The pi.-ce was loU'^ and eiub .rate, and written wlih inucQ beautv and tpint. 'T his, sir,' said he. after tinishinp it, • i.s a copy <if a letter, which I sen: .o a member of coujrrf >s in 177.'), who was an intimate friend of (Ji-neral W rtshinc;con. i ou may trace to this .»; mre.Mhe si-iiriui"nts in f;ivorof is, more entr;,'ic Roverimu-nt for your cunrr.*. contained ia th-.- o-Maaiund'T-ia-ehi-C-. ciicilar U-itirs; atid from this, there can be tu ii.'U-'v. that the c;liz;ns of all tiie Sr.ites <Ierive thtir leadin<r traits for your uew form of jr 'Vtra- Ilieut.'"-- i/jj-t.-iru Habine'i Btojmphical :SkcCchcs of Sv-.iTican LuyalUU.

THE TO\\'N OF WHITE PLAINS.

In 1776 the Rev. Ichabod Lewis, twin brother of the venerable Isaac L<."vvisof Horseneck,was ordained pastor of tlie united churches of White ri.iins and Xew Rochelle by the Presbytery of Dutchess county. About \z o'clock at night on the 5th of November, 1776, the Presbyterian ch'jrch, together with a quantity of timber designed for its enlargement, besides a number of other buildings, were set on fire by Major Osborne of the Massachusetts line (under General Glover), for the purpose of preventing them from being used by the British troops, then in the neighborhood during the ensuing winter. These facts are fully proved, by affidavits of witnesses now in possession of the trustees. After the burning of the church, the congregation gradually declined; for the members, being mostly staunch Whigs, were obliged to retire north to avoid the depredations and assaults of British troops from New York. The Rev. Ichabod Lewis removed to Bedford, but similar circumstances constrained him to leave that place also for Salem ; where he spent the remainder of his days, and lies interred. He left a legacy to the church at South Salem of one thousand dollars, the interest of which at present assists in supporting the pastor of that church.* From 1784 to 1S21 the congregation enjoyed the privilege of occasional preaching.