Between midnight and two o'clock in the morning, accompanied by two or three of his corps of horsemen, he visited the quarters of all nis captains and their picket guards, changing his route, fro;n time to time, to prevent notice of his approach. You may judge of the severity of this duty, when I assure you that the distance he thus rode, every night, must have been from sixteen to twenty-four miles ; and that, wTith the exception of two nights only, in which he was otherwise engaged, he never omitted these excursions, even in the severest and most stormy weather. Except the short time necessarily consumed in hearing and answering complaints and petitions from persons both above and below the lines, Col. Burr was constantly with the troops. He attended to the minutest article of their comfort, to their lodgings, and to their diet ; fo.- those off duty, he invented sports-- all tending to some useful end.

During two or three weeks after the Colonel's arrival we had many sharp conflicts with the robbers and horse thieves, who were hunted down with unceasing industry. In many instances, we encountered great superiority of numbers, but always with success. Many of those were killed and many taken.

The strictest discipline prevailed, and the army felt the fullest confidence in their commander and in themselves, and by these means became really formidable During the same winter, Gov. Tryon planned an expedition to Horseueck, for the purpose of destroying the Salt Works erected there, and marched with about two thousand men. Col. Burr received early information of their movements, and sent word to Gen. Putnam to hold the enemy at bay for a few hours; and he, Col. Burr, would be in their rear and be answerable for them.