The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-08
S@S REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM

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A6 H, MACFAktAND.-rkU IN ma
MORTAL TO TAk CoNFEDsaArE CoAG8kss
OF AMkRICA, now In ssssion in the CITY OF Rich
KxrsgsBSrArIvss: Truth petitions the pres
en-. Or some future Congress to test, ~ demon
stratiou, the following inductvs id ~ or sugyes
ton to be true: Take one hundred cannon. losd-
ed with powder aud balls, to be- placed in liz,
sws-e eet apart, and by causing then. ali to be
simuii&2 eousiy hred eli perpendicularlv II tn.
air, By meSRk # an olectrictl wire that Ia - be
placed over eael touch hole of the cAnoons, You
Gauss such displacement Of the atnIosph ere that
If the idea is repeated twelve CT twanty times
ram y i'll tall there and fer miles ar0ubd, even
though the prospects fsr the same are not a. 81
apparent. The dem nstTased knowledge Of this
idea - be true would be vi great service 20 man
kind IN = drough nay, might be the meanso
Arres:it < The same, ana prevent famine IN tn
future, "a past experience hds laugh, man the do
vastatlnE rows resulting Their tJ to good old
III thsr earth AMI hsr numerous vegetable anc
animal creations.
Let nlau now learn Of Truth anothe or 40 better
use for his cannon, powder and balls: that, N
for his preservation firm famine; su5. IN tn
course Of time, with the aid of the tTue spirit Of
the Prince Of Peace, there nav yet be e-ta clshet
peace on earth, and good Will to man, a. th'
ruling sentiment and action OF maubint. Let
memory cart her reflective thought over ever
isrge bat field, where many csnnons w.re dis
charged and it .ill hs found true that rain Ell
Their tell during the action or in ~ hours there
after The minute historians have recorded thu
Of early ali large battles. vet that Of waterloo
aebastn,iol So lori no and Magenta VIII do to cit.
FROM kuroPe-'he battles OF Tayl or and &c Il in
Bslhrt. Bull Run end Manassas, ste 81 recent 81
TO keep the idea the mind 10 rnabis the
thou, htiuI 10 nd tn. and turn the same IL
the good Of Map in the hour OF need ny drought
vet the suggested idea should he distinctly de-
moussr.ted By experiment. during tho war, OF
Immediately after pace, it might in the fuiu' b.
a. valuable and bv nehcia 10 vegetation and mar
a. Is uuv the demonstrated rod If Franklin III al
fordtlg protection 10 The houss of man - nay, !.
mil hi IN the cou,se Of time, bee me the p.lnci-
pal, il Not the sole use for MAS now desti nctive
| cannon powder and balls. This idea was frs
printed q the baltimore Protestant, and then IN
the 10 fm OF petition to the then United state.
| Congress. at Washing on. The printed copy from
| the Virginia Fa m Journal was sent TO seha.oi
| hunter, and the manuscr pit petition to Represen
| tatiee J. =. Mil.son. who Informed the writer
that the petition WAS referred to The Committee on
| the Library. Truth now respectfully Requests
YOU present the gested idea to the Congress
| In Richmond city, Virginia Tho enclosed CON
l neut WAS printed in the Virginia Farm Journ al
after hitting the petition.
ne.pectfailv your fellow citizen.
JOHN HILL EDWARDS, ii. D
whose name may be omitted, and let It be in tbs
name of The Truth -
Bliss Home, Aug 7, 1851.
RE- Editors Of Wing, enquirer, Express. an,
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