Colonel Livingston accordingly sent from Verplanck's Point a party with cannon, who fired upon the Vulture and compelled her to remove from the position she had held during the night, and drop farther down the river, till she was beyond the reach of the shot. Andre beheld the scene from the windows of Smith's house with anxious emotion. At length the firing ceased and he resumed his wonted spirits and composure."* He was in an upper apartment of Smith's house on the opposite side of the river.
On every anniversary of the Fourth, *' Old White" emerges from his lurking place and is paraded through the streets in triumph.
The village of Sparta is situated one mile south of Sing Sing. This place contains one tavern, two stores, about forty dwellings and a very convenient landing.
In the immediate vicinity is the residence of the Rev. William Creighton, D. D., which stands on the sloping bank of the river. Every effort of successful art has been made to aid and improve the natural beauty of the surrounding grounds, nor can any things be imagined more beautiful than the views presented from this delightful place. There are also the properties of Mr. James Knowllon, Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Drowley, Mr. Cheetham, Mr. Edward Agate, Mr. Peter Weatherby, Mr. Edward Priestly and Edward Ke 1 eys, Esq., in and around Sparta. Mr. Kemeys^w as for some yja s a judge of the late Court of Common Pleas of this county.
The ancient boundary line of 1684, which divided the two