The Daily Dispatch: April 26, 1862., [Electronic resource]

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Patriotism.

--An officer of the Wise Legion, under date of April 25th, thus narrates an act of true patriotism, which he very well says, in this our struggle to drive the Yankees from our soil, deserves commendation and remembrance as an example to others more rich "in this world's goods." Our correspondent says it came under his observation during the present week, while boarding at the Columbian Hotel, in this city. He adds:

‘ "Mary Ann Smith, a chambermaid in this hotel, has given out of her wages ($7 per month) the sum of $30 to aid in the prosecution of this war — to wit: $15 to the Life Insurance Company, to feed the soldiers; $5 worth of clothing, consisting of shirts, drawers, handkerchiefs, &c; $5 in cash to Mrs. Spence, and $10 to the Gunboat Association, $5 of which an old woman (free) who Mary Ann has in her employment as a washer woman, has given; but her generous employer, regarding the act as almost giving away her bread refunded her the money, thus contributing thirty dollars out of her daily wages of twenty-three and one-third cents, to fight the battles of her country. Can such generosity be too highly estimated? Why the chambermaids and old washerwomen will defend Richmond! Mary Ann says she will increase it to the sum of $50 as soon as the gunboat is put under contract."

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