As a mark of the trustworthiness and reliable character of Mr. Dean, we give the following order, from Col. Graham, also found in his "revolutionary pocket-book," written in a beautiful style of penmanship, committed to him while a member of Captain Dean's Company of Rangers- --

Wnm. Plains, June 22d, 177S

Sir -- Please 10 deliver the bearer, Mr. John Dean, the two remaining boxes of Cartridges left in your care for the use of my Regt. Morris Graham, Col.

To Capt. Reuben Stiles, j Commissary of Issues,

Kingstreet. '

Mr. Dean, by his bold and frequent enterprises against the refugees, as cowboys,- became well known to almost all the predatory bands -who then infested the county of Westchester, and of course was an object of resentment and revenge. One winter night, after much absence and exposure, be thought to taste tlie comforts of home, and retired to his own bed about the usual time, -- his usual place of retreat and rest had been under a cliff called Raven Rock, on the slope of Buttermilk Hill, near his father's house -- when he was surprised to hear the tramp of horses, and suddenly -- before he could flee -- without his clothing, he was surrounded and demanded to surrender, with a firelock presented at him in two directions. He thought of his family, and

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of the possibilities of life and death, and being- unarmed, and overwhelmed by numbers, concluded to surrender. His captors at once the him, and he was forthwith conveyed to Delancey's quarters at Morrisania, where he was for awhile exposed to the most taunting ar opprobious insults which his fellow citizens, but tories, could heap upon him. But at length he was able, by the promise of the release of refugee whom he knew, to obtain a parole by which he again passed the lines into the Neutral Ground, and here is the precious document itself. verb, ct lit . , or rather a printed copy of it :