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THE NEW BRUNSVICK MAGAZINE.
Oh! had I but some kind fair friend With whom to chat the hours away,I ne'er would care how blew the wind Nor tedious should I think my stay.
Ah! that was once my happy lot When I with house and home was blest,I'd then a fair companion got With many female charms possessed.
Nor scantily did Heaven shower down Those gifts which render life a blessing.But did our cup with plenty crown, Nor let us feel what was distressing.
Yes, dearest Sally, thou wast fair, Not only fair, but kind and good;Sweetly together did we share The blessings Heaven on us bestowed.
Till base Rebellion did display Her banners fair with false pretence,Then kindly Heaven took thee away From evils which have happened since.
And careless me, when I had lost Of all my blessings far the best,Did teach, and justly, at my cost, The worth of what I once possessed.
'Tis often so—we do not prize The present good at its just rate,But gone, we see with other eyes What was its worth when tis too late.
Now one more verse fair Ladies nine, And there'll be one apiece for you;'Tis the way I sometimes spend my time When I have nothing else to do.

The Revolutionary war was practically ended on October 19th, 1781, when Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army of 7,000 men to Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, in the presence of the united French and American forces. From this date to the peace the military operations were few and unimportant. Major Studholme continued quietly to maintain his post at Fort Howe. In addition to his own company of the Royal Fencible American Regiment, he had in his garrison a detachment of the 84th regiment or Young

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