b It was afterwards related by Isaac van Wart, that the day previous to this fata! occurrence, Captain Roberts, In a conversation with him. mentioned that his father had been piled in the old French war. and be was sure he should fall in the present Btruggle, He fell, alas! not by the hand of a foe, but by one of his own countrymen, a refugee named Hammond, who, as he recognized this brave officer, exclaimed, ""Now I will give it yon ! " and llred with deadly effect. His bod v w:is found after the conflict, with one of his lingers barbarously bitten for the purpose of obtaining a gold ring. His murderers had also inhumanly placed their feet upon the body to draw off his boots. It mav he as well to mention here that Col. Nortou was promoted for his services on this occasion.-- Editor.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

wounded. Lieut. Col, Thompson, and six other officers, with ninety-eight rank and file, were made prisoners. Of the enemy, two officers and eighteen men were wounded ; and five men killed."*

The British advanced by the southern road, and divided at the junction of the Four Corners -- one party going west, the other marching directly upon the house. The party moving west intercepted or cut off Isaac van Wart and a small company under his command, who were attempting to succor their comrades. The dead, who fell in this engagement, were buried on the east side of the road, upon the rising bank of a small hollow north-east of the Van Wart residence.