From whence we crawl'd (and who's with out ambition? Who does not with to better his condition?) We nestled in your little lock behind; And with you gallop'd in the glorious chace; Dire with! for midt my travels, urg'd by From you, - Groan for my prefence, and lament my fall, gone; Such is the hift'ry of your loyal loufe, Whofe prefence breeds fuch tumult in the houfe-" The poet then notes the ill reception which this fpeech experienced; infomuch that the life of the little orator was endangered; when, lo! Zephyr, fo anxious for his life, drew near, The Art of War; a Poem. By Jofeph THE following defcription of fhips of war is a favourable fpecimen of the poem: -View yon vehicles, Whofe wondrous road is through the world of waves; That give to eager man the morning's wings; Whofe fvelling walls a multitude inclose, In beauteous amity commute, and make The floating houfes of the fea, arrang'd Commerce of deaths! to fhow the astonish'd feas Such tempeft as the winds ne'er blew to THE original papers in this volume, are as follows: On the management of wood, by Mr Davis. On the state and cultivation of timber, by Mr Wimpey. On the state of naval timber, by Mr South. On the American Buffalo, by G. Turner, Efq; of Philadelphia, Judge of the Western Territory. On the method of making Parmesan cheese, by Mr Pryce, (written from Italy in 1793). Six papers, on mangel wurzel, potatoes, poor rates, and poor laws, &c. by Sir Mordaunt Martin, Bart. On the abufe of fpirituSix (uninterefting) letters on fmut in ous liquors, by Dr Fothergill of Bath. wheat, by anonymous writers. On refervoirs in farm-yards, &c. by Mr Pew. On the conftruction of cottages (with plans) plans) by Mr Davis. On fatting with potatoes, by the Rev. H. C. Close. On the value of land, with the rise and fall of the public funds, by Sir Thomas Bee, vor, Bart. On planting chefnuts, &c. by Mr Pugh. On reclaiming a bogg, by Mr South. An improved pedome ter, by Mr Tugwell. On turnip cabbage, by the Rev. T. Broughton. On preventing curl in potatoes, by Mr Chapple. An experiment on theep feeding, by Mr Billingfley. Laftly, a general in dex to the feven volumes by Mr Croker. We fhall present our readers with two extracts. ACCOUNT OF THE BUFFALO OF AMERICA. The American Buffalo is, if I mistake not, the bifon of Buffon, Immenfe herds of this mimal roam at large, in Interior America, From Green River to the Mippi, the fhores of the Ohio are hned with them. The hunters are too apt to deftroy them wantonly a circumstance much to be regretted, and not to be prevented. Frequently have I seen this fine animal killed; and, excepting the tongue and the tallow, left on the ground, a prey to the tygers, wolves, ard tagles. The bofs on the fhoulders of the buffalo is, as well as the tongue, extremely rich and delicious,-fuperior to the beft English beef. It is ufual to cure the tongues, and tranfport them to New-Orleans; where they are fure to meet with a good market. There is a fingular, an affecting trait in the character of the buffalo, when a calf; and my feelings have feverely felt it. Whenever a cow buffalo falls before the murdering lead of the hunters, and happens to have a calf, the helpless young one, far from attempting an escape, ftays by its fallen dam, with figns of ftrong and natural affection. The dam thus fecured, the hunter makes no attempt on the calf, (knowing it unneceflary) but proceeds to cut up the carcafe: then laying it on his børfe, he returns towards Lome, followed by the poor calf, thus inttinctively attending the remains of its dam. I have feen a fingle hunter ride into the town of Cincinnati, between the Miames, followed in this manner, and, at the fame time, by three calves, who had lost their dams by this cruel hunter. Since I have expreffed a wifh to fee the baffalo domefticated on the English farms, I will now mention a fact con cerning it, within my own knowledge But there is another property in which the buffalo far furpaffes the ox:-his ftrength. Judging from the extraordi nary fize of his bones, and the depth and formation of his cheft, I fhould not think it unreasonable to affign nearly a double portion of ftrength to this powerful inhabitant of the foreit. Reclaim him, and you gain a capital quadruped for the draught and for the plough: his activity peculiarly fits for the latter, in preference to the ox. ACCOUNT OF THE MODE OF MAKING PARMESAN CHEESE. AT ten o'clock in the morning, five brents and a half of milk, each brent being about forty-eight quarts, was put into a large copper, which turned on a crane, over a flow wood-fire, made about two feet below the furface of the ground. The milk was flirred from time to time; and, about eleven o'clock, when juft luke-warm, or confiderably under a blood-heat, a bali of rennet, as big as a large walnut, was squeezed through a cloth into the milk, which was kept firring. This rennet was faid to have been purchased of a man at Lodie, famous for the compofition; but that it was principally made of the fame part of the calf as we ufe in England for that purpofe, mixed up with falt and vinegar: nently virtuous and once powerful monarch; the fubjugation of a numerous and once patriotic people; the partition of a fertile and wide-extended country; and the fatal error of placing any reliance on the profeffions of amity made by rival and ambitious princes, can, amidft the prefent convulfions of Europe, ftill excite the curiofity, alarm the fears, or inform the understanding of a contemplative mind, thefe pains or pleafures will be amply gratified by the prefent historic detail of the moft material and interefting events, which accompa nied the rife and fall of the kingdom of Poland. The prefent work is the only one upon this fubject now extant, under any regular divifion or connected feries; and it is, indeed, as the Author obferves, a little remarkable, that, interefting as the affairs of Poland may have been for fome years paft, no hiftorical account of that country has been lately published, to enable Englifhinen to trace the progrefs of its political ftate; and, by connecting caufes and effects, to account for the phænomena there recently exhibited." As a fpecimen of the ftyle and manner in which this faithful and importat Hiftory is executed, we fhall clofe this article with the Author's ac count of the conclufion of thefe impor tant events. it appeared to me to be alfo mixed with old chcefe. I much doubt whether there was any great fecret in the compofition; but it feems to me that the juft proportion of rennet is a matter of confequence, which is not generally fufficiently attended to. By the help of the crance, the copper was turned from over the fire, and let ftand till a few minutes paft twelve; at which time the rennet had fufficiently operated. It was now ftir red up, and left to ftand a hort time, for the whey to feparate from the curd. Part of the whey was then taken out, and the copper again turned over a fire fufficiently brifk to give a ftrongifh heat, but below that of boiling. A quarter of an ounce of faffron was put in, to give it a little colour; but not fo unnaturally high as fome cheefes in England" are coloured; and it was well firred from time to time. The dairy-man (this is not women's work in Italy) frequently felt the curd. When the fmall, and, as it were, granulated parts, felt rather firm, which was in about an hour and a half, the copper was taken from the fire, and the curd left to fall to the bottom, Part of the whey was taken out, and the curd brought up in a coarfe cloth, hanging together in a tough ftate. It was put into a hoop, and about a half hundered weight laid upon it, for about an hour; after which the cloth was taken off, and the cheese placed on a fhelf in the fame hoop. At the end of two, or from that to three days, it is fprink led all over with falt; the fame is repeated every fecond day, for about forty to forty five days; after which no further attention is required. Whilft falting, they generally place two cheefes one upon another; in which fate they are faid to take the falt better than fingly. The whey is again turned into the copper, and a fecond fort of cheefe is made; and afterwards even a third fort, as I was informed;-a piece of economy which I have not known practifed in England, The Hiftory of Poland, from its Origin as a Nation to the Commencement of the Year 1795. To which is prefixed, an accurate Account of the Geography and Government of that Country, and the Customs and manners of its inhabitants. 75. Boards. Vernor and Hood. IF the unjust dethronement of an emi "THE Polish patriots who refufed to accede to the capitulation of Warsaw, took their route toward Sendemir, under the command of Wawrzecki. Their num ber was 30,000. In want, however, of provifions, and preffed by the Ruffians and Pruffians, they were foon forced to difband, after fpiking eighty pieces of cannon. The Pruffian General Kleist took twenty two pieces, nineteen wag gons of ammunition, and soco ftand of arins. The remainder of the booty fell into the hands of the Ruffians. A corps of 6000 men ftill remained under Wawr zecki, who, accompanied by the Generals Madalinfki, Dombrowiki, and Zajonczek, the chancellor Kallontai, the prefident Zakrezewski, and feveral ather the route toward Gallicia. members of the fupreme council, took The utmoft tranquillity was foon efof 9000 Ruffians, who were constantly. tablished in the city of Warfaw, by meana on guard; 18,000 in Prague, with all the artillery of the infurgents; and, 10,000 in the fame pofition on the Viftula, which was occupied by Kofciufko during the fiege by the Pruffians. All around the city battaries were erected with cannon pointed at the city, to keep it in fubmiflion, whatever event might happen. Kosciusko had been all the time under Turgical affittance at Ufzeylack, where the Ruffians thewed every attention to the cure of his wounds, Madame Chruozzow, wife to the Ruffian General of that mane, who had herself been formerlyft liberty by the orders of Kofciko, was very ferviceable to him by her Find and perfonal affiduities. He was now ordered to Petersburg, and the efCort appointed to convey him thither, confifted of two pulks of Coffacks, each pelk confifting of 500 men, one of which formed an advance, and another a rear gard to his coach, having two cannons each-In the coach with Kofciufko were en major and two other officers, and between the two pulks were conducted 3000 Polifh prifoners, together with their officers. It is understood that this brave than is now confined in a fortrefs near the Ruffian capital. It is not doubted that an application has been made from the national counel at Warfaw, to the Ottoman court, for its interference to prevent the final dimenberment of Poland; but of the fuccefs of this application there is at prefent no probability. On the contra ry, feme measures feem to have been already taken toward that defign; for about the middle of December, the Auftrian Captain Thel, was difpatched to Vienna by General Suwarrow, with an account of an arrangement made by the Ruffian Empress of the territories of Poland. The Houfe of Auftria having gained these poffeffions without the trouble of fighting, appeared fo well fatisfied With the difpofition, that Captain Thel, for having been the bearer of t e intelligence, was advanced to the rank of Major, and Colonel Fleifcher, of the etat majer, is fhortly to fet out for Poland, in order to afcrtain the line of demarlation. The Auftrian acquifitions, it is ramoored, are to confit of five provincee; the palatinates of Chelm, Sendomir, Lublin, Cracow, and Haliez, fometimes called Pokacie. One thing, howcter, feems to embarraf's this diftribution, which is, that the Pruffian troops till remain poffeffed of the palatinate of Sendomir; or, if not actually in poffef fion, are encamped upon its frontiers. It might reafonably have been hoped that the miferies of this diftracted country had been now at an end. The humble fubmiffion of the patriots to those who had robbed them of their lit erties, it might have been expected, would have difarmed them of their vengeance; but on the 20th of December, a courier arrived from the Empress to General Count Buxhoerden, Governor of Warfaw, with orders to arref, and fend under a trong efcort to Petersburg, Count Ignatius Potocki: the former prefident Zakrezowfki; Kilinfki, a revolutionary Colonel; Kapostes, a merchant, member of the fupreme revolutionary council, and minifter of Finance; and Lebuchowski. The fame mellenger brought also a letter from the Emprefs to the King, inriting (or, as fome accounts flate, peremptorily commanding) him to quit his capital, and to repair to Grodno'; and, on the 7th of January 1795, his Majef ty set off in obedience to the fummons. What her purpofe is in this meature, cannot certainly be known. There is an appearance of cruelty, however, independent of the mortification to royal dignity, in thus compelling a king, worn out with age, and an impaired conftitution, to the fatigue, at this inclement feafon, of fo long a journey. But, from every appearance, the life of this excellent man and monarch promises a fhort duration. The wretched ftate in which his country is involved, has deeply af fected him, and will moft probably accelerate his departure to the tomb. A Literal Tranflation from the Original Greek, of all the Apoftolic Epifles; with a Commentary and Notes, Philological, Criti cal, Explanatory, and Practical. To which is added, a Hiftory of the Life of the Apoftle Paul. By James Marknight, D. D. Author of a Harmony of the Gospels, &c. 4to. 4 vols. 51. boards. Elmfley. THIS work opens with an ample general preface; the chief objects of which are, to ftate the reasons which induced the author to undertake a performance of this fort, after the many verfions of the fcripture already published, and to explain the principles on which this tranflation is formed. An account is here given of feveral ancient tranflations of the New Telament, particularly the Syriac Syriac in the eaft, and the Latin, or Italic, in the west. This latter verfion, which is conjectured to have been made in the fecond century, after having paf. fed through correction by Jerome and others, was called the Vulgate, and was in high eftimation in the European churches. Dr M. in order to fhew the neceffity of a new tranflation, remarks, that most of the fubfequent tranflators, copying the Vulgate, adopted many of its errors. That this must have been the cafe with our English tranflators, in particular, is proved by obferving that all of them, from Tindall downwards, implicitly copied Wickliffe's verfion, which was profeffedly derived from the Vulgate; making fcarcely any other alteration than that of changing fome of the obfolete phrafes into modern English. Dr M. admits, that the Vulgate was a literal translation, faithfully made according to the fkill of the tranflators; New Tranflation. I Con vii. 36, 37. But if any thinketh he acteth improperly towards his virgin, if he be above age unmarried, and fo needs to be married, (tu ToniTW) let him do what he inclineth; he does not fin: but he who ftandeth firm in his heart, not having neceflity, and hath power concerning his own will, and hath determined this in his own heart, to keep his virgin, doth well. 1 Cor. x. 19-21. What then do I affirm? that an idol is any thing? or that an idol facrifice is any thing? No; but that what the heathen facrifice, they facrifice to demons, and not to God. Now I would not have you to become joint partakers with demons. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. 1 John v. 6. This is he who came by and he contends, that every translation of writings acknowledged to be infpired, ought to be literal; becaufe a free tranflation can only be confidered as a paraphrase, in which the tranflator gives his own fenfe of them. For this reafon, he profeffes to have made his new verfion of the apoftolic epiftles as literal as the nature of the two languages would permit, without confidering what opinions, or fyftems, it might favour. We apprehend, that few perfons, who fhall perufe this work with competent judgment, and with a due refpect for the facred writings, will hefitate to acknowledge, that Dr Macknight is entitled to approbation and applause as a faithful tranflator, a learned and able commentator, an ingenious effayift, and a pious divine. Our limits only permit the infertion of a fhort specimen of this very valuable work. Commentary, 1 Cor. vii. 36, 37- As to your question concerning fathers who have virgin daughters: if any father is of opinion, that be acteth improperly towards his virgin daughter, if she be above age unmarried, and so needs to be married, whether the neceffity arifeth from her confcience, or inclination, or her being fought in marriage, let the father do what the ininclination; let fuch virgin daughter marry. clineth: he doth not fin in complying with her But be who continueth firmly perfuaded in his own mind, that it is no fin in his daughter to remon unmarried, and is under no neceffity, from her opinion, or inclination, or circumstances, to give her in marriage, and hath the direction of his own will in that affair, being a freeman and not a flave, and bath determined this in his own mind to keep his daughter unmarried, agreeably to her own inclination, doth what is preferable. What then do I affirm? I Cor. x. 19-21. that an idol is a real god, contrary to what I have always taught you? or that an idol facrifice is a facrifice to a real divinity. I affirm neither of thefe; but that what facrifices the beather Νότα, fer, they offer to demons, not to Gods, would not bave you, by eating their facrifices, to become joint partakers with the votaries of deons, either in their worship, their principles, their practices, or their hopes. Befides, as the worship of God confifts of holy affections and virtuous actions, but the worfhip of demons in debauchery, ye cannot confiftently drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. I John v. 6. We have reafon to believe that |