He became cheerful, and his good humor, affable address, and attractive powers of conversation, gained upon the hearts of the officers, and won from them reciprocal kindness and civilities." " As soon as General Washington had ascertained the full extent of the treason, instantaneous preparations were made for the defence of West Point, and " an order dispatched to Col. Jameson, directing him to send Andre under a strong guard to Robinson's house. The express arrived about midnight at Lower Salem, and at that hour an officer came with the message to Andre. He started up quickly from his bed and obeyed the summons.

a Spark's Life of Arnold, p. 231, 235, 6, T, 8.

THE TOWN' OF UiWTSBOKO.

The rain fell in torrents, and the night was dark and dismal. Mr. Bronson says, that, on taking leave, he expressed a deep sense of the obligations he was under, for the delicate and courteous treatment he had received from the officers of the regiment with whom he had become acquainted ; and declared that, whatever might be his future destiny, he could never meet them as enemies. The guard marched all night, and in the morning of the next day, September 26th, Andre arrived at Robinson's house, in the custody of Major Tallmadge."a From whence he was taken the same evening to West Point.

" Early on the morrow," says Sargent, " Andre was sent over to South or Lower Salem, to the head quarters of Sheldon's regiment.

About eight a.m.,, then, on September 24th, Andre was brought to the Gilbert farm-house, and committed to the custody of Lieut. King, of the Dragoons, who has left us this account of what ensued :