Miscellaneous Intelligence. _ AAT 
April 1st, Aurora Borealis in N. E., arch 10° high at 9 p. wm; 5th, 
Aurora very splendid, commenced as the clouds — a little be- 
fore 9 p. m., and increased in brightness till 10. At 94 it consisted of 
an exceedingly bright glow in the north, rising nearly to the pole-star. 
At 10 it rose considerably above the pole, with numerous bright pillars 
of light lower down; 7th, a very fine Aurora, with the principal arch 
nearly stationary from 8h to 10 v. m., and its vertex about 10° high ; 
10th, faint. 
May Ast, Faint Aurora low in the — ; 2d, meteor very splendid, at 
o N 
8 faint, at 84 a regular arch from E. . W., 6° above the pole; at 
55" a corona formed 8° S. W. ee the zenith, with the radiations 
very distinct and beautiful. The meteor was very changeable, and the 
streamers at times exhibited a dazzling brightness. 4th, faint Aurora, 
with no distinct arch; 6th, ibid; 7th, chides 3ist, ibid. 
June 2d, Aurora Rorsalis faints 8th, ib bids Oth, ibid. 
July 4th, Faint Aurora; 10th, ibid; 12th, fine Aurora, with stream- 
ers fitting rapidly at 95; 23d, faint Aurora in N 
August 3ist, Slight Auroral light. 
September Ist, Fine Aurora, commenced at 9 P. m. and continued 
through the night; 2d, very fine Aurora which continued ——— the 
night, ,—at 9 P. m. there was a flat arch under the pole, 15° high; 3d, 
another fine Aurore: with a distinct arch under the pole, 25° hak at 9 
10th, faint Aurora ; 24th, ibid. 
or tars 31st, Slight Aurora low in N, 
November Ist, Ibid. 
December 4th, Beautiful Aurora, bright arch low in the N.; 8th, 
faint —_ light in in 
tract of a letter from Colonel J. C. Fremont, respecting his 
eeboneite for the route of a Railroad to the Pacific 
[The letter from which extracts are here given was prepared by Col. 
Fremont for publication shortly before he set out on his journey, oa for 
particular reasons it was not printed at the time.” Those reasons no 
the correspondence of Col. F. should be given to the public. The 
name of the person to whom the principal letter is addressed need not 
en. | 
“My own journeys through our interior mountains had already in 
1847 satisfied me that a direct railroad route ought to be searched for 
along the parallel of 38° 39’. Information acquired from all sources 
the Three Parks, with the numerous ee fae igp enclose t 
waters of the South Platte, the Arkansas, and the Del Norte on 8 one 
side, and the sources of the East Fork of the Great Colaraiee: on 1 the 
other. 
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