Possessed of a memory unusually retentive, and residing constantly upon the borders of the "neutral ground," he was acquainted with all the distinguished parti-sans both from above and below, and with nearly all the military operations whether great or small that occurred along this portion of the British lines; and which, until within the last few days of his life, he continued to describe in minute detail. Upon the conclusion of the revolutionary war, his father's lands, by a compulsory sale passed out of the family; and although without any means at the time, he did not hesitate to purchase, with money borrowed upon mortgage, a con-tiguous farm--which industry and good management enabled him, not many years after, to disencumber. Much engaged in the cultivation of fruit for the market, he was particularly successful with the apple and pear; discovering and bringing into use a variety of the latter which bears his name, being known distinctively as the Corsian Vergaloo. For many years he was a member of the Reformed Dutch Church at Fordham. His death was preceded by none of the diseases to which humanity is heir, and he ceased to exist only because he was worn out by toil and time. The machine which had been set in motion by its divine constructor and which had gone on for more than four score years and ten, "at last stood still," and the weary occupant sought a better habitation. His memory continued unimpaired until nearly the close of his existence. Among his survivors are eight