Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-27

and comeureof hfoGp16 Generai
Clarke wns ! manef very simple hab-
is and unpssssu110uD w1ys. me
posE-bui1dinGs - E0ft yancoGver
comprised i1rxe eentrai headquarters.
and Ia crssent mn there extended
On either side row on snng buildings
Of les pretentIohs Appearances. The
berracks were furfher down. and the
uuarferunaoker md eommisssry quar-
fers near the rivsr. Il II the hand
sonaess military post N the United
States, with is magnificent location.
lust back Of the old Hudson Bay
Company Chief Factor's site. upon
the Columbia, the scenery unequaIed,
with MI Hood in his eternal covering
Of snow far % the north, the snowy
peaks Of MI. s. Helens, Mt. Jeffer-
son. NJ. Adams and towering Mt Ia
coma or Raiaier. Ill visible from the
river. But the post has lacked inn
provement and adornment. With
all Of Harney's arbitrary habits-and
he vas Inperious-he had taste and
cared NOS foe expense. He felt the
dignity Of his position and sustained
n Genersl Clarke had Allowed the
he.dnuarfers To be used as q sor. of
general quarters for the officers. and
chose for his own one of the smaller
buildings. General Harvey changed
This. he took the Headquarters for
his own, and be began Improvement
and emkellishment allaf his own ex-
pense. The
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1soIonel I Hooker Then ! civilian
was the ouest al Cantain Inpals. III
was proposed that we should all call
on General Harvey together. We
rode up in the ambulance and made
the Merry Christmas visit. Captain
Alfred Pleasanton was General Har-
Iney's adjutant; solomon his faithful
servant II was rare egg nog we had,
and the General appraised US that he
had made arrangements for o dinner
party at 6 o'clock--the list TO COM
prise ourselves, DIR. Barnes Major
Keyes and Captain Pleasanton. The
round of the Post bad to be perform.
ed-the egg-nog at Major Alvord' s, Of
Major Wyse's-and Mrs. Wyse was
as accomplished as she was hand
some--ats Major Keyes, at DIR.
Barnes, at the mess-room of the lieu
tenants. where Lawrence Kip. as 9
Californian, gave our party especial
welcome, and then at Lloyd Brooke's,
Captain Ingalls, confidential agent,
where Mrs. Brookes, daughter oil
General Hamilton of Portland, had
prepared - 's
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Captain i1sahs' soionsl ~: uooAea
anu uly sell, aiu ses esea ~ sne qaar
.erihas.er qual'c.s 'nas a,.sInooh-
some,llne lappliy, me u . nav
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man! Les, PIT, We couiu hase walA
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anu MOI Win mln'aly pfcc'slon, per.
maps ali nos = m'ilsay man YOU
SNOW ou. VIC woolu na'o sos mere,
| lor .he uouu.lui nulus iau pioVieeo
ieast Oh .eriapihs aun accessories.
an. a great man y nu,us ingalls,,
now genera' Iee'Ieu, anu one .. tne
most Ia,tnIul OF lr,ends, WIN 2 orain
eqaaiieu ouiy W MS ileal.. ~ was
very aarK al . o ciock, Wnen we sep
ara.eq ifom ihgaiIs quarters LOT zen,
erai hainey s. as we approaensd
not ! i;ehs shone above or below in
any window. But we were in duty
bound to respond to the invitation to
dinner. Hooker Knocked. Solomon
came to the door. We were asked
into the front sitting room. with only
hanging curtains and tapestry sepa-
rating it from the fine dining. room:
the large fireplace had not the blaz-
ins fire of wood piled no on the end
which General Harvey was fond of
watching. darkness reicned No 9th
ers of the invited. as Announced Inv
the General that morning were there
The situation was embarrassing
Pleasanton did not put in his appear.
ance--the most courteous and smil.
inc Of ven,lemen Only 4 candle
lighted me room. But AT lencth the
cnrtains narted and In came the
General himself In stately form with
that d;gnitv which imnressed and
vet with an air and manner sinrular
He greeted ne He sat and thar.