Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-27
GOVERNOR HOYEYS LIFE

- gu, efforts worked bis way up
until he became one or the inoS' III Luz LUZ.
tial an6 prominent men OF the west.
IL y,as horn in September, ISL AZ
Mount Vernon, Ind, which was ms
bor,o through life. His early educa1'Ou
80 limited. At thirteen he was ap-
,,rcnticed as q brickmaker, out TOUR
Tosrs later became teacher OF the to#h
s,Sool having meantime devoted MIS-
snare moments 10 study. Nh'e Vea '
inc be read law and when t"eh'y-ouo
was admitted to the bar.
Ia 1850. as a Democrat, be was eleeteG
delegate ~ the Indiana constitutional
Convention. and after taking promi-
ro,+ mar, in the deliberations oil that
bodv was elected Supreme Court judge
If bis Judicial District, serving untii
1s5I when President Pierce appointed
him District Attorney for the stare
Tror this Office he was removed Oy
president Buchanan for supporting
Stephen A. Douglas.
At the outbreak OF the war Gov. Nor
ION gave him o commission as Coroner
~ +bo Tweuty-sourth Indiana Noiun-
tsers Ia 1852 be was made full brig
.adier general. and two years later ne
was brevetted d major general Tor dis
tlnguished services.
Al Shiloh his command was proml-
rortIv engaged and in the battle OF
Champion HHl which opened the way
m the cgyture OF Vicksburg, his two
b-igades lost POP men. For winning
tb,t 6rht he was warmly praised 0y
Gen. Grant After Corln5n, ten.
Vovpv established himself at Memphis,
where he was obliged to declare martial
law. From Memphis he was ordered,
ir 1854. 10 Arkansas, where he was Tor
seven months i'm command of the East
ern department OF the state with 81, OOO
men under him.
Gen. Hovey's wife died after the fall
OF Vicksburg and he went home, out
Grant sought his help, and Gen. Hovey
look 10. GOO new Indiana troops into the
field and was with Sherman on his
march Co Atlanta and the sea. 1t was
not until the close Of this campaign
that he knew he had been brigadier-
general two years.
Gen. Hovey commanded the brigadeS
and divisions OF the army in the battles
OF Shiloh. Corintb, Port Gibson, Cham
pfon Hill, Big Black, siege Of Vicks-
burg, siege OF Jackson, Rocky-taced
Ridge. Dalton, ReSaca and Altoona
Church. After his famous Kentucky
raid be was placed in command at India
uapoliS, where be was at the close OF
the war.
Iu1s65, Just before the assassination Of
President Lincoln, Gen. HOvey was APP
pointed Minister 20 Peru, which diplo-
matte mission he held five years. In his
first year IN Peru an international cpl
sode occurred. A Spanish feet was
about 10 lombard C9lao. President
Prado was greatly alarmed. Among
other counSellorS ne conferred with Gen.
Hovey, who privately advised using inn
uroviseG tOrDedOes 20 keep the enemy at
long range. The Spanish guns out
numbered the Peruvian ten 20 one, but
the latter were very heavy and destruc-
tive ~ q distance. The suggestion was
acted uDOn, and the assailiug fleet was
checked and driven TO sea. Gen. Hovey
witnessed the affair from the decks OF
the American man-Of-war POwhatan.
"Whcn I started to go ashore" he
SAYS, "the Dictator signalled me and
met me at the waters edge, where he
threw his arms around my neck, thank
ing me again and again for my torpedo
suggestion, and even blessed me fer
vently."
Gen. Hovey's relations with the
Peruvian authorities continued very
friendly, and nearly two years later,
when revolution occurred, and Presi-
dent PradO was pursued and stoned by
the popuiace, ne sought refuge, with
his family, In the American legation,
where Gov Hovcy and a few other
Americans armed with reyolverS pro-
tected them for two days and nights.
while Minister 10 Peru he was COM
PEELED 20 return here 90 defend himself
In suits brought against him by two
men, who had been convicted through
his efforts OF conspiracy In connection
with the Indiana Knights OF the Golden
Circle This organization was broken
up by Gen. Hoyey 40 Goy.'MOrtOn'S re-
quest. The Knights were convicted
aud sentenced to death, but President
Lincoln committed their punishment to
imprisonment. Gen. Harrison was conn
sci for Gen. Hovey in the suits for re-
dress and practically won victory.
Gen. Hovey returned TO Mount Vern-
on in 1870 and quietly practiced law,
but he was not permitted TO remain in
private life, although that was his per-
Sonal desire. In 1856 the Republicans
Of the First Indiana District elected him
Congressman by a majority of nearly
1900 In district that had for four years
been carried by the Democrats. Among
the others bills be introduced was one
providing FOR pension of IS a month
for life TO every hOnOrably discharged
soldier, sailor or officer VINO served in
the army Of the United States not less
than sixty days between lS6l and 1865.
Another bill granted 100 acres of land
90 those engaged in military services
during the rebellion, and still another
was meant TO "elualize the payment Of
the officers, soldiers and sailors Of the
United States In the rebellion, who were
paid in the currency commonly called
'greenbacks.'" The speeches he made
i'm advocacy of these measures were
striking and eloquent.
Gov. HOyey while ia Peru acquired a
knowledge of Spanish and delved ia the
literature Of that country. He contrib
Uted sketches to the magazines on Peru
rian and other subjects, and wrote some
poems which attracted favorable COM
ment. Much OF his verse was full OF
pathos and romance. When he retired
from politics, as he expected TO DO when
his term Of Office expired next year, he
contemplated putting his literary pro-
auctions in book form. lie was known
TO many of his friends as "the Poet
Governor"