[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] to a House, and on the way he took out the Warrant anil tore it in pieces for fear of its being found on him. u The Court having considered the Evidence &■ Defence of the Pris-oner, are of Opinion that he is Guilty of the charge and Do therefore Sentence him to be hanged by the Neck till he is Dead. " Ben. Walker, Judge Advocate. Piiii.ii> Coutlasht, Pretitlent." An idea of the military movements maybe gathered from the contemporary records. General Heath, for example, was ordered by Washington, in January, 1777, to move from Peekskill down the east bank of the Hudson, thus passing through Tarrytown toward New York, as if intending to attack the city. The battle had just been fought at Princeton, and by a demonstration upon New York City, \Vashington aimed to compel the British to withdraw from New Jersey. General Heath, in his " Memoirs " pages 105 to 108, makes some interesting statements. When he uses the words " Our General " he means himself. The following is an extract: