I recollect perfectly well meeting him by the school house near Parkers, and at another time a little south of the old Amawalk inecling-house, and also when he passed our house. On the two former occasions he was not with the army. On the latter he proclaimed his intention to capture New York, and was making every exertion to collect men and stores for that purpose; but his real object v,-as to amuse the British in New York, to prevent their sending forces to Yorktown in Virginia to relieve Lord Comwallis. Washington. went douTi as far as White Plains and then commenced forced marches to West Point and so through New Jersey south to Yorkto\\'n, and succeeded in capturing Comwallis and all his army before he could be relieved from New York. A sergeant's guard was kept at our house almost throughout the war.

" Major Andre, with La\\7er Smith of Orange Co., called at my father's the day he was taken at about eight o'clock in the morning ; they wanted breakfast. Andre was on his way from West Point to New York, and made many inquiries respecting the road ; his mind appeared to be very much impressed, so that he could not be still a moment. Smith eat breakfast (which mother prepared for them) but Andre appeared very agitated, walked back and forward before the front door and eat nothing; he had on a blue tight bodied coat, made plain, after the fashion of the New England farmers of the day. Smith v\-ent back north from our house, and Andre went on toward New York alone -- going south by the way of Pines Bridge, and Taniytown ; near the latter place he was taken prisoner.