'• On another occasion, being detained at work in the field after dark, on my return to the house, and when very near it, I suddenly found n:yself stepping on some men, and was much frightened These men (about 100), were lying flat on the ground, their quarters being at the house then occupied by Joshua Carpenter ; an olYicer stepped up to me, and enquired who I was and where I was going? I replied that my home was close by, and I had been detained later than usual by work. He made me promise to say nothing about what I had seen, and tiien let me go. Their object was apparently to prevent surprise, or to intercept some passing enemy.

" Joshua Huson was a notorious character in the Revolution, being cop.- nected with the Briti.sh army, although a native of Yorkto"wn. He frequently passed through the American army acting as a spy, and carrying his information to Canada. Rochambeau's army lay encamped in Yurktown about si.x weeks, but it had scarcely been there one week before Huson passed tlirough it. He frequently lay in ambush and shot down American officers, or others that he dishked. All efforts to secure h:ni were unsuccessful, though large rewards were offered for his apprehension. At length, aided by some confederates, he broke into the house of Seth Whitney, (now Barney I\Iontross's), abusing and beating him badly and carrying off any thing they wanted. Huson told Wln'tney that he would come again and kill him. The old man (Whitney) t"ixe<l a bayonet on a rake handle, determined to dispatch the robber, should he ever try it again. Whitney's wife warned Huson to keep away, but paying no attention to the warning, he soon after tried to break in ; when about half way through the windov.', Whitnev, true to his threat, stabbed him just below the breast-bone, making a wound about one and a half inches deep.