We further certify that the said Paulding and William- are not now resident anion- us', but that Isaac Van Wart is a respectable Freeholder of the Town of .Mount Pleasant ; that we an- well acquainted with him; and we do not hesitate to declare our belief that there is not an individual in the Count) of Westchester acquainted with Isaac Van Wart who would hesitate to describe him as a man whose integrity is as unimpeachable a- his veracity is undoubted. In these respects in. man in the Counts of Westchester i- his superior.

The incident ended in the vindication of the captors to the satis faction of everybody. Incidentally various facts illustrative of the true character of Amir* were brought to light. That lie \v;is an accomplished officer and ;i pleasing young gentleman is undoubted; but there is nothing in his career or personality, so far as known, to justify any positive sentiments to his advantage. He had a vast deal to say regarding his sensitive honor -- that is all th.it is positively known on the subject, excepting certain circumstances of his behavior which were inconsistent with the sounding profession. ( >n t he 7t li of Sept ember, while devising ways and means to meet Arnold under some plausible pretext, he wrote to Colonel Sheldon, of the American army, n very artfully contrived letter over his assumed mime of John Anderson, soliciting assistance in the premises on the pretense that the business was of "so private a