
CROSS ON THE MOON.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer contains letter
from an officer in the u S, Army dated Fort
Leavenworth, Missouri, March 90, in which it is
stated, on the 14th of February, at 8 A. M. 'the
moon which had been obscured by a cloud for
some hours, burst forth of deep blood-red color,
with black cross of equal proportions over the
face, extending beyond the rim while on the two
sides small pieces of rainbow were visible After
continuing in this way for about an hour the color
of the moon changed to its ordinary hue, and the
cross became slvery white, with the edge ex-
tending beyond the rim, and touching the rain
bows. 1t continued so for haitian hour, and heavy
clouds then intervening, obscured the moon, which
set unseen. This phenomenon was seen by the
hospital attendants, who were up at that hour,
some of them very intelligent men, by the guard
and sentinels on post, and by several citizens of
Weston little town five miles off: The next
morning the sun rose accompanied by two sun
dogs, as they are commonly called, nearly equal
in brilliancy to the sum- and resembling two other
suns. This latter scene was witnessed by numbers.
In addition, for about two weeks past every night
at seven to eight o'clock, bright streak of light
has appeared in the heavens, coming from the west
and bearing about E. S. E., and resembling very
much what is believed to be the tail of comet.
have thought it my duty to state those things,
even at the expense of being discredited, in the
hope of eliciting comparison of observations else
where"