The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-12-14
Meteor in NorthCarolina.

followed al intervals, by several loud reports
and rumbing in the atmosphere, which was
cloudlass, led US 10 expect that some fallen
body would be heard Of, add we have refer.
red to the subjec, again 10 put ourselves right
in some things.
Ga tho plantation Of Mr. Hiram Bost, in
Cabarrus county, 81 miles from Charlotte, a
large mass of dark, blush, gritty, metallic
rock, weighing l9i lbs, was discovered and
placed upon post on the public road for the
inspection Of The curious. The following
statement Of Mr.. Bost is entitled to credit
"IIe was standing out Of doors near his barn. talk.
ing 10 ne -hbor, when they heard whining noise
directly overhead, and sound like that which might
be produced by large anvil passing over them.
while a quantity of small bodies wore cutting the
cir with ratiiug like platoon firing. They could
net the falling body, but sighted the sound of the
heavy by tall pine tree. in direction nearly
East where it heard 10 fall with dull Jar Of the
ground. negro man ploughing in neighbornz
field also heard the fall and sighted the SQUAD OF it
in another direction. Bytakins both lines Of sight
TIA next morning, thoy discovered. at the in,sset
ing angle, pine 10. lying upon tho ground freshly
splintored and wounded upon enc side. by tho aid
of pointed stick, they felt the rock, which had bn
ried itself ist beneath the surface OF the earth
preston Of IFS eutlinss very distinctly in white
clsy sub soil. 1t foil in tbs woods aheus 500 yards
from whsro the two rDen we're standing at after
o'clock in the afternoon. The day being clear and
mild Indian Summer, weather. Fhs explosions and
noise Of The fall caused much sarra to wcIssn and
men, dogs and herses. Ssms persons al distance.
fiery elongated body. flaming Ike iron al .
white heat, following dancer and darker ball Of
Ere, passing from West 10 East"
The explosion wa. at an elevation Of about
45o from the visible horizon; and the ne
isor was ssen and heard a distaace Of $50
miles from North TO South, snd more than
so miles from West to East.
We have collected from U 6 valua Bile Die.
tioaary eli Chemistry, ssme illustrations re.
(etrog to he ,uhjsct OF netssrs, which may
prove interesting al this time:
The Fs,nch Aca DENY of oisncss declared in 1859
that s-se picked up at the instant Of lie fall
Luce, by several persons uhs had lelio~si the de
scent to the spot where ii struck the gr,und" did
not fOll from the Aky."
/ 1hs declaration Of TIE Municipality Of Lagrange
de Juliac. in France affirming that the Goth OF
August 1890, there fsl the reos Of houses and in
the streets o. the village great suBntiy OF stones,
/ vss t~stes in tie Joura als Of the trse. ridcu
iess tale, msde to excite the pity, not emily of
b
Phils.oah,-s who will not admit facts, Which
they sssrot CLAIM iniurs the advancement Of sci.
esce, much as those To whom too great creduli-
ty s.sy &c rssrescbsd
+ The chreniclss OF slmsst every age had recorded
the fall Of gsnaerous stores, earthly from
the air. bet the evidence had been rejected by his,o-
! riaus. becsuse the phsnoleyon gas ne, within the
range Of their philosophy! Al length the su3er and
solid researches of Physical Scissss put 10 shame
( 0. sf ba ~rsa N strrI .hrs
"Whils all Europe" sayB The celebrated Vague
lin, "rSoYrsed with the russor Of stonss fallen
from tee Heavens. and Wills philosophers dis.rac-
,sS in asn.n, wer framing hypothesis 70 s.risin
their origin. each aseoEking ts his own fassy, the
Hon. Mr. Hevsrd, an aisle Eaglsh Chemist, was
pursuing 10 slsnss The emily reuss which ssuli ead
10 ssuliss Of tk. problan. he collected rrsai
nsrs &c sloHss vsich b ID fallss Al sfsrent uses
procursa Duch iniOrC1Riion as psreibe pectiu
theia compared the physica. or 81 Lstisr oeracisr
Of thor bodiss, aud evsa did mor,-in sub,>ati e
th.m to chsmical analysis, BY means Is isssnlsu,
a3 oxsct.
~. 73su!ts rom his researches, that the sto4e.
ss,h fell in England, in I:sy, in Germany. in III,
Est Isdios, at,i il et CT pl.s~s, have all such
perfect resemblance that i! is slmcSt impossible tc
distinguish them from each other and uhs. rem
fsrs be siultude p-rfsct AMI nasrs striking
ia, that thty ara co, sosed Of the saEe praciplss
and nearly in tia same p,opertioas"
ms'sonhs OF n~'esris stones says pT' ofs' are
peeu l.t ss''a o'h'Poshas OF eef'hy asa metaliic
matters o. singular tsPee' aAd se'npositiSh ~Hleh
oeeasissA"f sesceho iF"n inc stnlo' Paers-asssliy
if'a1 'n' ose'm oil ihianou' me'sor-
an IHa s'ones A. "ns'sVer psf'sd On - rhasse'
P'H OF tins woTts 'h'y tsay nave i;lsn, have sp
pesrsd. a. far az .h.y save been exarninel TO css
sh' OF tAs same -aestahees' ana &c hsr no'htae
sinisr 10 la.m not sny ls'ons the slIrsrals IA The
nssh5orhoSd Of the Places where they were foaad
onl among an mat hare hitherto been discovered N
our EARN as sf IS Hsn hsVs been aae TO ,<neifate
ney arc az e'Vefss WIN th'h crust OF ot'E
seeK esor-thsy sro Uihoat giofs-and tAeiF sur
iars " esrfed WIN sasli asrsriles Internally
tnoy ara gtsyisl ava OF gtahuldted tehtGfe-mo'S
81 1855 nae fouf dih7rsH' suoS'ahess are is'sf
sFerso emsng t''h teI'ur~-ss'ily dIsiinfaish~f
ny a ems Inc ofn@ appears 10 csataia slcEcl nsl
leo WIN IRON. In tbs mesilie Pst'lcie1 diuemlna
t.a thfeush me macs n'chel "ss IN The prepo'iioi
o. ono psfb or sHefeNDsnfs 70 tnfessf IRON. ssa''
Nhion they also contain iHet mssnssia' esta' o
ron ahu o'iee o. nlcHei' ~ oi1'fsnt proportions
/ heeO piop7Istohs We'e tasen OY M Hetchst froz