Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-02-09

within six months.
a SINGULAR CASE. About nine years age
Mr.. ulius Condry, of Chesterfield, Va, was
shot at the battle of Hatcher Run, uear Pc
tersburg. The ball, striking him behind the
left ear, entered on the lower edge Of the mas
told process, and passing in front OF the cerv
cal vcrtebre detached eight small pieces OIL
bone; then glancing to the left, passed through
the fauclal region Tor upper part OF the throat
and behind the right tousl gland, and lodged
under the lower jaw bone uear the submaxllIary
| glapd, producing tumor which could be both
seen and felt externally.
Recently, from some cause unknown to the
writer, but traccabe, perhaps, to some occul,
| power of the Wis medlcatrlX natural eXerted IN
| order to get rid OF eXtraneous matter, the ball
| commenced retracing its course by pressure on
the side of the more yielding tissue, thereby
causing Lucrative absorption, and soon appear
ed behind the right tonsil gland, whence il was
easily dislodged.
The suppuration attending this retrogradc
movement of the ball caused much inconveni-
ence to the sufferer, but that disappeared after
the foreign body was removed. The most per-
mauent injury inflicted by it is the loss of hex-
| lie and rotary movements OF the head. lie can
not look behind him without turning his body.
What Is exceedingly remarkable IN this case,
aud gives it so much interest, is that so large
and rough a missile as an eight ounce Mimic
ball should plough through such vital parts,
decorating and confusing the feshy structures,
knocking to pieces the bones Of the neck, pro-
ducing commiuutcd fractures, wounding and
iujuring perhaps the very axis upon which the
Uranium rests and turns, and that he should
then survive such terrible shock to the ami
NAL economy -Rich Dtputch.
AN OH SOLDIERS INDIAN Policy. Gen.
Harvey, whose name exercised such whole
some terror over the hostile Indians score of
years ago, but who has been retired from ac-
tive service for the last ten or twelve years, has
been before the House Com -nittce on Military
Affairs, and was asked to give his views 10 ref
erence to Indian matters He gave it as his
opinion that if the Indians were treated fairly
there would never be any difficulties with them
he had known but two instances in which they
had ever violated treaty stipulatons, and in
these two instances the Indians were 10 be ex-
cused. for the treaties had grown old before
they were sought to be enforced by the govern
ment, and the chiefs and head men who had
luade them we're all dead. The troubles with
Indians were principally caused by fraudulent
agents and by whiskey dealers. He had never
known an Indian ageut who had not grown rich
In Office, except one. On being asked how the
wh;skey sellers could sc suppressed,h ne answered
without hesitation that they should he hanged
or shot by the nearest military officer. He
woul have the officer take that responsibility
He was decidedly of the opinion that the man
agement of the Indians would be much more
effectively and honestly conducted by army
officers than by civilians, unless army officers
had changed very much since he knew them.
A CoLoRED JURY. y dispatch from Char
lesion, S. e., says 1.-The trial OF James and
B. j. Deefus. for the murder Of Harry West,
in July last, was closed late last hight with
verdict Of gully of murder in the case of the
former, and of uanslaughter in the case of the
latter. All the parties were young white men,
respectfully connected. The accused " ere de-
Tended by three leading lawyers, aud prescott
ed by the Attorney General Of the State A
peculiar feature of the trial was the selection
by the prisoners counsel of black jury, COM
posed exclusively OF BLACK men Of the most ig-
norant and uneducated class; the REASON assign,
ed being that these would be free from the pre-
JUDGES caused by newspaper reports of the
atrocous circumstances of the murder. The
jury were out three hours, The defence has
moved for new trial.