Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-02
AN INTERESTING NEW BOOK.
The Treason of Arnold and Andre.

a recent privately printed book, Of
which only one hundred and seventy-fve
copies were put to press, here, (viz: twen-
ty-fve in folio, fifty in quarto, and one
hundred in o%ctavO) is entitled ANDRE
ana and contains the trial, execution,
and various matters connected with the
history of Major john Andre, Adjutant
General of the British Army in America,
A. d., 1850. 1t is published, as we'll as
edited by Horace w Smith, son of the
late Richard Penn Smith, a well known
Philadelphia pOetand dramatist, and grand
son of the Rev. DR.. William Smith, first
provost of the University of Pennsylya-
MIA, which position he occupied from the
year 1875, with an interregnum of some
years caused by the annulling of the ORR
ginal charter in l779), to the year 1871.
"Andreana" is printed upon the finest
paper, nearly as thick as bristol board
Each page i nineteen inches long by
twelve wide. Old fashioned type (such as
Mr.. Munsell, of Albany, ~judiciously uses
in his reprints of ancient matter) is en-
ployed for the letter press, in which bright
scarlet flashes amid the black ink. The
print on each page is six inches long by
three and a half wide, precisely realizing
Sheridan's description of "a riYulet of
of type meandeIing throu Ii a meadow of
margin" The work itself is an illustrated
edition of the official account ofthe "Trial
of Major John Andre first published in
1880, by Francis Bailey, in Market street,
Philadelphia; a second time in New York
attached to William Dunlap's tragedy, en-
titled "Andre," which was performed by
the American Company in that city,
March 80, 1883; and, thirdly, ~embodiedin
the recent " History of West Point, by
Captain Boynton, as a facsimile of the
Bailey edition.
The book ITSELF including two letters
from Washington tone mentioning Ar
nOld's treason, written after his fight and
before Andre had been brought up to
"Robinson's House in the Highlands"
opposite West point, and the other in
closing to Congress the evidence upon
which Andre was convicted and executed),
the trial, Andres letters, praying to die
a soldiers and not a felon's death, Ar
nold's letters threatening Washington
with retaliation, with several accounts of
his execution, and an appendix containing
some personal loteabitia about Arnold,
subsequent to his treason, extends to sixty
seven pages, which lists of subscribers
names swell out to s~eventy-two.
g The interest of "Andreanap mainly
lies in its illustrations. The first is a wood
cut eleven by four inches, entitled IA
representation of Figures exhibited through
the streets of Philadelphia, on Saturday,
the Both day of September, $780," the
fourth day after Washington bad heard of
ArnOld's flight and Andres capture. It
represents a figure of Arnold sitting in a
cart, dressed in regimentals, double-faced,
with a mask in his right hand and a ~letterto
Belzebub in the left. Behind him stands
Satan with a purse of money and a pitch
fork. Various persons in military array
escort the cart; some of the populace are
in the throng, and soldiers, with a drum
mer and ffer, precede the efigy, which is
to be burned, as the offender had escaped
from actual vengeance. This scene is
said TO be true, though representation of
what actually did occur. Another wood
cut, 3 fac smile of a scarce print published
in Barnard's History of England" rep
resents Ardre's execution, and is, no doubt
II faithful sketch.
The other Illustrations are l. Fac-Simile
of the pass, signed aB. Arnold, n. Gen."
and sent to Andre, under the name of Mr..
John Anderson, ITO pass the guards to the
White Plains, or below if he choose-he
being on public business by my direction"
?. A full length portrait of Major Andre,
in full uniform, wearing his sash and car
rying his sword. B. The well-known pen
and-ink sketch of Andre made by himself
after his capture. 4 and 5. Portraits of
Andre-one engraved from a miniature
by himself. 6. Portrait of Miss Honora
Sneyd, the English lady to whom Andre
was attached. Z. Miss Anna Seward,
The Swan of Lichield," a very agree
able woman and a feeble poet, who was
the eonfidante of the lovers. g.. John
Paulding, one of Andres captors, from an
original miniature in possession of Mr.. H
c. Baird, Philadelphia. .. Benedict Ar
mold, a profile portrait, showing a hand
some, bold-faced man, in the uniform of
his rank. 10. The only known engraving
of Peale's Washington, the oval surround
ed by the inscription, "His Excel. G..
Washington, Esq, LID, Late Command
er-in-Chief of the Armies of the U. S. of
America, and President of the COnven-
ton of 1887 The portrait was painted
by C. W. Peale, in 1881, and he made an
engraving of it. The only copy known
to exist is in the possession of Mr.. ". Z.
Whitman, of Philadelphia, who possesses
a fine library and a rare collection of
prints and autographs. The copy in "An-
dreana" has been made from the solitary
engraving by Mr.. John Sartain, and is a
fac-simile of the original. The late Rem
brandt Peale, of whose portraits of Wash
ington so many T~epLieae were made by
his own hand, was son of c. W. Peale,
but was present when Washington sat
and, though quite a youth, made a sketch
of the hero, himself not observed, by
which he corrected the many portraits
which he executed in ripper years. In his
preface Mr.. Smith acknowledges his obi
cations to Mr.. Whiteman for the use of
Peale's engraving; to Mr.. W. w. Long
| for the print of Arnold in efigy, and 10.
| Mr.. Putnam, the publishers, and others
| for the plates of several Of the portraits
| Six of the illustrations have been express,
Iv engraved for the work. Lastly, the
| editor and publisher thanks King & Baird
for the care bestowed on the printing.
One of ArnOld's sons was presented with
a commission by George Ill., who pitied
his situation. At his own request he was
sent on duty in the East Indies, and it is
doubtful whether, in foreign countries, he
saw a great deal of service. He was made
acknowledgement in 1851, and was sub
s~eouently made a knight of the order OF
the Guelph, and died in 1854. His con-
Iact was so exemplary, and his manners
% engaging, that he passed through life
-szpected and bonored, Notwithstanding
ne Infamous character and conduct of his
cher. Sir James Robertson Arnold
nusf have reached "a good old age" fol
.e had been ffty-six years in the army.
Ie was also a knight of the Turkish order
Of the Crescent. H8E R. 5. M.