Budd that "there was a number of his, Budd's, neighbours, who " stood ready to assist the tender, in order to take "them; that Mr Budd asked Pinckney if he knew " who those neighbours were ; he atiswered that one "of them was William Lounsberry ' l and one, Isaac "Gedney, Junr., and all Sutton's men, alluding to "some hired servants of Sutton's; 3 that Pinckney " said he came as a friend, and advised Mr. Budd to " keep out of the way, for that he did not think it safe " for him to sleep in his house, one night. Mr. Budd " further says that he heard that Godfrey Haines said " that he was going to get a parcel of Oars made for " the man of war ; that Haines came to Mamaroneck, " and that the next day, Isaac Gedney set about mak- " ing Oars ; that they were making (as Budd under- " stood) by Haines's order, for Capt. Vandeput. Mr. " Budd says the tories are equipped, and constantly "in arms, walking about, at night, 6, 8, and 10 at a "time. Mr. Budd further says that it is reported that "those tories say they a-re determined to defend them- " selves ; and that if any body came to their houses to "take away their Arms, they would fire upon them." The Congress appears to have been in one of its temperate moods when that delegation from the chivalry of Oolonial Westchester-county, bearing the missive from the Committee of that County and its kindred Affidavit, approached its doors ; and for that reason, unless it was because of the shallowness of the several accusations and requests which were in the papers or of the poltroonery of those who bore them the Congress did no more than to order the letter and affidavit and examination to be filed; to charge all who knew of " this matter," " to keep the whole of it "a secret;" and to transmit a letter to the Committee of Westchester-county -- the latter, the most noteworthy