Fountain, (his medical attendant,) to the bed side, and thus addressed him : " Doctor, please tell all those who ask after me, that I die a true republican." Paulding's remains repose beneath a handsome monument in the Episcopal grave-yard, two miles north of the village.
Upon the north side of Gallows Hill, by the road side leading from Peekskill to Albany, is situated the *' Soldier's Spring," which derived its name from the foHowing tragical incident :
" The British, who were in possession of Stony Point, and whose shipping lay in the bay of Haverstraw, resolved upon landing a portion of their men on Yerplanck's Point, and from thence make a descent upon Peekskill. Their object in this expedition was to procure fresh provisions and to wake the energies of the Americans who were encamped in the village and in various places among the hills in its vicinity. In accordance with this resolve they effected a landing and proceeded without opposition to Drum Hill, an eminence which overlooks the village near its southern boundary. Here they commenced cannonading with two small field pieces which they had brought ■with them, while their light troops entered the village by another road higher up the river. The Americans unprepared, and withal too weak to resist so formidable a foe, were obliged after a short resistance to fly to the interior. Their enemies from the commanding points which they occupied, kept up a constant firing upon them as they sought the various avenues of retreat. It