Adjutant GeneraU-

When he had finished this letter, he handed it open to Major Tallmadge, who perused it with astonishment and strong amotion ; for, although he believed the writer to be a military man, yet he had not supposed him a person of such rank, nor dreamed of the dangerous plot in which he had been acting a part. The letter was sealed and sent to General Washington. From that moment Andre's mind seemed relieved. He became cheerful, and his good humor, affable address, and attractive pow»

ers of conversation, gained npon the hearts of the officers, and won from them reciprocal kindness and civiUties.^" 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 nnder 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. 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 reg-iment 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."b From whence he was taken the same evening to West Point.