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Cornwall, and had conversation with him and his precious wife Anna, on the subjects of water bap-tism, the bread and wine, &;c.; which they endeavour-ed, for a while, to defend; but at length gave it up. We likewise had a close conversation with a French militia captain, on the subject of war, which we held to be incompatible with the purity, spirit, and pre-cepts of the gospel. To the general scope of which, he assented; but alleged, that according to the oath of allegiance to his king, when he ordered martial enterprises, he must obey; and that his king must be responsible for what was done. We silenced his arguments; and proceeded to Frederick Arnold's.On the way, I went to visit a man who was deranged. He was chained in a barn. At first, he would nei-ther look at me, nor speak to me. He was sitting down. I spoke to him in the fear of the Lord, and desired him not to be discouraged; but trust in the Lord; for he was come to seek and to save that which was lost. He then lifted up his eyes, and stared at me very wildly. I said, I hoped he would be bet-ter. He said, he hoped he would. He then stood up on his feet, and said, my trust is in the Lord, and not in going into the water. I learned he had been pressed by some zealous Baptists to undergo that operation, which he could not consent to. I gave him some further counsel, and left him. I heard, next day he was so rational as to be unchained.— Lodged with Frederick Arnold, a long bearded Tun-ker, an inoffensive man; but, like his brethren, and too many others, loves money. 21st. John Elliott and myself walked several miles up the river, and were ferried over it in a canoe, by a Frenchman. The river is about three-