Those who shall desire to know who and what kind of a man it was who had thus possessed and "exercised power enough to point his dirty finger at a man and cause him to be thus outrag d, without any remedy, may be gratified by turning to a Petition addressed to the Provincial Congress, on the fourth of May, 1776, by William Duer, subsequently well known, (Historical Manuscripts, etc. ; Petitions, xxxii., 85 ;) and to the Accot of Monies, p A by the Treasurer for which no Accot lias been rendered by the persons to whom they were paid, reported by the Treasurer to the Convention, on the eighteenth of September, 1776.

(Historical Manuscripts, etc. ; Miscellaneous Papers, xxxvi., 257.)

i The instances of Christopher Templar, already referred to ; that of Robert Sutton, (Journal of the Convention, "Die Mercurii, 9 ho., A.M., "July 24, 1776;") that of John Thomas, (the same, "Die Sabbati, 9 ho., "A.M., July 27, 1776 ;" that of John Sutton, (the same, "Die Sabbati, 3 "ho., P.M., July 27, 1776; ") and others.

* The reader will remember that such prisoners as this, those thrust into confinement because it suited somebody to "suspect" them, were compelled to support themselves, while in Jail, or to starve, unless somebody should charitably help them to food.

refused to be made tools for their inquisitorial practices, were ordered to be imprisoned "until they "should make discovery or declaration aforesaid." 2 Arrests were made by military officers, even for alleged civil offences ; 3 and, of course, the arbitrary arrests of those who were obnoxious to members of the several County Committees were continued, without abatement* -- the Committee of the City of New York assumed authority to pass over the Hudsonriver, into New Jersey; to arrest six persons, "in " Bergen Woods, near Ball's Ferry ; " and to bring its prisoners over the river, and imprison them in the Jail of the City. 5 Occasionally, food was provided for those who were thus seized and confined ; 6 but such a favor was exceptional : in some instances, the expense of being confined was increased by official extras ; 7 but there was an instance, also, wherein a prisoner, arrested by order of the Commander-in- Chief, was liberated from confinement, by the Convention, and given the largest liberty, with no other condition than that of an elastic parole, only because of his "connection with a large family of well-attached, "warm Whigs," and because it would be " the most "politic course to do so;" 8 and a second instance, wherein " a person of equivocal character," in Westchester-county, 9 and whoae name was included in the List of Suspected Persons on which Frederic Philipse's name also appeared, 10 and who was ostentatiously summoned to appear before the notorious "Committee to " detect Conspiracies," of which his half-brother and