The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-11-14

GOVERNOR HAMPTON SERIOUSLY IN
JCRED WHILE HUNTING.


While hunting deer with party 0
friends in the lower portion Of this coun
y yesterday, the mule that Govcrno
Hampton WAS riding became frightene,
and tho h.ille breaking, lie Ga:2rHo
lcarcd from the saddle, receiving sever,
injuries in his fall. His right leg wa
niohcn III imv place, below the knee viii
the bones protruding, and the ankle alsc
is badly injured.
He WAS brought TO Columbia thi
morning and is now lying at home Til,
prospect is that he will be confined to hi
bed for long period
LATER.
The following particulars in relation t.
The serious accident which bclcll Cover
nor Hampton yesterday were obtainct
from Il member Of his family, and will bt
read with painful interest.
The Governor left Columbia on
Wednesday afternoon on his way to meet
a party of gentlemen who had arranged
for q deer hunt in the Waterec swami,
next day, and had invited him to be
present. Spending the night at the
residence of Nj. Spcigncr, few miles
distant from the appointed rendezvous,
Governor Hampton. next morning,
Thursday exchanged his horse for a
young half-brokcn mule, and proceeded
alone towards the place where he expect
ed TO join the other members of his
party. Just before reaching there, how
ever, the pack Of hounds, already on
hot scent, passed within hearing, and the
Governor leaving the road followed them
until he obtained shot at the flying
deer. Soon after this, finding himself
involved in he thick underground of the
swamp, he leaned forward and threw his
bride rcins over snail limb prelimina-
ry to dismounting. At this critical mo-
ment, however, the miserable beast
which he bcstrode suddenly succeeded in
releasing the reins from the bough and
dashed off through the woods. Being
unable to recover the rcins as quickly as
was necessary to assure himself against
certain injury from violent contact with
the trunks or the overhanging limbs of
the trees, Governor Hampton instantly
sprang from his saddle to the ground,
alighting upon his feet, but, unfortunate
ly, with 50 much violcncc-his weight
too falling mainly upon the right foot
that both the bones Of the right leg we're
fractured just above the ankle, anu he
joint itself dislocatcd.
Finding himself suddenly disabled
and left alone in the depth of the swamp.
the mule too having disappeared on the
instant, and so deprived him Of tn, only
means of seeking assistance, The Cover
noT had recourse to his hunting horn,
and the gun which he hal retained in
his hand, and employed them for nearly
two long hours in the seemingly hope
less effort to summon the help which he
so sorely needed. The direction Of the
chase had, indeed, led the other gentle
men engaged in its pursuit to wthin
hearing Of his signals, but these very
common sounds naturally enough failed
to attract attention, until the frequency
of the reports Of the gun in such an un-
usual quarter led Col. Thomas Taylor 20
send a colored man to inquire into the
matter. This most providential messen-
ger soon discovered the Governor lying
on the ground in the condition described
and suffering great pain, and quickly led
the party tc his side.
The trifling circumstance deserves to
be noted in this connection that after
first administering to his immediate
wants, his sympathizing friends quickly
observed that the sufferer, with charac-
teristic :oolness and nerve, had utilized
the time and ammunition employed in his
hours of signaling and suffering by
firing at q distant mark, which mark, it
was next ascertained, was fairiy riiiicd
with balls; or as one of them afterwards
amazedly declared, she had hit the bulls
eye every timep'
1t was Low nearly 6 o'clock in the
afternoon; the accident had occurred
about 4 o'clock ; but before removal
could be effected it was found necessary
to cul rough road through the swamp
in order to allow the passage Of the
spring wagon, which had been meantime
procured, furnished with mattress, and
brought to the nearest point of the road.
This labor accomplished at last the
party started to Columbia, sixteen miles
distant, and reached .he Governors home
q little before midnight. Medical assist
ance had been summoned, and DIR. B. w.
Taylor dressed the injury temporarily.
1t was found that the small bone of the
right leg was broken about six inches
above the ankle that The larger bone
had been completely severed just above
its terminus at the ankle joint, and that
the upper end Of the lower section had
swerved from its place, and penetrating
the surrounding flesh protruded into
plain view. This protrusion of the bone
had caused considerable loss of blood
The Governor was now left to the care
of his family and friends for the night.
AT an early hour this morning Drs.
Taylor. Trezevant and Te;ley, ~;.h .he
necessary apparatus, reduced the dislo-
cation of the ankle. a great deal OF
force was requisite. the operation being