The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-21

dRSif NAruaAL PasyoMESoy.- Descent of an I'm :
'"en'e Reseorie Body tn 0sc.go Cbua.y-on We'd
nssday morning last the Inhabitants Of the tow ns
oil B1yis'on and Radisi, N. Y, were startled b y
the occurrence Of most remark able usnomen on
tho descent from tbs heavens of an immense
meteor;c mass. The 0swsyo PaIiaiiun says:
The body struck the earth between the hours OF
three aud four O'Clock, 4. NJ with a crash that
was truly terrific and the shock was ssusibIy felt
and people aroused from thsir sieep at dis;ancs
OF nTs miles from the scene. This body foil upon
the farm of Horace Sanger, situated on the line of
Boyistoa and Redfeid, striking In q meadow and
partially on the highway. It - estimated by our
informant to cover half an acre of land The cart tn
was torn up in terribls manner, and large frag-
ments were thrown distance of two.thirds Of a
mile. The mas1 10 very,irregular in shape, aud
risea ct some points to sixty aud eighty feet in
height, and is supposed TO be imbedded In the
earth many feet. The surface generally hss the
appearance Of iron ore. The excitement occa.
stoned by the event among the Inhabitants was ia.
tense, aud the crash is said to have been terrific
beyond description. Many Supposed that the q nal
windngup Of terrestrial affairs had truly arrived.
James Hsdley, en- intelligent citizen of Redfeld
| furnishes the following statement:
81 was awakened about three O'clock on Wednes
day morning, by the room in which / slept being
filed with light, and immediately heard rushing
sound like the coming Of great wind. This did
n OF last above a few seconds after was awake,
vixen an explosion followed Of which I. can give
aescI Iiption-it was terrific. The whole house
shook az II hundred cannon had been fired under
the windows; quite number of panes of glass
were broken out cf the windows, and the piaster-
Jog Of the room was In came tunbling about me-
The light, which wac hrlffsnt that could
plainly sse every object in tho room, was At
sxtinguished. The window Of nay room, is on the
opposite side Of the house from the place whsre
be meteor fell that only judge of its direc
ton. The light seemed to come from some body
moving very rapidly and from south to north, and
seemed to decrease rapidly during the brief space
that preceded the explosion"
The aerolite struck the earth In s)me timber
land belonging to Mr.. Sanger in q tbinly iDbabit>
ei portion Of the town. We believe Mr. Hadey's
Is the nearest dwelling. It's seem. to have been
au almost spherical body OF, as hear VS. can
judge from the fragment "a remaining, about sew
entysfvs fset in dismeteF. Il course from
southwest to northeast and descended at an angle
Of not more than thirty degrees from the horizon,
which 10 proved by its track through the heavy
hemiock trees bef re it touched the earth.
The trees cut through as a cannon ball
would cut through hedge, leaving a clear track.
The velocity must have been imnenss. The earth
is torn up for several rods, and the huge trees
spiintered and piled up like brush. Oae large
hemlock, at least four feet in diameter, whose
roots the meteor struck, was thrown bodily for
eighty yards, crushing the surrounding trees like
pipe stems Fragments of huge sandstone boui~
der which lay in its course, under the surface,
were thrown in all directions, aud one weighing
half a ton was focnd in the road shrse fourths of
u mile away.