Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-12-29
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A New Anecdote Of Washington

It is well-known that Col. Seth War
ner, Of Revolutionary memory, who, with
his noted regiment Of Green Mountain
Boys, as rear guard of St. Clair's retreat
ing army, after the evacuation Of Ticon-
deroga, beat back whole brigade Of the
hotly pursuing British in the battle Of
Hubbardson, and thus saved, probably,
that luckless Generals entire forces,
hurrying on just in front, from rout OF
capture-whoc came down like thunder
bolt on the flushed foe in mid battle at
Bennington, and secured the victory for
the wavering and half beaten Stark, and
who finally was everywhere known as one
of the best looking, most heroic, and ac-
complished military officers Of the Con-
tinental army-that Col. Warren was
an especial favorite Of Gen. Washington.
The preliminary, however, is here in
troduced less on account Of any particu-
lar pertinency most of it may have to the
subject than for the purpose of explana-
tion, and securing reader appreciation
and credence of the interesting personal
anecdote which is about to be related
and which, it is confidently believed, has
never before appeared in print.
One son of Col. Warner still survives,
or was surviving few years ago. an un-
pretending resident of Lower Canada,
from which-though then seventy five
years old, but very active, and in full
possession of all his strong native facul-
ties--he came to the capital Of Y Vermont
with the object Of petitioning the legis-
lature for compensation for some lands
formerly granted to the heirs Of Col.
Warner, but unwittingly trenched upon
by subsequent grants, and it was there
and then that the writer of this remini-
scence was introduced to him, and held
several interesting conversations.
In one Of these conversations, while
speaking of the private affairs of his
father, Colonel Warner, he frankly said
that the Colonel was very thoughtless
about pecuuiary matters that he not
only expended in the cause Of the country
or aiding the needy families of soldiers
all his available property, but contracted
many debts, which finally compelled him
short time before his death, to place a
mortgage on his homestead, amounting at
least to over nine hundred dollars, and
causing the family great deal of de-
preston and uneasiness. But of this
depressing load they were at length sud-
denly relieved in the occurrence of most
unexpected incident. and one which
formed, as well it might, quite an era in
their family history. But we will let
Mr.. Warner, whose Christian name, we
believe, was that of his father, Seth, re-
late the memorable incident in question
in his own language, which by the aid Of
the minutes before US, we knoao we can
repeat substantially, and we think very
near literally, as he made use of it.
1t was, be said, in the month of Septem-
Der, 1.S9, the fall that Gen. Washing
ton made his tour through the Eastern
States. We had kept ourselves tolerably
well posted about the progress of this
tour, and heard that he was to be in New
Haven or Hartford, Conn, somewhere
near the time at which the event | am
going to relate to you took place But
as either of those places was quite a
number of miles from Woodbury., where
we lived, we bad no more idea of seeing
him than the man in the moon My
elder brother, Israel Putnam Warner,
then man grown, and myself, lad of
twelve or thirteen, were both living with