Martinus Van Wart and some of his Patriot neighbors, hearing the firing came up, and did some skirmishing on the flanks of the red coats, and as soon as the enem)^ had finished the work of destruction and had retired, they came upon the scene to minister to the wounded and bury the dead. They found Capt. Roberts lying where he had fallen on the snow, inhumanly robbed of whatever he had of value on his person, and fearfully wounded. They got a sled and a bed, and putting him upon it took him home to Mr. Van Wart's, where he died that night."

CAPTURE OF ANDRE.

The following is a statement of Isaac Van Wart, communicated to Mr. Browere, the artist, in the summer of 1826, concerning the capture of Major Andre in which he participated:

"I am the third son of Martinus Van Wart. I was born at Greeuburgh, Westchester County ; don't know bn what day, but was christened on the twenty-fifth of October, 1758. When a division of the American Army was at North Castle, commanded by Colonel Jamison, I went on a scouting party, consisting of two besides myself, in order to way-lay the Cowboys or Refugees, who, we had noticed, passed the north river post, daily, with cattle, horses, sheep, etc. While at the encampment at North Castle, John Paulding came one afternoon, to me, saying, 'Isaac, have you any objection to going with me on a scout, below?' 'No,' says I. We then started between three and four in the afternoon, with our English rifles on our shoulders? and proceeded southward. After walking a mile or so, we fell in with David Williams, and persuaded him to accompany us on our expedition. At night, we came to neighbor John Anderson's barn, at Mt.