Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-11-27

iac sill house OF air. Samrei Sioncr, was demo
hshed and laid level with the ground and II Wagon
OF his carried across II largo field.
The extent of the damage done is not known, bu,
IN ITS course, fences. fruit and forest trees had 10
yield TO ITS powcr.-Fences have been swept away SO
eheciualy that not bottom rail left in its proper
posit,on--iruii trees have been up by the root
and forest trees broken off like pipe stem.
Part OF tho roof of Mr.. David Gardeners house was
carried away To distance where thcy have not been
able 10 find IL. Mrs Gardner was alone with her
children when she found the house giving way. she
TOOK hor children TO seek refuge with her neighbors
bu! q place of safety could NOT be found with her
nciShbors, and she WAS exposed TO The pelnss of
the piiess storm sending forth fragments of timber
rails. leaves, NC. with the velocity of hunterbolts
Tins lady having from her situation opportunity
at observing the nature of the tempest she describes
II as descending from above in II cylindrical form
producing continual wind.
The roof of the krcuiz creek church (Which is n
large stone huilding) entirely blown OF an, the
organ, fitted up in the church, materially i'm
lurct MS to authorize the fear that the most thorough
repair viii he necessary. The church consider
ably injured in other respects
In addition 20 these particulars we learn that the
most destructive havoc was experienced among the
timber, an; fruit trees The largest trees were torn
up 10y the roots twisted of; and the orchards in
the neishhorhood were greatly injured, and some ut
tcrly prosrated. The furious ruin rolled over them
and lcvclled them with the earth
The inccssant rains which fell, in the course of
TINS stormy night, and on the day previous, produced
rapu rise IN the Codorus creek, which passes thro
this town. Its banks overlown /: and the rar-
dens OF some of citizens of the bridge, were
inundated 1t in fact began assume an alarming
appearance and the melancholy incidents attendant
on the flood of the 9th of August 1917 were brought
vvidiy TO the recollection of the inhabitants The
waters, however, subsidized, without injury, and with
'hem, The unpleasant ancipatons to which they gave
occasion.
| Since writing the above we have heard that the
storm has been felt in its march through Windsor,
ana Hopewell townships, in this county, aud in Hart
same desoiat'on into those parts, in the settlement
oil hreutz creek, we unable 10 saw We have
not heard olany lives heins lost.
Furious Uses and Advantages ofthe Neo Acii of VooS-
No modern discovery of chemical improvement, connected
wn inc aTts life, ever promed perhaps, many adj
vantngcs demonsraby serviceable mankind rs the
curing of the acd frood pyrognous acid and its an.
stances while il has proved not less extensively employed
IN The manufacture of sugar oflea Of barking other
purposes IL is ascertaned by experience that this
acre. properly applied, the efficient OF
that has hcsS from by S,nospere ar
to NJ MopTe and his experiments have been
| tor foreign service. r
eosh'ed from the earliest times but the principle upon
wnich was effected renamed in doubt, and had been
le enquiry mt rest The exposure Of animal food design
ca Tor preservation TO the influence smoke fire. (Which
perry Is now found and condensed in liquid FORM by
charrg wood in close vessels, the whereof mprc-
water with its properties, and by evaporation and
stlaIion this valuable acid obtained volatile ole
lam, wn' contains the smoky Tor ansepc) quality may
ne rad oil when desirable by the lime where
~ tue ar-ihe substance also prscipated and toerabiy
clean acid i obtained in the supcra,ant lui Eyanor-
| ton renders IL marketable.
me meats TO he sailed in the usual manner brit only
quart of The brine in which hams tongues &c are pickcd
the Sat wil strike readily and its antiscpc
viii thereby be greatly aided. Each piece or Joint when
Grained IS then TO be Immersed completely in the acid for
nan minute or minute or il washed over with
brush resembling painters tool; former for long
! H''itT lot less umc---aS three
months. Sides of bacon, large pieces of beef and large
s as am"n cod ling, &c. very eligible articles OF
store which may be thus treated; the fish require no
s they may be previously washed in clean water onl
ana Wipeu dry, and the brush applied above All SUCH
provisions acquire smoky resembling precisely wilt,
ha hi,sre bac9n or moketried salmon; and never
orJ @ 'u ,houeh hung up IN unavourabe situations
ana bearing damp cellar West India voyage equally
un9hected by either circumstance.
The advantages thus obtained are numerous Sn is saw
e 10 Tue amount OF one half; the time occupied the opera
ing and smoking the same quantity Of acid scrycs for .
great many pieces OF meats and whenits powers are diss
necessarily disengage itself it becomes proper adenlum
70 tc pickle ot the harness tub before directed Meats
they also nutritious Than those cured by warm
o"one' 'ccornnS To the old practices i'm fine-expene,
trouble tne and better article, the advantages held
out by the new acid.
pushed 10 its extent by DrJorg Prusan with only
experiments being confined various applications of the
VhegH ana on OF wood as he terms it, lie has preserved
years y smearng pieces OF Ge aeadY a nd,
vaced in decay, with the oil acid ey soon became ry
ana sound ne superior knowledge Of the Egyptians
raea blush in the professors modern science Tor
traveller OF the present period I Belzon came In con-
@ with many hundreds OF bodies which had ceased TO be
animated at least 5000 years fact which proves that f
ny qua not possess the Of obtaining this particular
ac they ut least practsed ingenious method of
reung the progress of decay in animal NATTER which
we Hnow no more than we do OF their language.
Probably the information will acceptable 10 many who
may be induced to their smoke and extrart tie
h several modes of cleansing the from its remanin
ehpyreuinatic favour are within reach Mr. Stoitze an
io % OF al.s' succeeded by heating twh ulphuric
cd, luaganese and salt and afterwards dstr
H. but The mpregnaoD Of supluric ncid raises some oil
20 ne use OF the vinegar which is afterwards pro-
uuCeu DN TINS means; and the adoption charcoal as fill
ire answers every purpose without leading 10 any objection
whatever. - '
ALEXANDRIA, November 2i~-A rather sinrnIar bo,x
was on Saturday last played upon citizens. IL was an.
ounce by public notice i'll the Alexandria Gazette that
AZ Lorenzo Der, would preach 3o'clock r.
W. ON that afternoons in the considerable
cohcoure OF people collected including number nj
respeciabe females whose curiosity think was greater
h her prudence Three o'clock some IIneasi-
ness itself at the nOn-appearance Lorenzo
dnOihei hour rolled away-sti he came notond t,c az,
homes. - ' ''0' W "1"
Among the visitors we are told was worthy oil ,or,,
'u WhD after rudging nearly mile with his nsalm tonL
PossDy with the intention of officiating clerk 10 The
e arrived barely in time witness the dispersal of the
uutuue, ana TO join with them in hearty laupb
ny some accounts Lorenzo Dow, four weeks since
was preaching in the island Of Nantucket
we understand theauhor of this preaching hoax has since
Oceh discovered, and charged with the crime of foygeyn
Herald.
DETROIT, November 2.--on Monday last VIC received
tr from the Secretary Of the Sciawassa ExpIurnp Conn
ce, haed q miles the Sagana River 22d October
nc etter says" From Doct. Thompson's in Oakland we
Wen 10 the north, for the purpose of striking the Flint
II thirty miles above La Grand Traverse we arc grca.
,aPPonled IN finding the country travelled over so