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KEAENEY, PHILIP 



KENTUCKY. 



KEAKNEY, Maj.-Gen. PHILIP, an officer of 

 volunteers in the United States army, born in 

 the city of New York, June 2, 1815, was killed 

 at the battle of Chantilly, Va., September 1, 

 1862. He was of Irish descent, his great- 

 grandfather having settled in Monmouth coun- 

 ty, New Jersey, in 1716, and was a nephew of 

 Gen. Stephen Watts Kearney. He studied law, 

 but having a decided taste for military life, at 

 the age of 22 accepted the commission of sec- 

 ond lieutenant in the United States 1st dra- 

 goons, commanded by his uncle, and soon after 

 was sent to Europe by the Government to 

 study and report upon the French cavalry tac- 

 tics. To accomplish this object he entered the 

 military school at Saumur, in France, and from 

 thence went to Africa, where he joined the 

 First Chasseurs d'Afrique, as a volunteer. By 

 his daring exploits he attracted the attention 

 of the French army, and was presented with 

 the Cross of the Legion of Honor. In 1840 he 

 returned home and received the appointment 

 of aide-de-camp to Gen. Macomb, and the follow- 

 ing year was aide-de-camp to Gen. Scott, serving 

 in that capacity until 1844. In 1846 he became 

 captain of a company of dragoons, and from 

 his private means provided for his men equip- 

 ments and horses, and his corps formed the 

 escort of Gen. Scott when he made his entrance 

 into Vera Cruz. For gallant and meritorious 

 conduct at the battles of Contreras and Churu- 

 busco he was breveted major. While making a 

 brilliant charge upon a battery at the St. An- 

 tonio gate of the capital, he lost his left arm. 

 He had ordered the charge, but his men begin- 

 ning to waver under a terrific fire, he dashed 

 forward, and the troops electrified by his ex- 

 ample followed, and slaughtered the Mexicans 

 at their guns. After the Mexican war he was 

 sent to California, and commanded an expedi- 

 tion against the Indians of the Columbia river, 

 displaying during the campaign such tact and 

 courage as won him the praise of the best mili- 

 tary judges. In 1851 he resigned his commis- 

 sion, and returning to Europe, devoted several 

 years to military studies. During the Italian 

 campaign of 1859, Major Kearney served as 

 volunteer aid to Gen. Morris, a distinguished 

 officer in the French army, and upon its con- 

 clusion he received from the Emperor Napoleon 

 a second Cross of the Legion of Honor. He 

 was residing in Paris when the present war 

 broke out in 1861, and hastened home to offer 

 his services to his country, and after some de- 

 lay was appointed brigadier-general of volun- 

 teers, and placed in command of the New 

 Jersey troops, and afterward of United States 

 volunteers. He distinguished himself at York- 

 town, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, White Oak 

 Swamp, the Cross Roads, and Malvern Hills, 

 and subsequently near Washington, under Gen. 

 Pope. He was commissioned major-general 

 July 4, 1862. As a disciplinarian Gen. Kearney 

 was second to none in the army, and his troops 

 were enthusiastic in their admiration of his 

 military ability. 



KENTUCKY, the garden of the United 

 States in fertility and productiveness, had, in 

 1860, a population of 919,547 whites, 10,684 

 free colored, and 225,483 slaves, which was an 

 increase of 273,27$ during the preceding ten 

 years. The number of white males was 474,- 

 193; do. females, 445,291. 



The mortality in the State during the year 

 ending May 31, 1860, was 16,467. The most 

 fatal diseases were consumption, croup, typhoid 

 fever, pneumonia, and scarlatina. 



Of iron, there were produced 23,362 tons of 

 pig, and 6,200 tons of bar. The product of 

 iron founding was valued at $757,400 ; coal 

 mined, 6,732,000 bushels ; lumber, $2,200,674; 

 value of flour and meal, $5,034,745 ; spirituous 

 liquors distilled, $3,247,203 gallons ; do. malt, 

 74,850 barrels ; cotton goods manufactured, 

 $167,500 ; do. woollen, $1,128,882 ; leather, 

 $701,555 ; boots and shoes, $685,783 ; furni- 

 ture, $256,046; soap and candles, $486,900; 

 value of products of industry, $36,310,000. The 

 value of real and personal estate was $666,- 

 043,112; lands improved, 7,644,217 acres ; do. 

 unimproved, 11,519,059 acres; and cash value 

 of farms, $291,496,955. 



Some of the productions of agriculture were 

 as follows : horses, 355,754 ; asses and mules, 

 117,635 ; milch cows, 269,215; working oxen, 

 108,999 ; other cattle, 457,845 ; sheep, 938,990; 

 swine, 2,330,595 ; value of live stock, $61,868,- 

 237; wheat, 7,394,811 bushels; rye, 1,055,262 

 bushels ; corn, 64,043,633 bushels ; oats, 4,617,029 

 bushels; rice, 24,407 pounds ; tobacco, 108,102,- 

 433 pounds ; cotton, 4,092 bales of 400 pounds 

 each; wool, 2,325,124 pounds; peas and beans, 

 238,349 bushels ; potatoes (Irish), 1,756,532 

 bushels; do. sweet, 1,057,558 bushels; barley, 

 1,057,558 bushels; hemp (dew rotted) 33,044 

 tons; do. water rotted, 2,026 tons; do. other, 

 4,344 tons ; flax, 728,234 pounds ; maple sugar, 

 380,941 pounds; honey, 1,768,692 pounds; 

 value of home-made manufactures, $2,095,578; 

 slaughtered animals, $11,640,740 ; miles of 

 railroad, 569 ; cost of construction, $19,068,- 

 477. 



The position of Kentucky relative to the af- 

 fairs of the Union, on the whole, remained un- 

 changed during the year. Her determination 

 was to sustain the Federal Government in all 

 its measures designed for an honest restoration 

 of the Union without interference with the in- 

 stitutions of the States. A very considerable 

 portion of her citizens, however, sympathized 

 with the Government of the Confederate States, 

 and made valuable contributions to its aid. The 

 governor, in his message to the Legislature, at 

 its session, in the beginning of the year, thus 

 describes the condition of the people : 



There is no disguising the fact that the people are 

 suffering seriously in every quarter of the State for the 

 want of means to meet their engagements. Trade is 

 stopped in a great measure, and even what produce 

 finds its way to market is sold at ruinous sacrifices. 

 In regions over which the contending armies have 

 passed large amounts of property have been taken or 

 destroyed, the country has been made desolate, and 



