He met, about two miles from the village, coming out of the lane from Bronxville, towards Mount Vernon, a confused crowd of men, who stopped him and asked "where he was going." He replied " To Bronxville ; " and asked in turn "Where are you going? " The reply was " We are going to raise hell." With that they began to throw atones at him and yell, so that he was glad to wheel the horse and gallop away. Probably the fact of his youth and apparent innocence saved him from serious harm, <br no effort was made to pursue him, and he got off safe. Returning, and trying to take a short •cut across the swamp towards Mount Vernon, he got his horse mired just behind the house of Mr. John G. Satterlee, afterwards known as " the Corson Place," And had to leave the animal and run the rest of the way to tlie village on foot. Preparations were made to receive the expected rioters by the Home Guards, who occupied two buildings, one being a cartridge factory on Fifth Avenue, near First Street. Towards the end of the afternoon the rioters made their appearance, but, in the mean time, they had been met by -several prominent Democrats of the place, at a turn in the road, known as " Sageman's Corners," where they were induced to give up their design of actual ^ATson, but were obstinate in their determination to

j march into Mount Vernon. They came down the [ White Plains road, w here it runs into Fourth Avenue, I Mount Vernon; threw stones at windows in First Street, at the corner of Fourth Avenue, and in Fourth Avenue itself; shouted, flourished sticks and yelled; I but after marching a little way down First Street, turned back at the bridge over the New Haven track, known as " Scott's Bridge," and went away, dispersing j to their homes.