* Astronomy

At two o'clock, P. M. a fall of meteorites occurred in Caswell county, North America. Their descent was visible for a considerable distance round ; and two reports were distinctly heard at Hillsborough, thirty miles from the spot where the fall took place. One of the fragments, weighing a pound and three quarters, struck a tree near the place where some woodcutters were at work, but who ran home, without ever once looking behind them. Encouraged, however, by a woman, whose curiosity was superior to her fears, they returned with her, and found the stone, which was still hot.
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