The magazine of American history with notes and queries . of theorders which bore heavily upon the people, and toprevent much wanton mischief. Meeting Sir William Erskine, who commandedthe post, one Saturday, that officer remarked to the clergyman that he had ordered the men of the parish to appear onthe morrow, with their teams at Southampton. Ah, yes, said , I am aware of it, but I am commander-in-chief on Sunday,and have annulled your order. The precedence was pleasantly concededand the order revoked. While Major Andre was quartered with , the son of the Col., Dr. Nathan
The magazine of American history with notes and queries . of theorders which bore heavily upon the people, and toprevent much wanton mischief. Meeting Sir William Erskine, who commandedthe post, one Saturday, that officer remarked to the clergyman that he had ordered the men of the parish to appear onthe morrow, with their teams at Southampton. Ah, yes, said , I am aware of it, but I am commander-in-chief on Sunday,and have annulled your order. The precedence was pleasantly concededand the order revoked. While Major Andre was quartered with , the son of the Col., Dr. Nathaniel Gardiner, a surgeon in thefirst New Hampshire Continental Infantry, came home on leave of ab-sence. The family carefully suppressed the fact, but after his departureAndre quietly informed them that he had been aware of his presence in thehouse, and would have been much pleased to have made his acquaintance,only that his duty as a British officer would have compelled him to arrestthe young surgeon as a spy. It was a curious coincidence that this same. THE ANDRE WINE-GLASS. THE MANOR OF GARDINERS ISLAND young Dr. Gardiner should have boon ordered to attend Andre on the lastof his life. When Major Andre left Easthampton he exchangedsses with Col. Gardiner, leaving two from his camp-chest, and thesemementos arc now guarded with jealous care by the descendants. The old Gardiner mansion at Easthampton had a garret entered by aloor, which was used as a place of confinement for prisoners during JOHN GRISWOLD. this memorable period It also contained a secret panel where the valu-ables of the family were secreted during the war to prevent their beingI by the soldiery. Col. Gardiner was at one time under arrest for re-fusing to call out the militia of Easthampton to sustain Governor Tryon in1 * empt to resuscitate the royal government of New York. Finding determined in his course, there was little effort made to subdue?it, but it became so hazardous for him to remain in E
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