373 Miscellanies, 



We are indebted for it to Mr. Frederic Tudor, and also for a 

 quantity of the melting pots and crucibles manufactured from it. 

 Their appearance is excellent, and such a manufacture is an acqui- 

 sition to the arts of this country; we wish it entire success. 



We understand that forty tons of plumbago, of the same quality as 

 that named above, were taken from the mine during the late year. 



A small specimen from the same place, more recently received 

 from Mr. Tudor, is very fine, and it would seem is good enough for 

 the manufacture of pencils. An eminent pencil maker in England 

 has written that it is inferior only to that of Borrowdale, and the ap- 

 pearance fully justifies this recommendation. 



16. JVotice of the circumstances attending the fall of the Tennes^ 

 see Meteorites* May 9, 1827. — This account although published 

 at the time in the Nashville Banner, has but recently been placed 

 in our hands. As all such notices that are authentic ought to be pre- 

 served, it is now inserted in this journal. It is on the authority of the 

 Rev, Hugh Kirkpatrlck, who is spoken of as worthy of entire confi- 

 dence. 



On Wednesday the 9th inst. about 4 o'clock P. M. the day being 

 as clear as usual, my son and servants were planting corn in the field, 

 they heard a report similar to that of a cannon, which was continu- 

 ed in the air resembling the firing of cannon or muskets by platoons, 

 and the beating of drums as in a batrie. Some small clouds with 

 a trail of black smoke, made a terrific appearance, and from them, 

 without doubt, came a number of stones with a loud whizzing noise, 

 which struck the earth with a sound like that of a ponderous body. 

 One of these stones my son heard fall about fifty yards from where 

 he was. In its descent to the ground it struck a paupau tree of the 

 size of a small hand spike, and tore it to pieces as lightning would 

 have done ; guided by the tree, he immediately found the spot, and 

 there he found the stone about eight or ten inches under the ground ; 

 this stone weighed five pounds and a quarter. Mr. James Dugge 

 was also present. They stated that the stone was cold but had the 

 scent of sulphur. 



On the same day, and about the same time, my son-in-law Mr, 

 Peter Ketsing was in a field with his laborers, about one mile dis- 



* For the analysis, see Vol. 17, p, 326 of this Journal, and for a description this 

 Vol. p. 200. 



