out discovering- us -- Paulding and Williams keeping a perfect silt i and I laying down within the bushes, close to the fence. Shortlv p twenty or thirty minutes from the time of our arrival) 1 saw a liorsem ride slowly along on a black horse, the rising ground, directly oppeto where the Tarrytown academy now stands. I said to Paulding a-. Williams, 'Here's a horseman coming; we must stop him.' We got; with our firelocks ready, and waited for him to advance.

"As soon as he (it was Major Andre) saw us standing b\ th fence, he reined in his horse, and riding straight up to us said, bless you, my dear friends, I hope you belong to our party ! ' We aski. 'What party?' Without hesitation, he smilingly replied, 'Why t! lower party.' '1 am a British officer; and to convince you that 1 a a gentleman, and aver the truth, see, here is my gold watch.' \Y told him he was wrong ; for we neither belonged to his nor to the love.: party, but were Americans, and that he was our prisoner.

"He started, changed color, and fetching a deep sigh, said, 'G bless my soul! a body must do anf tiling to get along now-a-day.- . 1 Thereupon he showed us General Arnold's passport, and said : 'I have been in the country on particular business and hope you won't deta . me a minute.' After we had read the passport we ordered him to dh mount and follow' us. We then took down the fence and led him an? his horse through into the thicket. Williams put up the fence as first, that no suspicion or inquiry should arise from seeing it down. When Williams came up, Major Andre requested us again to release him, and said he would give us any sum of money we might ask, « any quantity of dry goods.