Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-10-06

cannon ildlI mile QlStdnt. neSe WeTl
succeeded BY several fainter reports
like firing of small arms in pla,oons
rhcn there was whizzing sound heard
in di1erGntdire c,ions, as Of bnlIets pas.
sing through the air.
Two(men were standing together
where1hey were at work; they followed
with their eye the direction of one OF
hese sounds, and they saw about seven
ty rods from them the snow fly. They
went TO the spot. A stone had fallen
upon The snow, had bounded twice, the
first time, as supposed. about eight feet,
and the second time about ten feet. The
stone weighed two pounds and ten oun>
ces. The same persons heard another
stone strike as it fell, supposed TO be
small, but they could not find it. Some
time in the spring another stone was
found about one mile and a quarter west
from the place where this fell. 1t was
in Two pieces, lying together, weighing
forty six pounds. Another fragment, a
portion of the same rock, was found
about half mile from the former, which
from the description | had of it, ] Judge
would weigh abou, fifty pounds. These
were coated with thick black covering.
The principal ingredient in their COM
position seemed TO be sand stone. They
are full of minute brilliant particles, and
occasionally small lump of some metal
is to be found. Inclosed in this sheet
send you three or four small ones. Some
we're taken out as large nearly as grain
OF corn: A man hom whom Obtained
a fragment insisted that they we're silver.
He had ground up considerable guam
tity of the rock to obtain this silver, and
he thought he had saved enough to make
fifty cents (half dolar.G These stones
are all that have been found, so far as
could learn. The atmosphere at the
time of this phenomenon was mostly
clear, somewhat hazy, SO warm as 10
cause the snow on the ground 10 be
somewhat soft. The noise was heard
l1istiGetly j 10 a distancebf fifteen or twen'
I;iiy$miIes in every directions; ihc sound
was Ike siiieI rolling Of a heavy wagon
passing swiftly over frozen ground
! 4 Smoke was seen in. the zdirectianE1roa
(which Tie sound seemed 10 proceed
The smoke appeared in two places, ap'
parently about six or eight feet apart
above the elevation of light clouds, anc
having circular motion. The motion
Eof the meteoric body was supposed, from
the reports which were heard, TO b.
towards the south east.
Hartford, July IL.
Suicide at Pcnsacola.-From the
letter OF correspondent at Pensacola
we learn that quite gloom has beer
thrown over that city by the scll-des
sructon of a venerable and much res
pected citizen of,hat place, Judge Gar
nie.. The following extract from'the let
ter exhibits calmness and dcliberatiol
in the purpose oflhe deceased, which i
perhaps Without parallel.-Wobile Reg
lister.
! PENSACOLA; Sept. II
| Our friend, Judge GARNER, committee
suicide last night, (Sep.l6,; by drownin!
himself. lhave always been under th'
impression that lie was about one of tn,
happiest men in this cily;- but such wa
moi the case. From letters he wrolc ,'
several of his friends, and which wer'
dated sumo time back, tappears that III
had for some time past been making hi
arrangements TO commit The deed. Eli
assigns as his reason, "poverty"--tha
he had but $I2O, which was in Mr.
Hyei's chest-and thai it would take al
Of tha, to pay his debts and bury hin
decenty. He wrote few lines at mid
night to Dr.. Smith, Which he gave to
black boy, and told him to hand ii t
!. Dir. Smith early in the morning, whic
was to inform where his body might b
found. He had everything arranged
He directed notes to all 10 whom he wa
indebted, even 10 Ilis'washerwomdn. Fl
laid his clothes in which tobe buried O.
the bed, and directed where everythin
might be found. He sewed Two Iarg
bricks in towel, and tied them to hi
back, and pinned "A towel over lis breas
and back, and walked down TO the EN-
: of the wharf with his cloak around hir
and cap on. When he got to The place
he laid his cloak down, placed his ca
on it, put brick in his cap, and tyin
one end ofarope 10 the end Of the whal
and the other end around his waist ,,hre,
himself into the water, where he wa
found this morning. Last night at dus
: he walked down on the wharf, as was h
custom every evening, with MIR. Hyel
Mr.. Mitchell, Mr.. Kelly and Mi. Alher
! and was perfectly cool, speaking Of til
Mexican war, etc. and his letters an
t the note written at midnight were yer