Vol. XXXV. PHILADELPHIA, JULY, 1849. No. 1.


A BIOGRAPHY

OF MAJOR-GENERAL STEPHEN WATTS KEARNY, U. S. A.

[WITH AN ENGRAVING]

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BY FAYETTE ROBINSON.

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Few men who have ever been in the service of the United States have enjoyed a more enviable reputation than Stephen Watts Kearny, or have left behind them more admiring friends. The recent death of this excellent soldier, and above all his distinguished services, covering a space of more than forty years, make his career at this time peculiarly an object of interest to the country.