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South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): article 9
A wonderful discovery. --The Yankees have made the wonderful discovery that the "rebels" fill their bomb-shells with rice ! Let everybody read the following, and congratulate himself that the South Carolina staple possesses explosive qualities which played thunder with the Hessians at Bethel. The Troy (N. Y.) Times says: "Among the instruments of death fired at our forces from the enemy's rifled cannon at the battle of Great Bethel, was a large percussion shell of a new pattern, which failed to explodes, and was borne from the field by our forces as a trophy of war. It was kept for some time at Camp Hamilton, and finally sent as a present to Wm. E. Hagan, of this city. Its outside appearance has already been described in the papers. Of course, it was supposed to be filled with combustibles, and spectators gazed on it with that kind of awe inspired by chained tigers, or high-pressure steam engines. But it was determined to solve the mystery, and the shell was sent to
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ongratulate himself that the South Carolina staple possesses explosive qualities which played thunder with the Hessians at Bethel. The Troy (N. Y.) Times says: "Among the instruments of death fired at our forces from the enemy's rifled cannon at the battle of Great Bethel, was a large percussion shell of a new pattern, which failed to explodes, and was borne from the field by our forces as a trophy of war. It was kept for some time at Camp Hamilton, and finally sent as a present to Wm. E. Hagan, of this city. Its outside appearance has already been described in the papers. Of course, it was supposed to be filled with combustibles, and spectators gazed on it with that kind of awe inspired by chained tigers, or high-pressure steam engines. But it was determined to solve the mystery, and the shell was sent to the United States Arsenal, for the purpose of having a hari kari Japanese process performed upon it, and thus ascertain the contents, just as we open a book for the sam