Treason of Arnold--How Accomplished--Capture and Execution of André--Arnold serving in the British Army--Ravages in Virginia--Attacking Mount Vernon--Washington goes South--Calls at Mount Vernon--Joins Lafayette at Williamsburg--Attacks Cornwallis at Yorktown--Bombardment--Governor Nelson--Taking of Two Redoubts--Washington's Narrow Escape--Surrender of Cornwallis--Washington's Order--Fruits of the Victory--The Formal Delivery of Cornwallis' Sword--Delivery of Flags--Divine Service--Sickness and Death of his Step-son--Sad Scene--Help of French Fleet--God for Small Battalions again--Washington's War-horse--News of Cornwallis' Surrender in Philadelphia--Action of Congress, and Day of Thanksgiving--News in England--Washington's Plan to Push the War 426 XXIII. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Conference with Lafayette--Negotiations for War--Sir Henry Clinton--Treaty of Peace--What America Won, and England Lost--Washington Parting with his Soldiers--Meets Congress at Annapolis--Retires to Mount Vernon--Improvement of his Mansion and Plantations--Encourages Education--Refuses Gift of $40,000--Generosity to the Poor--A Pleasing Incident--Meeting Payne again--His Industry--In Convention to Form Constitution--Elected President--Reluctance to Accept--Journey to New York--Ovation at Trenton--At New York--His Cabinet--Style of Living--Grooming Horses--His Sickness--Tour through New England--Example of Punctuality--Too Late for Dinner--The Pair of Horses--Presidential Mansion--The Injured Debtor--Urged for Second Presidential Term--Elected--Fruits of it--Tour South, and Punctuality--Amount of his Work--Thoroughness--Civil Service Reform--Lafayette in Exile--Washington's Maxims--Offered a Third Term--Farewell Address--Retirement--His Opposition to Slavery--Emancipation of them--The Result 440 XXIV. DEATH AND FUNERAL CEREMONIES. Exposure and Cold--Ignores Wise Suggestions--Severe Attack--Rawlins bleeds him--Believes his End is Near, and Resignation--His Will--The Physicians arrive--All Remedies fail--His Last Request--Death--Mrs. Washington's Words--What Custis says of her--Sad Tidings spread--Action of Congress--The Senate's Letter to President Adams--The Funeral at Mount Vernon--Sorrow Universal--What Irving says--Eulogy by Fisher Ames--Lord Brougham's Estimate--Everett's Final Conclusion, and Father of His Country 484 XXV. Eulogy by General Henry Lee 491 LIFE OF WASHINGTON I ANCESTORS AND BIRTH.