The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-27
The Fate CT Major Andre.

| " Z ti|N ot tiit VI ittdite th0 Nttali' VI
| the unfortunate Major John Andre. The
story is finely ro-told in u,,no,.s Naoa7ine
/ =,
ioi nay ~ i1'ss'is7, III '''c u d se'ie "
| papers entitled Inc Romance OF the liua-
| son. We copy below the principal portion
Tho c.ranr of ,,.ior And,.. ~, the bor-
da1,s of tho undson pirn,. d,r;ng - few
| weeks in the an of 1-90 has f,rmed an at-
tractjyn thama fn. the bi.torian tho noet
tho nainto, md tba ccul,,tor his ronth
and norsonal hoautv us mental cnlture
and ,!ayn nndo,vmants his social and off.
| cial nnsitinn the maonitude and imnor.
| tanrr of thc undcrtakino in which he ner
ished i0nominious]v and the traoic end
inc, Of 6is ]ifa have east q o]amo,Ir Of ro-
nt77ca around 1ho deeds of one who was
anti,,r simnlv * . no-hetwoen in tho ser-
| vico ~ two unscrunnlous consnirators Of
/ hioh rank in the beIlioerpnt armies plot-
ting auainst the liberties of American na :
| tri6ts IIn Xac sacrificed to tha on,hition
and ,,.,;ca of +haSa two man
John Ar1,a . o,ot,;n in tl,a p,;t;.h sor-
rica first .,nuaars in onr b;ctorv az . nri,-
onn,' If ,,,,,. t,j,en h. Cono.ol NIont,ror,
o,.r ot :, Iob,e ~, Tho Soro] j., Ca1ada
lo+a IN 1--5 u,ho,oo bo ,v,os e,,,+ =, pon,,
.,.Jrani, with sororaI otbor o.,,t;ro of;inaro
.,n,l ,1,ra}od ~ Ca,.l;s]o TIE an+onro,1,,
/ n,J.r Lr John Uoncocl tbon praeidont of
tha Continental Conornss Far taL;nr that
,,.,na1o o,,d tho ,1orGio ;tcolf ~ Coe'nt.in
11,Ira'. hanIn,;t;nr and e;rnon Nv
h,,, anl nino f,Ilove' ot,ioors 90 j., .ho
nn.sosson of DR. Thomas Adds Fmmnt
| lfNou, Vo,l.
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,,o,.nh"mt i, + an,}on ,rharo ha ,uos ,,rnh-
ahIy horn and was abont twenty, fam.
vaars nl5 uhn,, ho was n,odo nr;sonar
~ an narly ana ba had mo sstaraf sevnra !
Of the mo,iarn lanon,gns of Enrone and
had harn,nn ~, axnert 97nnsic;an q pron,;s.
ino n,;nfo,. and llranobtcn,an and a oraro
III .,.,,ce, IIis roed;nc, was oxtens;,o
and his oanor7l Lnoxladga ot ballas- -Iattros
! litar,t,,rn VIVA ,nnorEahlo fnr ono 90
vouno From his non fn,yod o,,caf,l
! ,hvmec and ,,.on, b;t Inns = sweaf ,o;co
aii,no,t of words tha; ba,r;fcl,oJ an ubo
came in contact with his handsome face
a. dalicate and tender in evnnssion ~
thot of . woman
Yonnr Andrn cntorod his fathor,s connt-
ino-room a, q clurk when he was nearly
seventeen wears old bnt tbe death of that
n,rent soon channed the cnrrent of the
yonno mans life With his mother q
yo,,n@er brother and three sisters he
snant the ensuin~ SIMMER in thn interior
ot EnCland and at | IicbfelI he made or
renewed an acquaintance with the family
of Thomas Seward. canon of the cathedral
there. and living in the bishop-s palace,
! His house was the centre of a literary cir
Gle in that neighborhood. composed of
snch vouno mon "a Thomas Darwin an
thor of The Botanic Garden. William
Iavlev who wrote about The Tears of
Pene]6pc Sir Brooke Boothby. author of
Trinmnbs of Tcmner. Richard Lovell
| Eaoeworth tather Of Maria Edoeworth
| Tho novnlist and Thomas Dar whose do,
I;nhtf,l storr ~ Sondf,rd ,nd Mortn,
.6ar,nad ,o,no E,g1and ,lnost :, hnndrod
ne r,f7,ch O. IA pnl,nson Crnsoo
: ..a n5ool, y ,rroto I oirh u,nt ..,rl,;nh +
sb.lI a1,vavs romon,her AMI alwaTs NO
1t,.atofni tn,', Thasn ,vero ,hon onl,- youn( :,
asr;ran+ f,r 1;tnrar fan,o a a,r,ast ou7 nab
,1r',s ~ ,rb;ah Arn, d,,,o,l,tau
81 raaor, Sou..,r,l VIZ ,ha ..t'r;ol,r ar,;o
,la. sta,r Sho VA INA ,,Ianot drn,,,,,,
,,'h; thn .to, ro,,nl,.aI is'tl'Ii;4a.
;na hon,gn tn her ron;ns and ,1r,;s;ao o.
her nortrv ..most Of WHEN :, Valter Scott
hnr hiogr,nhar said ..is ahsolutolr owa
nrab]o : JLn o,.aro ,,,d hoontv of her
narson .r, and hor Fare convarsat;on3, ] nownrs No r
made her yerv attractive ~
II w.s IN his circla and oonac;allv i,
4ho oonnany or Ann, Saword tbat ,-nnnr
Andro sponf q doG.,httoI enn,,ar 5,.no55
Samara n bad IN bit of,n,;iv s as b;s ,rard "a
vornq Iahv named uonora SnevI q danoh- :
;er nf a jea,. ',l do,,artad t,onJ - Uor h7no
evoe ooldon bair r.aoofnI ,arso, q sl;rht
hact;c t,nsh on hoiS7 ohoa,- +bat ' bn;nhta7 oa
the hriIliancv of ber chorn,;rn featuroS
ha, svootno:, ~ +ar'non ~ hs,. 11;'a;.,, -,
won tha haart Of vonna Anaro ~ Tho ,,aa;j ao'
an w,s cn,Ialy i6nresSed IVA hU Andro,e ,lG i,u m;n1
and nnrsnn If was cla,r c,sa of love
,t first sipht :, and not many davs had
na assod hv whom thev ,oera so,omn,v att
nncod Andres love for Honora insnire,1
his first o,}nrt to delineate the bnman face
lie nainted two minatnre l;kannssns of her
one of which he oove to Miss seward and
the other he kent for his own consolation
du.ino absence from hor Tbis he carr;ed
in his bosom mill 1ho Latest honr of Ills
| Gf.
Miss Seward was del;obted and tried to
snced;lv ligbt tha ,orc5 of Hrmen nv hut NJ
wiser conn selors internosad Tba axtreme
vouth of tha lovaro made tbo;r n,nt;,le
o"''i " Dne io'ein -, ina'o men huPiiaiH
| lHen undesirable. Iney might 'marry IN
| haste and repent at leisure.i' and so fine
r-.s oi,-o,, than, h,, +I,o ,,aro,,+ a,,l ,r,.rI;
was gwen lheih ny tue parent anu Suafui-
| an Tor repentance before marriage by a
| lono separation
1t has been observed that in all love af.
fairs there are two parties. the one that
loves and the one that is loved, Miss
Sneyd seems to have been in the latter
category. She soon repented, and in 1873,
four wears after her engagement to Andre
she became the second wife of Young Rich.