[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] » American Scenery, by Bartlett anci Willis. 100 HISTORY OF THE sible to meet him there. He also added another stimulating mo-tive, by promising them two gallons of rum, if they would exert themselves with all their strength. As they approached King's Ferry, Arnold exposed to view a white handkerchief, and ordered the men to row directly to the Vulture, which was now in sight a little below the place it had occupied when Andre left it. The signal held out by Arnold, while the boat was passing Verplanck's Point, caused Col. Livingston to regard it as a flag-boat, and pre-vented him from ordering it to be stopped and examined. The boat reached the Vulture unobstructed in its passage; and after Arnold liad gone on board and introduced himself to Capt. Sutherland, he called the leader of the boatmen into the cabin, and informed him that he and his companions were prisoners. The boatmen, who liad capacity and spirit, said they were not prisoners; that they came on board wiih a flag of truce, and under the same sanction they would return. lie then appealed to the captain, demanding jus-lice and a proper respect for the rules of honor. Arnold replied, that all this was nothing to the purpose; that they were prison-ers and must remain on board. Capt.