It is but just to say that Colonel James Holmes was a type of the unfortunate rather than the bloody-minded Westchester County Tories who ultimately took up arms against their country. Just previously to his raid on Poundridge and Bedford, Tarleton, in conjunction with Simcoe's Bangers, successfully attacked an American militia force at Crompond, in the present Town of Yorktown. This was on the 21th of June. About thirty of the Americans were killed or taken prisoners, the captives being conveyed to New York and incarcerated in the notorious Sugar House. This was the second raid on Crompond within a month. A former British party came there from Verplanck's Point under Colonel Abercrombie, guided by Caleb Morgan, a Tory of Yorktown, and burned a storehouse and the parsonage. In fact, the country above the Croton River, which up to this time had been comparatively secure against British incursions, was now pretty generally visited by hostile troops, and the numerous Tories of Cortlandt Manor were in high feather consequently. To the same general period belongs an attack made by Colonel Emmerich's men on a continental guard at Tarrytown, which, though a small affair -- in fact only one of a vast number of minor occurrences unrelated to the main current of events. -- is memorable for

FROM

JANUARY,

1779,

SEPTEMBER,

Isaac Martlingh. the incident of the inhuman killing of Sergeant troop from bech's Emmeri With man. ed one-arm a Martlinoli was of Yonkers, vicinity the of ll, Underhi el Nathani certain a low came Martlingh ■I T«»ry who it is said, harbored bitter animosity against Martlingh arrest. his caused had latter the n occasio one because on about just was and water, of pail a had been to a nearby spring for from behind to re-enter his house when Underhill approached him that it was and smote him dead.