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J LOSSING T h e d e iletiot), of Arnold and his attempts to be p,l.l tyest Point, and its depen lICIeF, into :lie river of the British army, was e ripened head id laenon which' had been fellter -1 the Le.gatattute and the Camp for more than. :ee year. The stern and diratiterested patriotism, lach marshalled a belqglieting army around Bos •;. and deviated, in solemn cooncil, the thirteen a ln-American col. , thes to be Ireetniti I;.depend. Galen, herame diluted by the Commingling o{ aotbitfluf. bead , t lluectr, Duehe, Galla at. Zoley and other smaller traitois who, like , e ,. wer e eo nra 2 enus when danger appealed re e. tird bna,4ed n;e,r far the patriot won the hour of its trial (tame, had denied e: alleL:iar.t:e to 'heir new faith by words or deeds ~lisveCouniettattee to muldtudes of the weak, an,( IPyrirwirjed, who openly e•tpottsed the at the King. 'he contest advanced and the night of the ? r, !wine 21ew danker, ambitious men became tdready, officer, and I:,E"if -1:Ins had sec', erly phnerl a;:rinst the, good ~..1.5:,:ni0n,.8;1 I !crn , r,l abettors in rung tt.ss howeter had nethinu to do , with these intru il,,t!e made himeor,fi confidant. and he sel - Ili wi r ers Yet it kca, not until his n a , vine, ;he' people. anji 'awn I; en :lern ails! the ;;eetiest scrutiny or the „,.,.c, r‘t toes officers in the lira thai the tactile' , wa: trea.ann it culm ironed ,• a hea , l,: iti l i f“ilif re it waned—it dis gs f TpUrj'it.4, arm heitlihiPr action ensiled '7'4 time when A mold's defection was di-cover ;•311'111nil 1 , 1 1780. was the aloorniet.l pert 11:the war. Pablin credit hail stink to the low. mt n 1 distrust No prestige of a great achieve , • ihe camp.itgo, 'like that of the capture %:; ia3 roukl secure.loans from abroad. The tyie of Aioetica were impoverished and ttiscuur iF.: The whole business of .the conntry wascoti e?t,y heartless speculatois. The continental ~.:.Ikl E 0 depreciated that seven huhdreil dollar's for one dollar in s2ecie. 'The oover tr:4lma.•l'iciiely of the contedetation worked irr •ridr. New York city, the irsrzinta seaboard, • r. demands sumo light toadies pi,. u:e. EuYy, the baize of happi -","-'• s: accompaniment of honors, wus b., f e d ew tli•!ers. • The brilliancy of 3Cl.„ee!ipf.e,l theirsachicycniente, es. the jezilow. excitril the: eby not very -- remote .Cau*e-' of h[o At the ont..ei, whi.r.,..in'corolittny with fay A.:en. tie as.ri.ned in the capon.° of Ticotitt• I •`- ag•°•ved ihe 'seeming neglect if a...1v - tune, of Connalieut and Ittissactim " I. ` the fiep years hiteceeding, 41°41 •a•.ll,ces.ol neglect °marred, and tile-tulles were • ''•' ll Y PluceLi in the way of advancement and ) 41`, 4 4 1 .ty , by those %till) hoped to shine in "proPor 1° the wan in , . tit his fame , . The very men who against Washington, _were, prbrni• to Arnolol and that officer saw ' i ' 3 l l t! far "las - tice, rOal or .phxdowy,-at . thO hands ;:e - = f tv. l / 2 1 . 1 Ira's ae. rifc thcp.Xs-irlth4 4. , e. !vote on-.P Cand;ll:l , :atid ere fv•••-•s-i,.. if :lie enemy, anj the Frel:el, 70;e id , r RA"rw,beati. whose" adv Pill :zuve s.ich ,A;11,14, 'AN L 3' I ;,. •• / .0 ei.;:.oge in a carripa4ri bp - 4:11 1. , too , ir.w of ilk weilkoess Slid ki {AI 7.1.1 sotp , ol the un ' er ruin Of hit; courili!. • for the 'r,, f P U T 'v2 ratifying ! petty 'spite ; for the of paltry, perishing gold ! Ai.ala teal malcly ivraked and treacherous.= '7!! mother whO bore him was an exemplar of pie r I sweetness of character, and daily cautioned e- 4 wor,!s of heavenly - wisdom. Yet, a ;!,e eat lest childhood he was waywar<l.,diso ,itat, reckless am! profane. A-stranger to physi 'nr. a, I a' .sir, het lleF•s of the consequences "IV:1011, ill, were ever teaiy to of a pee7i'll ' , mire; or the impulses ot 1: ilea the i L icsitf Freedom was > ord, hos,„impetu i in: w . a•ot-c:l, atiu hisjeetings assumed tic*. . He was C' al. inlo the contest with a e trick the surges of anti higher . •01 h.n country. Ills brave es ; I is wondrous - journey tre tv.l .t'6, i l prn the Nent:ebeek to the 7t=4.1111• on the caponl of the ad. L., haut deeds atl.lkeigefteld, eXz•Veti tIIQ astoriishment and , •1 con .nymen. Congress a :yarded d f.ame eI Artiola vt as a =I I . t Liar:weed. As a soldier and !hr t--area of the brave, sk.Lful and swtal felnuons he w:ts a Mot'. t*:?, and debased hr trii!itary gen u* bu: arid profligacy. He tv4s ~:r• ~ f. p atrio'ism, because he lacked the f 1 - .4t rhino, ozecipt personal a.:e H. by the leading men in rmy. h. 'he rolaT:'elt.,l %Koh hies pet.ro t and W:-13 "wvel t.lwards h:s suhaidMales. 1116 'avarice - :Marley is ihel man's God, and in ri ?nf''lret of of d, Iv. would giclifice his comitty," C B'rr.v:i in a laud-bill, !almost tour years .1 '-t ‘!ectirrn.., From hour " hen !L, Lltri at Nleitheal and Si. vitetm.la:.ar i of 1.14 command at Philadelphia he y of pet . t.:..eav l s, Iraudulerit arf`d un north}' !ir.!146 lustre of his proutlini!ilary a!, n'or ito army. With contracted vision he beheld, in the conduct`of its ['conical representatives, the .ingrati etude and injustice of his cannily ; and the hatred which he fostered for the few was extended to the cause of which they were accredited supporters.— This leering and the hope of pecuniary reward by which he might relieve himself of heavy and in. creasing embarrassMents, exiingoished his patriot ism, and beckoned him to the bad pre•em _ inerce of a mercenary traitor. In crinsequence of abed wound received in his leg while gallantly fighting at Saratoga, (and which was yet tuthealed,) Arnold was not fit for active service When the British evactuated Philadelphia in the Spring of 1778, Washineton f desirous of keep, lug him employed, appointed Win military 'Gov enter of that city, in command of a small corps of soldiers. Fond of show and feeling the import. ante of his station,'Arnold adopted a style of living incompatibli3 with his resources and the character of a Republican. He made the fine old Mansion of William Penn his residerre ; kept recoach and four; gave splendid soirees and banquets, and charmed the gayer portion of Philadelphia society with his princely displays. -Hts' etation, and the splendor of his equip; age captivated the daughter of Edward Shipper, a, leading loyalist., and after. wards Chief Justice of the State: Her beauty and her aceninplishments won the trait of the widow er of forty. She had bloorniel but eighteen sum mers, and admirers of every degree coveted her smites, yet she gyve her hand to Arnold and they were married Staunch Whigs sholik their heads is distrum, and the equally staunch loyalists .were gratified. , To the former this union augured of evil ;to the latter it had promises of hope. Both weie right iutezpieters. Ar mild's. extravagance soon . brought importunate creditors to his door. Rather than retrench-his ex pieises, he obtained.rneecy by a system of fraud and prostitution of his official power. The city be iiie tooter inaoial law, his power was Mlpeerne Be forbade shopkeepers selling certain articles, and ib ea through agents he trafficlAd u, thoi, v e ry ar nets,. mind sole them at enormous prices. The peo ple were iticen.ed ; and a depntation went before the President and council of PelniS3lvai i ia;a n d pre• terred charges egaitist him. These were laid be fore,Countess and that body refereed the whole matt:r to Washington, to be a rjuilicated by a mili tary tribunal After a delay 8f mote than a year Arnold was 'tried and found fetidly of two of tour charges pre ferred against him. The court pronounced the mildest sentence to its power, a reete reprimand by the Commander-hi-chief. Washington perform ed :he ..y with the greatest delicacy. " Our pro lessitlTl," said he, "is the chastest of all. L i :Veil :he Oa low of a fault tarnishes the lustre of our fi• rest achievements. "I lie feast inadvertatice may r public favor. so !laid In he acriun ed. I rep.iniand you for having forgotten that in liropor• - lio n as you have rendered yourself lormidable . to our enemies, you should have been guarded and temperate in your deportment toward your fellow citizens. Exhibit anew those noble qualities which have placed you on the list of our most valuedcom wanders. .1 will myself furnish you, as far as may be in my power, with opportunities.ql regaining the esteem of your country. 3 What punishmentcould have been ;lighter ? Yet Arnold was greatly irritated. lii had anticipated a full acqeittill, and a triumphant vindication of his honor. Even this slight punishment de l eply wound ed his pride, and instead of receiving in with the generous feelings of true honor and- dignity he re sented it as a meditated wrong. The rank weed of (mast . '" was already groWing haul iantly in his heart, fur he had been for nine mouths in secret cones pmidenee with the ,euemy in New Yolk ! now it tilnortect ; and its fruit expanded under the genial Beat of Intense hatred, fed by Mortified pride, foiled aught:tun, the pressuio of etntiVressraents, the wan: of employment, intereoMse with loyalists, and a sc(rite of public injustice. t,lit• %%let: the great fate„ called the Itlischianaza was given in Pi p.i la niadel in honor of General Sir Wil• ham Hoe e, in honor of his departure from Ameri: ea in.the String of 1778, Captain Joha Andre was, the most active andtalented officer engaged in its preparation. He was a wit, a poet and a painter. Thwarted in an ertgagerricnt of marriage with the %%tanning Honora Sney-,1, by the unwise scrup!es of her lather, on account.of the - suitor's youth and ob scurity, Andre pliced in his t?osOITI the miniature of his irlol, painted by his ownitands, joined the array, and came to America to seek. in the excitement of the camp, an alleviation of stifferings inflicted' by disappointed love Be landed in Cretaria ; was captured at St John's oii 'the Sorel where he saved the picture. of Horiora by concealing it ht his month; was taken. to Pennsylvania ; was exchanged and li-rally rejoined the army in Nei . k. Amon:: the young ladies of Philadelphia Who graced the Mricleianza, Was-the rzay and -brilliant /Margaret Shippen, who utterwards became the wile of Arnold. Andre was a frequent guest ai her father's tattle; and Itiar;,aret continued heranqtraint aure lain, by the epistle, even after her mar riage. Thiough this channel her husband opened a eorresiirmilerree with Sir Henry Clinton, the Comniander-in-chief of the 'British forces in Amer'. ca, and quartered in the city of Nov York. Fur a time Arnold's. letters were vague. His advances were slo s and eantiouc. Its assumed •the -name at Gusta - cua.'finil enriched liters rn carnnlerci: ll plaaAei noloynd secrecy wits obtained by both Ai-116111's wife, it is .6t;lievett. was• ig,tiorant .of the ti'm Intent 01 her husband's. letters, and Clinton had no oilier confidant than Andre atid Col.Beier ty Robins in L The latter was— tha ruin Fredrieli Ptidtili one of the largestlifildhelders in Am:erica. years ago bUfore,,*isiiing,. Lao, then a Virgin.n'Colonel, had enjoyed the hos : pitulitiea of his tiouso;ind thert•became enamored bt'llaty Philiiprire l ,'fbrAettor held of Rogei MerriS, • lip oW co;rlllo"ma i liiiirrriri'in She MFlon ' Vi 4 hei a - Of 14.fitr.5:111S4FOil. - vast)rejeetedy mitt the young soldier gave his heart and hand to arbent- PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'NEA.RA GOODRICH. Ill'iMMM1:1 MEI " ItiOAIR.DLESS OP DESIINCIATIOR PILOY ANY QUAP:aat." fag' widow of his own province. Robinson had an extensive acquaintance among the American offi cers. Its early espoused the patriot eanse, even as early as the era oldie stamp act; but when the declaration of Independence was promulgated, he was unwilling to accede to so bold a measure as he dismemberment of the Brinish Empire, and he took up arms for the King. West Point on the Hudson, fifty miles above Neri York, made strong by nature, strengthened by art, was an object of covetous desire to Sir Hen. ry Clinton. It wee the key to the northern country and the route to Canada, and the strong link of co operltion between the patnots of the gastern ardl Mid' le States. Arnold knew its valno to both par tiesand ho resolved to make this betrayal eqniva lent for personal honors, and a large sum of money. - When his determination was ;Cued, and his plans arranged, his deportment wax suddenly changed: Hitherto he had been sullen and indifferent ; now his patriotism glowed with all the apparan I ardor of his earlier career. Millen° he bad pleaded the bad state of his wounds as an excuse >for inaction; now they healed tartidly. He was now :intim to join his old companions in arms, and to General Schuyler, Robert IL Liv ingston, and other influential nten in Congress, he expressed his impatience to be in the camp or the field. Rejoiced at the ohangb, : arid. believing him to be 24incere, they wrote letters to Washington commendatory of Arnold, and; in pursuance of his intimation, suggested his appointment to the coin mend of West Point. At the same time Arnold visited the camp to pay his respects to the Cekr. mander.in-Chief, and expressed his desire to have a command, like that at West Point, for his wounds would not allow him to perform active serviciel on horseback in the field. Washington was surprised; btu, unsuspicious of wrong, acceded to his request, and on the 3d of August, 17fte, gave him written instructions. His command included. West Point and its dependencies, from Stony Point to Fish • k ill, Upon a fertile plateau, high above the river and at the foot of a range of lolly hills, nearly opposite West Point was the confiscated country seat of Colonel Beverly Robinson, a spacions mansion for the times, and now a pleasant residence. There Arnold established his quarters, and elaborated hls wicked scheme', and there he was joined by his wife and infant son, when hisplans were ripe, and his treason almost consummated. It was a part of Washington's plan for the au. num' campaign; to make an attack open the city of New York, with the combined French and Ameri can forces : the former to approach by the way of Long Island, and the other by crossing. Kingsbridge, at the head ol York or Manhattan Islnd. Arnold communicated the deteds'of this plait to Sir Hen ry Clinton, and proposed that when the assailants approached, a large British force should proceed up tic Iludson to the Highlands in a flotilla under Admiral Rodney, when the traitor should surrender West Point and its dependencies, excusing himself with a plea of a weak garrison. The anticipated result was a retreat of Washinston toward the High lands to regain the fortress and save his ample stores and the probable, capture of the French ar my. . Sir Henry Chinon was delighted -with the plan, and eagerly sought to carry it out. Hitherto he was not certified of 'the real name and character of Gustavus, although for some months he had sus peeled him to be Gen. Arnold.. Utiwilbrig, to pro ceed further upon uncertainties, ho proposed send ing an officer to some point near the American lines to have a personal interview with his corms_ gondent. Arnold consented, and insisted that young Andre, then the Adjutant General of the Brit's!' ar m my, and high in the confidence of Sir Henry Clin ton should be the officer sent. They agreed to meet at Dubb's Ferry upon the Neutral Ground, some twenty miles above New York. Thither An e, accompanied by Colonel Rubinson, proceeded; but the vigilance of the Blitish water guald prevent ed the approach of Arnold, and the conference was deferred. Sir Henry Clinton, anxious to effect definite ar rangements with Arnold eini,t the Vulture sloop of war up the river as far as Teller's Point, nearly opposite Haverstraw, with Colonel Robinson on beard. The officer under pretense of making in quiries respecting his confiscated property commu nicated with Arnold, who, in an .anibiguous an swer, informed him that a flag and boat would be sent to the Vulture, on the night of the twentieth, to be used as circumstances might reqnire. This 'art was communicated to Clinton, and on the triornitry, of that day, Major Andre alter sitigiwz acing and taking wine-with some fellow -officers at - Kipp's Boy, proceeded to Dobb's ferry, rut! Troth thence in a barge to the Vulture. Ile was instruct ell to chant , his dress, not go within the American lines, receiving papers, or in any way act es espy. It WAS supposed that Arnold himself would ,come to the Vulture L atul that there the whole plan would be a'rranged.: The wily general `was not to be caught, and lie chose a meeting place which in olved less personal hazard. About hall way between Stony Peint and Haver straw, Jut=htla Mel Sriiith, a brother of the Tory Chief Justice of New York. To his house Arnold repaired and employed -him to proceed to Ike Vulture at nig,hrend bring a gentlemen to the western shore of the Hudson. Smith was an active man; of considerable influence in his neighbor hood, and is supposed-to have been the dope, not the voJtvitat'y aid of Arnold iii his treasonable prep araioas, Unable to proare o a rsmen, Smith did not proceed to the' Vulture until the night of the twenty-lirsi, A. 4 soon as the moon went down, tie glided silently out al Haverstraw creek, mtifficd oast, and at a little past, midnight reached the vesr Set atichnred is the Middle of the river. It was a ,eisrene, starry. trig 1.1, and not a ripple was upon the bo_serw 0, ifis Waters. Cautiously lienpprofteh ed itt# Vultui e • i 4114 by Prtpiti.:4gtial obtained ad-' trussioil. on his. oarsman: waited but a few minutes when Smith „accompanied by- --a, 1, 1 officee'descended i.nto the boat. The latter was dressed in a .scarlet, uniform of the royal army, but all was .covrired with a long blue surtout • but toned to the &OM, and a plaih cocked hat covered his head. Not a wbrd was spoken as they moved noiselessly toward a"tteep shaded estuary at the loot of Long Clove Mountain, a little below Haver straw. Smith led the officer in the gloom, to a thie-tret near, by and there, in a low whisper / intro_ •anced John Anderson ( the name assumed by Major Andre, in his correspondence) to , Gen. Ar nold and then retired. The conspirators were left alone. There in thedOp shadows of night, con cealed from human cognizance, they discussed their dark plans and plotted . the utter ruin of the patriot cause. There the arch traitor, eager for the coveted gold or a royal purchaser, hi,ggled with the 1 king's broker about the price of his infamy ; there the perjured recusant, satisfied with the word of a honest man par he dared not except 4 written i bond), " sold his birtb-rigle for a.,suese of pot- tap. The bout of dawn approached and their confer- . ence was not ended. ,Sraith cane, and urged the necessity for baste, for the water guard would soon be on the alert, and it would be difficult to return to the Vienne. Much was yet . lobe done, and An dre reluctantly consented to. accompany Arnold to Smitn'e house, nearly four miles distant and await the darkness of another night to return to theves- I set. Expecting a protraCted interview, Arnold had brought two. horses with him. While it was yet dark they mounted, and as they passed in the rear of Haverstraw, in the dim twilight of earliest dawn the voice of a sentinel gave Andre the first intima tion that ho was within the Ametican lines. He preceived the danger, bet it was too late to recede. They reached Smith's house before sunrise, and at that moment the boom of a Cannon came up from the bosom of the bay. Several charges quickly sue- - ceedetleach other, and eoon the Vulture, galled by an iron four pounder upon Teller's Point, weighed' anchor, and dropped down the river beyond 'the vi,ion of the conspirators. Deep inquietude stir red the soul of Andre. He Was within the enemy's line, without a flag or pass. If detected, he would be called a spy—a name he hated as much as that oftraitor.. The ingenious sophistry of Arnold allay. ed his apprehensions, and in an upper room of Smith's house, the plan of the operators was deter mined, and there Andre passed a:day of great soli tude The plan wassimple. Washington had roe to Hartford to confer with the Frerichs officers. It was agreed to crmsumate the scheme during the ab sence of the Commander-in-chief, instead of wait mg for the uncertain movements of the armies.— The garrison at West Point was to be weakened by 1 dii-persion, and Clinton was to sail up the river wi:11 a strong truce and take.possessirrn. 1 ,At noon, the whole plan being arranged, Arnr.ld placed in Ander's possession several papers, ex plan. ntory of the condition of West Point and its depen deuce. Zealous in the service of the kin; and cour t . try, Andre disobeyed the commando of his General, and received them. Al Amiable suggeseions,he placed them in his stockings ender his teet, an , d re ceiving, the following pia from the traitor, waited patiently the approach of night: 4 .l3stn (4trA UTE all, Robinson's House, Sept. 22, 1780. I Perntlit Mr. John Anderson to pass the grounds to the White Plains or below if he chooses, be be ing on public business by my direction. B. ARNOLD. M. Gen." , Fully Eiclievinp, that no obstacle now interposed in the way of MlecesA, Arnold prepared for the re l'eptinn ut Rodney's flotilla with a strong force en der Clinton., Pretending that it needed repairing, a link from the great iron chitin which spurned the lltal nn at . West Point, was taken out and sent to the smith, and the garrison at Furt Clinton, on the twin!, was weakened by scattering the troops in detachment among the the several redoubts in the 'neinry. Colonel Lamb, who'commanded the gar wonderad at the movement, but did not ',lis p •ct his chief. So skillfully had Arnold managed in his plans. that no suspicion of his defection was abroad; and Washington held his conference with n.., hanibcati and Terney, satisfied that West Pnint wac in safe hands. When night approached Smith positively refused to convey Andre back to Vulture, but offered to accompany him lo the borders of the Neutral ground on the east side Hudson. Andre rennin• traced to veil Ile chanted his nnilorm fora eitr ,zen's dress, and accompanied by a negro secant, Smith and Andre crossed King's Ferry,.(tiow Ver plarick . b Point.) anl turned their flees toward White r.l ink Andre was moody, for he felt'. uneasy.— They mat With no interruption until near the little village of Cmmpon4, eight miles from 'King's Ferry, when they were hailed'by a sentinel. Arnoldts pass was examined, known to'be genuine and the tray. eller* were ebo'ut to pitman when die officer of the post magnified thia datigera of the road, and person& ed them to halt for the night. Sleep was a stran ger to the eyes of Ander, and at .dawn they were in tare satiate. When they approached Pine Bridge, and he was assured that he was on neutral ground, beyond the American lines, his gloomy tasjturnity exchanged for cheerful garrulity, and he conversed in an almost playlul manner upon poetry, the arts,. titeratdre, and common topics. AlPda above the bridge. Smith handed him a small sum of Continen• tad hills, and they. parted, the former to proceed to Arnold'. quarters and report his success, the latter to hasten toward New York. Andre, being whither the Cownnys* were more numerous on the Tarry- *The Cow-ants were a set of people mostly, if not wholly refugees, belonging to the British side, and engaged in plundering cattle near the lines and driving them to New - York. Their name indicates their vocation. There was another description of baudicti called SsiNstas, who lived for the most part within the American lines, and professed at tachment to gio American cause; but in reality they were_haore unprincipled, peindions. and inhuman, than the Crov-bOys themselves; for these latter ex hibited "some symptoins of Pllow,feFling for their friends iheretis the,skinifirs coniroftted their .4p redai,fOni • 11y a' law rethi lEttaie'of DreitrYorlt.eiro'ry person ref ,stns to Wie atioath.of fidelity to thelltate, MI town roadoook that . direction, 'contrary to the ad vice ofSmith and others, who directed him to pro ceed by the way of White Plains. Andre was anx ious to be among his friends, and as these marau ders were such, heconcluded that the Tarrytown road would be safe fur him; if tie fell into their hands, he would be taken to New York whither he was hastening. This - was the fetal mistake. On the morning when Andre lett Pine's Bridge, a little band of seven young volunteers, went out near Tarrytown to watch the movements of the Cow boys and other depredators. • Four of them (John York, John Dean, James Roinent and Abraham Williams) agreed to, tarry upon' shill which com manded an extensive view of the highway, white the remaining three, (John Paulding, Isaac Van Wert,, and David Williams,) were to be voncealed in the bushes on the banks. eta little stream, near th road. At ten o'clock in the morning; whit:vete gaged in playing cards, the young men saw a horse man, approached from toct direction Sleepy Willow. They conftonted him, and demanded a knowledge of his business and destination. " I hope, gentle. men, that y_eg being of our.party,".said the travel- ler. • " What party I" inquired W illiams, who pre sented his firelock to his breast.. "Tree lower par ty," (meaning the Britiele) quickly replied the horseman. " I am a British officer out upon urgent timidness. I hope you will not detain me a minute." He was ordered to dismount, when he instantly discovered his fatal mistake. "My Gull he ex claimed, half laughing, " we must do any thing to get along; - ' and then showing them: Arnold's pass, for thitmvellet was Major Andre. The young mil itia men were not as easily satisfied as- the sentinel at Crompond. They insisted upon 'eehichitig him They made him strip; ripped up the housings of his saddle, and filially ordered him to pull off his boots. He reluctantly obeyed, and. beneath his feel were the papers giveti him by Arnold. Andre offered his captors tentpiutg bribes of money and murchandize, if they would allow him to pass on, but their patriotism' was too dear to be bought with a price. They conducted hint to the quarters of Colonel Jameson, at North Castle, the nearest post, and delivered him up. That officer with obtuseness of percept nit must extraordinary, resolved to send him immediately tw General s'ir• nolll.l Maj Tallmatlee, with better judgment, WW- I ly expressed his belief that Arnold was a traitor, and finally ihduced Jameson to send the prisoner to Colonel Sheldon's quarters at North Salem, until more should , be known respecting hen, for, they had no suspicion of the rank, and character of the ' young mania their custody. Jameson, however, would not suspect the fidelity. of his General, and actually sent a letter to itiform him that a Mr John Anderson was a prisoner in his bands. On the morning of the 24th September, day fix ed upon by the-conspirator_ for the surrender of the Fort, Washingrou returned hum !fanfold. It war' two days earlier than Arnold expected him. The traitor was astounded when a messenger rode up a Bale after sunrise, and announced the intention of ore Commander-in chief to breakfast with him. Oa approaching Arnold's quarters, Washington di rected La Fayette and Hamilton, who were with him to go on and breakfast with Mrs. Arnold, while he turned down a lane to the river to inspect a re doubt upon the batik. Arnold and his guest were at breakfast ii-hen a messenger came in barn* with a letter for the Gen eral. H W 2 -8 from Jamison, annoutwing the ar rest of Andre, instead of the'e:ePectecl intelligence that the enemy was roceli,n4 ert the river. Agee' ted, but not sufficiently to excite the special notice of his guests, he arose , from the table, hastened to the room of his et ire, kissed his sleeping b a be aiid , ' letting his spouse in hi, !untied it' aids that the) must pad, perhaps forever, left her in a swouli. mounted the horse of one of his aids standing a• the door, dashed across the fields and &twit% de clivity to a narrow pathway on the borders of a ma ra , ri to a dock built by C.d. !Lib lIISOII 2.:1:1 lit 0 W himself in hie barge, nerved the oarsmen with premises of large tee arils of rem and money fug sus Hitless ol speed, and was soon sweeping thion4!, the race at Fort Mane:ornery. Ttie old dock fi ore whence the traitor escaped, Is still there, bat the Hudson River Railway has spanned the mouth of the Swale, and cleft the tricky pint, so that !idle ol the originsi feareres of the scenery remain. • Washington went over to West Point b efore . go ing to Arrolirs quarters. Ile was eurplised wheii informed by Lamb that the General hail not been at the gal rieon fur two daya Ile rectossed the river. arid when he appMached Robinsoti's lieuse,Harnd ton, greatly excited, met hint and revealed the dreadful secret at • Arnold's gnat land eight. his guilt was male manifest by the nuke' of klie pens taken from Andre, and his flight corihrnied the dark tale which they' unfolded. %Vali these papers came a letter from Amite, frankly. rtxou in, considered as forfeiting his pfoperty. The large territory between the American and British attending litany thirty miles flora north to south, abd einbracittg Westchester county. was populous and highly cultivated. This was the famous Neu tnil Ground. A person living within that space, who took the oath of fidelity, was sure to be pion dered by the Cow-boys: and if he did not take it; the Skinners could come down upon him, call him a Tory, and , selie his properly as confiscated by the State. Thus the execution of the laws was assum ed by robbers, and the innot.ent and the guilty were involved in a common ruin. It is true the civil authority endeavored to crud against these outrages. as far as it could, by legis lative enactments, , •anti:exenuttve`pro. lama bias; tint from the nature of the case, this formidal4e con spiracy arainSt -the rights and claims isf hionanity could be crushed by a military arm. The detach ments of Continental teoups and militia stationed near the lines, thd something to le,sea the evil; yet they were not adequate to its suppression, and frequently this force was so feeble as not to afford any barrier against the inroads of the banditti.— The Skinners and Ceiw-boys often leagued together. The former would sell their plunder to the liner, taking in exchange contraband art.iclea from New York. It was, pot uncommon for the farce ,of a skirmish to be acted, r.car the A nericari lices, is which the Skinners never failed to come rietatioim, and then they would.go boldly Itttuthe interior with 11/eli booty, .pretending it.had hero captor if from the enemy, while ,attentotug to smuggle it acrubs the Imes. Nporks. =I IMRE his name and character. "Whom can "ye hu,t now - Vs:Lid the chief with ealitine,- , , while of the deepest sorrow %%ere evidently al work it hishoiorn, as he laid befora llarnrJtequ arid Knox the evidence, of tie•a,on. The cortdillon of Mrs. Arnohi v7,c,rib ton's liveliest syrni.an.y. Volt COn year A and not two a bride, the young ereature tt_r_orr.- cd a blow of the inor,t al>i>allL ninnif*. ts lA' - ed furiuu-ly and riroarro.,l tt:vely. The tenderest care was bestowed u;et sr..l She was Pow sent in sahrty to New York, yr bother her !alien Ku-baud Karl e-etr i tcd. Pursuit of Lie traito; was anartirOlig. Ile lord four hours the start. The N'ulture was )et 'prig before Teller's Point, awaiting the return c , 111a 4 „.' Andre, and tuher bulwarks Arnold escaped. proceeded to New York that erelong, and ry Clinton, iufurined of the iariute of the si her 4, was unwilling to hazard an attack upon thethe Lard fortresses, now that the palL lute were , L0N0 , e,.1.- ly awake. The main body of the American army was ty qei;iat oil the went or . t 1.0.! near the Tmet. , ent terin;:tus of the N..ivv 1 rk alit! Erie Itiilroad. 'Thither Ant:re wtei ccinve)ed aher being brought to W.'est in a Ptorle house, near ihe Commituder-iii ‘i as t-ttu...,;:y guarded. On the 29th of Septiu.itir, x CCU I t was convened near by, fir hi: , trial ; and, aher a patient invest - v.:anon, it being prove.t, and fosse(' by the prisoner himself, ti,at he was in the American lines (though not volant trily) without a flag. they gtiveit 2s then' mointon tthlt he of gtif to suffer treath ae a ,py. All hea'r'S *The alive with sympathy for the condeo mid. 11'4!.! would gladly have saved his bit the f.t.ot ,ct mands of the. cruel an I Ul:c0:11:•ITUT.: , ::,.4 fl war, denied the yet:l:hos of tne.cy, an.'. the C-in mandec-in-chief was oldiged to hi, tit-a rant, He was 6elitellcts.3 ti.) be ha.:g on after nova CI the in of Ociober Andre exhibited no tear o' death. I:o the last the workinzs of his genius oil Oa the morning of the day appoinic.l hi , exc., c:icri, he sketched a :tkeressis df hirnsclt wi arm] ;:it and conversed cheertnlty wile those inuUTI Line upon the pleasures of pain . ings and ei a fs. Bet the Manner of his death eks•iiibe'al hte +T it? He pleaded earnestly to be shut as a soldierrit hung as a spy. But even this poor boon cn tl.t tot be :allowed, for the rules of war element led deale by the co?tl and not by the bullet. His exec:lt:Fli was delayed one day in consequence of the intei cession of Sir Henry Clinton, and a hope that Ai. nold ri:„ . lht •be obtained and sille• softer in his stead. -All was unavailiniz. Andre, in the bloom of manhood, was it i.l Tappau on the second of October, 178", at t,.c a2es of twenty nine years. The yonth, - accomplishments, a. 1,1 go.nitoness manners Of their.young soldier eneleatcd him to an, and his fate was deeply reffl'e!'e3 on 11.0!, s id es of the A .lan'ic. His k6e, caned a mural moni:neii t of ele2Ant elevi,7e, to be erected to, hi,: IlletT.. , •y Westminster Abbey; and ih 1831, the Duke of had his remains removed from Taii,eao 1 take:. to London, where they now repose beneall fits marble memmial, aTrarl:4 those of many heroes:end poets of old Eriglvel. A bah, of me tar :holy Sweetn s :surroundslhe name and character of the unfortunate youth; which mit eases in glory wilt the flight ofti.me eta 'l4ra (lttalleCP‘l.llll, ,rce yea ' , err thousand ,guineas from - the Bullish ticastny, and the Comm isioa of a bri.;adicr (tom the ffe s' ved his neiv magler f i idt tde sp: , of a demon he de.nlit e sxo t!:-.) bedittoint coutitty near the rio,n.h of the Tl.aittes. Connecticul, :Cultist to rjg it 61 ide toot v. f ; ;;r1 vired his ; wid w hitu„l,uttrnted he sptead at run!. to ceN er.: (.1 h.- uion the 131.4inta shotes of the CThesa3knike. and aloaz the kr , :!e borders of ox, Hated and deSpiiP s d 11 l hi, corr , p. o ii' rt arms, and it at I d an! corder. a d 'ne-4 after the tt ar, Arnold became as otri...ts: Cato, and tike tic found no place for repenitinvo, ;bough he t:0h,.1..t wi h tr.r.trs f ,lien in 05,:euti'v ui roe 1.1rou,•11 trietroi , ol.-. in IFO I , inii who know- t h e place of hid tz-ave! The tapir Co of Ante wew hi-2.!dy apt by .he people and behoved mil rewarded by Cair:tivs.v. Ilia' body awatd .d id. o.tidi si.lur Ii edit!, having 0 1 cue site the word Ftlit.t.trv, and on the oilier 'Tacit Allou "me dove of country con. timers." They were ai.o altoweti each an tomcat version r bundred doltatt, cturiou their live'. 'Public esteem her titer ,ery Lan erected monii ftleniS over tiie - teinams ot two of ;Item. Pauld. ing's mortality sleeps beneauti u chasne marble cent, in the Old S: I'nter's .;hare's yard, two miles k.. east at Pee.kill ; and over the dust cl Van %Vert, in the Greet btuct church yard near the franks of the heautitnl Nepal a,'in \V estchester county, stands a plain Monument of White Marble. The lot mer i.vau erected by the corporation ot the city of New Yink the latter the ci.izens of \l'estchetiter coun•y• No public memorial yet marks tits place of rest of David iti the chuicii yard at Livingstonvild., nt Scholiarie con dy. fta 11..,;(n - an..l ciivors, pt J.es and ext•cu.tober, Laic I. 1 es air, keen eye 1114.,tian tray 1101 ;;tn.. a :hr in) na,la uf beat W eh ur inal4aation, a, lau sa.t a.t UL ‘ l iil4ed W , L) eve( uur 'Alli s LK SiWt.l it/ L 11; . LL lent ILL,/ UI t!,o O.d %Valid,. are qtul:e e,:••• raid for;;uttetr. Cliar wou:ri courtsA ..err ltl.lj i t.t.p tacit. trhirthl't ac. k bGE n erl.6 %1a..., s , 4). - draw 11. l :I!it,. x. i it 4 T)ternt - 1,.- ”g. t, CI h 6 fr. hu. Gird s Yet it is well Occasionatly, to lift the veil f":: -In past events, thntr . vh they.may be (!zi k i Wen in asp •vt, tol the wi-e and they convey tessons of wisdom, and to the toolish and iaconsid orate, the ivaywari and the x%ick.ed, trey may speak a word of warning in seazun to eu:b au: rII spirit dad untigh MEM ~9~: V.i ` iQ7 s iLJbJ ~Sfil NMI
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