The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-19
The .foLisaving tale Is sosrsty efibe /aperRis;on
offbe letb century, aOben switches, devIJ and
bo4go5fa5 svers the order Of tie day.
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ErrKAosDrsAxY PHzsoMrSoN.


ErrRAosprNARY PHsNoMrNoN.
The following accoun, of an extraordinary phenonie-
non, that appcased to number of people in the
county of Rutherford, State of North Carolina,
was made the 7th Of Augua 1906, in prelence of
David Dickie, Eiq. Of the county and fate afore-
faid, Jede Anderion aud the Rev. George Newton,
Of the county Of Buncomoe, aad Miis Betfey
Newton of the Rate of Georgia, who unanimously
agreed, with the content of the rclasers, that MIR.
Newton, ihould communicate it to Mr.. J. Gales,
Editor Of the Raleigh Regi1er and State Ga
zette.
Patfey Reave., widow woman, who lives near
the Appalachian Mountain, declared, that on the SIN
dag OF Tuiy lat, about o'clock p. NJ her daugh,er
Elizabeth, about eight years old was in the Cotton
field, about 10 poles from the dwelling houfe, which
ifands by computation, furlongs from the Chimney
Mountain, and thar Elizabeth told her brother Nor
gan. aged IL wears, that there the
. mountain. Morgan was incredulous at fri but the
little grl affirmed It. and faid he iaw him rolling
rocks Kicking up Kicks, adding that ihe iaw heap
of people. Morgan then went the place where
lhe was and calling out, faid that he faw thoufand
thoafand things flying in ehe air. On whish
Polly, daughter of Mrs. Reaves, aged Ia years, and
negro woman, ran to the children, and called to
Mrs. Reaves and fee what Eight yonder
was Mrs. Reaves fay., ihe about poles to-
wards them and, without any feniibe alarm fright,
fhe turned towards the Chimney Mountain, aid diff
covered very numerous croud of beings refembling
the human pecies; but could not dilcern any parti-
cular members of the human body, diiintfion of
feKes that they of every ize, from the tallef
men down to the Leaf infants that there more
Of the inal than of the full grown that they were
all clad with brilliant white rament, but could not
defcribe any form of their raiment; tina, they APP
peared rife off the de of mountain outh of faid
rock and about as high that comfortable part of
the mountains top was vi!be above this filming hon,
THAI they moved in norhcr direction and collected
about the top of the Chimney rock. When all but
r-aceu iau rock, two iecraed TO riie toge-
Their, and behind them about two feet, third role.
'Fheie three moved with great agility towards the
croud, and had the ncaretf resemblance to men of a.
ny before feen. While beholdng thofe three, her
eyes were attracted b. three riiing nearly from
the fame place, and moving fNiftly in the fame order
and direction. After thele, feYeral others role and
went towards the rock.
During this view, which all the spectators thought
lated upwards OF an hour, ihe ient for Mr.. Robert
Serey, who did not firlt on fecond meIage
fent oout fifteen minutes after the irt, Mr.. Siercy
csa and being now before u.s. he gives the follow
ing relation, to the fubaance of which Mrs Reaves
agrees. -.
Mr. Storey faid when he coming, he expect
ed fee nothing extraordinary, and when come be-
ing aiked if he faw thofe people on the mountain, he
aniwsred no; but on looking iecond time he fad
he iaw glittering white appearances Of human
kind than he had leen of at any general re-
view that they Of all Gzes from tina, ofmen to
infants; that they moved in throngs round large
rock, not far from the chimney rock they were a.
bout the height of the chimney rock and moved in
femi-crcular courle between him and the rock, and
10 psiled along in fouthern courfe between him &
the mountain, 10 the place where Mrs. Reavos faid
they rofe and that of full ize before the
general croud about the fpaee of 90 yards; and a.
they respectively came to this place, they vanhsd
out Of fight, leaving folemn * peafing impretIion
the mind, accompanied with dininution of boz
Oily ftrength.
Wiietner the ABOVE be accountable on phiIofophi-
cal principles, whether it bs prelude the def
eene of the Holy City, leave 20 the mpartally Gu
rious to Judge. GEORGE NEWTON
p. S. The above fubicriber has been informed,
that the fame evening" and about the fame time
which the above phenomenon appeared, there was
feen, by gentleman of character, who feveraI
miles diaant from the place. bright Rainbow, ap-
parently the Sum- then in the Welt, where there
appearance of either clouds rain; but a
haze in the atmosphere. The public therefore at
liberty to judge, whether the phenomenon had any
thing Supernatural in it, or whether it fome un-
ufua exhalation motif vapor from the iide of the
mountain, which exhibited uch an mutual Rain Bo w.
G. N.