Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-03-06
Extract from the Cleaner.
Wiiksbare. Pennsylvania. !
February 81, 1917. {

rePTuu'y Si' 1917. J
The disclosure recently made BIZ
Col. Tallmadgc in the House of Re
nrsentatives, relative to the captureI
o. Nlajor Andre, seems not to have
heen received in every instance. with
the Confidence to which it WAS certain
N entitled. That gentleman related
what he saw and kne%. and those who
arc ATTEMPTING to dispute him, relate
only what they have been Informed
Of. To fhoso of our readers WIN NAV
not have sce'i the reDnrt If Cal. Tai
matge's remarks, Il may be proper to
ol,s,rva. tha. those three NEW WIS
raotared Mairr Andre, applied taI
Cl7grrss for an increase nj the pea
son settled an then by g1yermnent,l
AL that when this anrIicatiOn was!
W. " Consid, 'at;Da, Coi. =. a m"n
be. IN Comn2cticl.tl rnsc aud stated
that having been the Ulcer to whom
Che care of Andre WIS intrasted. he
h. hearl Andre declare, that thos"
men robbed him. ard unoa his o.fer To
rsartl them for taking hin 30 ttIr
British lines, he believes sH2y deCliH-
cd. ,HIy rro'a tie UnposSia;!itY OF his
giving them saicirnt S"clrity. 81,
And that il was not patriotism bHA the
hoe o. gain that induced them 10 d..
live him tp the Americans. - this
declaration 0f Co. & ami IN itT1nrt
Of his oHiaion. we AZ" haupv tD have
il in oar D1ver to off, the following
corroo3rating testimony.
There is now living in this town, a
gentleman who was then IN officer in
the Massachusetts, line. and who was
particularly Cnnversant in al the cir
camstances Of that tiansa ton. It
was this gentleman Who, in company
with Capt. Hughes. con2oscl the spc-
eial guard of indh'e's p2rson. was
with him during the last twenty fonr
has.s nf his life. anA supported hin
T. thH place Of eXec1tiHn. From him
W. nave received the following partj-
salars. Il is needless 70 say we give
them our Implicit belief, sinre to tIlAse
who are acquainted with The person
10 whnm we aiiIile. no other testimo-
NJ is ,vcr necessary than his simple
d. al.,i3n,
Il .hiS Gentleman. Andre himself
PEI that ne was passing TOWN a
hill, sy the ro0t ofwhich. under tree.
plrgg cards, were the three men
~ took him. They were close bv
IN coai side. and he had approached
very nsar them before either party
d Scoyered the other. Upon seeing
b they instantly rose and seized
Ii 'ir rides. TAey approached him
anil demanded who he was he i'm.
mcdiately answered that he was 2 Bril-
fish o'ticer. sHpposins from tn III he
Ing so near the British lines, that,
they belonged to that party. They
III "a seized him, rnbbed him Of the
few Saineas which he had with him.
and the two watches which he then
wore. one Of gold and the other Of sill
YER. He offered to reward them i'll
thew would ta;;e i;;m to New-York.
They hesitatrd, anl in his (Andrc'S
OPT IA. the reason why they did moi
da 10, was the iupussiGihty on his
part, to secure to them the perform
ance Of the promise
He Informs also, that il was an OPT
nior too prevalent to admit If any
doa5t, that these men were Of that Dc.
scription Of par<ons called Cow BOYS,
Or those who. without being consider
ell Is belonging - either party, made
II business 70 pii!GSc from both. He
has frequently heard this opinion ex-
pressed at that time by several OH
Gers who were personally acquainted
VIII all these lncn. and who could
AOI have been mistaken in their gene
siCharaCtei.
Andre frequently spoke o! the kind
hess OF the American officers. and par
Sulariy of the attention of Major
ldEnadge and on the way to tho
Place of execution ne sent Tor that Of
Arer to come to him. that he might
Farm the manner in which he Was to-
Se.
christopher Hughes, ir. Esq. ap
Pointed by our government to succeed