was very ra>h. :ij t'i ■ parly were not more than 2 or 3 miles away ai Hi • 1 011 theii journey
tovCol. Jameson's h ad quarters, at North Castle. But Aunt Polly's curiosity got tb,; belter Other judgement."
o It is a curious fact mentioned by Sparks in his Biography of Arnold, that the last canto of Andre's humorous satire, called thr? •• Cow-chase," was printed on the very dav of his capture. It will be found in Rivingtou's Royal Gazette, for Sept. Sid, 17-0. It ends with the following stanza :
" And now I've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this same warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet."
--[Sparks' Biog. Arnold, 228.
0 See North Castle, S. Salem.
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.
silver medalon -- one side of which shall be a shield with this inscription, " Fidelity" and on the other, the following motto, "Yincit amor patriae " and forward them to the Commander-in-Chief, who is requested to present the same, with a copy of this resolution, and the thanks of Congress for their fidelity and the eminent service they have rendered their country.
The State also gave each a farm.
The Westchester County Bank, at Peekskill, has commemorated this important event on its bills, by a beautiful vignette picture representing the arrest of the spy. He is in the act of supplicating his captors to let him escape, the discovered papers are in the hands of one of them, and the stern eyes of the others evince the determination to listen to no suggestions but those of patriotism. The form and features of Andre are admirably depicted, and a miniature hangs in his bosom exquisitely finished. This was a likeness of Miss Honora Sneyd, to whom he was devotedly attached.*1 The picture had been painted by himself from the living features of the object of his affections.