The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-10-14
THE rLrsn AMP BLOOD ruEvoao.

THE FLESH AND BLOOD PHENoMO.
NON,
Professor Troosi has gisen 10 tie pub,
lie, through the columns OF tue Nashville
Banner Of the Is, inst. the result Of hts ex.
animation ofthe facts relative 10 1.-THE "shoAg.
or of flesh and blood" which lately fell 10
the vicinity Of Lebanon, Wilson county.
He IS of the opinion, that tho " substance -
animal matter and belongs 10 our gIubc;"
but k0 does 9 not consider any part Of lilo
be blood
In explaining as :, the fall Of the sub.
stance, h. gives il az hts opinion, that a
whirldwind may have takoa up q pafl Of
40 animal, which was IN D slate Of deem.
position, and have brought II ~ coniec,
with an cIoclic cloud, IN hich il was kept
in state approaching to partial iluid'ly
or yiscnsiiy."
Such is the solution of tho mystery by
Professor Tsoost Of the Nashville UniscT.
siiy.
PARTED Cucumber and Rehlrraalr.--
Some miners in prospecting pear Belisiaa,
IN jackson county, some tune since, found
petriiied cucumber embedded III the rock
abori twenty feet below the surface Of the
earth. This pcirciacllon IS now in cur
possession. and can be seen at our Office
Il retains lis shape perfectly, and is in.osc.
ry respcc, perfect cucumber, except
that It Is now 4 stone.
4 quarry was opened abou, year siOce
On the cast side Of Rock River, Illinois,
three miles abayc Dixon's ferry, for the
use Of the Railroad. Between sWo heavy
layers of the rock was tus,Nd pairiibed
raItIcsnake. lie lay 10 a loose coil and
was probably about four feet long. Wv
have examined the e!acc where il lay, bur
did not see the pelrelaeIluu. Tho layers
Of rock were about eighteen inches thick.
From the face Of the b.uii, to the spot
where /, lay, Is about thirty sect, and Ia
ilie top Of the same ono hundrrd feet. a
gentleman from New York had been too
quick for us, and had carried Il away
We.wcrc informed NJ tic workman, that
Il remained perfect in every respect, tic
mmutesi scale, OF proiur rance, being as
pereeptible as Il the anl,nal were yet plitc.
l; had thirteen rattlcs, and Was Of the spc.
cies known az the yellow Massasauger.--
Dubuque (igieal ErPgesE
An Erpionon. The Nashville EInpa
states thai serious accident occurred 1t
the residence Of Spencer Buliord, Esq, IN
Williamson county. Some negroes were
sent into the cellar 10 shop leak IN bur.
rel Of brandy, ard ID searching Cor il tho
flame Of the candle came 10 contact with
the spirits and accustomed an explosion,
which killed five Of the negroes three
died IN few hours, and The other twn b..
gerod about a day. The fie comrIr9ica.
ted TO the housc, bat was gs,oa cSinguisb
ed by smothcring II with some green 70.
baceo leaves on tho premises.
A Eaioa Of Prayer fhropghouiike HorH.
a number OF Christians in England re-.
commend a lnion Of the CHRISTMAS ofaII
in prayer, between the I'd
and 18th Of October Of this year. Tho
suggestion Is, that from Saturday the I'd
10 Monday the IlIh October, ISL, 10.
elusive, the hour between . and in the
morning, and in the evening, or as mar
hat rs possible, shall each day be given
10 prayer. Ga Saturday, the I'd October,
i IS recommended that fasting should BIO
ronoined with prayer, and as much Of tho
day as circumstances will admit given 10
religious exercises; and that Monday tho
! lth, being the last Of the ten days, should
be observed as Ear as may be, as day Of
thanksgiving.