The danger of the enterprise will be manifest when it is known that Wurmb with his regiment of chasseurs, lay, at this time, on Tippett's hill, above Kingsbridge, and that Bearmore's quarters were four miles lower down than the Hessian out-guard; the Ger-man colonel consequently, by a march of little more than a mile, might have cut off the retreat of the legionary com-mander. The news of Bearmore's capture was received with great joy throughout Westchester, Dutchess and the Connecticut borders. Those who had suffered from his depredations were extremely anxious that he should undergo capital punishment, or at least be retained as a close prisoner, upon the ground that the severities he had practised were not justified by military usage, and that some of the iniquities with which he was charged had been committed before he was regularly com-missioned as an officer. These accusations however were probably much exaggerated. His exactions fell chiefly upon the whigs who acted warmly and openly in opposition to roy- alty, and such bold and decided persons who move hopefully in the van of revolution will be apt to undergo persecution from the government previously existing as they always have sustained it, while civil war endures. The refugee command-ant accordingly, after a short detention, was released upon parole; but it appears that he was not exchanged so as to bear arms until the following summer. Meanwhile colonel James de Lancey who is said to have been jealous of the reputation acquired by Bearmore, came forward and took command of the Westchester refugees; a charge which during the war he never afterward relinquished. His recent success at West Farms induced colonel Armand to make a second attack upon the refugee out-posts. He now determined to carry off colonel de Lancey from his