, 1879-01-10

father utcnt. feri 1'askes) WAS m officer Of opd
q the Massachusetts, regiments. and at ttat
time stationed near West l'u'nt. and was of ths
oer Anats et ~ n1snesse :, Tho h,neng ot al
By the LAWS of war "it l,ni 10 bc dune, AZ Antifs
vas aspy," but for all that he could not but
PITY the brave mao who bad to suffer through
@ INC .3easo ~ 9v o. Ms!:,den' M Arnold then in eusu
Antlrc vas born and bred an Eng,ithm.n, rc-
ce'Ving I ltcutcnantfs conmiakton u enter thu
a.n',, asn'y March 4, I'LL From Lieutenant he
Mss made Adlutant 1cneral of tho British army.
iic was fighting fur bis country and k,ne, ann
tosng nv 3tIat he could 70 conquer the American
reoHic, Who were then In the throcG OF reyolu-
tton. He rctosted to larnr cxpc.l.cnts to cap.
turc our ermy. and lost his HE thcrc!,y. Wcro
tiIn'o living today whs eaw f,tal executed. 1
nave ny donbt they ~ would 20 man join tncr
,ncmorta! r q! to Maj; Andre. Irving in his "ilfs
Never nks any man anftesfnR unuer llks clrcum-
@ etane.s - .s axakened mora nniscrsal e,mpnlu1.
tFen among those OF the country aHatnes which no
re- Iiraeteed ~ st.ry ia "ne q the touching
themes of thn Revelation. ana his name Is It'll
spoken OF With k!ndntsf III tie local traditions of
the nclahbofbood where b. was captured,
And OIL pase 1o0:
Early on Tho morning of tbs 2Bth The prisoners
w:s. ws., fmassed nl g nafss to BE- conrcsed from
Andre hy ils eide on tine after stst of H. bargo
n.nf both young, ofe1ual rsnk. and prepotsesssnf
'oA.AuSts t4HA ALu CDfAlAt IuteTcGnffS HAL VfOHh
up bstwesn them. l,y i cartel nutaaliy sxreca ]
npen, t sae'. m'sh: pnt to the oter Any que4sion
a kexs Fsf;x me- AZ,
Iaprsn M Ter The rteor. of badly Of lorse. IL
they arproeencd the tove deep ael1le IL The rear
bcratur "oti'0us tn know the opinion Of Tho iatlee
ss'o what would be tho re.nlt Of hiS capture nnd
Mashns:o:' and By military tribunal. should ons
long no.sib1r ont neInr nrxed to taau tuii and
ha aeAt jn $~to.
woa,: ii. IL much III o.ta ess.msts !" 1s sGoT,as n VIE
.n.ltge ny tnr namc q Nathan lIar. who entered
q Long aad e w.sas;on waited s1ee In 1nferm. ,,e
Hon @ fessectlns the sttenclh. pcsttton. and prob
@ e hr e ca1 s
vas tnten tnst A he was passing the oulposts Of
the enemy on nss reta.n; said l. with emrhaais.
...Ye~.' said Andre. 'hs val hauved NJ = spy,
Int you sare1y do not consider h!s case aud tnjre
nxe a. y, s* pfeet's1 ''m''ar snd similar will
In the Amerirdn cyc'ono'd, Vol. /, page $50,
referring 10 Mat. '1onn Andre. It says:
~ Th,sefe, he appcated he won he hearts Of AL.
olcerr for thr kindncss shown HIN, anJ vaid ll,at
whnteses might be his destiny ila couIdnnvcrmrel
thr NJ again III enemies.
Maj. TalImagc n1rrates that he himself wa
often 'aoFed to tears. as he reflected Oh the prr-
fnature nt1tl f'tlanLholr fate In rcseFyc for the
Etlied young soalfcr. and more than fltty ycnrs
aftcrHarut when be wlotc It. Mr. Sparks. tlc dis.
ALi lHAt tlC kHFW NI NnufI.
hc added that thr recoIlccInns Of lnlf century
past called up such cxqu,sstciy paiuft,1 src,,.s
tllat lie never wished again 10 feter to the snb.
ject. 7..
Mai: Andre was captured near Tarrytnvn,
ScW 1Drk, On the Neutral grounds, scpt. 81.
LEU, f;en. Washington at that tine va. at
Hartford, whittier he had gone with LaFasctte,
Knox, ard utlcrs, 10 meet t3an. Rociiaib.ati
aud o.lsr French officers. Messengers wrre i'm
tncdiately sent to him, informing lin If the
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This day that Washington arrived at Tappan a
boaTI Of DdcrfJ cOAatting nf sfx Majur {ietjt.als
end Eight uliRadtsr- -Genera!e. vas convened, be-
fnfc WHICH Andre was tricd ionnd YuIlt., md
sentenced to teath IN hts trial. AZ In every other
efene. hts .lerortuleh vas srckI win the ksnd
respects ot nj. judges. Every cGust wins made hY
Clinton to faEe him. snd Every fair opportunity
alsnwrd by nthtnston: but the stern rule OF waE
could mt 10 brukcn.
lie was hanged at Tappan, Oct. Q, 17s0.
Aud NOW. alter the lapse Of NEARLY 100 years,
Cyrus W. Field proposes to Greet monument
to his memory. II will nlso be a monument
calling to NllBd The ,rcnchcty Of the greatest
traitor to bis count.,-A1nerra-.h ever
breathcd, t1 sis: Aaj lien. Benedict Arnold.
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