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ANDRE AND his CAProRs.
NJ, pspsr's Graphic Lecture on tAs Most Roman
lie Incident OF the Revolutionary War.
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AFR Chauncy NJ. Depew delivered
,o.tnre last night at the Reformed
TSureh. on West Thirty.fourth street
Safore a large audience, entitled al
En;sode of the Revolution, The lee
,nra was the old story, told graphically
~ the treachery of Benedict Arnold anC
.hs execution Of Major Andre as . spy
n was we'll received, especially thost
narts referring to the three yeomer
pho captured a ndreA- and Resisted all
S;s attempts at bribery. The lecturer
ave a melancholy picture Of the state
Of the colonial soldiery and Tire dejec,
t;on of Washington just at the time oi
.h;s base act of Arnold's. Seventeen
hundred and eighty was gloomy and
ANXIOUS year for Washington. New
Iarsey was overrun with more than 90.
SSo Veterans of European battlefelds,
and the only force at command was
about $4,000 mon, who occupied West
Point. The success or failure of the
war a epended, as it had from, the be.
Ginning, uponsthe State On New York.
For eighteen months a correspondence
had been carried ION between Arnold
and Andre, the former signing his let
ters 'Gustavus, the latter John Ander.
SON. They we're written in the Ian
ouape of trade, but were for the be.
trayal of American Liberties and the
ruin of her army" Arnold's audacity
was shown in the fact that while bar
gaining with Andre he was holding the
most confidential relations with Wash
inpton. Andres character was brought
70 light in his secret correspondence.
His moral sense was paralyzed by the
promise of great reward. "At the sur
render of West Point he would receive
bonors. from, his king. Arnold, too,
trafficked his honor and Endangered
the liberties of his country for a pro.
mise to be made brigadier,general of
the British army and the payment. of
e7OOO. .sHere, said the lecturer, "an
overruIing Providence interposed.
These two men had determined the des-
TIMES of unborn millions, and there
we're none to divulge their secret Once
Major Andre got back to the British
army with these papers and Americas
doom was sealed" The meeting of
Andre with Colonel Webb, was, spoken
of, also the challenge of Captain Boyd,
an inquisitive, troublesome yankee,
who was stunned by Arnold's pass!@
These two slept together. "Andre
slept in his boots and these held pre-
cious cargo, but he rose anxious, weary
and troubled The morning OF the 22d
September, 1880, rose clear and bright.
1t was an exhilarating day, full of quiet
beauty. But lurking in, the, bushes,
near !rarrytown, we're the young farm
ers who were to deliver the American
nation from it's peril. John Paulding
presented his musket and called a halt
as Andre passed by on his charger.
Andre said: my lads, I hope you are of
our party. I am a British officer on
an important mission and must not be
detained Their reply was, we are
Americans and must detain YOU Then
Andre presented his pass. They care
fully scanned it, but still detained
him. Then he threatened vengeance
for disobeying the general. Williams
answered, ARNOLD be damned Now
the critical moment arrived. Andre
had bought for a price an American
general Of the highest degree: surely
the offer Of few pounds would secure
his escape from these men. II will give
you thousand guineas if you release
me- The yeomen replied: We would
notlet you go for ten thousand gum
cas- That decision of these poor men
saved the American people andvoiced
thespirit which carried through the war
for national freedom. Such. is always
the inyincible courage and impregnable
virtue of the common people. The
lecturer thed traced the, various incl
dentsin the story-the handing over OF
Andre to Washington, the escape OF
Arnold to the Vulture, his attempted
bribery of the coxswain and crew OF
the row-boat, and Washington's sympa-
thy with Andre and his gentleness to
Arnold's wife. iA af16laHte
Arnold stands pilloried as the only
American soldier during the war of
the revolution who turned traitor to his
country" Then was recited the Incl
dents of Andres execution, the threats
OF Arnold, the opposition of the British
government, and the nobility with which
Andre suffered the penalty of his crime,
pushing the executioner aside and him
self adjusting the rope The lecturer
combatted the idea that Andre was
uniustly executed; he knew the treach-
cry of Arnold and was party to it,;
he knew the risk and took the danger
Andres story, however, is the romance
OF revolutionary history. His failure
surrounded him with halo of poetry.
Starting Paper On Cheek.
During the past year several individ-