The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-03-12

often in The encm4, camp, as ia our own
Did he know the f,els! If nc did, he mast
naye sen them steal he most have sesn
fhooa in the en;ay's camp. But he does
not pretend this. What then is the evidence
Of these facts. At most, hearssyAAwhich
might indsed be leue--out IL might also be,
oA in fact il was, Erss. This was assoredly
too loose, for the charge no adYan eed-a-
Hainsi meo whose services had cert aiDly been
importaat; and wio, absent, were not in
xosdi,ion TO jasufy themselves. The Colon
si is a Christian. .-~0id he here observe The
golden rule Z The Colonel has his enemies;
how woaid no feel ii thu community should
Judge Of his erarac,o,, by fheir cslumnies!
The utmost that CT. be said IN paliiation
Of CoL Tallmadge's conduct, 10, that he be-
iieved What he said to h, true. he believed
them to be Cowboy plaadcrcrs, because be
hcard SO He believed they would have
permitted andre 10 peocsed, he had had
moro to give the N, because Auire said be
vas Of that opinion Upon such grounds
the Colonel employed the weight OF his
character, q the authority Of bis place, 70 con.
sign to infamy the three men who had seved
West Point and The army ~
There Is not court of justice In christen-
dom which would not spurn such. evidence.
~ received by agrateful people. And al
though wc arc fely persuaded that not hing
has appeared to put tho accused upon their
defence, yet we proceed, gratuiiously, to lay
before our readers, such conclusive testimo-
ny as will satisfy the whole world
= And fest, as TO these men being Cow Boys.
Their neigbbors would be, Of all others, moot
likely to know the fact, II 1t were so and the
annexed certificate ,from mop, aged and ven.
0rablc, viii shew that they were not even
suspected. Bot tho oath Of Mr.. Van Wart
As to the second point, whether the Cap.
tors of Andre would have released him for
q very large bribc, provided ho could imme.
diately have paid il, that IL circumstances
which could be known only by khemselpes- -
And Mr.. Van Wau expressly denies the
imputa,ion in ihe anIexed affidavit.
The only possible questi that can remain
is, whether the witness is worthy OF credit.
/ To this point We bring men, whose vencra-
/ be hairs are silverea by age ! they speak TO
us from the verge OF the grave and they U.
mite In the declaration, that no man is more
entitled to be believed, than Isaac Yam Wari!
The nature of the case does not admit OF
testimony more precise, petieet and conclu-
Give. The rcfutalion Is solemnly sworn TO,
and by q man who, in moral and religion de-
portment during lscg life, has had no su-
perior
A. f.aae Pan fparfs .f6fdauii
IsaAc Van wart Of the town Of Mount Pleasant,
u the County Of West.Chester, being duly sworn.
cons, who arrested Major Andre, during the Amsri-
can revolutionary war, nd conducted him to the
American camp That he this deponent, together
With David William, and John Pauldihg, had se.
cre'ed themselves At the side of the highway, for the
purpose OF detecting any persons ce''nB from or
having unlawful intercourse with tho enemy, being
,ctwcen the two armies, q seevice not'uncomnron
10 those times. That this deponent and his compan.
ons were armed with muskes, and apon seeing
Major Andre approach the place where they were
'oncesed. they rose and presented their muskets at
iim, and required him TO stop, which he did lie
hen asked them wether they belonged to his partyl
snl then they asked him which was HE party to
hich he replied the lower pary-Upon which they,
iesming little stratAgem under such circumstan-
cs, not only justd,ble, but necessary. gave him 10
Understand that they were Of his party; upon which
e joyfuliy declared himself to be British officer.
nd told thsm. that he had bces out upon very par.
cular business. Having ascertained thus much
lis deponent and his comp anions undeceived him
to their character, declaring themselves Ameri
ans. and that he must consider himself their pris-
per- Upon this, with seeming unconcern. he said
had pass from Gen. Arnold which ne cyhibit-
aud then insisted on their permitting him to pro-
ed But they told him that 40 he had confessed
nseif to be british ofhcer, they deemed Il to b
cir duty to convey him to the American camp; and
teatook him into wood, short distance from the
A,hwsy, in order to guard against being surprised
parties Of the enemy, who we're freQucutly
t,noitering in chat ueighborhood. That when
~ had him in the woods, they proceeded to search
n. FOR the purpose Of ascert aiming Who and what
vas, and found inside OF his stockings and boots.
st to his bare feet, papers, which satsded them,
IL he was spy Major Andre now shrwed them
4 gold watch. and remarked that 1t was evidence
his being gentleman, and also promised to make
I'm any reward they might name, II thsy would
permit him to proceed, which they refused. He
N told them, that IL they doubted the ful6lment
shs promise, they might conceal him in some
ret p ace, and Keep him there. until they could
a to New York And receive their reward. And
deponent expressly declares, that every offer