The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-06-08
ANDRE AND ARNoLD.

ANDRE AND ARNOLD. r-~
The following il ssvsry interesting
account Of the treason Of Arnold. and
the capture Of Andre Aad his execueisu
drawn up BY Col Henry Lee. The ceie
brated partisan onosf Of the hsvsln-
tiou. end addressed to his relative,
Thomas Sim Lee. Esq. thea Gsysrnog
Of Maryland:
LigAe Camp. nAsr TsSpan.l
Oct 4. 1859.
His Erce. Go. r. Sim Lee. Esq. 4,
Last month hes produced too evssts
which will bear distiDguishsd lustss
in the annals of America, the infamy a
Mr. ArnolS. snd sls doth q Aaios
Audrs. Ad. Gen. - thp Rritipk Aswy.
Mr. Arnold has hssu skEfllslasps -
smsli scale. Is veil ~ on The great He
had established lucrative connectjsos
with suffers and suffers wives, Aa1
hsd male them the instruments Of en-
vsrting into money hi emb szlsmessa
Of public stores He has deceived HE
wife aud b~trajed his friend. Major
Anirs. This,tatter ao>t-r. perhaps. b
unsvoi tstls. sbSug b. s , generally -
tributed to pusillanimity iahsrest il
the villains breast. Az il to exhibit
tn the world hew deep in infamy hu-
men nature is capable Of descending, ho
is now. BY viol.ting his csn6deotial
communications with the commander
10 chief peinsine oat DO sir Henry
Clistnn those chasaqnerss in The city q
New York fri<nd1y 20 che Americas
cause. He lives. but he lives to misery
aud anguish. The virtuous Andre is
dead, but died with honor. Perhaps
history does not afford m instance u
an execution similar to that OF Andre's.
just aud unavoidable, without the
least part of criminslity in the sufSeses.
The msay tsies y hicA hsxb goas
forth relative toithessstrse hce)ans must
reader you anxisHsNo 1>nzM spse5al
relation Iof tbe whole Adv(Stues ea;i
It appears thu 0sneraf Add wss
the propossr of hfs intenii me II . lot.
ter to Sir Henry Clinton. The point %
time is not ascestXined. though, ws
have some reason To- believe it originst.
ed soon after thu General returned from
South Carolina. The object in REV
was ths betrsying West P.int inte ths
b .nds Of the snehy. Apps1FsSees were
to have been kept up. the place was tn
have tssn surrendered on terms Of cap.
ituist,on and Mr. Arnold. u genersi ip
our service. on parole. In other words
ths. .object was the subjagati1n Of Amer
icA. SIR Henry Clinton committed ths
msnsgenent at This inpDftant husi-
ness to Maj A,sdre. young gentlsman
equal in eminence to snv the world
ever produced. Maj Ardre came NJ
Nsrth river in sn armed sioop. and lay
near Kings Ferry. Ut which place We
have tm, small posfs4 Kin9A1rry 10
distant from WsSt H'int 81 0seN twelvs
and sixteen miles. Gen ArnSld. BY
means Of Mr. Joshus Smith. held .
conference with Maj Andre in the night
on the shore Of the river. From the
shore they adjourned 10 tbis Mr. Smiths
house, about oua mills inte ths e0ustry.
Hers matters. were completely signed,
the American Gibraltar betrayed. and
the traitor secured - TO the Fspeption
OF the bfibs. ~
They prepared to return, Arnold 70
West Point, Andre 70 the Vultpre.
Some embarrassment srose - 70 getting
On board pgains tho tvQ .peaeents NAs
hid 1SuhSd Msjaf Andfs hatia1 beea
up The tisht bsf6ts aud most e ttss
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