Valuable Melic. 395 



0. Cold at the head of Lake Superior.^ — Our thermometer 

 has frequently stood between 20 and thirty degrees below 

 zero and one night at 12 o'clock, the mercury sunk into the 

 ball of the thermometer — the instrument was graduated at 

 33" bt low 0, and there remained tilt just before sun rising. — 

 Notwithstanding the intensity of cold, we do not suffer, as we 

 have warm quarter? and plenty of wood, and when we go out, 

 guard against the cold by means of flannel, furs, &c. 



7. Hot Weather. — Newspapers of the southern states 

 speak of the extreme heat wh ch prevailed in that re- 

 gion during a pari of the summer of the last year. la 

 Cheraw. South-Carolina, the mercury, in Fahrenheit's ther- 

 mometer, exposed to the air in (he shade, stood, at 3 o'clock 

 P. M- of six successive days, as follows :— June 26th, 90°5 

 27th, 94°; 28th, 103°; 29th, 103°; 30th, 105«; July 1st, 

 100° 



8. Valuable Relic. — Rarely has the death of an enemy 

 produced such feelings as were produced by the untimely 

 fate of Major Andre, adjutant-general of the British army, 

 that amiable and gallant, though unfortunate officer, who was 

 executed at Orangetown, orTappan,f N. Y. on the 2d of Octo- 

 ber, 1780. Floods of tears were elicited from the officers and 

 soldiers who witnessed that lamentable occurrence ; a uni- 

 versal sadness pervaded our army throughout the country; 

 and the martial spirit of the nation seemed lost in a unani- 

 mous and heartfelt 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 ii\ne, 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 courstenance and graceful figure, sit- 

 ting in an eas} and commanding attitude, with the left arm 

 extended over the back of his chair, while the right arm rests 



* Extract of a letter from Dr. L. Foot, dated Cantonment Brady, 

 Sault St. Marie, Feb. 15, 1824. 

 f Now commonly called Tappan. 



