The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-02-18
mo. 90,
PHENOMENON.
From Tic .8lbQny Dniiy .1orertl

town of Warren, llrrkimer county. N T.
about 60 miles west of Albany, | / miles
south Of The canal, aud II half n mile notih
o, the tlIird great western turnpike road, Il
u small spring or run of water, which, to
all appearance, never alters In quantity, si-
thcr m wet weather or IN dry. The water
IA perfectly soft, and is considered The beat
IN the region.
Now 10 the PHENOMENON - Always, in
variably, helorc n northeast storm, this
spring becomes tutbd. The muddincss
commences about "a hours before the
storm, aud continues from 4 To 10 hour,
according To the power Of the storm which
is coming this invariably takes place pre-
yious 10 the northeast storm, ansl AT no o..
Their time. Previous 10 nnderate storm,
however, this muddincss OF The water does
not continue more than two hours, and
then runs clear again There can bee no
possible error IN this statement. Tile wa
ter II now conducted IN aquedncia, and the
spring IL covered, SO that no possible ex-
ternal cause could produce this effect. [
have now stated facts as they are.--Thc
respectable aged people who have used the
waters OF The spring more than 20 years,
tell me that they can predict northeast
storm as certainly as they can the rising
or setting of the sun aud that when the
weather Is perfectly mild, and the wind
IN the south or IN the west, and no percep-
iible signs of any storm at hand, still, if
their spring becomes m,iddy, they arc SIRE
that notheast storm will commence with
IN twenty four hours.
This spring Is situated at the north foot
OF a small hill, which IL the most north
weHdly spur Of that range Of hills whose
waters feed the Susquehauna. This hill
appears 10 be composed of ebay and sshist.
and the spring pours out It's water near ~
north foot, about two rods above the plane.
where the limcstone region conimences..-
This water flows to. the Snsqnellannah al
though, in direct line, ii Is within o or 10
miles Of the Mohawk river.
| Whether this does or does not favor
Captain Symnes's theory Of the earth, I
shall not attempt 10 decide but having
stated Facts as they ar', shall leave tleig
causes TO be- decided by meu who know
more about subjects Of tins nature than
In Unfeoraed TiareVer.
| The i'll fitted Lopus~-A young lady ha.
wing met with opposition FROM her friend.
~ an attachment which She bad conceived
for Captain Charles Ross, followed hin, 10
America, dressed in mems clothes, and nj
ter se1reh and fatigue, which scarcely anu
OF her sex could have undergone, she l,,u,,,
him in the woods, lying for dead, with a.
wound he had received from poisoned ar
row, IN u skirmish with the Indians. NJ, I.
wing acquired some knowledge of surgcvy
she saved his life by sucking the wound
and nursing him for spaceofsix weeks
during which time she remained unkuow,
To him, having dyed herskin. The captai,
recovering, they removed to philadeipbia,
where, ms soon rs she had found clergy.
man to unite them, she appeared as her.
sell, and the priest accompanying her, she
was Immediately marriad to the man for
whom she bad made every sacrifice, ana
whose life she had preserved. For fo,,t.
years they enjoyed a state Of happinrr.-
that could only be interrupted by their de-.
clni0g health ; the fatigue she had ,nJc,..
gone, and the poison not being properly cx-
PEELED which she had inlbibed from ,h..
wound, undermined her constitution. Tb,~
knowledge Of this circumstance, and the.
piercing regret Of having been the occn-.
sion, affected captain Ross 80 much, tbnt-
he died of a broken heart nj Johns Town.
His faithful partner lived 10 return TO En-
Gland where she died in consequence os-
her grief and affection in the following wear
nj the age of &c