A408 Miscellanies. 
were meteoric. Very soon the servants of Kalanimoku, secretary of 
state, brought me the fragment which they affirmed had just fallen from 
the sky in our village. This fragment I carefully preserved and brought 
over, and had the pleasure of presenting to you. A different pleasure 
from that with which Mr. Richards and myself picked up and forward- 
ed to the Missionary Museum in Pemberton Square, Boston, a cannon 
ball—one of several which had been fired at our heads. 
39. Remarkable Meteor at Fayetteville, N. C.—A correspondent of 
the junior editor of this Journal says, in answer to an inquiry addressed 
to him concerning this meteor— September Ist about 2 o’clock, A. M., 
as I lay in bed, awake, the curtains of my windows being let down, 
there was a sudden flash of light, which was more durable than that of 
lightning, and so brilliant that every object for the minute was visible 
in the room. Supposing it to be lightning, for there had been a heavy 
thunder storm during the preceding evening, I expected that immedi-— 
ately thunder would follow, and was surprised at the delay. After a 
space, as I judged of two minutes, there was a tremendous report resem- 
bling the continued discharge of heavy artillery. The house seemed to 
tremble and the windows were shaken in their place. When I rose, noth- 
ing was to be seen. The sky was clear, and all was silent. On in- 
quiry in the morning, | learned that a meteor had been seen by sev- 
eral persons passing over the place. The description given by dif- 
ferent persons employed as city watchmen is nearly this: The cap- 
tain of the watch says he was exact in marking the time, and that it 
was precisely 20 minutes past 2 o’clock, A. M.—that the meteor seemed 
to rise in the horizon on the east of the town—pass over the town in a 
direction about N. E. to S. E.—that the light for the moment was as 
bright as the noon-day sun—and as he thinks, a space of from 5 to 6 
minutes intervened between the first appearance of the light and the 
report. Another watchman gives nearly the sameaccount. The light 
became extinct as he thinks about five minutes before the report was 
heard. The captain of the watch says that pieces seemed to fly off 
from the main body. A countryman, who came to market in the 
morning, says he was encamped about 7$ miles from town, that he 
saw the meteor coming in the direction where he was, and thinking that 
it might strike him, he sprang behind a large pine tree for shelter. I 
cannot find that any thing was seen or heard of the meteor further 
than about 35 miles south of this.”’ CG. 
Fayetteville, N. C., Sept. 16th, 1845. 
