Major Andre's death is very severely felt by the Commander-in-Chief, as it assuredly will be by the army; and must prove a real loss to his country, and to his Majesty's service."

How far the army felt their loss maybe gathered from Simcoe's orders to his own regiment (the Queen's Rangers) by the officers and men of which Andre was personally known. He commanded them to wear, for the future, black and white feathers as mourning for a soldier " whose superior integrity and uncommon ability did honor to his country and human nature, &c."a

a Simcoe's Mil., Jour. 152.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

It is to the pervading interest that attached itself to Andre's story, and the romantic character of his career, that the origin of the ghost -stories about him may be attributed. There is yet another connected with him:

" Miss H. B., was on a visit to Miss Andre, and being very intimate with the latter, shared her bed. One night she was awakened by the violent sobs of her companion, and upon entreating to know the cause, she said : ' I have seen my dear brother, and he has been taken prisoner.' It is scarcely necessary to inform the reader that Major Andre was then with the British army during the heat of the American war. Miss B., soothed her friend, and both fell asleep, when Miss Andre once more started up, exclaiming, ' They are trying him as a spy;' and she described the nature of the court, the proceedings of the judge and prisoner, with the greatest minuteness. Once more the poor sister's terrors were calmed by her friend's tender representations, but a third time she awoke screaming that they were hanging him as a spy on a tree and his regimentals, with many other circumstances !