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Miscellaneous Intelligence. AAT 
of the public money were voted for its construction some years ago. 
It'is suggested that the Geological Society should be furnished with 
rooms in the buildin 
14. Interesting Collections for sale —The attention of colle eges 
academies, public schools, and private collectors of aon of natural 
history, literature, &c., is invited to the following notice 
A private gentleman who in the course of a long ee as opportuni- 
ties have offered in Europe, and America, and, at considerable expense, 
has indulged his taste_in collecting various oweats of art, science and 
literature, and’ being now too infirm, as well as advanced in life, to 
prosecute these pursuits, and indeed feeling unable to take the neees- 
| private institutions of his country, as an opportunity of obtaining 
and valuable objects, not often torbe met with and not to be n neg- 
lected. The first is a 
A collection of minerals made in this country as well as in Euro 
containing most of the species and many of the’varieties mentioned by 
Professor Cleaveland in his treatise, and many, perhaps: more crystal- 
line forms than are to be found in other.American cabinets, with few 
exceptions ; among them there is.a fine crystal of gold, w gn 
tracted: the notice of Professors. Vanuxem and epard, a 
terminated euclase, double terminated _topazes, and 
quartz crystals, and a, perfect crystal of the ‘gieseckite brought from 
Greenland by | a Sea Giesecke of Rapaneegens, probably ‘the. best 
in the country. Most of the apeeney are of moderate cabinet size, 
aepaisied to be contained case convenient.to occupy near 
one side of a room, and akon ost all. are ticketed; many with the 
original lends of the Abbé Haiiy, Brongniart, Brochant, Klaproth, 
Gillet Laumont, Lucas, and Patrin, as well as of other distinguished 
pe ap and fossil « specimen 
Together with the minerals will be sold a set of crystalline aan In 
wood Cah. the angles all anaied) oa 
stria, but learning hey were wa 
o the present owner and ort 
Further information. ean oe given by Professor Silliman, Profes 
B. Silliman, Jr., and C. ae Professor in the Medical College 6} 
reek, Roman, and Colonial coins in golé 
and lead, with Asiatic and African colonial 
