+-----------------------------------------------------------+ |Here died, October 2, 1780, | |Major John André, of the British Army, | |Who, entering the American Lines | |On a Secret Mission to Benedict Arnold, | |For the Surrender of West Point, | |Was taken Prisoner, tried, and condemned as a Spy. | |His Death, | |Though according to the stern code of war, | |Moved even his enemies to pity, | |And both armies mourned the fate | |Of one so young and so brave. | |In 1821 his remains were removed to Westminster Abbey. | |A hundred years after the execution | |This stone was placed above the spot where he lay | |By a citizen of the United States, against which he fought,| |Not to perpetuate the record of strife, | |But in token of those better feelings | |Which have since united two nations | |One in race, in language, and one in religion, | |With the hope that this friendly union | |Will never be broken. | | | | ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY, Dean of Westminster. | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the first cable contract was remembered on the evening of March 10, 1879. To use the words of the New York _Evening Post_: