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Marietta, on the Ohio. It is in the possession of Mr Hill, of St. Clair county, Illinois. It is in the form of an inverted cone, measuring three & a half inches across at top, two & a half at bottom, and four inches in height. It is of pure silver, & so skillfully wrought, that no traces of the plating hammer are discernible. The bottom, which is circular, has been separately forged, accurately fitted to the sides, or barrel, and soldered on. The line of attachment is plainly discernible. Its interior surface has been gilt, or washed, with a bright, yellow, untarnishable metal, which is undoubtedly gold; but that gilding is impaired in some places. It was found in a mound at Marietta, half a mile east of these remarkable fortifications on the Muskingum. The mound is situated in a woody plain, with a gentle declivity towards the river, and a small stream washes its base. During the autumnal rains, or the melting of the snow in the spring, it runs with the velocity of a current. Thus it has gradually washed away the earth, and laid open the mound for a considerable space, and in this situation the cup was discovered. It was then in a bruised, or shapeless mass, and foul from adhering clay; but being taken to a silversmith, was put into the shape it now presents, which was probably the shape it origi-