When the information of that movement of the enemy's ships reached the Committee of Safety, at Fishkill, it was, evidently, very much alarmed ; but, with that promptitude which the emergency demanded, it immediately ordered three hundred of the Militia of Ulster-county to be sent down, without any delay, to Peekskill, " well armed and accoutred, "and with three days' provisions;" that a sufficient number of the Militia of Orange-county, below the mountains -- now Rockland-county -- should be called out for the due protection of that portion of the western bank of the river, and one hundred from the Militia of the same County, above the mountains, should be called out and sent to Peekskill, with three days' provisions; that all the Rangers which had been enlisted for the protection of the frontiers of Ulstercounty should be marched to Fishkill, evidently for the purpose of holding the more violent of the disaffected, in Duchess-county, in check ; and it also sent expresses to General Schuyler, commanding the Northern Army, and to General George Clinton, at Kingsbridge, declaring its helplessness and begging " the most speedy succour." It also wrote a letter to General Washington, in which the condition of the country was thus described ; "Nothing can be more " alarming than the present situation of our State. " We are daily getting the most authentic intelli- " gence of bodies of men, enlisted and armed, with '' orders to assist the enemy. We much fear that " those, co-operating with the enemy, will seize such " passes as will cut off all communication between the " Army and us, and prevent your supplies. We " dare not trust any more of the Militia out of this " County, \JD.uchess.~\ We have called for some aid " from the two adjoining ones ; but beg leave to sug- " gest to your Excellency the propriety of sending a "body of men to the Highlands or Peekskill, to