He told him he did, very well. The Doctor then related the story about his taking him prisoner and then telling Mr. Underhill where he lived, directed him to say to Mr. Dean he must come and see him, and he never shall want for five nor ten dollars, and " 1 will give his wife as handsome a present as she ever saw, for his treating me so kindly." So much for treating a prisoner well.

CAPTURE OF COWBOYS AND CATTLE.

I resided about four miles out of Tarry town, in the town of Mount Pleasant, near the line of the town of Greenburgh. Early one morning, being near the house of Mr. Youngs, I saw a company of men and a drove of cattle halted at the house. I secreted myself in an old building, so near to them that T found they were Tories, and had been up north stealing cattle. I found there were twenty-eight in the company, and after they had left, I went to the neighbors and collected as many together as I could, and we followed on with our guns, firing upon them and alarming the inhabitants, saying, "Come on my boys ! -- there are but twenty-eight of them ; we will have them," etc. We followed them down the Saw mill river road, until we had collected a large company, who kept up a continual firing. The cow thieves scattered around and about three-fourths of a mile north of the Greenburgh Church, the last man was shot in John Buckhout's orchard. We had shot or taken all prisoners but one, their guide, by the name of