Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-11

made of her himself, he beng an artist
of no mean talent under ordinary cir
cumstances. He drew picture of him
self seated at table on the day before he
was executed at Tappan, which, however.
is not fair sample Of his ability in this
line, as he was expecting to die on that
day instead of the next, and under these
circumstances was not in the best of
spirits, and neither is the picture, al
though we believe the original pen-and.
ink sketch is held in high esteem by its
owner. A better sketch, and one said
to have been made by himself from
which the one given with this letter is
taken, the original of which was made
in England before ne emiglated to
America.
Among the curious things regarding
the death of Andre are the visions and
dreams which presaged it here and in
England. 1t is vouchsafed for that in
1773, seven years before he was executed
he paid visit to Miss Anna Seward, an
intimate fried of Honora's, in England,
who forthwith wrote to some friends of
hers, Mr.. Cunningham and Mr.. New
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Quaintance to visit them the next day.
That night Mr.. Cunningham, who was a
curate and poet, had a strange dream,
in which he found himself in q forest
and in a strange land. While looking
about he perceived a solitary horseman
approaching at great speed, who had
scarcely reached the spot where the
dreamer stood when he was seized by
three men who rushed out of a thicket,
and, after searching his person, laid hold
of the horses bride and hurried him
away. The dreamer specially was struck
by the face of the lone rider, which was
specially interesting, and his sympathy
for him in this misfortune awoke him.
Presently he fell asleep again, and once
more dreamed that he was standing in a
strange land, near large city among
thousands of people, and that the same
person that he had previously dreamed
of was slowly marched out between the
files of spectators on either side and
brought to a gallows, where he was
hanged. He awoke in a fright, and the
next day while waiting with Mr.. New.
ton for the arrival of Miss Seward and
ner friend, he told Mr.. Norton of the
dream, stating that it had left a very
vivid impression on his mind. Upon the
arrival oil the two friends he was horri.
fed to sec in the face of Andre the fea-
lures of the solitary horseman and also
the man who was hanged.
Apropos of this comes the story of the
visit of lady friend to Miss Hannah
Andre, just about the time of the eXecu-
ton. This friend shared the bed of
Miss Andre, and was awakened one night
by the violent 81 bling of her companion.
Upon entreating to know the cause
Miss Andre stated that she had seen her
brother in vision, and that he had been
taken prisoner by the Americans. Her
friend quieted her, and she again fell
asleep, but Miss Andre started her com
panion from slumber by the announce
ment that she had again seen her brother
and they were trying him as spy,
and she described the scene, the
court, the judge, and the surround
ings with great minuteness. Once more
she was quieted by her friend, wfo
smiled at her fears, but again she awak-
ened her friend by screaming out that
they were hanging her brother as a spy,
from a tree, and in his regimentals.
There was no more sleep for either that
night, and they arose and entered in
their diaries the particulars of the sue
cessive visions, with the date, the friend
trying to allay the fears of Miss AndIe
as best she could until morning broke