The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-01-02
MISCELLANY.
From the New-Hampshire Sentinel
.MAIOR ANDRE.
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AS the gallant, amiable, but unfortu-
nate Major Andre has again been brought
into notice by the removal of his remains
from Tappan. a notice of the causes.
which led him to join the army in A.
merica, and his ignemimous exit on a
gibbet, may not at this time be unac-
ceptablc. His family resided at Clap
ton, near London, for the most part of
the time, and consisted of his mother,
three sisters, Maria, Anna, and Louisa,
and his brother William. They ws.re
very respectable, moved in the first
circles, and had many friends; fsr there,
seems to have been something very
fascinating and cordial in their manners.
together with an engaging personal APP
pearance that riveted the affections of
all their acquaintance. The family
we're wen acquainted at Litchield, a.
pleasant village, 100 miles from their
residence, and took much delight in
their visits there especially John
Andre, the hero of our story. He.
seems to have been formed by nature,
to love and be beloved. His personal
appearance was noble and fascinating,
and his requirements were such as to.
give an additional attraction To- the adj
vantages of nature. He had invoked
the muses. with considerable success.
and was a musician and painter. He
was belles-lettres scholar, and we'll
rersed in history and politieks.; and, in
short, his requirements were such as to
enable him to shine in any circle, and
become as in fact be did, the idol of his
family and friends At the age of
eighteen, be became more particularly
attached to young lady of Litchfield,
by the name of Honsra Seward. His
attachment appears to have beensom
thing more tban that evanescent kind,
which vanishes with its object for ii
neither abated nor diminished by time
or distance, but continued TO the last
moment of life. It appears he was not
Indifferent to his fair Honora she re-
ceiVed his addresses, and avowed re-
eiprocal attachment Honora's health
at this time was very delicate; so much
so, that she was forbidden to correspond
with any one : the intercourse between
them was continued however, through
the medium of her sister Anna, in
whose letters Honera would add a pest
script.
As the family did not possess am in,
dependent fortune, Major Andre estab-
lshed himself in the mercantile busi-
ness in WarnSord Court, Loadon. The
drudgery of a compling-room lily a.
greed with his ardent imagination. and
nothing but the soothing idea that he
was acquiring property to share with
bis HonOra, rendered bis situation toll
erable. He is sometimes very pleasant
and sportive in his letter TO Anna Sc
ward and, in measure, seems to have
overcome his dislike to the occupation
Of merchant. lie says
81 no longer see it in so disadyanta-
geous a light. Instead of figuring
merchant as niddIe-aged man. with
bob-wig, rough beard, in snuffcoI-
cured clothes. grasping a guinea in his
red hand; ! conceive comely young
man, with tolerable pig-tail, welding
a pen with all the noble ferceness az
the Duke Of Marlborough, braudishing
truncheon on signrpost, surrounded
with types and emblerns, and canopied
with cornucopis,s that disembogue their
stores upon his head: Mercurys reclin-
ed upon bales Of goods Gcnii playing
with pens, ink, and paper; while in per-
spective, bis gorgeous vessels sIa1nch-
ed on the bosom of the s;syer Thames
are waiting to distant lands The produce
Of this commercial nation. Thus all
the mercantile glories crowd my fancy,
embIszoned in the most refulgent col
curing of an ardent imagination. see
sumptuous palaces rising 10 receive me
1 see orphans, and widows, and painters,