Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-12-29
DODGEVILLE, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY

or and such kindness, General" she
responded, nearly overpowered by her
emotions and the imposing presence O.
her august visitor.
"There is morgtage, he rejoined,
without responding in any way to her
last remark, "a rather heavy mortgage on
your homestead
Il am sorry, she replied, sadly, every
sorry, that [ am compelled to say there
is, Gen. Washington-a much heavier
one than I can ever pay"
$50 had ascertained,' the General
proceeded "and | have also, before
coming here, been at the pains Of ascer-
| tanning the exact amount now due, and
required to cancel this, to you doubtless,
ruinous incumbrance, and I propose now
to leave with you the sum of money you
will need for efecting that desirable OBJ
ject."
''Does the money come from govern
ment, sir? % she asked, doubtingly, and
with look that seemed to say, eff it
does, then all right
Washington looked at her, and hesi-
tated little at first, but soon, while
taking up the valise he had brought in
with him, slowly responded
''In one sense it does [ may say, mad
am. if you have delicacy on the subject.
I am in receipt Of a liberal yearly salary
from government, from which it is dis
cretionary with me to impart aid some
times to deserving objects: and [ GER
tainly know Of none more so than one
which will relieve the family Of so merl-
torious an officer as your late self-sacri-
fcing husband"
Without waiting for any rejoinder to
these remarks, he opened his vaise, and
took from it bag of silver money, and
deliberately proceeded to draw out and
count from it, till he had reached the
sum ofnine hundred and some odd dol
lars, which afterwards proved to be pre-
cisely the sum demanded, in principal
interest, and fees, for the discharge of
the mortgage on our place. He then,
after returning the money to the bag and
setting it aside for the purpose he had
designated, and taking the hand of my
mother, who seemed inclined to remon-
strate, but could not force the words for
it from her quivering lips, tenderly but
with an air that seemed to forbid any
attempt at refusal, said to her:
"Accept it-don't hesitate to accept
Il I
charged at once; and then all your i'm
mediately pressing anxieties will be re-
lieved, and soon you will find those
brighter days the God of the widow has
kept in store for you. And now, as my
time is quite limited, it only remains for
me to say, as do most sincerity and kind
ly, heaven bless you, dear madam, hea-
ven bless you. Farewell !"
was present during the whole Of this
interview between Gen. Washington and
my mother, heard every word they both
said, and saw all the money counted
down on the table, and feel very conf
dent that [ have neither taken from nor
added to anything that there took place.
On leaving the house Gen. Washing
ton Immediately mounted his horse and
rode away leaving us quite unable for a
while to realize this unexpected visit,
and the still more unexpected benefac-
ton of the illustrious visitor.
AS Mr. Warren was ascertained to
have been . man Of integrity and of an
unbroken memory, there is but little
doubt respecting the truth and authen
ticity of the above related incident, which
while it involves testimony highly honor
able to the heroic leader of the Green
Mountain Boys, furnishes a new and
beautiful Illustration Of the elevated and
benevolent character Of Washington.