Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-08-05

pm Tie most simpniied beauty aud or.Ier-tl,,, q,
most violent commissions OF matter are led, hare.
Hess, by the gentlest MEANS and that the mos, :;
| saua.e diseases are effectuaily coun,eracteJ nm
!Parahzeu oy the simplest methods and 7 have
mo doubt that there il remedy for everv d.
IN the natural garden Of the vege table iamv
hno"iedge OF It's attainment could be realized Eo,
instance what is more simple than the Frark,ir
nou' "hich leads the lightning at will and wlic,
mas, through the great instrumentali,v nj H.; nh;,o
fsophc discoveries, sared thous,pds Oh pmI
nave iaiien victims to its instantaneous ,lestruc
, VI as 10 ine vegetable ausion the more recen,
winch promises. in its efficacy and sim
p ppnrauon' TO arrest the hitherto inc,irable af
eon oi pulmonary disorders, in the gentle usc ol
the Lireytcort?'-God is mioht, i. II, -,
anu oi'en works by means the mos. upe vnectel anil
astonishing TO the finite capacities of man g Ua
1nks not as man thinks y; nor in the fuliiment Of
o 80 oi,rensa'ions, does lie 10 as man might
sometimes think he would do.
Inc circumstance 10 which 7 bav. alluded
"''spired on shop Of Mr.. Solomon s. RIes a
ct ',"Ner' ia t.ie aforementioned neigl,bourhooI
On ouse was to'erably long say, perhaps, 25 or
~ ,1e,' oy It's nan, and covered with pine slabs
ALTERS are OF oak and cedar. a cedar and oa,en
reiter are joined at top, cedar-p;ece g ~, o.Lan
pccc hakihg one rafter and ia putting them nm.
e ceoar ana oaken parts of the rafters arr, nlaced
ateih '.e'y on each ofthe sides of the framinu.-
SIT. my" .ne hshtning struck, it commenced at the
:oueerh extremity OF the building and in everv
instance shivered' the oaken parts Of Inc raftsrs
CIV u'u uo' so much as leave sign of its touel, up
ON inc cedar There is no argument Of the exist-
ence any thing strong as the force of the i1en
ui,ea iact. ihe.e remarks are made upon the snot
win the TACT before the writer IL is true AMI no.
Is as'onished as hebeholdsit! The eIecfr;c 6,,;d
actually skipped over every raf:er Of cedar and
rem IN spinters every one that was of oak and
a''no Inc cedar and oaken rafiers were nn;ieJ ,o'
gether at the top, yet, wonderful to tell, even tho
IRON appeared to lose its attractive ulaItv and the
cedar was left untouched, the fluid seeming 70 o.
wade me cedar, and spent the whole of its violence
upon me oaken raiters, spiintering them on one
side ana the other, throughout the length of The
ouiiung.-fhere could not be a stronger eviJence
o. a repeiiant power, than has been manifested IN
tiiiS event; and upon reflection, never knew, nor
40 remeinberever to have heard of a cedar helm,
struck Dy hshtning-and the o.destinhobt,n,s =,
my acquaintance also attest the same. Nov who
ther there be any method by which exper;men,
may he made, 10 test the qualities of the dasren,
woods and thereby ascertain the attractive move
/ oil the one and the repellant power of the o,ber
rests with those who better versed in the nr,c
ic'' requirements OF such usefu! exercises than
your, respectfully, o5c,lien, servant. Cs.,.ss
I " Inc Experiment might easily be made with
the Eiectrifyng Machine.-Eu
,i ne percussion was extremely severe Tie vein
oil the Hash exte ndng mile or two and killin,y =
youth, the son ofMr. Wiley Brown, and At shc