Whilst he did it, he expressed a wish, in case of any accident befalling me, that they should be destroyed ; which I said of course would be the case, as, when I went into the boat, I should have them tied about with a string and a stone. Before we parted, some mention had been made of my crossing the river, and going another route; but I objected much against it, and thought it was settled-- that in the way I came I was to return.'

" Arnold left him, and went up the river to head-quarters. Before he

a Spark's Life of Benedict Arnold, ISO, 181, 1S2. An account of the second lutervlew will be found in CortlauUtotvn.

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departed from Smith's house, he urged Smith to go back with Andre- to the Vulture as soon as it should be dark ; yet the matter seems to have been undecided, for he wrote and gave to Smith two passports (dating them ' Head Quarters,') one authorizing him to go by water, and the other by land.

" The former was in these words: 'Joshua Smith has permission to pass with a boat and three hands, and a flag, to Dobb's Ferry, on public business, and to return immediately. ' ""

After the trial of Andre at Tappan, and his letters and those of Washington, as well as the proceedings of the board of examination, had been received by Sir Henry Clinton, then in New York, it was resolved by Clinton and a board of general officers, " That a deputation of three persons should proceed to the nearest American out-post, furnished with evidence to prove Major Andre's innocence, and to impart information which Sir Henry Clinton thought would place the question in a different light from that in which it had been viewed by the American board.