New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-29
BRILLIANT PHENOMENON In TENNESSEE.

Yesterday a strange and terrible spectacle
Witnessed In Cheatham County, Ssout az Mi,t S
from the eity, ON the hne Of the kashVlle ana
Western Railroad. AbOut O'CLOCK Whle the men
employed on the plantation Of Joshua falgha n were
eeng into field 10 pluck fodder the sun being hidden
behHd clouds the time and general gloom peryadIg
size sky they much frightened and confused by me
apparent opening of the clouds, Judging from me de-
sspNOn OF the phenomenon, not more than hve or sA
drsees north Of he zenith They judge the soud 70 DO
nb,ut threequarters Of mile high. The strange
s,sht attracted their notice brilliant whltlsh req
5are Gyetspfe'd an an. . immense ., Ebich ap-
Ieared fuuueNke aperture abOat four or hNe re, ~
diameter the SIDES Of which presented The apPt and
L.pug at large white hot object passing WIN IL
ceyabe rapdity down through tire aperture w. y nor
ne hruar Direction hut stoned a an inclination OF soe
10 or IS degrees from plumb line ana ~" II swept
auwn like bright angel Of death ana HTe' clan
struck the earth with sound IKE tIe sHrroundins
bills guiver 20 their foundations ,,S asd rcTtir.
Of Eees their rocky iideS yi iT 9ft,TWerd
SSking mo- SEES ike tho prolonged reyeI6era a,al,
OF ihe thunder among rocky chHs ing 5 1 f w Pve
t60 wards from the place where inc hely niss,oo
,,n te skV struck were afraid 70 90 ana eAahlV
& ~ several IOurs afterward They took courage,
h,eyer and being Joined by numbers Of the people NB
~ the surrounding neghborboCd they proc 10 F
plre and found that It had struck upon hu leuee on
toeks Nm "a wagon way leading nom farm mouse lO S
nnlie road The fragments Of stone were thrown aIOug
r several rods IN all directions; the Sdge, when rs i9
w. be three feet thick without any seams, was oSl ~
tT distance Of about 80 feet split ana torn up l 100
SCENTS the soil which was spread IN thin layers all over
* soked as # passed through a sieve Az me pOint
where the strange body came contact with the ioek
there appeared be storm at all but very hhe' witt
noilry OF paste, which was quite not ana So az
conded Of the hole in which II had buried llst N0h
Was 100 hot 10 approach. Nashville Press Aug b.
ssrrespondcnt Of The Nashville Press and Times, says
under date Of aug. 70; 49, L.. -,
Tie plaee where 10 struck remained hot three Gays, ut
a eopi0us shower OF rain hav ing fallen when temper
sQefled the streams and water courses, large h,Vu
nonred down on the plaee from the neiehbOnng MIS-
lending m "A constant and immense column OF stau,
me earth around place for several yards was Futs
l.t This gave the idea Thai the iefOhle WlSh hAu
Irlek must be of great SzC. The column OI h'e"ul Voh
tnued 20 ascend all night aud presented weird spect
ele ed the gloom and in the silent depths OF The WOODS
n sOuh be seen from the surrounding hills Ike taI
g,adualy as morning approached melting away III nc
hg OF the rising sun Al ten or eleven CiVtA .hD
va organized squad OF abOut ten with dTs hlu OtioS
oaalrying tools and commenced the Work Oi e1cA
Ne found great numbers Of rents ana eiacHs III snS
te,ks ms we descended. Not much powder was neeoed
q fer the first blast We did not propose 20
pek an round the hole utbeRan FIVE or six yards away
T., M the bps OF the Orce, and continued 70 Noi on
.bst side alOue when he reached ee1th OF aDoet ~
Lct he came 10 the RrOlite mass OF metal Sun not
e. is wedge-shaped, the heavy end being upward we
sanuOt for tins except on the superstition st ~
glubular IL desCended; but the contact WIN 30
ise body as a Of limestone, While IN sou con
dfnu ruShpd backward the mass as ~ passed lhiOuhi
Ad gave n the cOncshape which II has. IL bad p@sstu
,.tlyeiy through the ledge Of limestone and was en-
alded in a stratum Of blush, tOugh putty-hke cay,
AZ closely packed. and 1mpSrVlOu5 10 Nhbel 1hlh pcI
Of elay runs slOpng up the hl 20 What SAohI
or distance don't know but at the point where tbe
eavton was made u has that Inclination The aiohto
Ne found 30 about feet from apex 10 base
I'D az The greatest circumference about ten Ieet f0G
II is specifically yeTy heavy, and the limp cannot Wen
ies- han Ave or six tuus