Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-04
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IRON rus sAsH,ILLE S.ssER.
| "A ShSSsr Of Flesh and Blood.
There sIe more uings IA hcaVcp AMI csi,h Hoiau1,
Than ate drcsm' ofiu your philosophy"
Thus Spake the Prince of Denmark, and every
day we hear Of something TO confirm the remark.
On Tuesdhy We heard hom various persons that a
Sh1tcer apps sniy Of hsSh and Diced, had fallen in
WrSon county, near Lebanon, IN this STATE, and
that u = FIELDS were covered to considerable *
tent The account staggered orr belief; hut,
strange rs /; may appc.r, Il hrs been conf rmcd 10y
the statement ct scN RAJ gentlemen Of IN CT rae
ter, who have personally examined the scene OF this
phenomenon. They state that the space covered
oy THIS extraordinary shower Is halt mi,e in len I'll,
and about sevcnty five yards IN width. IN add ION
To the lniormh on Just received, We have been IA
wore" by DE- TrpOsi professor o" ohcmis,ry IN he
University 81 Nashville, with the following letter
,roma highly respectable phySlclsn of LcbIuOn.
we have also seen the specimens TO him FOR ex
ANIMATION. To rs they ap5psar to DC animal mat
Ter, and the odOr Is that OF putTiL sh. We 90 II
pretend To oi'cr nny theory TO for this phe.
non!enon; Nc leave that TO abcr mi more scientific
hands. When the specimens have passed through
Tho eruciblcS O. DE- =. .ooSi, we will furnish our
readers with the result,
LEBANON, AUGUsr :, 1871.
Dr.. g. TRoosT: have sent you some matter.
winch appears from IN authentic source, to have
fallen iruu the clouds.
With me there be no doubt Of its being animal
mauer-b'Ood, muscular fibre, adipous NATTER
tease account to u.s. 1t you car, on philosophical
pnhclp'es' TOT the cause OF this phenomenon. The
| particles send you gathered with my own hands
From the extent of surface over which il has spread
and the regular manner It exhibited ON some green
tobacco leaves leaves very liule or no doubt OF its
having fallen like shower of rain; and II is stated
on the authority OF some negroes onv In have faI.
len from email rel cloud-no olhor clouds visible
~ lho heavens At Tie .iuc. IL took place on Friday
lest, between eleven and twelve oc.ock aJout five
miles northeast of Lebanon. have sent what
mink TO Toe drop ofb,Ood, the other particles com.
poseu oi muscle and tat, although the proportion, of
inc shower appeared TO be a much larger ouantitv
OF MOOD than Of other properties.
am IN hase, your most obedent servant
W.P. SAYLE.
FROM rms NASHVILLE BANNER, AuGusr2S
We PHblish To-day, from the Lebanon CbropicI.
some farther details Of the "Showor Of Blood which
Tell ~ w ison county. Our readers may -est as.
snred OF the lcIs stated however we are unable TO
account Tor them scientific gent cuan Of this II. !
" Jeff here On Saturday, on a visit to the seem, orl
tl' Hhen' 1enon tys the purp,s, OF gathering ru. ,
ther par,icg.irs.
PROM ruE LEBANON CHRONICLE
ih' io'owins communicated 5 fromioo respec.
''e a source 10 question IT'S very we therefore, /,
give place In H. We wii add that we lave evidences
"i the fact, that he subsr nc mentioned IN tho 90
municauot dri fall from the heavens IN n sbo,,.,
that no man IN ms senses can doubt. Although ma
ON. save the negroes saw It fall, vet the manner it
Was found spauUrcd upon the tobacco leaves could
Ieayc no doubt upon the mind OF any one who saw
II that u had fallen. We have seen and examined |
the subStance--vhat II IS, We DO not prets,s N |
conjecture; tut II LOOKS like putrid aesE or bloody
'uunouS matter eoncreteG, and smells very nau- |
seouS. IL IS indeed a miraculous lccurrerc. bpt |
no; stranger than true. Scores of men of un;m. |
pe'chi4le vcracity will testify To the fact Of the sub
stance being found described m the folov,p, /
comm -N'''t =, and "ono WHO have seen the place
aud e., the circumstances pret,,,J In ouc,, on
It's having IA len from the scavrns
FOR rHE CHRONICLE
MIR. EDITOR. IL - with SOM. .t.,,o, al. Lar -
submit 'g tn TASK OF ma ing the following com,
munIcaon 10 tie p"Ulic a. ougn your d. Der: 1r,n-
well aware tn1t from the nova'-y and s:rnr .encss
OF me occur-.,ce ~hlch shall re,ate, | snail sub. /
lec1 mVselt ~ the Incr, unity OF =. pu lie But As
the set can be Attcsted by number of wiz ,ss.s or
The hrst respcc'aEiity, feel lrtcmnfed IN making
he statement The Gic'S are a. lows:
oh saturday Ie-', Young ma. brought m.
o'hc' smn Piece OF tryaccr eat witt, on npn,gcn,
uroI' VI cpaS' 'Nted hood upon - and contested m
.h' ysis oi tt-stdung t1nt the slustn re Uron n, .
Leaf mad Ia en- isoG cloud IN lue heavens Tn, .
sNc'' "a my curiosity, - d led ton. - particular
~ Jury relative 10 Tins strange pheroM non I a. /
-eTaneN b. At Mr. :. II. leytoN of banon, was n .
II neighnoFh, '1 e, the time this stang, shower
ie which y me 20 IuquiT, OF him. MIR P,y'on's |
'atement was, that he was at the house OF MIR 4. /
a. In'ne'er living on Spring cgeel about mules .
from Lebanon, on FrIIy last, TINT about or > I
o'clock i. Nj. t~n of Mr. Chambers negroes came
ia lou The tobacco field, where ,hey had beer AZ |
Work, and stated 20 thG. master that IL had been
raining blood IN the tobacco field. Whcrcupon MIR
CnauuIcr, accompanied by Slr Pcrinu rni Mr. ID |
=. Drw, rcsIrnru with lie negroes and found pfo-
InlScuousIy scattered over portion OF the field !
drops Of blood, adhering to the toba.c leaves THIS
statement OF MIR PeyIon's-he being gentleman
Oi s.rIct vecacity-InducCd me to 90 I'm pcrson IN
the spot and examine for myself Accordingly. on
Sunday last, went - the house Of MIR Chandler
VINO, IN company with MIR L. II. and John Jack SON
proceeded with me to the tobacco ground. AirC |
stated, IN subsistence, h same that Mr Peyton had |
4, Il
bacco, and about half pas, II or IL O'clock a rat
ing noise like rain or hail vas heard by them fall
lnS around, which they found TO be drops of
blood falling. On looking up, the negroes state
lhey saw Il small 5cc cloud, rASsing swiftly from |
east 20 west, Immediately over theIr heads and
which, soon after passing over them disappeared
entirely.
NJ. Chandler and MIR Peyton visited the place,
about 3ociock he same evening, and found a they
thought, drop, OF God aud small portions OF hesh
Mr. I. stated he found piece which he thought 70 .
I've about malt flesh add halt fat, an inch and half
or two inches Iory all OF which produced n very Of
ienslvc smell, ext ndng all over the field.
My visit not until Sunday evening ahort
nifty hours from the ucc the matte fell; at that time
there was 10 odor peTc0 pIbie, except when the par
tc.cs 'ere brought very near: the smell was then |
YER OF lnsivc exam ed the drops on the tobac.
co leaves, and satisfied myself that they had fl,n
prcpcn1Icularly on the ieayes. mex examined for
the extent ol the shower and nsccrainod IL tO nave
been from iorty 10 sixty yards IN width, and six or |
eght hundred yards inlrngih. forest lie cast, |
and field OF weeds the west prevented our |
tracing II beyond the green tobacco IL was thinly
scattered, probably drop tor every ten or fifteen |
feet although lrregularly dispersed. gathered
from the leaves some Particles, which appeared TO
have been clear blood, uncombined with any thing /
else; Others seemed TO be finely -puvcuzed muscle
and blood mixed, and others composed Of muscular
fibre, and adipous matter nters persed one portion
Of which found an oily eKudatlon issuing from,
caused Gy the heat OF the SUM- As to the quantity
which probably fell, could get no very sitIsfncto.
ry account Sd as To make probable statement; but
that Il did fall m shower over the space above
mentioned, and that 1t is animal meter, are facts
unquesiloned by me, both from my own observation
and from the statements OF the gentlemen before
named, VINO nre both men Of UNREASONABLE vera.
city.
Mir. Chandler and his ncghbors have great conf
dence IN the yCricIty Of his boy who witnessed the
falling of the m'tsr. / fo5bolr any further com.
ments at present; | would only ndd that ( have
sent all the matter could collect to d.. Gerard
Troosi OF Nashville, who will, no doubt, exhibit IL
70 ony person who may call on him, where they
may examine for Themselves, and give the pnioso
phclI cause II tho" please.
TVr,tF ~ Jyg,snrs B-yts It,r,,Jr