388 Miscellanies. 



I From recent familiarity with this country, we are happy to add 

 our testimony to its general accuracy, as far as it relates to the ac- 

 tual state of things, and its correspondence, in relation to historical 

 facts, with the recollections of such of the aged inhabitants as were 

 witnesses or actors in the scenes described. A fuller account of the 

 tragedies of Wyoming seems to be called for, and from the older 

 inhabitants it could now be easily obtained 5 but the opportunity will 

 soon be irretrievably lost. 



26. Georgia Meteor and ^roliie. — Having recently received from 

 Dr. Boykin, specimens of the meteoric stone which fell in Forsyth, 

 in Georgia, in May, 1829, we are induced to republish an extract 

 from an original statement of the facts, as it appeared in the newspa- 

 pers at the time. 



" Between three and four o'clock, on the 8th instant, on that day, 

 a small black cloud appeared south from Forsyth, from which two 

 distinct explosions were heard, following in immediate succession, 

 succeeded by a tremendous rumbling or whizzing noise, passing 

 through the air, which lasted from the best account, from two to 

 four minutes. 



" This extraordinary noise was, on the same evening, accounted 

 for, by Mr. Sparks and Captain Postian, who happened to be near 

 some negroes working in a field, one mile south of this place, who 

 discovered a large stone descending through the air, weighing, as 

 was afterwards ascertained, thirty six pounds. 



" The stone was, in the course of the evening, or very early the 

 next morning, recovered from the spot where it fell. It had pene- 

 trated the earth two feet and a half. The outside wore the appear- 

 ance, as if it had been in a furnace : it was covered about the thick- 

 ness of a common knife blade, with a black substance somewhat like 

 lava that had been melted. On breaking the stone, it had a strong 

 sulphureous smell, and exhibited a metallic substance resembling 

 silver. 



"The stone however, when broken, had a white appearance on the 

 inside, with veins. By the application of steel, it would produce fire. 



" The facts as related, can be supported by many individuals who 

 heard the explosion and rumbhng noise, and saw the stone. 



Elias Beall." 



The following notice, forwarded to the Editor by Dr. Boykin, of 

 Georgia, under date of June 2, 1830, corresponds substantially with 

 the above. 



