Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-11

To tie Hon the Seaate and assembly:
Since your adjournment IN April last,
orr State hss been thrown into deep mour-
ning by the sad and sudden death OF its
Chiea Magistrate the Hon Louis p. Har-
vey, who on the 18th day OF April 1862,
lost hls life ut Savannah, IN tAe Tennes-
s'cs5d si' by the 81 pe5bEIe fEI ePot VI t sac qg g &
Jae Hf-t wac ms oaeu reno Ell oT ds1tsI
-to.n =ou. lnl4s5 .le clrculls l..lto5s .es.si-
NJ 10 an surrounding Gne tragic ana mel
.,ncio eau o t4e 4ouoeei -.nI iamenged
deceased are W IA known lo cue people,
.II are wioA nis m=taors treasured ap II
5ue.r hearts, II 4se1 #hiJe ia he cSer-
else ui gLe h.s3sss tlUtIes 90 philanthropy
and humanity chat u noble Impulse uad
imposed upon hIm. Wisconsin and the
Union have not lost truer son IN this
struggle against tue government and Con
stItutIoH.
Without intending here rccapitulato
the circumstances OF the dea1n ol Cover
nor Harvey which are 50 ,5eiI known and
remembered by ali, | fee! called upon to
mention TO you the names andacts OF some
AMONG the many - 10 are worthy o. thanks
ana consideration for their ezerlons n re
covering and bringing back 90 our state
Sac earthly remains oI orr Iate Chief Ma
-ls5raJe ou1 before these, .e5 me first
mention tlH name oi Dr. T. 3. Cldr& OF
,,aoine, wno re-ardiess 81 his own life
boldly, though va.niy, threw himself into
the dangerous stream to save the life of
GOV. Harvey Though uusu :cessful, the
act was not the less noble.
Ine little party OF men from Wiseon-
sin VINO had voluntarily accompanied ghe
Governor on ais mission OF mercy, remain
ed / = many DAYS after the sad event. en-
doavoring 10 recover his remains Among
them the exertlons OF Hon. Edward H.
l5rodhead and surgeon General Z. B Vol
cott 0 Milwaukee, VIII be reIuembered.-
No present nopes OF finding the body they
oHe.ed a reward oi $1,000 or is recovery,
,tn o.fer which had no hesitation, 30 san
cJ.0n on the part ii the >late. On tn 211h
dav o. AprIi, the BODY was accidentally
discovered nj rescued from tae water,
and thanks 60 the eXersions and humanity
OF several gentlemen, 1t was bseQuenttv
recovered from the rude grave inso which
1t had been placed, and finally brought 70
Cairo. where 1t was delivered over 10 tn =.
Hon Perry ii Smith Of Chicago. The
person especially worthy OF considersl-
ton and thanks in thus re covering the
body and bringing it TO our state, are Mr.
Singleton OF Tennessee, Capt. VIM Wal
ker of the steamer LAZY Pike, Capt Eos
dick of the 29Gh Indiana Volunteers, Hon.
VIM T. Aiellen OF Cincinnati, and Hon.
T. IL Smith Of Chicago. The latter went
expressly TO Tennessee IN order 70 recor-
er the body, accompanied by j. ; Har-
yey Of Chicago brother o. the deceased.
Nhne at nicAeo, these gentlemen
learned OF 5ae finding OF the body, recei-
we'd Il there had I5 properly encaSei. and
srpu<At lt 60 hIce 20, waeFe u Was de.Iv-
cred rs tae committee charged wlth rec !
wing and escorting Il home Air 7 Ii.
smith as Vice President OF the Chicago
and North Western Railway kindly and
disinteresledly, the next day furnished an
extra train 10 the committee 10 carry homo
the remains Both the Chicago and North
Western and the Milwaukee and Prarie
du CHEN Railway Companies sent this
extra train free OF charge over t4e roads
The Mayor, authorities and citizens OF
Chicago also highly honored the remains
Of Gov. Harvey while passing through the
+ city. and Capt Rourke OF the llth Wiscon
sin battery rendered and lnrnisaed an I'M
f posing escort on that solemn occasion. /
herewith transmit 70 you copy OF let
ter OF Mr Mm. p Mellen. Government a
gent for the establishment of Oices and
Custom Houses, who was himself active
+ in the recovery of the body, and who kind
IL furnished me reliable information con
cerning 5he attending circumstances and
ali the persons that were connected there
with.
/ No oneseems TO be entitled to claim o,
has cl i1ned the reward otierei; but some
acknewledge cement Of humane and disln-
tarested services would be elllnentlv pro