The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-17
T.. !. WALK l:R,
j. ID. AlCLuCAS.
&. *. HENDERSON.
ANDRE. TIE MARTYRS. SPY.
Touching Romance or the Amcri-
can Revolution.

~ Touching Romance or the Amcri-
can Rcroiution.
New York Mail and Express.
IT, WAS Il tragedy, but IL tragedy sane
tilted and Elorliicd by an aura o. pity
and palhOe. of poetry and rOluancr,
which WAS rnactrd at Tappan ON the
Hudson, ll' year ago to-day. '.he
story Of Major John Andre is one OF the
! mn-l lonchinE themes Of tuc itrvnlu-
tlon. Ills youth, hts beauty. his capt,-
vatlng manners. his varied and grace
lui aCcOnpl shiunnLS. his love for his
llonora. his cnln courage In the face
OF an lgnub.c death, all combine To
move Il world 10 sympathy. and to inn
buc the literature of Two hcmisphcr,,s
with the tGndrrcSt tributes to his
memory. Even his capturs and his
eNccution@rs wcpt at his untincly fate,
while WCstnius 3cr Abbey, the ina
ambition OF mOnarchS. Slatrsmcn. poets
and warriors. gathered his ashes under
It's wall and commentaries his maine
in marble.
AnC yet he was Il spy. In conspiracy
Win d"spicao'c traitor. Andre
schcmed u buy with gold what steel
bad failed to win. West Point, the
key of the hudson, and the l.sl hope
OF the American cuusc. Under an
assumed name and in disguise he was
captured within an cncmy's lines, and
LrCaSOnlDlG documents were found con-
ccalcn upon MS person. EndcaVurS to
bribc his captors as he had bribcd the
| rccrcant hero Of Saratoga. failed. If"
| was captured rs II spy, tried and con
victcd ;ts Il spy, and hanged us /, spy.
| n shameful and lgnominious death, in :
decd, but war is war. and It's stern
Il l,l.
| bic aS those Of Fate.
The story il Il familiar one. IL story
| in which. after moro than II cent lry.
there is no abatement OF tender iulcr-
est. John Andre waS Il brilliant, ac-
cOmpliShcd, Chivalric and ambitions
young ndutant in the army ul Sir
Henry Clinton, then in possession OF
Now York and tower Westminster.
Benedict Arnold, smarting under a
rcprimnnd Of Congress, was in com
mand Of the strong garrison ut West
l'Olnt. These two men. under the nom
uc'piumcS OF ''onn Anderson" and
"Gustavus,' entered into II lrcus0nablc
correspondence for the surrender of
West Point to the cucmy, and thereby
practically to close the war for indie
pcndcncc. n meeting was arranged.
Andre was brought up the hudson by
the sloop Nulturc. ana in II thickcL be-
low llavcrstraw, in the darkness of
september II. 1850, Arnold and Andre
met. Seven Thousand pounds and Il
brlgadlcr gcnCralship in the British
army were to be the price of West
Point. Arnold provided "John Andcr-
son" with Il pass Through the American
lines and gave him full information as
to the armament and defense Of West
Point, and how the sham capture was
to be effected. These discriminating
papers were concealed in Andres
stockings, The next day he crossed
the river to Verplank's 5 Point, accom-
panied by Joshua Smith, at whose
house on "Troason Hili' he had STAYED
the nj ght before. They rode south.
ward along the river road through the
American lines, ArnOd's pass seeming
to disarm suspicion. Remaining all
night Of the 22d within the encmy's
lines at Crum Pond, he marched on the
next morning happy gurrul0us and
tuneful. At Pines Bridge, Smith left !
him to go on alone. Through Sing |
Sing and Sparta, past tho oid Sleepy |
Hollow church, the young major
rode and approached bridge |
over the little brook near Turrytowu,
which was to be his fatal Rubcon.
There no was halted by three young
minute mon, Paulding, Williams and
Van Vert, whom Andre at first mis-
took for friends, and incuutiously de-
,lared his identity. Percciving his
he presented Arnold's pass.
out their suspicious being thon
lr0used, on a careful search, the trea-
Onablc papers were discovered.
'rincely bribes were offered, but
purned but Andre was taken first to
Vest Point, then to Washington's