" marched down and cnissed the ford ; " Doctor .\ndrews, in his Hirlonj of the U'nr, (ii., lift,) stated the a.ssaullingpai ty ' marched down " to the ford, and crossed it;" (ieneral Heath, an eje-witneas of the ntovenient, stated, in his Mrmoim, (iKige 78,) that "a part of the left col- " nmn, composed of British and Hessians, forded the river," etc. ; Chief justice Marshall, in his Life of George Woshinglim. (ii., r>(l4,) with lienenil Washington's juiiH'rs before him, clearly knew nothing of any bridge, constructed by the Itoyal Army; aud lloclor Sparks, also with the papers of Ueni'nil W;u5liington before him, in his Life nf (Jeorr/r n'nihiiojioii, (la^e lOi;,) after having described all the troops who h.-id been ordered to make the assault, .said, -'they forded the Bronx, and " forme<l in goo<l onler on the other side ;" and we prefer to follow our own convictions, that no bridge was constructed by the Royal Army, on that occasion, especially since those well-cousideiXMl convictions are so amply sustaineil by such unquestionable authorities.

With the story of the bridge, other similarly gioiiudless stories for which that phantom bridge had afforded loundations, notw ithstanding the etTect w ith whii h they have been related by their iuveutor, also vanish as the reader will shortly s«'e.

•.Mr. Irving, snliscpiently, explained to us, personally, how he had fallen into the error : and requested us to pay no respect to the erroneous 8latemenl«, contained in his work, concerning them. 3'J