Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-08-15

spying after you; j am struck, your house is torn
! 10 pieces never expected to see you again :"
turned to the shore, jumped out, and hurried home
Here was displayed the power and the providence
OF God! You had been sent from the danger He
had sent me from real to apparent danger 10 be safe
he had sdred on, poor children and servants tcrap
ped md encircied all round by The EgItning's
| tcrdfh!! Oh how past understanding are God
ways towards the children of men, How unwor-
| thy am to he His meanest creature! Annie was
| Standing at your dressing table in our chamber,
h'chard and Meme were in the nursery -room-Rich
ara on the 1toor, Meme in her little chair between
annie and her cot. Jim was at the west garrett
window. Charlotte (the cook) Was i'm the cook
| room. The fluid passed down the rod, leaving the
house untouched until il came TO the iron bolt which
held II to the plate of the second story or middle
plate between the of the house and basement
there 1t entered tho plate and weather boarding.
shivenng them 10 pieces-entered the nursery room
at the edge of the chimney, searching the floor on
| Top. aud bursed 1t up from below through hole,
which splintered In few inches from Nene's chair
evidently was attracted TO the little iron COT
passed OIL at the southwest foot of il again into the
plate above the floor the south side of the house
followed the plate straight over the portico the
whole length OF the south side of the house, and
thence, at The southeast corner, bounded off, de-
scehdlng 10 the corner where the colorado Joins the
Kitchen, melting the heads of nails and scorchinr
and rendlng as 1t went. Jim was badly shocked.
| scorched and bstered in the left foot-not sion of
other effect in the room where he was Meme was
shocked slightly and so was Annie-not thing bro
Ken III the house except one vessel and my spit box
IN inc olllce room o! the basement--ihe very var
nsh unlnJured of your dressing table. where Annie
was, and the feet of which touched the very track
OF the lightning. thanked God my household. if
not my house was safe. The thing was to look af-
ter the brick work and house Frame to see if it was
In danger OF topping.
oh r
Immediately. With the aid of Mr. Oliver and
Johnny's Jim was assured of safety for the time,
but cloud was still in the West, and the two
large chambers and the two parlor rooms were
wrecks. moved the children down into nv office.
and had my bed put into the breakfast room fear
ed IRE would burst out somewhere in the house
during the night, and was walking sentry for hours
on The two torn sides of the house, when the SER
want called me to see the last ofmy alectionate doc
boxer AS The children were lying down on their
lodges In The Office, they smet something burnt
They search for the fire-moved the sofa-the three
divided sofa in the southwest corner and there my
poor aeg lay stiff Dead and scorched from under his
leit eye as broad as your two fingers between his
tore legs, down his left side to his tall and swollen
very large God had stricken my dog and spared
my children! We traced the fluid past where he
lay, along the washboard, and behind one case of
shelves for my books on the South side, and there
| lost II but where could you imagine we found i,
W nave escaped uil Seventy-flve feet through,
the DINING roOm--the colorado, which Charlotte
described as sheet of fire-ou at the brick sier
| from The cook kitchen door to the well-knockino
away half of brick and escaping through an aper
lure like bullet hole. Old Charlotte was shocked
IN her hands and arms Anne complained of he
head Meme OF her breast Jim was not himself I'm
III the next morning Richard kept telling me tina
IL went between his legs. He like he ALWAYS is
was right. Behold! when we come to undress hin
Tor bed, his panaloons were badly scorched all in
front, and broad your three fingers below the lef
Knee Annie and he behaved exceedingly well
like grown people ofgood sense and nerve. He gave
me the most intelligent account of every thino. talk
ing me by the hand and making me heed him-no
hurrledly nor fiustered, but solemn and dgniied a.
wisdom and forttude would make one older in wears
Meme was, and is STILL like poor little bird which
mas flown against the window in the storm. Ami,
was woman and behaved like one did more thar
could have been expected OF her until came, ant
indlng then bosom to throw her burden of troubl,
upon, she gave way 10 tears and trembling. Poo
thlngs-they arc happy now. We found the house
not SO badly injured as was supposed
The above letter is understood to be from the ne,
of Henry A. Wise.