Spirit Of Jefferson

Copper Balls.—The Mexicans use 'copper grape,' and it is represented as being most poisonous. They are made rough, and left to accumulate verdigris, and other noxious coatings peculiar to copper, and when they wound, they are almost always fatal. We are not informed, says the New Orleans Tropic, whether the Mexicans use copper because of its poisonous qualities, or because they have no lead. We see it stated, however, that but few of those that have been wounded by balls in the American army stand any chance of recovery, as the great heat, and mortification caused by the nature of the balls, is rapidly carrying them off, as was the case with the lamented Major Brown.