«2:i)C iTarincr's i«onti)lij llisitor. 



Ill 



even sIiouIlI llie idjuv l>e nhsinicit il uiili ncnii;!' 

 or crnli a|'|jlts. An .-ilocs' linciiin- iiuidt! willi 

 linuidy and i;in|ier, i>v <-!i(]i<irijin, [rtd (ir|p|ipi] 

 niijjiil lie cif life in l\nf ciii-e. Alter cdi ()iif liiii; 

 llie (i|].<ii i;cli('ii, liiliii- iiiliificipy niode ol ciiino- 

 riiilr, iMiiiili'initd, oiik l.;.i k, &p. in lircr iiiiij' he 

 ri (jniied, us rcslomiivis, jililioiijjii, |icrli«|..s, {jood 

 div iKiiuisliiiif; lood will have un equally good 



Frnm rhe li. sl-m Jiiurna!. 



The < nplure of Andre. 



On IniiMn:; (.vera die dl' ilie Bo.sion Gazette, 

 |iidillslird in 1780, niiilcr date of Oclolifr l(i, \vc 

 tii.d lilt followini; li tier, il('iailiii>; llie villaiiy ol 

 Arnolil, and tli« cai.in r ol' the luiliirinnaie An- 

 ilrc. It Ini iil.-ilics a }iii(h\ and intiMe.-iing account 

 of that irniarkalilH aiul nitiral incidenl, in the 

 .«ri'iii> 111' (he war of the rovoluiiun : 



Eiirad of a Idler from a irenlleman, dated Tappan, 

 iMohcr'J, 1780. 

 " \ on v>ill hi'VH heard helore von can leceive 

 tlii.-i, of llie in/irnal \illany of Arimlil. Ii i.s nol 

 jMis.sihle Icir linnian iialnie to reciive a ^.'leati-r 

 quaiititv of f;nil( than he |io.-i.sesses. IVrhH|is 

 there is not a Hiiijrie olili;fation, moral or divine, 

 hill what he has liroken tliroujrh. It is discoiered 

 now, ihat in his most eaily inljinc\, hell inark'd 

 him Tor her own, and iiiHi^ed into him a liill pro- 

 |ioriion of her iliaholieal malice. 



His late aposlucy is the snminit of his charac- 

 ter. He hfiran his iie:;otjations with the enemv, 

 to deliver n|> West Point lo iheni, \vnn hef;.ri; lie 

 was invested with Ihi' <dnini:ind ot' it, and whiUi 

 he was siill in Pliilad Iphia; alter which he soli- 

 riled the conjinaiid ol'ihat |ll.^t, hir the ostensible 

 reason, that the wound in his leir inca|iacitaled 

 hini liiraii active <-<nMiiiaiid in the field: It was 

 iCianti'd him on the (jih of Anjfiisl last, .-^ince 

 which he has heen as assidnons as |)ossihle in 

 ri|ieninj: his plans, hnt the various (lositions ihe 

 army assumed, prevented their heing put into ex- 

 ecution. 



On the ni^iht of the 91st ultimo, he ha<l an in- 

 terview wiih iMajor Andre, the Adjutant General 

 of the British army. Tliis gentleman came on 

 shore from the Vullnre man of war, which l.iy 

 not far fr(nn 'laller's Point, to a place on the hank.s 

 of the river, ne.-ir to the U:u(>rs(raw moiiniain, 

 where Ue met Arnold, who conducted him to the 

 house of Joshua Sinitli (the while liouse) within 

 our lines, and only two miles fioin SLiney Point. 

 They arrived in the house just before dav, and 

 stay'd there until the ne.\t evening, when .Major 

 Andre became extremely solicitous to retinn by 

 the way he came, hut ihit was impossible, hirthi' 

 two men whom Arnold and Smiih had seduced 

 to briuir on shore, refused to carrv him b.ick. It 

 then was absolutely neces.sary he should letmn 

 to New York by land, lie ch in;;M his diess ami 

 name, and thus rlisi'uised, p;i-sed i.nr p.,st ol 8lo- 

 ney and Verplaiik's Points, on the eveoiii'/ of the 

 23(1 nit., in c.nniian} wiih the said Joslm:', SMiilh, 

 liidlher to William Smith, E-ip, Chief Justii-e 

 within iheBiilish line,; he hi(l;ied that nit/ht at 

 Cron Pond, wiih Smiili, .-mil in the niornin-.; hit 

 Smilli, and took the road lo Tarry Town, where 

 he was taken by son.e miliiia lads about 15 miles 

 Irom King's bridge. He otTered them any sum 

 of money, and goods, if iji y would permit him 

 to escape, but they readily deClared and infl-,Mhlv 

 adhered to it, that 10,000 guineas, or any other 

 sum, would be no lempiation lo them. liWa.s by 

 this virtue, as glorimis to America as Arnold's 

 iipostacy is disgraceful, lhat his abominable crimes 

 were discovered. 



The lads, in searching hiin, found concealed 

 under his stockings, in his boots, papers of the 

 higbesi iiiipniiain-e, \ iz : 



1- R''' >^ of the ordnance and its distributions 



at West Point an(l its dependencies. 



2. Artillery (oilers, in case of an alarm. 



3. Reiurns <d' the nnmber of men necessary to 

 man the works at West Point and its depen- 

 dencies. 



4. Ki'inarksori the works at West Point, with 

 the strengih and workini; of each. 



5. Returns of the troops at West Point and 

 their ili>tribmi(in. 



(!. ."^i-.te of our army, itc, transmitted by Gen- 

 eral Waslio-ioii lo .Arnold, ha- bis opinion,"which 

 stale had been siibiiiiii, rl lo all Ihe general ofli(;ers 

 in llie Camp, liir llnir o|iinioii:i. 



"Besides which it appears, that Arnolil had 



cmried wiih biin lo the interview, a Eeneral plan 

 of West Point and its vicinity, and all the works, 

 nml also paiiicidar plans of each work, on a large 

 scale, all cleg.-mtly drawn by the engineer at thai 

 (lost. But these were ijoi delivered to Majoi- An- 

 dre, and from their re(piiring much lime locofiy, 

 it is supposed they were nui lo be delivered until 

 sunie future period. 



From some circumstances it apj)eai-s that it 

 was not Arnold's inienlion to have deserted, but 

 that he meant to be taken at liis post, which, from 

 liis distributions of the troop-s, it was very easy 

 to have seized. 



His Excellency the General, on bi.s return to 

 camp, determined to visil West Point, and in pur- 

 suance of that plan, was viewing some rcdoubis 

 which lay in his way to Arnold's (pi.-u'ters. He 

 liad sent our servants there, and Major Shaw and 



Br 



Dr. IMi-llenry had arrived, and weie at hi 



ESTII.JY voLu WKKus.-Eve.v Ian, ershouhl 

 lie up and ch^mg, be active and vi^iilant in wagiio' 

 n war ol extermmalion again.st weeds of everv 

 !'•■'""■ !'!"l "^"V"- '■""" ll"' Canada ihislle lo the 

 n.stj;n.hcc.mcli,ckweed, Uiaiissueh a grievous 

 annoyanc,. m our garde,,, if v„„ h,.,VH not had 

 linie to rid every pa,t and p,„.n„„ ol'vour prem- 

 ises ai-oui,d your hnihling^, ,„„| ||„. _;i,|,,^ „,• ,|^p 



;:"■• Pi'osile your land, Com these pests of the 



armer, now ,s your lime lo lake xonr scvilie or 

 hoe and cii ibem down, to pr. vent thei;- g„i,|,r 

 in seed and ielmi,ing you a hundred h,ld more 

 ol t,oul,l.! next year. A double advantage may 

 be gamed |,y doing this, if you will take the 

 trouble to gatlii.-r then, up and throw them into 

 yotjr hog yard. You will get Ihe thanks of your 

 swine III the fmni of a number of addiii(n,al Ib.s 

 ol pork in your barrel next liili 



with the traitor, when he received intelliiience bv 

 letter of Andre's being t.aken. His confusion was 

 visible, but no person could devise Ihe cause. He 

 bijn ied to his barge with the utmost pi'ecipitalion, 

 after having left word that 'he was going over td 

 \yest Point and should be hack immediately.' 

 This was about ten in the morning of the 25th 

 ultimo. 



The Geiical proceeded to view the works, 

 wondering where Arnold should be; but about 4 

 o'clock in the afte,-noon he was undeceived, by 

 an express uith the papers taken on Andre. The 

 apo>taie at this lime was on boaid the Vullnre, 

 which la\ about five or six miles below Stoney 

 and Verplank's Puints. 



Maj.Aiiclie was brought to tlie General at West 

 Point, ami fron, Ihrnce he was bronjiht to this 

 camp. A boaid of general officers have exam- 

 ined into his ease, and upon his own most (randiil 

 confession, weie of opinion lhat he was a spy, 

 and according to the rustoin and usages of na- 

 tions, be ought to sulfir d- atli ; and about two 

 boms ago be was executed. 



'J'his gentleman was of the highest degree of 

 reputation in the British army, of the most polite 

 and accomplished manners, extremely beloved by 

 Sir Hemy Clinton. Mis deportment "while a pris- 

 oner was candid and di.,;nitied. lie requested no 

 favor, but lo die the death of a soldier, and not 

 on a gibbet. I{i;;oious policy liirbid Loanliim a 



favor which at first flash seems b ateiial. Our 



arniy smii|. utilizes in l!ie mistorlinies of/Ziis Ckes- 

 hrfield nf the urnj. IJiil if he possessed a ponio,, 

 ol the blood of all tl,e kii,L.s(ni earth, jiisiice and 

 policy would have dictated his dciih. 



The enemy from hints ihat s(m,e of the offi- 

 cers dropped, appealed lo be inclined lo deliver 

 Arnold intooor hands I(M- iMajor Andi'e. Putihey 

 have since deel.ired ii was im|',os.-ible. ]f itconli'l 

 have been effi-cied, our desire to "ei Arnold would 

 have rendered the exchange ea.sy on our part. 



The British army are in the inmost affliction 

 on the accomil of Major Andre and have sent re- 

 pealed flags on the subject. Ye.-terday they .sent 

 (Jen. Riilieit.soii, Andrew Elliot, ami W'iiliam 

 Smith, E-(ps. ; the two laiier weie not permiticd 

 to la, id. General Green met Gen. Roherlson ; he 

 had nolhing maleiial lo uri:e— M.ui that Atidre 

 had come o,i shore iind-r the sanctioi, of a flag, 

 and ilieipfoie cm, Id imt be considered as a spy;' 

 But this is not true, for he c i,i,e ai ni;:!,', had "no 

 flaj, and on business totally i,,ei,i,,pMlib|e with 

 ihe nature of a flag. He also said ihey should re- 

 taliate on some people at New York and Charlc-s- 

 towii; but he was told lhat such cm,versalioii 

 could neither be hi aid nor iinderslood. After 

 which be ur^ed the release of ,A,iilre on motives of 

 humnnity, and because Sir Harry Clinlou w;is 

 muchaliached to him ; and other reasons equally 

 absurd. 



I have been particular in this na,,alion, well 

 knowing what strange stories yon will have on 

 the subject." 



The following is a Copt/ nf a letter from Mnjor An- 

 _ dre tn his E.TceUenci/ Crncnil If'/ishiiiafoii. 

 Sia, — "Buoyed above ihe fear of death, by the 

 consciousness of a life s[)ent in the pursuit of 

 honor, and fully sensible that it has at no lime 

 been stained by any action, which at this seiimis 

 moment co,,l(l give me re,no,se — I have to solicit 

 your Evcelleocy if there is any thing in my char- 

 acter w hich excites yon,- esteem ; if aught in my 

 circnmslanees can impress you with compassion"; 

 lhat I ,i,ay be permitted to die a ileaih of a sol- 

 dier:- It is my last request, and I hope it will he 

 granted." J have the honor to be, &c. 



ikl.-isl mai,u,e into the ha 



But if 



and a lot of good 

 iini. 

 you have a piece of land that is very 

 vveedy, which )oii wish to till next year, movv 

 them by all means, and let llieiii iav upon the 

 ground 111, III they get dry, and then liurn it over, 

 n llns way you will not only deslro\ the weeds, 

 but all the eggs and l.irva of insects that may be 

 deposited therein, and clean ihe piece and iire- 

 paie it finely lor a crop of gi-aii,._.1/„t-„e Farmer. 



Sumach for Ta.v.m\g.— It is well known that 

 the smnacli which grows wild ii, this Slate is 

 useliil (i,r tanning, but that it imparts like hem- 

 loik and oak bark, a dark color lo the le„,|,er, 

 while the species of sumach brought fni,,, |;,|- 

 rope or Asia is used for lam, i,,g sheep skins, and 

 as we are informed, tans Ihe pelt without im- 

 pirtiiig any coloring, and Ihereliue leaves its 

 perfeclly white. Is there not some other vege- 

 table snbsta,,C(;s growing abm,ilai,tly au,i>i,i: lis 

 lhat will supply tlie place ol' this lin'ei-,, a,licle ? 

 We b.ive no doubt tln-re is, and that if expe, i- 

 iiients should be tried will, some of our plants it 

 would end in the discovery of one that would 

 answer every pnrpcjse. Wh'o will look it up.=— 

 Maine Farmer. 



Rhubarb.— This excellent plant, which should 

 have a place in every gai-den, is very easilv rais- 

 ed, requiring nothing inoie than ,"i rich 'loamy 

 siiuation. It is «ii orchaid in i,,inir,i„re, the 

 stems of its leaves dftordiiig a sulistaiiee which 

 IS an excillent substitute for apple.s, to make 

 sauce or pies. 



T'te s, e made from it, is very wholesome 



and palatable, and will he a good preventive of 

 bowel complainls. 



It IS .said lhat by stewing it with sugar and pie- 

 par, ng it in the .s:, rue manner as tor the table, it 

 may be bottled and corked up liijlit and preserv- 

 ed till winter. 



Indeed, we do not see why it uiav imi be kept 

 as long ns ap[ile sauce, or aii\ oi the b, r, ies that 

 are preserved in this way, wiihoni h, um bmiled 

 np. Some of our good" housertiie.- liad belter 

 try ihe experiment.— .Wm'ne Farmer. 



Tar 



T!iK Sukips' Noses.— In Aiiijiist and 

 September, and perhaps the hitler |iari of .hii\,a 

 fly, which IS very Irohblesoiee to sheep, la\s eggs 

 m their nostrils, which are hatched, aiid Ti,e 

 young worms ascend into Iheir heads, where they 

 become very di.strcssing, ofn n can-iui; dealh, im"- 

 less some powerliil remedy be applie-' to cau.'e 

 their ejection or ilcstruciio"n. The better vv;iy is 

 lo prevent the evil. 



Tar is considered the best remedy. By tarriii" 

 the sheeps' noses the inji,ry w ill be avoided. The 

 better way to effict tl,is"..l:ject is to In tar on 

 boards or in liongbs in a sheltered sitii..noii, and 

 then strew on .salt, and the shee)i will peiforin 

 the operation of smearing; ,»• lake a slick of 

 timber, dress the upper sale, and bore ii, so„,e 

 large aii;;er holes two or three inch, 

 some s!ilt in these- hole 



inches deep, put 

 and once a week, or of- 

 teiier, pm tar around the edjjes of the holes. 



Sheep Miffi'r much from these flies at the lime 

 Ihey are assaulted, and ihe\ often run will, their 

 noses lo the gr,),,nd in order lo a\oid these vexa- 

 tious flies, or they will run their noses into the 

 dust when an o(pporiuniiy presents, and li.r this 

 purpose some peisons p|(.u<;b up Ihe earth on 

 spots often frequented bj sheep in hot weather. 



The .ipplicalion of tar, as here recommended, 

 is conducive lo ihe health of sheep, oiherivise 

 lh:,n by preveniii,g the evil we have named. It 

 is good lor coldsand other disorders.— .Bo«toii 

 CMivator. 



