Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-09-07

From he NoAuihe Btnner, August %.
We publish . day. from the Lebanon ChnnicIe.
some further dc'rls Of the "Shower OF BlucI" which
iei' ~ wilson county. Our readers may resi- assur.
cd " re Facts slated. however we are unable 10 &c.
count iur them. A scientific gentleman of this CITY
leiI here ON Saturday, on q visit 10 the scene of this
phenonenon' for the purI Ise Of gathering farther
PARTICULARS.
From The LBanon CRronicle.
ihe IoIiowIng communication is from too respec.
table a source 10 question ~ vcracity; we therefore
give placciio IT,. We will odd thai We hive exi.
dences cd the fact, that tho subsiancs mentioned in
the Communication did fall from the HEAVIER, ia n
shower that no man la his senses Gun doubt upon
lhe m'nd Oi any one who saw IL that il had fallen.
We have seen and examined 'hci subsilrce-what
u ~ We do not pre- end TO conjecture; but il looks
like puidid IL 'h. or n bloody gluIinous matter con.
crc'ed' ana SMELLS very nauseous. IL is indeed q
miraculous occurrence, but not stranger Ilsu true.
Srorcs ofmcn Of unimpeachable ycInciIy will res,i.
~ iD"he fact Of the subs rlnce being found as des-
crIted IN the following communication. md mime
who have seen the place and learned the circum.
.iance' pretend 10 ucslio0 It's having fallen fcom
tho heavens.
For THE CHRONICLE.
Mr. Editor: II is with some degree of d~ifiIence
submit 10 the task Of making The followiug com.
hunicaiion To The public through yor- paper; being
Wen aware that, from The noycliy and sirInccness
oi Tho occurrence which 7 shall relate, shall snb.
Jeci mysoiI TO the incredibly Of tho public. But re-
'he hcis ran be aitesicd by a number Of Witnesses
~ 'he hr"t responsibility. | feel unidentified in ina.
king the statement. The facts are as fDlloys:
On Saturday last u young man brouVh, 90 NV oc
nee snall piece Of tobacco leaf with on applrent
dropoi eoagnllied hCod upon il, md requested nm
analysis OF i-Iiaiing that The snis' ,pco M m tho
Icai hal fallen ,n'n IA cloud in The heavens. This
eieited my curiosity and led me to mako particular
nrlnry relative 10 this s,.ange phenomenon. las
cell lffIgl Ibnf NJ 1 NJ -.
me hcIghhorhood at The time this s,range shower
TOLL which led me 10 inquire of him.. Mr. Ps st,to.
hehi wac That no wax ai the house of
VT l. NJ ChandI"r. living on Spring creek, about
nNc miles from Lebanon. on Friday last; thai about
i or o clock l. VI. Two Of Mr. ChandIcTis NEG c,es
cene "a from The field, where they had been OF work
and stated 10 their Muster tIIafii had beon r,iping
Di'od ~ the lobaccu field. whereupJn Mr. Chan.
dler' accompanied by Mr. Peyi n aud Mr. ID S Dew,
returned with tho negroes, and found, promiscuous.
y scaltered over q PORTION Of The field drons of bjo,i
adhering TO the tobacco leaves. This sto,c,oon, az
Alr Pcyions-he being a gentleman Of strict vera.
o"y-ihuuced me to go IN person TO the spot and
I.an'o iot myself. Accordingly, on Sunday last,
l went TO The house Of Mr. Chandler. Nbo. in com
pany with MrT Il. and John Jackson. nrocccIcd
WIN me To The tobacco ground Mr. Chandler s,,.
'eu' W suts'af ce, the snmo that Mr. PeyIon had .n
en; uini ms negrOos were at work in the iDIaccu.
aId about halEpost ii or IL O'Clock n Railing no;se
INC ram or hail was heard by them falling nround
which they Soon found 10 be drops of bln,d C,U;,.
Oh hooking up. the negroes state they saw a small
req cloud passing swiftly from east 10 west. imme-
aieIy over Their heads, and which, soon nner no,.;nc
over rhem. disappeared entirely.
Nc Chandler and Mr. PcyIOn visited tho plocc n
bout : O'Clock the same evening .und found. as tboy
,honght' drops Of blOod aud small portions of acsb
VIZ = stalled he found a piece which he thought .,
DC aDoui hall flesh and half fi, an inch and a bnlf ar
Two inches long, all Of which produced a very ofE.n.
S''e smell extending all over tho field.
my visit was not until Sunday evening. nb,u,
my hours from tho lime tho matter fell; nj tbo,
hme' There WINS no OJor percopiible. EXCEPT whom
.o PARTICLES were brought very near; the smell vyos
~" very offensive. l examined Inc DROPS ON the
%,acco leaves aud satisfied myself that they had
'alcn pcTpeDdlculnhy on the leaves. ue,i oram.
cd Tor tho extent Of The shower, and nsccr,,inoJ !,
W have been from fury 10 sixty yards in width al
ST or eight hundred ynrds in length. a E,rcs, o.
TIC cast ad a field Of weeds on fhe Rot n,o,on,
co our uncing u beyond Tho green tobacco. n vy,s
lhin'y sroi'erei, probably n drop for every ton or m
ret ahhO"gh irFcgnlarly dispersed. gotb.
efed Tom the leaves SINE particles. which ,pooa,a,
10 havo been clear blood, upcomb;,oJ IN -
ming eisci others seemed 10 be GpcJv. ,nIyo,."y
muscle and blypd mixed, sfd 6tbers co,or,.aI
hhfo. an adipous matter in,or,nor.oJ -.
loFi"n ~ wh1ch J found an oily ernd,Gon ;,.,i,
'foH' caused ~ ihc heat 81 lie sun A. - 80
""h P''nabIy tell, ] could get no yerv
''tl',t'iy account. 20 o. 90 make n prnh,bic s,,,c.
'n'n'i D"i NAT y dr1 ian IN a shoyerover Inc sr,co
80 H''"''"n'd and that it IS animal mailer arc
.i'H n'Gncauonod ~ me. both from uy O..
20 'aItun nnd iun iho statements ~ to g.a,t
'-sre nlmcd, Who are both men Of on,aasr""
.rucfy ""fuesiouablo
W. 'h'niiot aHd be- nciphbors b,y. r,o,,
.,nfc o. iho 'cncry ofhis by. Who v,,,e..,I m
'"'R - no maii"r. Z krlslf any C,rhc, ~
y = y lfc-'st wuuid oniy aIJ That I bsy. 49,,
u a''"ef 'oald collecf 10 Dr Gerard ~,., ~
~ I, S,l' % d"ubi. erhibi, IL ioany nor
iey Tiesac '" cav'e u