General Burgoyne was struck with General Schuyler's generosity, and said to him,

* You show me great kindness, though I have done you much injury.'

* That was the fate of war,' replied the brave man, ' let us say no more about it.'"

"The British commander was well received by Mrs. Schuyler," says the Marquis De Chastellux, in his "Travels in America," " and lodged in the best apartment in the house. An excellent supper was served him

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in the evening, the honours of which were done with so much grace that he was affected even to tears, and said, with a deep sigh, ' Indeed, this is doing too much for the man who has ravaged their lands and burned their dwellings ! ' The next morning he was reminded of liis misfortunes by an incident that Avould have amused any one else. His bed was prepared in a large room, but as he had a numerous suite, or family, several mattresses were spread on the floor, for some officers to sleep near him. Schuyler's second son, a little fellow, about seven years old, very arch and forward, but very amiable, was running all the morning about the house. Opening the door of the saloon, he burst out a laughing on seeing all the English collected, and shut it after him, exclaiming, ' You are all my prisoners ! ' Tliis innocent cruelty rendered them more melancholy than before."

Schuyler's mansion was the theatre of a stirring event, in the summer of 1781. The general was then engaged in the civil service of his country, and was at home. The war was at its height, and the person of Schuyler was regarded as a capital prize by his Tory enemies. A plan was conceived to seize him, and carry him a prisoner into Canada, A Tory of his neighbourhood, named "Waltemeyer, a colleague of the more notorious Joe Bettys, was employed for the purpose.