[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] adds that his thus writing is not out of apprehension for his own safety, " but," said he, "it is to rescue my-self from the imputation of having assumed a mean character for treacherous purposes or self-interest, a conduct incompatible w ith the principles that actuate me, as well as with my conduct in life. It is to vin-dicate my fame that I speak, and not to solicit se-curity." In the same way the idea of his having been a sp\ he emphatically repudiated in lii-conversation with Major Tallmadgc while the latter was conduct] ing him under guard from Haverstraw to Tappao on Thursday, September 28, 178(1. In Major Tallmadge'u narrative, quoted by.Fared Sparks, in the " Life and GREENBURGH. 20] rreason of Benedict Arnold," chapter xiv., p. 2.">7, he pays,— "After we disembarked nt King's Ferry, near Haverstraw, we took ip our line of inarch \\ ith a fine body of burse, for Tappau. Before we •eachcd the Clove, Major Andre became very inquisitive tip know my Minion as to the result ofhle capture. In other words, he wished me to;ive him candidly my opinion as to the light in which ho would be l.iewed by General Washington and a military tribunal, if one should be prdered. This was the most unpleasant question that hail been pro-i loiindeil lo me, and 1 endeavored to evade it, unwilling to give him a rue answer.