Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-02-16
: $500 IlI}SUN BRACE.
THE T!ORDLY HUDSON.
WESTINGHOUSE WOC!NG AND WAR
FARE ON IT'S BANKS.

He Courtei! nud Was Refused and q Score
of Years later Fought ans, Won on the
Scene OF His Early Disappointment
Romance of y River.
The Hudson river and various points
along its banks TEEN with historic glory.
To one who is familiar with the record
Of the colonies that afterward became
the United States of America the lnen-
ton of the name evolves a panoramic
retrospect that has all the gorgeousness
of a dream and the solidity Of fact.
There was the old Dutcll111aI who sailed
up the stream looking for a waterway to
the Indies. Following the explorer came
dam, and later the city Of New York,
while at the head Of tidewater, nearly
ITO miles from the bay. rose the trading
post Of Albany. afterWard destined to be
the capital of the Empire State, and
Car above there frowned, as they still do
today. the Adirondacks, probably tho
Oldest mountain range on the face Of the
globe 1t was from g boat On the upper
Hudson that the Indians carried John
con, the noted English general, to tho
| healing waters" Of the Saratoga springs.
It was on the Hudson that West Point,
the famous military academy, was es-
tablished. On that stream Fulton
launched his steamboat, and near it's
banks lived Washington Irving.
But the chief historical charm, Of the
lower Hudson particularly, is associated
with the events of the Revolution and the
mighty name Of Washington. From
Garrison's down to the sea the land on
both banks teens with splendid memo
| ries Of sacrifice, romance and patriotism,
although in one place the beautiful pic
ture of heroism and endsavor is tinged
by the dark stain Of treason. Wherever
a mansion still stands in which the Father
of His Country slept for night it is
! known and visited as washington s
| headquarters" and there are several Of
| them. Two, though, have about them
that air of love OF tragedy with which
many delight to associate Il great mans
! name.
! It was at the manor house of her fam
lily in what is now the city Of Yonkers
that Mary Phillipse was born 1862 years
ago. Washington met and wooed her in
1855, but she refused lis addresses and
| by SO doing possibly changed the fate Of
the colonies. When the conflict with
England began q score of years later
| she and the rest Of her family espoused
! the Tory cause, and rs q result they
were attained for treason and their
property coniscated. The turn of the
wheel of fortune brought Washington to
the manor house again, not as a wooer,
| but as a warrior. He made the mansion
his headquarters before and after the
battle Of White Plains, and again took
| possession Of it in 1881 while his army
camped on Locust hill.
The house is a fine old structure, built
with the sturdi1less and honesty Of pur-
pose for which the architects and me.
chanics of the colonial period We're noted,
and is now the principal official building
! occupied by the Yonkers city govern
! ment Where the the ninuet was
! danced and the Christmas feast was
served. where brides came home. to be-
come stately matrons and mothers, d
court now sits, and blue CARRIED officials
| go in and out Of the doors that were
won't to open in welcome to gentlemen
who wore small swords, satin coats,
knee breeches and lace rufies at collar
| and at wrist.
The sister of Mary, Washington's scorn-
full sweetheart, was Susannah Phillipse,
who married Beverley Robinson and
went to housekeeping in the old family
mansion. which stood on the east side OF
road leading to Peelkslill, about a mile
below Garrisons station. This place
was called the Beverley House, and
around it centers the story of the treason
of Renef3;ct Arnold. It consisted of three