Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-07-25

correspondence, Until, finally. Andre was
appointed to hare personal interview
with him. After several unsuccessful at
tempts they at length met and concluded
all the arrangements 4 large British
force was TO ascend the river, or certain
day, and land a. she most important
points, which Arnold was TO leave unpro,
tected. The hand of kind Providence
frustrated the design, The cuccessful exc
| cution of which would have been most
disastrous to american liberty. The in
ability OF Andre to return On board the
| l'Nuiture' on the same night he left : the
steady refusal of the man who brought
him ashore to take him bach the next day
his sudden determination to change his
route after the guide left him, aud the
loss OF his presence of mind and supreme
folly, when arrested on the highway by
| three Americans, are all connecting
chain, with the links hung so precariously
/ together that he must be mad man who
cannot trace an unseen power controlling
| the whole transaction. | 90 not design
| 20 go into the particulars OF this affair ;
they are known to all BY the folly OF
| Colonel Jamlson TO whom Andre and the
papers he lad on his person were com
mitted Arnold escaped. This officer sent
on the prisoner to West Point, where he
would safely have arrived. but for the in
reference Of Major Tallmadge, who, be-
| ing told oa his return from White Plains
in the evening of the events that had oc-
cured, urged his superior officer with
such earnestness to bring Andre back,
! that be at length Reluctantly consented,
and the party was oyertaken before it
reached the river He, however, stub
bornly insisted on sending letter to Ar
mold, and did so Washington, n the
meantime, was on his return route from
Hartford to headquarters, by way of
West Point The messenger sent to him
with the papers missed him, by taking the
| lower road, while he took the upper one.
To complete the misfortune, " ashington.
W no had arrived at FishEill, in the after
noon, with the Intention TO proceed to
West Point that night, where Arnold still
remained, ignorant of Andres arrest and
bis own danger, was met, just out of
town, by the French Minister, NJ de la
Luzerne. on his way to Newport to visit
Count Rochambeau, and persuaded by
/ him to turn back The next morning.
early. ne Sb1ELSu 1Of w est OLE udNIHZ
/ sent word on to Arnold that he would
breakfast with him. But when he reach
ed the river, opposite the fort. instead of
crossing Immediately, he rode down to
visit some of the redoubts. He sent over
two Aids to tell Arnold not to wait, and
so they sat down to breakfast. While at
table, a messenger came in and handed
letter to him Ii Immediately broke the
| seal, and read with CONSERVATION the let
ter of Colonel Jameson. With wonder
! ful self possession. and without betraying
| any emotion, he rose hastily from the ta-
bic, saying that urgent business called
him away, and requesting them to tell
" ashington so On his arrival Ordering
his horse to be saddlod, he went up to his
wife's room, and sent for her. Ia brief
and hurried manner he confessed the whole
affair, saying, that unless lie reached the
English lines without detection, he would
lose his life. He told her, perhaps they
would meet no more. but had hardly said
farewell, before she sank III a swoon at his
feet. Leaving her pale aud lifeless on
the couch, a crushed and broken thing
( he FASTENED down stairs and sprang to
the saddle. GallopinS straight for the
river. he entered boat, ana ordered the
! oarsman to row, as for life, for the Eng
/ lish ship Vulture He reached it in
safety Washington, II the meantime, ar
rived at Arnolds house, and after taking
hearty breakfast, went to visit the gar
r;son, where he expected 10 meet Arnold.
/ Disappointed in not finding him there, he
remained for awhile and then turned back
| to the house. On his way be saw lIamll
ton walking rapidly towards him. The
| latter, taking Washington aside, showed
| him the papers that had been IN pursuit
! of him Calm aud unmoved, he instantly
hurried off Hamilton to Verplank's Point,
to intercept, if possible, the traitor. 1t
was too late, however; he Lad escaped,
| leaving his beautiful wife in a paroxysm
of grief. and on the verge of madness. D
As the reward for his treason, he obtain
| ed the rank of colonel. with the brevet of
/ brigadier-general in the English army,
and twenty thousand dollars. There be
was disting guished for the same reckless
daring and cruelty, that has been desig-
mated . bravery" which he was quite as
willing to use against, as for his native
land Among the prisoners be took On a
certain occasion, was a captain, who, on
being asked by him what the Americans
would do if they captured him, replied,
g They will cot oss the leg which was
wounded in fighting for liberty, aud bury
it with the honors of war, and hang the
rest OF your body on gibbet"
After this, he vas sent to New London,
and burned it to the ground and there,
around the very hauu1 of bis childhood.
committed enormities worthy Of traitor.
In perusing the various histories. We
are at loss to account for the great
friendship that appears to have always ex
listed between Washington ard Arnold
until after the treason of the latter. And
we have to agree with Sparks, who inti
mates that the % injustice Of Congress
grew out of the stern integrity and virtue
of the members, who, conscious of Ar
nold's moral defects, did not wish to piaet
power in such dangerous hands" We
in com mon with all true and loyal Amer