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A nail in the brain.

--Geoffrey J. Levaile, who was shot in a fight with T. B. Kershaw, at Petersburg, Va., died on the 12th instant. The wound was inflicted on the 15th of October, and the pistol was charged with a horse-shoe nail. The nail was found in his brain, where it has been for nearly a month.

The Daily Dispatch: November 14, 1860. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. November 14, 1860. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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