hams son Charles arrived with DR.. Reeves
at n quarter past Que o'clock. The father
hnd an interview with the son, and told
him to lie good boy, and gave him di-
reciions about dispatching to his mother.