Semi Weekly Standard

We learn that during the thunderstorm here on Sunday evening last, a tree near the Executive Mansion, and the Mansion itself were struck by lightning—the fluid entering at a window, which it shivered, and then passing through the building, melting a portion of the bell-wires, and giving of course a heavy shock to the inmates. Gov. Bragg and some of the members of his family were stunned for a time, but we rejoice to state that their lives were preserved. The concussion was felt with considerable force at the residence of Gov. Manly, some fifty yards west of the Executive Mansion.