Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-26
STRANGE
A Messenger From The Celestial ne.
giOus-A stone calls To the Ground
with Engraven Upon ~.

from The st. Losis Democrat, Oct. 49,
Mr.. James Lumley, an old Rocky Mountain
trapper, who has been stopping at she Everett
House for several days, makes q most remsrka.
BILE statement to us, and one which, if aushenti
Gated, will produce the greatest excitement in
the scientific world.
Mr.. Lumley states that, about the middle Of
last September he was engaged in trapping in the
mountains, about seventy FIVE or one hundred
above the great falls OF the Upper Missouri. and
IN the neighborhood OF what is known as Cadotte
Pass. just after sunset one evening he beheld
q bright. luminsus'body in the heavens. which
was moving With great rapidity in an eastsrly
direction. II was plainly visible for at least Eve
seconds, when it suddenly separated into parti
sles, resembling. as Mr.. Lumley described il.
the bursting OF a sky rocket in the air. A few
minutes later be heard a heavy explosion. which
Jared the earth very perceptibly, and this was
shortly after followed BY a rumbline sound. like
a tornado sweeping through the forest. A strong
Wind sprahg up about the same time, but as
suddenly subsidized. The air was also filled with
a peculiar odor OF q sulphurous character.
These incidents would have made Du, slight
impression on the mind of Mr.. Rumlsy, but for
the fact that on the ensuing day be discovered
at a distance of about two miles from his camp
ing place, that, as far as be could ses in either
direction, a path had been cut through the forest,
several rods wide-gisnt trees u~prooted or broken
of near the ground-ihe tops Of hills shayed of.
and the eSIth plowed Up in many places. Great
and wide spread havoc was everywhere visible
Following up this track Of desolation he soon
sscertaiaeo the cause Of it in the shape OF an i'm
mense stone that bad been driven into the side
Of a mountain. But now comes the mes. re
markGble part of the story. An examination of
this stone, or so much of it as was visible,
showed that il had been divided into sopsrt-
ments. and that. in various places. il was carved
with curious hieroglyphies. More than this, Mr..
Lumley also discovered fragments OF a substance
resembling glass. and here and there dark stains.
as though caused by a liquid. he is confident
that .se hieroglyphics were toe work Of human
hands, and that The stone itself. although but a
fragment OF an immense body. must have been
used for some purpose by animated beings
Strange as this story appears. Mr.. Lgmley re-
lltes It with so much sincerity that We are forced
"a accept IL a. true. IL j. evident that the stone
which he discovered was 4 fragment OF the
meteor which was visible 10 this section in Seq
tember last. Ii will be remembered that il vas
seen ii LeAyenwofth, in Galena. and in this civ
by Col. Bonneville. At LeavenEorth 1t VAS
seen 10 separate in PARTICLES or explode.
Astronomers have long held. that il is prob
able that the heavenly bodies are inhabit-
even the comets-and il may be that
toe metsors are used as a means of CONVEYANCE
by the Inhabitants OF other planets. 10 exploring
space. and it may be hereafter that come future
Columbus. from Mercury or Uranus. NAV land
on this planet by means OF . rhetoric CONVEYANCE
aud take fall possession theTeof-asd did the Span.
ish navigator OF the new world in 1892. and
eventually drive what is known As the human
race" into q condition Of the most abject seryi.
,uds. Ii has always been a favorite theory with
many that there must be q race superior to US.
and this may AZ some future time be demon
s,rsted II the manner We have indicated