416 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
Pernt recently Mr. Peabody has given $140,000 to the Essex Institute 
n Salem, Mass., for the promotion ‘of the Natural and Physical Sciences 
in his native county. Of this sum $100,000 is to be kept as a perma- 
nent fund, and the income to be devoted to various branches of science. 
The remainder of the gift will be chiefly expended on the Museum 
of Natural History. = vito Sy letter to his Trustees announcing 
this donation was as fo 
Salem, Feb. 26, 1867. 
To Francis Peabody, Esq., ae Asa Gray, Wm. C. Endicott, Esq., Ge 0. 
Peabody Russell, Bees tO. C. Marsh, age Wheatland, A.C 
Gentlemen: As you will pereciv by the tfifoead Batnihes’ t of Trust, 
I wish to Sins in the hands of yourselves and your successors, the sum 
of one hundred and forty shibiead dollars, for the promotion of Science 
and Useful Knowledge in the County of Essex 
Of this, my native county, I have always been justly proud, in com- 
mon with all her sons, remembering her ancient reputation, her many 
illustrious statesmen, jurists and men of science; her distinguished record 
from the earliest days of our country’s history, and the distinction so long 
retained by her, as eminent in the education and morality of her citizens. 
m desirous of assisting to perpetuate her good name through fu- 
science and knowledge ; and, after consultation with some of her mos 
eminent and worthy citizens, and encouraged by the success which has 
wee pueiged the efforts and researches of the distinguished Scientific 
Association of which your Chairman is President, and with which most 
of you are Satbesul I am led to hope that this gift may be instrumen- 
tal in attaining the desired end. 
I therefore transmit to you the inclosed instrument, and a check for 
the amount therein named ($140,000), with the hope that this Trust, as 
administered by you and your successors, may tend to advancement in 
intelligence and Hite, not only in our good old county of Essex, but in 
our Commonwealth, and in our common country. 
am, with great respect, your humble servant, 
Signed) Greorce PEABODY. 
Mr. Peabody has, moreover, recently given $20,000 to the Massachu- 
setts Historical Society, a nd $15,000 each to ygrkanijirty Mass., an 
Georgetown, D.C., to ieee free public libraries in those cit 
hese various us gifts i increase the amount of Mr, Peabody’s recent bene- 
factions to science and education in this country to nearly ae millions 
dollars,—a truly noble and unparalleled record of private munificence. 
2. Ascent of Mount Hood, Oregon ; by the Rev. H. K. Hivgs. *—In 
September of 1864, in ens with three Lap ne of Vancouver, I 
first attempted to reach the mit of Mount Hood. On reaching aa 
altitude about 800 feet Slow | the summit, a — cloud came sweeping 
inst the north side of the mountain, and, drifting rapidly over it, in- 
stantly enveloped us in its folds. The air changed suddenly to a fierce 
ld riving snow filled the air so entirely that a cliff of r 
300 feet high, standing not more than fifty feet from us, Was 1 nvisible. 
* From the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, March 2, 1867. 
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