The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-20

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did not consider it practicable to re-
tain Gen. Vim. s. Harvey, who passed
away last week at Orlando, Fla, at
the head of the army when the last
war broke out, for a more fearless
man never existed. Jefferson Davis
remarked once that Harvey was ply
sically the finest specimen of a man he
ever saw, and this has been said as a
rule by every stranger who ever met
met him.
He was fond of telling. a number OF
years ago, before he got in his dotage,
and fell an easy prey to the designing
harpies who coveted his money,
stories about his early experiences.
Lincoln was a great friend of Har-
news. and never saw him without re-
winding him that he owed him his
life. Harvey did not bear him the
slightest grudge for relieving him OF
his command in 1861, as he knew that
it was impossible for Lincoln to resist
the political pressure brought to bear
on him by Frank p. Blair and others.
The Lincoln episode occurred dur
ing the Black Hawk war, when Har-
new was Captain of a company OF regu-
lars, and his friend was captain OF a
company of volunteers. One day
Lincoln suggested that he and Harvey
should pick out four or five shots from
their commands and go cunning for
Indians on their own hook.
Harvey agreed, but inquired
whether Lincoln knew anything
about Indian fighting. He frankly
said he did not, but considered him
self a good shot. Harvey told him
that would do for a start, but advised
him never to look in front OF him for
a redskin, but to look out for his
TANKS.
Soon after starting they saw signs
of the Indians. Harvey, who was
following his usual plan of watching
the TANKS. saw a redskin drawing a
bead on Lincoln, levelled his rifle and
fired. He used to tell that in 1882 he
was at dinner at General Taylor's
headquarters, when the General said
to him.
sHarney. there is a young woman
right near us in st. Louis able to pay
for this whole mess every day in the
year, and you had better do a little
~courting.n
He followed this very practical adj
vice. and was too fine a specimen of a
handsome trooper to go on snch g.
ouest in vain. He was married in
1888 to Miss Mullanphy.
Mullanphy and his miserly ways had
been the talk of ST. Louis for years.
1t was said that only one fire was
kept up in his house, and that, for
convenience. was in the principal
room. and the clothes were dried be-
fore it. This did not signify much,
as there was no carpet to be spoiled.
This was all the better, perhaps, for
his two daughters, neither of whom
passed happy lives and needed the,
consolation afforded by enormous
means.
The other daughter married about
the same time as gallant a young Of
ficer as Harvey himself, Major Thomas
Biddle, brother of Nicholas, and of the
Commodore, who was killed in a duel
somewhat later on, which made a
great excitement in st. Louis. lie felt
SO outrageously insulted by his oppo-
nent that he insisted that they should
fight over a handkerchief.
General Harney's wife was a noble
woman, with a VAR heart and un-
bounded liberality; too much so, as 1T
since has proved for her children. she
and General Scott's wife We're alike in
one respect. They both agreed to disa-
gree with their partners. Generai Har-
new and his wife were the best OF
friends when they met, which was o
too often.
Not many years after the marriage
Mrs. Harvey went abroad with her
three children, two daughters and a
little son who had hip disease. II the
General had a deep rooted dislike 1T
was a regular old fashioned American
one to the parleyvoos, and he did not
regard with much favor the gradual
Frenchifying of his family. The
daughters were brought up IN the
Convent of the Sacred Heart at Paris,
and in the regular French fashion.
The mother of a nobleman who had
heard of the American heiresses, in
dulging in her yearly weeks retreat at
this convent. met n of the girls and
aftervard visited her mother, and the
arrangements for her marriage with
the Count de Thury were soon com
pleted.
The sister, somewhat later. married
his cousin the Viscount de None. The
General did not object to de None
when he met him, for ne was a man
after his own heart, a brave officer.
He was rather unfortunate, however,
as he was always associated with
Bazaine. He and his wife lived in the
court with Macmillan, and poor Cor
letta, while they were in Mexico, and
still later, was with the rest of
R~azaine's staff in Sedan. with that de-
spised general.
Mrs. Harvey died in 1864. She had
always provided the mess for the Gen
eral in the most sumptuous manner.
His home in the suburbs of st. Louis
occupied an entire square, and here
he was able TO live right royalty, dis
pensing an unlimited hospitality. He
had any number of French cooks and
other domestics to look after his com
forts.
With the exception of the girls mar
rage portions, and some slight provi-
sion for the son. John, 1t was under
efood that Mrs Harnay disnlavod her