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It may be added, that although the prin- | Fossil Bones of the American Mammoth-Sordacipal object will be the publication of se- walite-Achmite-Beudant on the Opals of Hunlections from foreign works; yet it is not gary-Cleavelandite-Rubellite-Lepidolite-Geology of Lake Huron-Review of Parkinson's Outintended that the pages of this Journal shall lines of Oryctology-New Localities of American be closed against any original articles of mer- Minerals. it which may be offered, particularly those relating to the history and progress of discovery in our own country.

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BOTANY.-Rafflesia Titan-Mr Sabine on the
Wild Potato-Plants from Rio Janeiro.

ENTOMOLOGY.-Dr Harris on Four Native Spe-
cies of the Genus Cantharis-Mr Kirby on Ani-
mals receiving Nutriment from Mineral Substances
Observations on Bees-On the Hybernation of
the Snail.
GEOGRAPHY.-Mr Curson's Ascent to the
Peak of Misté-Capt. Scoresby's Voyage to the
Blanc-Journey across Newfoundland.
STATISTICS.—Mr Harvey on the Increase of the
Population of the United States and Territories of
America, &c.

Robert Jameson Esq. Prof. Nat. Hist. Edin.
Rev. Ezra S. Goodwin.

James Dean, Esq. Prof. Math. in the University
of Vermont.
William E. Cormach, Esq.
B. Gaspard, M. D., &c.

Our first number was not published until seventeen days after that on which it was dated; this delay arose from an unexpected difficulty in procuring from a distant manufactory the paper to be used for the Gazette.

The Nature and Plan of this Work will Coast of Greenland-Mr Clissold's Ascent to Mont We retained our original date in order that

be seen from the following Abstract of the Contents of the Volume already published. ASTRONOMY.-Rieussec's Chronograph--Mr Pond on the Changes in the Declination of the Fixed Stars-Baron de Zach on the Observatories of Europe-Prof. Farrar on the Comet of 1823-24 -Elements of the Comet of 1823.

OPTICS.--Mr Butter on the Insensibility of the Eye to certain Colours.

HYDROGRAPHY.-On the Luminous Appear

ance of the Ocean.

GENERAL SCIENCE and USEFUL ARTS.-Col.

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Stratton on the Sepulchral Caverns of Egypt Method of Preserving Echini, Asteriæ, &c.-Account of the Fire of St Elmo-Account of the ExHYDRONAMICS.-Mr Knowles on the Curvili- plosion of a Steam Boiler at Lochrin Distillerynear Form of the Sterns of Ships-Mr Perkins' New Mode of Extinguishing Fires in Chimneys-ber, that the semiannual volume may then New Steam Engine-Observations on Circular New Method of Ascertaining the Maximum Denbe completed. Sterns-Experiments on the Pressure of Wa-sity of Water-Dr Warren's Description of an Egyptian Mummy, and an Account of the Operater, &c. PNEUMATICS.-Dr Wollaston on the Finite tion of Embalming-Matrix of the Diamond Sine the preceding reviews were in type, we Extent of the Atmosphere-Dr Colladon on a De-Discovery of a New Alphabet-Account of a have learned by intelligence from England that Man who Swallowed a Number of Clasp Knives Edmund de Quincy, of Oxford, is now generally scent in a Diving Bell. New Fermenting Apparatus-Preservation of Confessions of Leeches-New Method of Obtaining Castor Oil-believed to be the author of the " an Opium-eater." We mention this, because the Description of Vettie's Giel in Norway Account writer of the article upon that work supposed it to of the opening of two Mummies Count Rumford's be a sort of apologetic autobiography of Mr ColeDonation for the Establishment of a Biennial Preridge. mium-Effects of Chloride of Lime as a Disinfector-Preservation of Plants-Improved Process for Manufacturing White Lead-Improvement in Sheathing Copper.

MECHANICS. Mr Perkins' Improvements in the Art of Engraving-Mr Treadwell on Cast Iron New Method of Tanning and Dyeing Of Glazing Earthen Ware Soldering with Cast Iron-Description of Monteith & Co's great Bandana Gallery-New Apparatus for Describing Curves-Method of obtaining Iron from Slags and Cinder-Method of producing the Prismatic Colours on Metallic Surfaces-On the Alloys of Steel.

ACOUSTICS.-Dr Wollaston on Sonnds Inaudible to certain Ears-Velocity of Sound.

ELECTRICITY and GALVANISM.-New Form of Voltaic Apparatus.

MAGNETISM.-Account of Captain Scoresby's Magnetical Discoveries.

METEOROLOGY.-Prof. Farrar on an Apparatus for Determining the Mean Temperature, &c.Mr Goodwin on the Gale of September, 1822-Remarkable Meteor-New Facts respecting the Atmosphere-Sir H. Davy on the Formation of Mists.

CHEMISTRY.-Reduction of Sulphate of Lead -Dr Ure on Chloride of Lime or Bleaching Powder-Dr Webster's Examination of the Meteor from Maine, &c.-Test for Proto-Salts of IronAcid Earth of Persia-Dr Marcet on the Saline Contents of Sea Water-Hydriodate of PotassMr Faraday on Condensation of the Gases-On the Action of Platinum on Mixtures of Oxygen, Hydrogen, &c.-Dæbereiner's Eudiometer-Dr Traill on detecting small quantities of ArsenicRoman Cement-Sir H. Davy on the Condensation of Gases.

ZOOLOGY.-Mr Smith on Animals of America allied to the Genus Antilope--Prof. Jameson on the Rocky Mountain Sheep of the Americans-Sir E. Home on a New Species of Rhinoceros-Dr Traill on the Orang Outang-On American Animals of the Genus Felis.

COMPARATIVE ANATOMY.-M. G. St Hilaire on the Identity of the Organs of Animals of Different Classes.

MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY.-Dr Mac CulLoch on Certain Elevations of Land Connected with the Actions of Volcanoes-Dr Davy on the Mineralogy of Ceylon-Prof. Buckland on Fossil Teeth and Bones in a Cave in Yorkshire-Rocking Stone of Roxbury-Marble of Stoneham-M. Gay-Lussac on Volcanoes-Mr Scrope on the Eruption of Vesuvius, 1822-Prof. Hausmann on the Geology of the Apennines-Green Felspar of Beverly-Nothis tr of Conybeare and Phillips' Outlines of the Geor lessy of England and Wales-Dr Ware on the

HOROLOGY.-Mr Dyar's Improvement in Clocks.
SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHY.- -Memoir of the Life
of Berthollet.

List of some of the Authors of Articles in the Bos-
ton Journal of Philosophy and the Arts.

Sir H. Davy, Bart. F. R. S.
Lieut. Col. Straton, F. R. S.
John MacCulluch, M. D. F. R. S.
John Butter M. D. F. L. S.

John Pond, Esq. Astronomer Royal.
John Farrar, Esq. Prof. Math. &c. in Harvard
University.

Joseph Sabine, Esq. F. R. S.
T. W. Harris, M. D.

James Crichton, Esq.

John C. Warren, M. D. Prof. Anat. &c. in
Harvard University.

Prof. Pictet.

Sir Everard Home, Bart.

Rev. William Kirby, F. R. S.
John Knowles, Esq. F. R. S.
Charles H. Smith, Esq. A. L. S.
Samuel Curson, Esq.
Henry Meikle, Esq.
Rev. William Dunbar.
William Burnet, M. D.
J. L. Sullivan, Esq.

R. Stevenson, Esq. F. R. S.
Thomas S. Traill, M. D. F. R. S.
George Harvey, Esq.

Dr Calladon of Geneva.
Baron de Zach.

M. Gay-Lussac.

Andrew Ure, M. D. F. R. S.

William Scoresby, Esq. F. R. S.

N. M. Hentz, Esq.

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A Military Journal during the American Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1783, describing interesting Events and Transactions of this Period, with numerous Historical Facts and Anecdotes, from the Original Manuscript; to which is added an Appendix, containing Biographical Sketches of several General Officers. By James Thacher, M. D. late Surgeon in the American Army. Boston. 1823. 8vo. pp. 603.

their children.

BOSTON, JUNE 1, 1824.

dure so much cropping and dressing up.
We recommend to Dr Thacher, when his
book comes to a second edition, which we
think he may expect, to restore it in a good
measure to its original condition, as we are
quite sure it would have made a still more
useful and popular work, if it had been
given to the public unadorned and untouch-
ed. But whatever faults the book may
have, it is withal an interesting and valua-
ble work, and ought to be, and will be, in
the library of all who love to trace the
footsteps of our fathers through that dark
valley of the shadow of death which led
to our Independence.

No. 4.

nish an opportunity to inflict punishment and to raise occasion for a serious quarrel, Lieutenant Colonel Nesbit of the forty-seventh regiment ordered a soldier to offer a countryman an old rusty musket.

A man from Billerica was caught by this bait, and purchased the gun for three dollars. The unfortu nate man was immediately seized by Nesbit and confined in the guard-house all night. Early next morning they stripped him entirely naked, feathers, placed him on a cart, and conducted him through the street as far as Liberty-tree, where the people began to collect in vast numbers, and the military, fearing for their own safety, dismissed the man, and retreated to their barracks. The party consisted of about thirty grenadiers with fixed bayonets, twenty drums and fifes playing the Rogues' March, headed by the redoubtable Nesbit with a drawn sword! What an honourable deed for a British field officer and grenadiers! The selectmen of Billerica remonstrated with General Gage respecting this outrage, but obtained no satisfaction."

covered him over with warm tar and then with

On page 82 is a queer story of a riot in the American barracks, which does little credit to the manners or the discipline of our troops.

“A singular kind of riot took place in our barracks last evening, attended by some unpleasant consequences. Colonel A. W. of Massachusetts, made choice of his two sons, who were soldiers in his regiment, to discharge the menial duties of waiters; and one of them having been brought up a shoemaker, the Colonel was so inconsiderate as to allow him to work on his bench in the same room with himself. This ridiculous conduct has for some time drawn on the good old man the contemptuous sneers of the gentleman officers, espe cially those from Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Colonel Č. of Wayne's regiment, being warmed with wine, took upon himself the task of reprehending the Yankee Colonel for thus degrading his rank. With this view he rushed into the room in the evening and soon despatched the shoemaker's bench; after which, he made an assault on the Conoise and confusion soon collected a number of oflonel's person, and bruised him severely. The ficers and soldiers, and it was a considerable time before the rioters could be quelled. Some of the soldiers of Colonel Wayne's regiment actually took to

THIS work should have been noticed before; it was published many months since, Dr Thacher had just finished his medical and though, as we understand, it has sold studies when the war broke out, and he rewell, its peculiar character and use render paired to Watertown where the Congress it deserving of more attention than it has were then in session, and offered his servireceived. Such books are now demanded ces as surgeon. He was approved, placed by the reading community, and the histor- on the list of army surgeons, and comical and permanent reputations of the emi-menced duty in the hospital at Cambridge, nent among our fathers, will probably be on the 15th of July, 1775. Our limits will fixed by them. We may hope they will ap- not allow us to follow our author in his pear, for such calls are generally answer- whole career; we can only say, he was ed; and whether they are histories, or jour- generally fortunate enough to be where any nals, or biographies, they should be a state- thing peculiarly interesting or important ment of facts and circumstances relative to was going on. Sick and wounded officers important men and measures, plainly and of high rank, were frequently put under his accurately told. The writers of them may care, and he availed himself of every opbe assured that the more fully, circumstan-portunity thus afforded him, to obtain accutially, and simply, the record of the gene-rate and valuable information. We may, ration which has just gone, is made up, the without flattery or undue panegyric, give more acceptable and valuable will it be to our author credit for being an excellent Yankee. He appears to have been always inquisitive and active,-a good guesser, sufficiently endowed with proper confidence in himself, and nowise wanting in disposition or ability to thrust himself forward into the acquaintance of all persons and affairs of consequence, whenever it could be done with propriety and decorum. Accordingly, he knows every body, and is full of anec dotes about every body, and his anecdotes their arms and dared the Yankees, and then proare generally told in a lively, and pleasant thirty or forty rounds were aimed at the soldiers of ceeded to the extremity of firing their guns. About way. His journal is a very respectable our regiment, who were driven from their huts and history of the whole war; not so particular barracks, and several of them were severely as larger works, but much more interesting wounded. Colonel C. in making an assault on a and probably quite as authentic. For many superior officer, and encouraging a riot, is guilty of important events and facts, it is itself the one of the highest crimes in our articles of war. It best possible evidence, being the testimony his duty to bring the audacious offenders to exemwas in the power of Colonel W., and, in fact, it was of an intelligent and honest eyewitness. plary punishment; but, as if to complete the disTo illustrate our author's mode of story-grace of the transaction, Colonel C. sent some soltelling, we will extract a few paragraphs. On the 15th page, is a recital of one of the many abuses which exasperated the people of Boston into more determined hostility against England.

This journal is evidently not printed as it was written. The style is too elaborate; the hopes, fears, and expectations appended to the more important events, are too sagacious. A young man not in the line as a military officer, could not find leisure in the vicissitudes and bustle of active war, to adorn his journal with figures of speech; nor would he probably be endowed with a spirit of prophecy, which could tell him just when to hope for escape and victory, and when to fear peril and suffering.

On the other hand, many of the most interesting scenes, which occurred in the war of the revolution, are described with a minuteness and life, not to be reconciled with the supposition, that the whole account was written recently. We therefore suppose, that Dr Thacher actually kept a journal during the war, which he has since written over, suppressing matter which he supposed uninteresting, filling up outlines originally drawn in haste and so defectively, and intercalating many passages of sagacious remark and fine writing.

This we take to be the true history of of the life and sufferings of this journal;

diers into the woods to shoot a fat bear, with which and his officers to partake of it; this effected a rehe made an entertainment, and invited Colonel W. conciliation; and Colonel W. was induced to overlook the high-handed assault on his own per

son and on the lives of his soldiers. Our Colonel is a serious, good man, but is more conversant with "The public indignation is now greatly excited the economy of domestic life than the etiquette

by the following shameful transaction. The peo-practised in camp."

into Boston, were suspected by the officers of pur-
le from the country, whose business called them

On page 136 is a professional account of

and rather regret that it was called to en-chasing guns from their soldiers. In order to fur- a wound received by one of our soldier

50

yet, we verily believe, history can show as
many precedents of the wonderful epocha of
our nation's birth, as the generations of
can offer of such an individual as

men

Washington.

us into close acquaintan of air, earth, and sea, w long banished from legit tion, and many of its mos ages, are not of human f he has contrived from stance, which common from the interest of wor admitted, to throw an in around his heroine, and ness into the interest wh Undine is one of a ra

which is almost far enough beyond the extraordinary to reach the incredible. “A brave soldier received a musket ball in his forehead; observing that it did not penetrate deep, it was imagined that the ball rebounded and fell out; but after several days, on examination, I de- We cannot help feeling, strange as it tected the ball lying flat on the bone, and spread may seem to many, and false as it may seem under the skin, which I removed. No one can to some, that Washington is not fairly and doubt but he received his wound while facing the enemy, and it is fortunate for the brave fellow that rightly appreciated by his countrymen. his skull proved too thick for the ball to penetrate." There is a sort of fashion of thinking him negatively rather than positively great. No On page 209 is an anecdote of James one denies his reliance upon justice and Otis; a man whose whole life was a passion right, his courage or his faith in the ulti-habitation is in the wate of patriotism; who seemed to know no love mate prevalence of a good cause; for he some respects a superio but for his country; and whose death was jeopardized fortune, life, and reputation in a tants of earth, but in c as peculiar as his character and influence. conflict between rebellion, weak, poor, and voured. If he had lived in those ancient days when almost resourceless, and sovereignty, powimagination ran riot, and reason content-erful, armed, and resolute. None doubt his edly followed her delightful wanderings, they who saw him fall, smitten down by the fires of heaven in their passage to earth, and remembered his burning zeal, and his power of communicating to others the intensity of his own feelings and the foresight of his own sagacity, would have believed him the chosen channel through which the needed fire and light from heaven might pass to the minds and hearts of his countrymen.

"We are in many things. than you others of the huma integrity; for all temptation man can meet, call ourselves human, being was offered him, during the war, by the en- bodies;-but there is a sad emy, and at its close, by every feeling of our fellow-spirits in the ot ambition and self-love in his own heart, and vanish into air, with body an trace behind us, and when y he was moved by them,-less than the sumto a purer life, we remain v mer breeze may move an oak. But his and wind and waves remain. intellect was as extraordinary as his moral in truth, no souls; we move nature; its essential quality was pure wis-manding it as long as we live ters us into dust as soon as dom, profound, unerring, almost superhucheerful, without troubling of man; and because there was in his mind no as nightingales, and little effort, no turbulence, nothing but the quiet of beautiful children of nature This book contains much evidence, and unfading and shadowless light; because he creatures wish to rise above more assertion respecting a circumstance formed his conclusions and went to his re-it with my father, who is a in our history which has never been so dis-sults almost intuitively, and needed no colli- in the Mediterranean sea; h to be gifted with a soul, thou tinctly explained or so thoroughly estab- sion with other minds to strike out the light it all the sorrows which belo lished as its importance deserves. We al- of his own, his wondrous endowments were souls. But our race can onl lude to the gradual growth, the power, and hardly known;-and there are, who think most intimate union of love the final dissolution of a party in the coun- him a cold and prudent man, gifted with try, and yet more in the Congress, adverse excellent temper, and excellent sense, but to Washington, and desirous of placing withal possessed of no very remarkable Green, Gates, or Lee, in his high office of genius. Now, we speak not of gratitude commander in chief. The fact seems to be due to him; of the policy of rewarding such generally admitted, and is noticed and al- services with high fame; but we advise all luded to in almost every history; but this who dare to look up and measure an intelis not enough; names, motives, and circum-lect which led the destinies of this land, and stances should be now fully disclosed by was the instrument chosen by God to work those who have it in their power to do so, a nation's deliverance,-we do request them such there be. We cannot imagine to learn to measure it aright; to estimate any reasons of policy, or of delicacy to- its power by its achievement; and to rewards individuals, which should have suf-member that in those disastrous days, when ficient power to conceal from the people men best learn each other's nature, the best the true extent and character of a power- and bravest in the land bowed down beful attack upon him, who deserves from us fore him, and felt that it was given to him the name of Father of his country, more to rule, and to them to obey. than any man ever deserved the name from any country.

if

any

It may well be that something of the spirit which gave life to this party yet remains. All who are conversant with, or have heard much of our eminent men, know that there are amongst them, some who have felt no love nor reverence for the great name of our country; and who would not, like Mr Giles, a man whose talents and honesty all must respect, declare upon the floor of the Senate Chamber, that he had entertained prejudices against Washington, but take him altogether, never should he look

To effect this purpose adopted daughter of a po wife; and in due time, assistance of Kuhlebom water-god, her very res comes the wife of a no brand, of Ringstetten, a human soul.

"Now, I have a soul," sh

after her mariage: "I thank expressibly loved! and I w for it, even if thou shouldst m of sorrow. For what then thou should avoid and rej ception, however, I would And if it is your choice to by going back alone to the into this brook, which is my the forest his singular solita the rest of his friends. He

and much esteemed by many bought me to the fisherma Phil-il, he will carry me back

Undine. A Tale, from the German of Fred-
erick, Baron de la Motte Fouqué.
adelphia. 1824. 12mo. pp. 170.

THIS is a singularly wild, fantastical, and
even whimsical production; and is yet at the
same time highly beautiful and attractive.
We scarcely know, indeed, when we have
been more fascinated, than during the few
moments which were occupied in turning
over the pages of this little tale. The nar-
rative is plain, intelligible, and continued

ital, living,-suffering woma

From this time, her c before been wild, incons ad often perverse, un change; she becomes the fectionate of wives, and h the most benevolent fee Unfortunately, in the ex despositions, she confers