Part approached in front of the building, and pirt by the j-oad from the Croton, w hich road then passed by the rear of the house'/, e. on the north and nortb.-west of it. Greene, Flagg, and a young Lieutenant, whose name I do not remember, occupied a large bed- room in the north-west corner of the second story which communicated directly with the ground by an outer door at the rear or north end of the house. In consequence of being built upon ground which rises in the rear, Davenport's house was then two stories high in front and but one in the rear. This is partly the case at present. My grandfather v\-as in the adjoining apartment, and overheard all the conversation of the three officers. The rashness and folly of the young Lieutenant was the cause of the disaster, as my grandfather and his family always saidj at least as far as relates to the bloodshed. This was their account, Avhich I heard at the time and often afterwards. When the Refugees came up they fired a volley, to signalize their friends in the orchard near Pines Lridge, and approached the house without making further use of their arms, calling upon the inmates to surrender. The young Lieutenant always slept with a pair of loaded pistols upon a stand at the head of his bed, and when he heard the niose he sprang up, raised the window sash, on the west side of the room and discharged both pistols at the enemy-- who instantly cried out : ' Kill ! Kill ! no quarter ! ' Flagg then exclaimed