The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-09-26
How BULLETS FEEL.
Interviews With Wounded Senators
4.d Members of Conprass.

nc Members of Congress.
"Tlf severest pain l ever exper.
iencet7 'n BATTLE" said Senator Cock
relis #nu WAS wounded three times,
"waskAnsed by a bullet that did moi
hit % Al all. / was riding at the
head my regiment when il passed
undefniy chin with deviIish whi4-
tie anu slash like sabre stroke. II
stun PIE like red hot iron and !
moo ~ 1t had cut my throat. hut on
puJtttlk up my hand IL only caught a
lot ot'MhiskeIs that had been cut of.
Tnere was no blood and no harm. 1
was Hnpt through the arm aud both
legs \ he same battle. breaking the
qonfs aut none .of these clips hnr,
shlIs sasssh as the bullet that 80
moi bic me. In fact, while MY g9I
ley became suddenly benumed. did
not suspect till half an hour after
ward that bullet had gone through
my left leg, too. The boys discovered
1t when tney were carrying me off
1t had not panied me in the least. |
didn't know it was touched"
Senator Manderson was severely
wounded several times. "HOw much
it hurts depends on where you are
hit" he said. Il was on horseback
when L was struck at Loveioy's Sta
ti0n, and fer some minutes it felt ns
ii Il charge of red hot Goals had been
shot into me, for it struck the vital
centre. the spine. Presently | began
to feel benumnrd in my extremities,
aud the men carried me- off on their
guns. But one OF my mrn had fin
ger shot of AMI ddu't know 1t. lie
was living in his tent pointing up AT
something when Il c0mrade said :
Look at your finger, Joe; wnat'-
The tnatter?"
"HeIl0!" suddenly exclaimed the
late owner of that member, "some.
body must have shot it off,"
In reply to question, Senator
ManderSoD said:
Manifestations of extreme fear
in battle were not common. L think
the soldier generally feels that he
personally is in the charmed zone o
Safetv-that his body is where bullet,
do not come, hut that if he were tC
move much either way he would gel
into danger. L never could get rid o
that notion.
"l>3aw the first meeting after the
war between general Wheeler, M. G..
of Alabama, and Mi. Powell. Di
rector ofthe United States Geological
Survey, who had noted artillery
duel at Meriden, Miss. some year,
earlier.
"'YOu are not a large man, Gen
eral,' said Maj. Powell. surveying
his former antagonist of i've feet six
"'No, nature was not very gener
Gus in my case.' said the ex-Confed
crate.
"'But l have stood opposite t.
you.' said Maj. Powell. when
thought you must be at least seven
teen feet high. For just as 1 got my
batteries wheeled up on the hill tina
commanded your position one of you
solid shot howIed close by my sid,
and went through three OF my men
killing them in their tracks. 1t wa
a terrible sight. L ultimately drov'
you off. but the work of that cannon
ball haunted me lon.."'
Maj. Powell and Gen. Hooker. M
c.. of Mississippi, faced each othel
at Vicsburg. and both came out o
the war minus an arm-HOOker hay
ing lost his left and Powell his right
Now they are good friends and 70
some years they have exchanged
gloves, each, on buying gloves. pre-
senting to the other the superhuou
glove of the absent hand. In thi
way each has twice AS many glove
as he buys. 1t is pathetic recipro
eity.
Gen. D. B. Henderson. the hand
some Scotch Representative. lost ;
leg at COrinth, but he handles an ar
titicial limb so well that few CUES
his injury. Joe Cannon Was tn
champion Congressional dancer
when Henderson first came up from
Iowa, and he had everything hi
own way at the National. Joe hat
seen him on crutches and was sorr!
for him, hut when David came bow
ing into the ball room one nigh
without any support but his tW,
very agile feet. and sci, cted one O
Cann0n's favOrite partners for tn
mazy lahyrinths of the german, tn
giddy waltzer from Dahvil!e leanCC
against The do0r-post paralyzed ant
let his little finger wander helplessl.
down the seam of his pants. Tia
more or less dijointed David wa