With the following EMBELLISHMENT S, viz. No. I An elegant Frontispiece. No. II. Defcription of the Tomb of Madame Langhans. No. III. A Song fet to Mufic, tions, 80 Printed and Published by NOR MAN & WHITE, at their Na Pyramid are infcribed fome of the principal Events of the late War between GREAT BRITAIN and the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. A youth reprefenting the rifing Generation of AMERICA, is reading the infcription.PEACE is fuppofed to remind him that while he retains a Remembrance of thofe important Events, yet, fince the happy ceffation of War, he ought to pay a close attention to Religion, Liberty and Commerce. On the ground are Chil dren studying the molt ufeful Sciences. Grammar---which implies that we cultivate all Languages. Aftronomy---neceffary to Navigation and Commerce. Husbandry--the fource of true national wealth. As Acknowledgements to Correspondents. S the piece on Modern Politenefs, by MODESTUS, contains undeferved fatire upon the Fair, it cannot be admitted. The prayer to Fashion is not fufficiently poetical for infertion. W. J. at Happy-Hall, feems to be too much under the influence of the Honey Moon. The Elegy on an Infant appears better in manufcript thaản it would in print. The correfpondent who has favoured us with an Extract from a French Opera, is requested to fend a CORRECT copy. Enigmas by Puzzlepate, Alexis, and others, cannot be admitted. Numerous Solutions of the Enigmas, Rebus and Riddle, alfo feveral tranflations of the Latin lines, in our laft, are received, the infertion of one muft fuffice.. Extracts from, and Imitations of GESNER; Thoughts on public and private Credit, Verfes by a young Lady, Verses To a Lady with a prefent of a penknije, and I. K's Fancy are received. Lines from Hayley, on painting, in praise of WEST and COPELY, fhall have a place in our next. 6. 1. 1. Page 53. column 1. line 7. from the bottom, read writings. p. 60.. C. 2 1. 16. bot. r. NATIONAL. p. 64. c. 1. l. 11. bot. r. are all p. 64. c. 2. 1. 23. bot. for invisible r. irrafcible. for visible r. rifible: p. 65 19. for fore r. force. 1.1. bot. for pretended r poetical p. 66. cat. middie, for captures r. raptures 23. bot. for hardness r, harfhnefs. 71. c. 2. 1.6. bot. for haven г. heaven. ** THE Boston Magazine, For DECEMBER, 17833 We were obliged (for want of General WASHINGTON's farewell Rocky Hill, near Princeton, Nov. a, T HE United States in Congrefs affembled, after giving the moft honourable teftimony to the merits of the federal armies, and prefenting them with the thanks of their country, for their long, eminent and faithful fervices, having thought proper, by their proclamation, bearing date the 18th of October laft, to difcharge fuch part of the troops as were engaged for the war, and to permit the officers on furlough to retire from fervice, from and after to morrow, which proclamation having been communicated in the public papers for all concerned, it only remains for the information and government of the Commander in Chief to addrefs laft time, to the armies of the United States (however widely difperfed the individuals who compofe them may himfelf once more, and that for the be) and to bid them an affectionate... a long farewell. But before the Commander in Chief takes his final leave of thofe he holds moft dear, he wishes to indulge himfelf a few moments in calling to min" a then take the liberty of exploring, flight review of the pan-he will with his military friends, their future profpects of advifing the general line of conduct, which, in his opinion, ought to be purfued; and he will conclude the addrefs by expreffing the obligations he feels himfelf under for the fpirited and able affiftance he has experienced from them, in the per formance of an arduous office. A contemplation of the complete attainment (at a period earlier an could have been expected) of the object for which we contended, against fo formidable a power, cannot but inspire us with aftonishment and gra titude. The difadvantageous circum flances on our part, under which the war was undertaken, can never be forgotten. The fingular inter pofitions of Providence, in our feeble condition, were fuch as could fcarcely ef cape the attention of the mofl unob. ferving; while the unparalleled pesfeverance of the armies of the United States, thro' almost every poffible fuffering and discouragement, for the fpace of eight long years, was little Short of a flanding miracle. It is not the meaning, nor within the compass of this addrefs, to detail the hardships peculiarly incident to our fervice, or to defcribe the diftreffes which in feveral inftances have refulted from the extremes of hunger and nakednefs, combined with the rigours of an inclement feafon; nor is it ne ceffary to dwell on the dark fide of our paft affairs. --Every American officer and foldier must now confole himself for any unpleafant circumfances which may have occurred, hy a recollection of the uncommon fcenes in which he has been called to act no inglorions part; and the aftonifhing events of which he has been a witnefs; events which have feidom, if ever before, taken place on the stage of human action, nor can they probably ever happen again. who has before feen a difciplined army formed at once from fuch raw materials? Who that was not a witnefs could imagine, that the most vioJent local prejudices would cease fo foon, and that men who came from the different parts of the continent, frongly difpofed by the habits of educanon, to defpife and quarrel with each other, would inftantly become bot one patriotic band of brothers ? or who that was not on the pot, can Trace the fleps by which fuch a wonderful revolution has been effected; and fuch a glorious period put to all our warlike foils ? For It is univerfally acknowledged that the enlarged profpects of happiness, opened by the confirmation of our independence and fovereignty, almost exceed the power of defcription: And fhall not the brave men who have contributed fo effentiully to these ineflimable acquifitions, retiring victorious from the field of war to the eld of agriculture, participate. In all the bleffings which have been obtained? In fuch a republic, who will exclude them from the rights of citizens, and the fruits of their labours? In fuch a country, fo happily circumftanced, the purfuits of commerce and the cultivation of the foil will unfold to induftry the certain road to competence. To thofe hardy foldiers, who are actuated by the fpirit of adventure the fisheries will afford ample and profitable employment; and the extenfive and fertile regions of the West will yield a moft happy afylum to thofe who, fond of domeftic enjoyment, are feeking for perfonal independence. Nor is it poffible to conceive that any one of the United States will prefer a national bankruptcy, and a diffolation of the union, to a compliance with the requifitions of Congress, and the payment of its juft debts, fo that the cfficers and foldiers may expect confiderable affift. ance, in re-commencing their civil oc cupations, from the fums due to them from the public, which muft and will mon inevitably be paid. In order to effect this defirable purpofe, and to remove the prejudices which may have taken poffeffion of the minds of any of the good people of the ftates, it is earneftly recom mended to all the troops that, with frong attachments to the union, they fhould carry with them into civil fo ciety, the moft conctating difpofitions, and that they fhould prove them feldes not lefs virtuous and useful as citizens, than they have been perfevering and victorious, as foldiers. What though there should be fome envious individuals, who are unwilling to pay the debt the public bas contracted, or to yield the tribute due to merit, yet let fuch unworthy. treatment produce no invective, or any inflance of intemperate conduct, let it be remembered that the unbi affed voice of the free citizens of the United States has promifed the juft reward, and given the merited applaufe; let it be known and remembered, that the reputation of the fe. deral armies is eftablished beyond the reach of malevolence, and let a confcioufness of their atchievements and fame, ftill excite the men who compoíed |