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6. Cold at the head of Lake Superior.*—Our aistoniie 
has frequently stood between 20 and thirty degrees below 
one night at 12 o’clock, the mercury sunk into the 
ball of the thermometer—the instrument was graduated at 
33° below 0, and there remained tili just before sun ie 
Notwithstanding the intensity of cold, we do not suffer. 
have warm quarters and plenty of wood, and when we § r0 
guard against the cold by means of flannel, furs, &c. 2 
7. Hot Weather.—Newspapers of the southern states 
speak of the exireme heat whch prevailed in that re- 
gion during a part of the summer of the last year. In 
Cheraw, South-Carolina, the mercury, in Fahrenheit’s ther- 
mometer, exposed to the air in the shade, stood, at 3 o’clock 
.M. of six successive days, as follows «June 26th, “90°; 
27th, 94°; 28th, 103°; 29th, 103°; 30th, 105°; July ist, 
8. Valuable Relic.— Rarely has the death of an enemy 
produced such feelings as were produced by the untimely 
fate of Major Anpre, adjutant-general of the British army, 
that amiable and gallant, though unfortunate officer, who was 
executed at Orangetown, or Tapp an,} N. Y. onthe 2d of Octo- 
ber, 1780. Floods of tears were elicited from the officers and 
soldiers who witnessed that lamentable occurrence; a uni- 
versal — pervaded our army throughout the country ; ; 
martial spirit of the nation seemed lost in a unani- 
anes aia Fieurtfelt commiseration. 
_ While this unhappy ‘young man was confined in his guard- 
room, previously to his execution, he occupied the most of 
his time in writing; but occasionally endeavoured to relieve. 
the anxiety of his mind by sketching with a pencil or pen— 
an art which he possessed in a high degree. A little sketch, 
taken by him at that time, has been preserved among some 
other papers by a worthy citizen of this town, (New-Haven,) 
who was an officer of the revolution. This sketch exhibits 
a person of a youthful countenance and graceful figure, sit- 
ting in an easy and commanding attitude, with the left arm 
extended over the back of his chair, while the right arm rests 
* Extract of a a — Dr. L. Foot, dated Cantonment Diaty, 
Sault St. Marie, Feb. 1 
t Now commonly called Toppan. 
