Lieutenant James was badly wounded in the arms and head, and taken prisoner (shortly after paroled); one horseman was dismounted, joined us and escaped ; but the other two were taken ; Thadeus Seely, a private in our Company, was wounded and taken prisoner; none of our company were killed, and no others wounded ; they did not pursue us very far ; we re-took about fifty head of cattle and escaped by taking to the woods; there were about fifty or sixty of us beside Sheldon's Horse ; Capt. Pritchard was not with us at that time. On the morning of the 16th, 1781 " (continues the same authority), " the enemy made an incursion from Morrisania, towards Bedford, and took Lieutenants Carpenter, Wright and Peacock, and five other inhabitants, prisoners ; burnt five houses, plundered and stripped several other inhabitants, and returned; they were pursued by Capt. Pritchard, but could not be overtaken."

" Some personal incidents are worthy of being recorded here. David Williams, one of the captors of Major Andre, was a citizen of this town. We are glad to see that the bones of this good man have been removed from Livingston ville, in Schoharie County, N. Y., to Rensselaerville,, Albany County, where it is proposed to mark the place by a suitable monument. Another citizen of Bedford, whose name is given in a note to one of the late editions of Cooper's "Spy" as Elisha H. -- and it has been suggested that the " H " probably stands for Haines or Holmes --