Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-05

from his house, and eEqWFed OF MS ianu!
e ,hey kn~w who had made !. 1900 The
ground appeared fresh broken, anf' 90 . si Z,
ihrown out. He lacked insoit, bui could
see no.hirg, and no further discovery was
made until evening, when his sons r-.urn-
"a from town mresng at Weston where
they heard of the fall of the stone at See
Tvs. This induced them to examine fur
her the hole 10 the court yard. ga hsul.
ing out the ditwhich Icy loosely over the
stone, they soon discovered il, and took u
GU, entire, except some small pieces thai
were broken off by stones in the grouod.
We examined this hole, aad found the sod
and grass as 10 the other case, driven be-
fore the stone to the bottom oil the hale,
which we.took up with pieces OF the ssoue
,ha. hal not before been fouod. The hole
was perpendicular IN the earth, and-in ois.
~smeter 20 larger thar the stone. A MI.
David. Hubbrll, q nan Of undonhted vera.
city, was passing in the reetabout TWEEN
sy-6ve rods from this stone when il fell,
who saw ball of FIRE emitting sparks. with
"a tail abou, four iee.lopg, shoot along the
horizon ia ssufferly direction, which
zyrnt out, be said, nearly at the place
where the sun is. a, one OF The clock IN
summer time and in about rniru.e or
two afterwards, he heard the explosion,
which he described as the others had done,
anal minute or two after thar, me heard a
loud whis,Iing through the air which made
. noise like hurricanr. The same sp,
pesrances and explosions we're Witnessed
By Judge Wheeler and Russell Tomlinson,
who were ten miles distant from each o
Their; men Of grcas candor and careful %
servaiion but being distant from The plsc.
ss:whese these stones fell, neither of them
heard the whis;liug JUST mentioned. The
iarges. piece Of the stone taken GU, Of
Prince yard, which re msios entire, weighs
about eleven pounds, and IS now in my
possession; the rest Of it has beea broken
,ate small parts, aud scattered amopes, the
inhabitants.
The third aud last place where these
stones have besn discovered to have fallen,
is about Eve miles northeast of Mr.Prince
and seven blow Ncwsown, GEAR tbs turn.
pike road which leads from ,heree 10
Bridgeport.
The stone which fell here was sasall, and
falling upon the top of a rock, that project.
ed two feet above the ground, was dash.
ed into small fragneo,s, nene of which
.weighed ore than or uuoces aud it
was jvdged that the whole Of hese collect.
ed would cot more than@t1sve filled quart
measure. This stone fill about 80 yards
trom ,he house of Mr.. Merw,n Burr; he
andhis wife being up they bath ran to the
door the-moment they discovered the fash.
cs of light, aud 10 minute or two heard
the same explosion as heretofore drscrib.
ed; aud about a minute afeer the explosi.
90 they heard something iaa oear by the n,
which made quite lous report and in
quick succession shre. or four other uoise.
a, agrcaeer distance, which they ,hopgh,
TO be something falling VI a swamp, 20
or Sorods in front of the house. Mr., b.
took candle and with his wife went. Gu,
inme diasely, to see il they could fad any
thing in The direcsioe where they heard The !
loudes. reporr, but found nothing when !
it grew lighter, and before ssn rise, Mr.. |
Burr went again, and found the fragments
ct the stone which had been dashed 20.
pieces against The rock, aad which lave
precisely The same. appearance as .heee !
found q, the two former places ;,he swamp !
being fu!l'of water has Dot been explored. |
Besides the large piece, bave.many small. i
Ter ones collec.ed at these three diferen.
places BY Mr.. Holly aud myself, exactly
resembling each other; and from shc +
mouths of all these Witnesses have nam.
ed. Except Mr.. Burr who happened to bs
from home we have taken the facts Jus, as