Myself, Isaac Van Wart, and John Paulding were lying in the bushes in the morning, about 9 or 10 o'clock, on Saturday, the 23••d of September last, •about half a mile, as near as I recollect, above Tarrytown, on the east side of the North River. Several persons came along whom we know, and let pass, and presently came along a person whom we told Mr. Paulding to stop. Mr. Paulding stepped out and presented his piece to his breast, and bid him stand, which he did. The person said, 'Gentlemen, I hope you belong to our party.' Mr. Paulding made answer. 'what party?' He said, 'The lower party,' which Mr. Paulding told him we did. The person said, 'I am glad to see you; I am an officer in the British service, and have now been on particular business in the country,  p108 and I hope you will not detain me.' And for a token, to let us know he was a gentleman, he pulled out his watch. Mr. Paulding told him to dismount, on which the person found out that we belonged to the upper party. He said, 'My God, I must do any thing to get along,' on which he pulled out General Arnold's pass, and gave it to Mr. Paulding, who read it, on which Mr. Paulding again told him to dismount. The person said he was to pass down as far as Dobb's Ferry, and was to meet another gentleman there, and was to get intelligence for General Arnold; he told us we would bring ourselves into trouble if we did not let him go."

"We were about allowing him to proceed, and he was reining his horse into the road, when Paulding, in an under-tone, exclaimed: "D–––n him, I do not like his looks.' He was st9 ordered again to stop, and one of the party asked him what he had done with the paper he had in his hand when first discovered (this, it afterwards appeared, was a sketch of the route). The question produced a momentary hesitation, and his embarrassment being noticed by the party, he was told that the circumstance of his first avowing himself to be of the lower party, required their searching his position. They led his horse into a field, partly covered with underwood. His person was strictly searched, including his hat, coat, vest, shirt, and breeches; even his hair, which was done up in a queue, in the fashion of the day, was untied without creating any unusual anxiety in André until he was told to take off his boots, when he changed color, and manifested fear in his countenance. The papers were then discovered. He had eighty dollars in Continental money."

"Mr. Paulding looked at the papers, and said he was a spy. We made him dress himself, and I asked him what he would give us to let him go; he said he would give us any sum of money. I asked him whether he would give us his horse, saddle, bridle, watch, and one hundred guineas, upon which he said yes, and told us he would direct it to any place, even if it was that very spot, so that we could get it. I asked him whether he would not give us more; he said he would give us any quantity of dry goods, or any sum of money, and bring it to any place that we might pitch upon, so that we might get it; upon which Mr. Paulding answered no; if you would give us ten thousand guineas you shall not stir one step. While the search was going on the horse had strayed some distance, grazing on the underbrush; when it was completed, one of us led up the horse, and he was permitted to mount, and he was then taken to the military post commanded by Colonel Jameson."JJJ

"Head Quarters tb000's House,
September 22••d, 1780.

"Permit Mr. John Anderson to pas this Guards to the White Plains, senator below if he Chuses. He being on Public Buisnessº by my Direction.

"B. Arnold, M. Gen'l"

"West Point, September 5th, 1780.

"Artillery Orders.

"The following disposition of the corps is to take place in case of an alarm:[The enemy were to give the alarm.]

Capt. Dannills with his Comp'y at Fort Putnam, and to detach an officer with 12 men to Wyllys's Redoubt, a Non Commissioned officer with 3 men to Webb's Redoubt, and the like number to Redoubt No. 4.

"Capt. Thomas and Company to repair to Fort Arnold.

"Captain Simmons and Company road testimony at the North and south Redoubts, at the East side of the River, until further Orders.

"Lieutenant Barber, with 20 men of Capt. Jackson's Company, will repair to Constitution Island; the remainder of the Company, with Lieut. Mason's, will repair to Arnold.

"Capt. Lieut. George and Lieut. Blake, with 20 men of Captain Treadwell's Company, will Repair to Redoubt No. 1 and 2; the remainder of the Company will be sent to Fort Arnold.

"Late Jones's Company, with Lieut. Fisk, to repair to the South Battery.

"The Chain Battery, Sherburn's Redoubt, and the Brass Field pieces, will be manned from Fort Arnold, as Occation may require.

"The Commissary and Conductor of Military Stores will in turn wait upon the Commanding Officer of Artillery for Orders.

"The Artificers in the garrison, (agreeable to former Orders), will repair to Fort Arnold, down there receive further Orders from the Command'g Officer of Artillery.

"S. Bauman,JJJ Major Comm't Artillery."

"Estimate of Force at West Point and its Dependencies,
September 13, 1780.

"A brigade of Massachusetts Militia, and two regiment so Rank and File New Hampshire, Inclusive of 166 Batteaux Men at Verplanck's and Stony Points		992
"On command and Extra service at Fishkills, New Windsor, &c., &c., who may be called in occationally		852
"3 regiments of Connecticut Militia, under the Com'd of Colonel Wells, on the lines near non-castle		488
"A detachment of New York levies on the lines		115
Militia		2,447
"Colonel Lamb's Regiment	167
"Colonel Livingston's, at Verplank and Stony Pts.	80
Continent.		247
"Colonel Sheldon's Dragoons, on the lines, about one half mounted		142
"Batteaux Men and Artificers		250
Total		3,086

"B. Arnold, M. Gen'l"