It will li« renieml>ered that James Varian, the favored commander of th* (Juard, lu this instance, with eighteeen others, had been constituted a full-fledged Conii«ny of Westchester-county Minute-men, on the foiirt«i'Ulh of February precetling l^vide pages 2J4, 285, ante:) and it will be seen, from that letter which has been quoted, how soon and in what manner those nineteen Westchester-county "patriots" reached the sweets to which they had a.<l>iri'd -- five held offices of greater or lees dignity, while the fonileeu who held no offices enjoyed the comforts of dniuing their sup(H>rt fumi the Commisiairy or from the Treasury of the Provincial Oongrt>«», in addition to the |iay of soldiers and what, by hook or by ciwk, they could pick up, in the neighborhood of their quarters.

This wM only a uuxlerate 6|iecimen of what constituted the greater portion of the " iiatrlotism " of the Westchester-county reTOlutioiusts, at that )K<riod.

• STrjiA™ Ward lu the Prwinciat O'Hjrrts, "March 5, 1776."'

• Ibid.

' JoHi-Hiif of the iVor««ctu/ Congrett, " Die Mercurii, 4 ho , P.M., March "6, 1776."

ings per week ; and, of course, Barclay was superseded and the coveted job was given to the last comer.* Very reasonably, Barclay complained to the Congress, and made a counter-offer which was more favorable than the offer on which Allen had been employed ; and, of course, the latter was ousted, leaving him in possession * -- an illustration of what material the newcreated controlling power, (" the Eing," if the reader pleases.) in Westchester-county, in 1776, was composed ; and in what the " patriotism " of that controlling power consisted.