210 ' Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



In. Dec. 



Barometer's greatest observed altitude was on Sep- 

 tember 21st 30,600 



Barometer's least observed altitude was on Feb- 

 ruary 21st 29,262 



Thermometer's maximum at noon was, on the 30th 



and 31st July, and 1st August, each day .... 82° Fahr, 



Thermometer's minimum at noon, was on 11th of 



December 29 Fahr. 



Thermometer's minimum was, on the night of the 



10th and 11th December 13 Fahr. 



13. Aurora Borealis. — A very fine aurora borealis was seen 

 from Flensburg, in Sweden, at eight o'clock in the evening, on the 

 7th of October. The rays of light were very strong and luminous, 

 ascending to the zenith. The light diminished in intensity from 

 the bottom and the middle of the rays to the top and the sides. 



IV. General Literature. 



1. Antique Silver Ci(p in America. — There is now in the 

 possession of Mr. Samuel Hill, of St. Clair County, Illinois, a 

 silver cup, which was taken from one of the mounds at Marietta, 

 on the Ohi'o. It is in the form of an inverted cone, measuring 

 three and a half inches across at the top, two and a half at 

 the bottom, and four inches in height. It appears to be of pure 

 silver, and so skilfully wrought that no traces of the plating 

 hammer are discernible. The bottom, which is circular, has 

 been separately forged, accurately fitted to the sides or barrel 

 of the cup, and soldered in, and the line of attachment is 

 plainly observable. Its interior surface has been gilt, or 

 washed, with a bright yellow untarnishable metal, which is un- 

 doubtedly gold, but the gilding is impaired in some places, and 

 the vessel appears to have been considerably used. 



" I am further enabled to state, from a conversation with 

 Mr. Hill, that the cup was found in a mound, at Marietta, half 

 a mile east of those remarkable ancient fortifications, on the 

 Muskingum, which have attracted the notice and the wonder 



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