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the army and navy are now supplied by cadets from the academy; 
for there are no cadets in the regiments, and in time of peace no 
subaltern officers are promoted. 
I was very sorry that we were obliged on the third day after our 
arrival to leave this agreeable place, which had so extremely 
pleased me; but I was obliged to go to New York at last! Our 
West Point friends accompanied us to the steam-boat, and here 
we took an affectionate farewell. A Captain Randolph, of Vir¬ 
ginia, with whom I had become acquainted at West Point, with 
his wife, went also to New York, so that I was agreeably enter¬ 
tained on board; the boat was so filled with people, we scarcely 
found room at the dinner-table. The shores continue to be hand¬ 
some. We passed several handsome places and country-seats, 
which denoted that we were on the road to a large and flourish¬ 
ing city. At a turn of the river the shores approximate, and 
here stands a handsome country-seat with a garden, called 
Verplank’s Point; opposite is a fort, Stony Point, the pos¬ 
session of which was disputed during the revolution by se¬ 
veral bloody fights. The situation of Singsing, where there 
is a house of correction, is very handsome. We saw the offen¬ 
ders engaged in blasting rocks. The stream now becomes broad, 
and forms two successive bays, the former Haverstraw Bay, 
and the other Tappan Sea. On the right shore of the latter is 
the town of Tappan, where, condemned by the court-marshal 
as a spy, Major Andre was hung and buried. The English 
government ordered him to be dug up some years ago, and 
his remains to be transported to England, if I am not mistaken, 
to be laid in Westminster Abbey, whilst the remains of General 
Fraser, who fell like a hero in open battle, at the head of the 
royal troops, still lies without the slightest memorial in the old 
redoubt of Stillwater! The tree which grew on Andre’s grave 
was also taken to England, and as I was assured, transplanted to 
the Royal Garden, behind Carlton Palace!! 
Below Tappan Sea, the shores again approximate, and the right 
side becomes very steep, resembling the rocks near Pirna, on the 
Elbe, and are called the palisades. After sundown we came 
into the vicinity of New York, the largest city in the United 
States, which attracts nearly the whole commerce of the country, 
and now already numbers one hundred and seventy thousand in¬ 
habitants. We landed about eight o’clock in the evening, and 
on account of the incredible number of strangers could not obtain 
lodgings at five different taverns. At last we were very glad, 
after much fatigue from running about, to find a miserable bed¬ 
chamber in a common and ordinary tavern, the Theatre Hotel, 
handsomely situated near the park and theatre. 
