On the twenty-first of September, the American Army, at Kingsbridge and its dependencies, which included General Heath's command, in Westchestercounty, consisted, nominally, of four thousand, five hundred, and twenty-eight Commissioned Officers, Staff, and Non-commissioned Officers, and twentyseven thousand, three hundred, and seventy-seven rank and file, exclusive of Colonel Knox's Regiment of Artillery, which contained, nominally, five hundred and forty-three men, including all the Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officers and Staff, and exclusive, also, of Colonel Durkee's Regiment and a Company of Artillery, both of them at Powle's-hook, now Jersey City, from whom no Returns had been received, during that week. But of those nearly twenty-eight thousand men, in the ranks, four thousand, four hundred, and tifty-three were present, sick; three thousand, four hundred, and thirty-three were absent, sick;

■ Jxiirniil of the Convoilion, " Die Sabbati, 4 ho., P.M., Septr. 7, 1770."

- ComiHiss)irij-grner<il Tiiimbiill to ilii' Convention, "King's Bridge, 16 "Sept., 177G ; " Journal of the Coneeulion, "Dies Martis, 4 ho., P.M., "Septr. 17, 177G."

Wc have follow ed Washington Irving, in liis historical writings, in our orthograpliy of the name of tliat celebrated stream, notwithstanding the usual manner of spelling the words is considerably dilVercnt.

^Journiil of the Pi-4iviiici'it Congriw, "Die Mercurii, !) ho., .\.M., Septr. " 18, 1776 ;" Ihi- s<i»i.', "Die Veneris, 9 ho., A.M., Octor. 4, 1776."

*Jmimiil of the Pmi inciul Con<jri s.i, " Dio Jovis, it ho., A.M., Octor. 3, " 1776 ; " Jmtrnal of the Cvmmilt.e "f Siif lij, " Die Mercnrii, 9 ho., A.M., "Octr. 9, 1776; " Ihe mme, " Thursilay morning, Octor. 17, n76."