Franklin's books and other property -- conduct contrasting with that of the mercenary General Knyphausen, who, in taking his departure from his quarters in the house of General Cadwallader, " sent for the agent of the latter, gave him an inventory which he had caused his steward to make out on his first taking possession, told him he would find everything iu proper order, even to some bottles of wine in the cellar, and paid him the rent for the time he occupied it." 3 But it is hardly necessary to cite such instances as these of Andre's moral obliquity. His behavior after his capture in two vital particulars is sufficiently illuminating. His letter to Washington from Salem, seeking to purchase immunity for himself by threatening the death of others, can not be otherwise regarded than as an act foreign to any sense of manly honor whatever; and his denunciation of his three captors to Major Tallmadge as common brigands was as infamous a performance if not wholly justified, and as gratuitously malignant a one if well founded, as ever a professed elegant gentleman was guilty of. These individuals were not Andre's equals; they were poor unlettered peasant boys, utterly beneath any subsequent private allusion on his part except that of magnanimity, naturally duo from a superior soul. Knowing full well that they had saved the very liberties of their country, he must have been aware that this fact was a thing of tremendous importance to them personally; and if he could have said no good of them he should have whispered 'London Political Magazine, November, sNilcs's Register, March 1, 1817.