Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-06-27
BOSTON, June Is.

.1', '' nc tstIhNy ~ ~ ofyl(N, 10 as /?Se3td
m his city, G4ted,jlae l6, 1904.
=" On Monday last, between he hours Of
eleven and twelve A. NJ. we experienced
( small shower, accompanied with consi-
dera5ie thunder and lightning. Previous
10 the shower, when the clouds had not
much collected, and the thunder rolled on.
~ at distance, we we're alarmed with
sudden and tremendous peal, which seem
ed to burst upon The house over our heads.
Most oil the family were extremely agi
taIed, and my little daughter was faintin,r.
{ Atter attending TO her few minutes, I
went out, expecting to discover some eff
iects OF the lightning. examined the
house and cut buildings, but made no dis
covery. Soon, however, cast my eve 10.
wards The little thicket of houses near the
meeting house, where observed collec.
: ton OF people, in apparent commotion.-
Apprehensive that some person might be
! Injured, but unwilling 10 leave home, on
account OF the situation oil some OF the
! family, sent boy To make enquiry. He
returned with the information that Mr..
! Lewis Johnson was struck with lightning,
AID supposed 10 be dead. | imm diately
ran 10 the place where he was, (he dis
ta"ce being between forty and fifty rod,)
ON my arrival was told that i've was dead.
found that they had actually closed his
eyes, and as usual, were preparing to put
ona bpandagc 10 support his jaw, which was
! fallen.
They had sent for DR.. Adams, bu, he
had not arrived Recoilecilng 20 have
seen an account of the efficacy of cold wa
Ter, wien applied 10 persons apparently
Killed with ishtniog, caused similar
! application 10 be made which succeeded
! beyond my most sanguine expectations.
] a bucket OF water was thrown upon him
! ii was repeated-he soon exhibited signs
OF HE and began TO gasp. At this mo
ment the doctor arrived and opened a vein
IN his arm.-The application of cold wa.
Ter was sui continued, and not less than
SIX buckets were poured upon him
! symptoms olreturning life increased. In
about hall an hour he spoke; and i'm an
hour walked, with assistance, into the
house. Complaining OF extreme chilli
ness, he was wrapped in flannel and laid
on bed. From the moment of his re-
suscltation he was exercised with violent
pans ln his breast, back and limbs, and
particularly in his joints. These pains
continued, without intermission, during
the day aud following night. But being
again bled, and taking cooling physic, the
pans, on Tuesday morning began O abate
and have since continued gradually to de.
crease. He is now in q state Of GONZALES
cencc, though extremely feeble and not
entirely free from pain. The hair on the
backpart OF his head was considerably sing
cd, his skin in several places burnt, the
shoe on his left foot in pieces; but his
clothes received no injury.
From the facts above stated it appears
that the copious application of cold water
was the means, in the hand Of Divine Pro-
vidence' OF rrscuing Mr.. johnson from .
premature grave, restoring 10 his family
their head and support, and to society a
useful member.
June IL.
Yesterday motion was made in the
IL. of r. by Mr. ELY, of Springfield,
which he obtained leave to lay on the Ia
ble--It was preiaced with preamble of
some length, and concluded with a reso
luton to the following eff=cl-That the
Senators Of this state in the Congress of
the United States, be instructed, to pro.
pose an amendment to the Federal Con.
stitution in The second section of the first
article.
The Object of the resolution is 10 cur
tail the representation of the Southern
States for their black population.
The H. of r. of this commonwealth,
exhibited a curious spectacle on Tuesday
last. The feds appeared in a squally hui
NOR and the troops we,e placed in new
position. The chair was vacated to give
inll scope TO the loquacity of one, whose
official situation prevents him from exer-
cising his tayorite amusement of hearing
the melltfluous warbliugs of his musical
voice. lie appeared pleased with his re-
lease and rose on the question with an ex-
o'd'um highly complimentary to the vast
expectations, which he conceived the au.
dience anticipated from his rhetoric and
his profound information. The indul-
gence OF The members was very liberal on
tins occasion, for the gentleman was SUI.
tered to ramble upon almost every topic.
1t was a pasttime, in which the audience
gratlhed him with 8afyricai cornplacencv.
hesporied with the most lively adroi,ness,
on the various topics, which his playful