Neither the chief himself, nor his staff, were present with the troops; a circumstance which was declared by our people, and assented to by Andre, as evincing a laudable decorum. But almost every field-officer in our army, led by Greene, headed the procession on horseback, and a number followed the prisoner on foot ; while the outer guard, stretching in single file on either side, in front and rear, prevented the concourse from crowding in. In addition to all those who came in

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on the country side, it is unlikely that many of the army who could contrive to be present missed the sight. Every eye was fixed on the prisoner; and every face wore such an aspect of melancholy and gloom, that the impression produced on some of our officers was not only affecting but awful.

Keeping pace with the melancholy notes of the dead march the procession marched along ; no member of it apparently less troubled than he whose conduct was its cause and whose death was its object. a In the beautiful Orientalism of Sir William Jones, " he dying only smiled, while all around him grieved." His heart told him that a life honorably spent in the pursuit of glory would not leave his name to be enrolled among those of the ignoble or guilty many : and his face bespoke the serenity of an approving and undismayed conscience. From time to time, as he caught the eye of an acquaintance -- and especially to officers of the Court of Enquiry -- he tendered the customary civilities of recognition, and received their acknowledgements with composure and grace. It seems that up to this moment he was persuaded that he was not to be hanged, but to be shot to death ; and the inner guard in attendance he took to be the firing party detailed for the occasion.