Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-22

already been made TO test It's quantity TO leave
doubt, but that there 10 an ample supply Of water
run, 4 least, two furnaces. Arrangements will b
and il Z anticipated thsts sufficient quantity will b
maFket Is
Peri az Priaes.-yhe brig Onslow. Chaplain, ar
rived below At Now York on Tuesday, bril,rs ipfor
nation tina. the treaty between France and Hayti In.
been annulled, In consequence Of which the French
Consul, Baron, Pechon, had sailed for France Tn,
Journal Of Commerce also states that the Bahama
have bean thrown opcn to Hayden vessels, and TIA
,sovetsl bad sailed laden with cattle, &c The Brit
sfsh ftieate Mercy, the Hon. Capt. Courtney com
mepder had Just arrived, having on board the BRITISH
Consul MT, Schenley. a5
4 "a. y, u .r,A.inl s5i s------ ern
y Lord William Bentick, the brother of the Duke o.
foItiand, and Governor General of india has issuet
decree. bearing date I4th Of December, 1919, TO-
tally suppressng the practice Of Sutee or the burn
ans or burying alive Of Hindoo Widows with the DO
diea oftheir deceased husbands. The practice is de-
clared to be illegal and punishable in the Crimina
COURTS; and All persona whether natives or others
who shall connive Il or concesl such sacrifice
are also declared to be guilty Of penal offence
Al psrsous aiding or abetting in the buryg burn
lnr awe Of any ltndoo woman voluntary on her part
or not, are deemed guilty of culpaple homicide, ant
liable to- punishment by fine or imprisonment OF
both. The preamble Of this important document re-
great c0auHe feclsuR
tice among the HndoSs which had made the abolition
more acceptable The natves II is stated that the
practice il no whore enjoined by the reliRionof the
Hindnos 40 an mPeratice duty. the contrary life
% purity and retirement ON the part of the widow
s more especially and preferably inculcated and by
vast majority Of that people throughout India the
practice Is not kept up observed in some extern.
sive districts il does not exist: in those in which il
has been most frequent is notorious thatin many
Of strocy have been petpetratod which
have been shocking to the Hndoos themselves, anC
in their eyes unlawful and inhuman.
(. n EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF REsUsCrTATioN.
Effects Of Lightning Persons apparently deat
from lightning have been recovered by repeated,
throwing cold waterove the whole body. Many In
stances are recorded The Rev. Mr. Steel, of Paris
IN the stale OF New York. has lately in the newspa
pers mentioned case of this kind. lady was will
her husband in the house, and the latter was strucl
apparently dead by lightning. The lady happily re-
collected having few days BEFORE read in the news
papers Of the efficacy of cold water and h ad the pre-
eence of mind 70 make trial ofiti on the efusion
the first bucketful, he began move and on the re
petition ofa few was restored to sense g. health
If during the recovery the pulse is slow and exiremi
ties cold. bleed largely at the gentleman nov
living in Johnston county (R Golly, ESQ., was few
years ago struck down by lightning, and recovere,
by exposure 10 heavy fall of rain.
From Che StaUneeto,on (Iii.) Gazette IF .Ury /.
s 1.-THE treatment mentioned IN [ - preceding para
graph proved successful in arecent of apparen
der Storm last Saturday evening, of our citizens
= Mr.. Samuel SeatoH, coming near tree which stood
front of the house which he resided at the nstan
ofa very vivid fash of lightning which fell on tn,
treo received the whole charge in his head and body
which violently threw him to the ground and deprived
him of all Appearance of life Dr. james Reid being
called in, restored animation about 80 or 40 minutes
by plentiful illusions of cold water the breast anc
face, mot wishing to lose time in stripping the body
succeeded by bleeding
This case being perhaps in its violence, equal tc
any onrecord we have thought it important TO stat,
some of the particulars, matter of public interest
There must have been great accumulation of 'h,
electric fluid, as in entering his body il tore h
coat fmade of lntsey) vest and shirt into rents the
breadth of his shoulders, both across and along his
body burned his car singed the hair the side Of his
head, aad, descending in stream of to 5 nche.
broad crossed his breast then descending TO the ons
divided, and passed down both eXtremtfes. and out
through his shoes, perforatng them with holes as
though buck shot had been forced through them:-Ir
some places breaking the skins and scorching it in il,
whole course, as to give the appearance OF ex
tensivs burn.
We are happy 10 say Mr.. Seaton is in faiI way o
doing we'll though still feeble No injury appears tc
suffered much pan-the only organs evidently affcc
ted were the kidneys, which have been unusually
cited, and there have been some slight discharges
blood from the bladder and lungs.
Fresh Waiey fyop, Sah-Josah Foster of Brow
ster, Mass has invented and made a Distilometer
for the purpose of extracting fresh water from
water, and brought it to such perfection, that by
very simple process, and triAing expense, gooC
water as palatable and soft spring water. can bt
procured. Vessels with the use of the Disliometer
can obtain two quarts of good fresh water per hou
with but little more trouble than to draw it from thei
water. casks. The apparatus is compressed into
email compass. which renders portable and but lit
tie in tho way when in use. Pure water can be OBJ
tanned bythis Instrument from almost any liquid
g
Margarine, published in Boston, relates severn
successful experiments made with apparatus late
Iy constructed aud present under the superinten
dance of Mr. j. West of Boston, for the purpose o
boring the earth for water II says that an expert
ment was made at Water.own, in that State, b,