Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-07-22

attack upon then yse thevrould BET tbem- ~,
selves settled and sded. IL uonseonenca
Of that was eetes "a to attack New Yark
which would be 3elf 4ueh exposed nv b;s
drawing off thR 8Esz1sh troops: and aecor-
dingly fosme9 hi lsoE battle and moved
down with the y party TO Kings ferry,
which we passed zz4old came Is, cam, at
that time, and hf ifs 81 command. and CON
sequently no QAdf1 all the houses there
abouts being occn the army. 8 he was
obliged to seek xEss at some distance,
sing Il King' g sts.see thes
last detac cfllnent - 9 ssEad met Arnold, who
asked me If / had thought of ANYTHING for
him. Itold him that he was to have COM
mand of the light troops. which was a post
OF honor, and which his rank, indeed, enti-
tied him to. Upon this information his coun-
tenance changed, and he appeared to be quite
fallen ; and instead.of thanking me, or ex-
pressing any pleasure at the appointment,
never opened his mouth. I desired him
to go on to my quarters and get something to
refresh himself, and I would meet him
there soon. lie did so. Upon his arrival
there he found Colonel Tilghman, whom
ne took one side and mentioning what [
had told him, seemed to express great un-
easlness at lt-,as his leg he said, would not
permit him to belong on horseback, and in
tlmated great desire to have the command
at West Point. When I returned to my quar-
ters, Col. Tilghman informed me of what had
passed. made no replyto it-but his be-
nav lour struck me as strange and unaccount-
able. In the course Of that night, however,
l received information from New York that
General Clinton had altered his plan and was
debarklng his troops. The information oblig-
ed me likewise to alter my disposition and
return to my former station, where l could
better cover the country. then determined
y gave him the command of the garrison at
west Point. Things remained in this situa-
ton about fortnight whom wrote to Count
Rochambeau desiring to meet him at some,
intermediate place, Gas we could neither of
US be long enough from our respective COM
mands to visit the other, in order to lay the
plan for the siege of Yorktown, and proposed
Hartford, where | accordingly went and met
the CheValier Luzerne towards evening with
IN about Is miles of West Point, Ton his way
to join the Countsat Rhode Island, which [
intended to reach that night, but he insisted
upon turning back with me to the next pub
Tic house; where in politeness to him, I could
not but.stay all night, determining, however,
to get to West Point to breakfast very early.
sent OFT my baggage, and desired Colonel
Hamilton to go forward and inform General
Arnold that would breakfast with him.
Soon after he arrived at Arnold's quarters,
letter was delivered to Arnold which threw
him into great confusion. He told Colonel
aamllton NIL that something reanired bis imme
ters and Immediately ordered horse, to
take him to the river, and the barge, which
he kept to cross, to be ready and desired
Major Franks, his Aid, to inform me when 1
should arrive, that he was gone over the riv-
er and would return immediately
when I got to his quarters and did not
find him there, desired Major Franks to or
der me some breakfast; as | intended to visit
the fortifcations, would see General Arnold
the river, and inquiring for Arnold, the COM
there. | likewise inquired at the several
formation where he was The impropriety
Of his conduct when he knew I was to be
there, struck me very forcibly, and my mind
misgave me but had not the least idea of
the real cause. When l returned to Arnold's
quarters, about two hours after, and told
| Colonel Hamilton that I had not seen him,
he gave me packet which had just arrived
for me from Col. Jemmison, which immedi-
ately brought the matter to light. l order
ed Col. Hamilton to mount his horse and
proceed with the greatest despatch to a post
on the river, about eight miles below, in or
der to stop the barge if she had not passed
but it was too late. It seems that the letter
which Arnold received, which threw him in
such confusion, was from Col. Jemmison, in
forming him that Andre was taken, and that
these papers found upon him were in his
poss ession.
Col Jemmison, when Andre was taken
with these papers, could not believe that Ar.
mold was traitor, but rather thought it was
an imposition of the British, in order to de-
stroy our confidence in Arnold. He howev
er, Immediately on their being taken, des
patched an express after me, ordering him
to ride night and day till he came up with
me. The express went the lower road, which
7 was the road by which | had gone to Con
! necticut, expecting that I would return by
/ the same route, and that he would meet me
: but before he had proceeded far, he was in
: formed that | was returning by the uppe
! road. He then cut across the country, anC
u followed in my tracks until Iarrived at Wes
: Point. He arrived about two hours after
! ! and brought the above packet When Al
y mold got down TO the barge, he ordered hi
8 men, who were very clever fellows, and som
e of the better sort of soldiery, to proceed i'm
y mediately on board Che Vulture sloop of wal
/ as flag, which was lying down the river
II saying that they must be very expeditions
as he must return in short time to meet m
le and promised them two gallons of rum
IS they would exert themselves. They did &C
I, cordingly; but wh@n they got on board tn
ID Vulture, instead oftheir two gallons of rum
!; he ordered the co6swain to be called dow
ID into the cabin, and Informed him that he an
lg the men must consider themselves prisoner
m The coekswain Wis very much astonisheC
y and told him that they came on board unde
te the sanction of alag. He answered thi
e. was nothing to thdpurpose: they were pri
ie oners. But the ctptaiu of the Vulture hs
Id more generosity hat this pitiful scoundr
ut and told the cockswain that he would tai
tn his parole for going shore to get his elothe
nd and whatever else was wanted, for himse
re- and his companions. He accordingly cam
xt eot his clothes andreturned on board. VIII
er thew cot to New York, Gen. Clinton, ashal
lat ed Of so mean and low an action, set the
ut all at liberty
I'D Acoustted. Manville Austin was d
as charged from custody Wednesday, by t
in, decision of the Alexandria County Cou
ed Virginia, and thus legally justified for !
nd ling James FL. Burch, jr., at the Sumo
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