That scarcely an hour after the deponent with the Col. went down to the River, but the hour of the night he could not tell, as he had no watch. Peter Allair, clerk to Col. Hamman's regiment, being sworn, deposeth and saith : That Col. Hamman's son-in-law about 9 o'clock warned him to turn out on the alarm. That he went to alarm some men, then returned to the Col. and charged all the guns there. That afterwards went to Van- Tassel's and that the Col. was there before him, and the deponent believes that the said Col. made no unnecessary delay in goingdown to Tarrytown ; the time of night he knew not.

" Lieut. Cornelius Yantassel, being sworn, deposeth and saith that on the aforesaid evening he went to the house of Lieut. Marlin, where he found Col. Hamman about one or two o'clock, and found him doing his best to prepare and forward the men to the shore. That he and the Col. got the depon't a hat full of cartridges for his men, who had before but 3 or 4 rounds a man, and that the said Col. was busie in furnishing other with Cartridges also.

"Joseph Youngs, being sworn, deposeth and saith that William Paulding, Esq., told the Committee of this place, Westchester, that Col. Haminon had been warned at 10 o'clock on the evening the enemy appeared off Tarrytown, and did not go to Tarrytown till 10 o'clock the next day. But the depon't going down to the said town found by the information of credible persons that Col. Hamman had been down at about one in the morning, and further saith not as to that matter. That he was pres't when Jos. Drake asked Hamman if he could purchase him some pork. The Col. replied that he could.