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Frozen Quichsiloer. --I here has never, to our knowledge, been so great degree of cold registered in any part of the United States, as that on Sunday last at New Lebanon. in this state. Al 5 o'clock on that morning, the mercury had sunk to 39 de- grees below zero, and became coagealed and smmopabie. The lowest point on nrecords was that made by Professor Cleaveland, of Bowdon College, at Brunswick, (Me. } some quarter of a century ago. He sus- pended several glasses from the bough of a free, in the most exposed situation to the weather, and sat up all night to watch the fluctuations of the fluid. Al one period. while noticing one more sensitive than the rest, he was almost in ecstacics 10 observe 1t sink, sink, sinking to near the touchstone, but 1t absolutely refused to budge de- gree lower than 3S, prefeTing to remain in liquid state; and tho scientific Profes-. scr was obliged 10 retire to bed with his wishes nngratified.

 In Parry's second voyage to the North Pole, his officers, when the alcoholic ther- mometers stood at 58 degrees below zero, amused themselves by casting quicksilver into bullet moulds, and freezing it ; and en- ioyed great sport iii firing the balls at the Polar bears, with a view of trying new mode of salsuatioa. IN. Y. Advertiser.