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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 93, 25 September 1863, Page 6 (Supplement)

Wounds in Battle. — Accounts from Vicksburg say the proportion of fatai wounds received at that place by our soldiers is enormously large, ih consequence of the use by the rebels of *' miniature shells " in lieu of bullets, which explode when striking the object. Is it probable this deadly missile is made within the limits of the Confederacy!— -New York Paptr. An* Appropriate Text. — The Springfield Bepublican (U.S.) tells a good story of a clergyman who lost his horse on a Saturday evening. After searching in company with a boy until midnight, he gave up in despair. The next day, somewhat dejected by his loss, he went into the pulpit, and took for his text the following passage from Job. " Oh, that I knew where I might find him !" The boy, who had just come in, supposing tbe horse was still the burden of thought, cried out, "* I know where he is, he's in Deacon Smith's barn !"