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Major-General N. B- Forrest
we nua in one o^pur excnanges tne ioiiow-!
. ing spirited sketch 01 the ''War Eagle" of the j
Stfuthvwest;.
In reviewing the military character of this : ,
great chieftain. It is only necessary to refer '
briefly, to bis many unexampled feats of arms' 1
from the time the toesiD of war first sounded J
summoning every true h.orije tlireatning des- '
" 'truction to our dearest political rights, to our '
, ^sacred alters and f hearth-stones,, down to the (
'time of the preseqt writing.
We find him in the ranks ^with a- musket,'
but his great eenius, powers of endurance and vj
indomitable energy soon parked him an cx
traordary man, not tabe condemmed to obsca- (
ity. He soonwon- the confidence of his comrades
and by the assistartye' of Governor Isham ,G.; 'Harris
fwho ever annreciates nieritl was nro
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'"'motcdtoa regiment of cavalry. This regi-.
ment, under life judicious command, be> came J
' teoon pre-eminent as the best and ilfinest in the
service. ItS'Uctions under its galldnt leader \
are familiar to alL wEo shared; in the battle of (]
Fort Donelson, February 10, 1S62. Afterwards
ityroteoted the rear of the army in its i
retreat- to the Jeonessoe River, took u preem.
lDent and distinguished part in the. battle of j
< Sbiloh, and crowned all with the capture of i'
' Murfroesboro, with 1,900 prisoners, only mm- j
^(bering itself 800. Colonel Forrest's services '
^vere now recogurtcd by the Waft Department, '
and the rank of brigadier general of cavalry '
< was justly conferred up?o him. when Gen. f
. Bragg'^ army, after the Kentucky campaign, ;
moved into Middle Tanne#3cc5 General Forrest
was ordered to Columbia and Spring Hill, to
protect the left flank of our atnyr, th,e. enemy
then occupying Nashville,a By frequent skir-.lnishes
apd dashes on their outposts, he kept
t the enemy constantly annoyed. In NovemI
ber, 1862, with hist brigade ofiekvalry ana
one battery, he: moved jnto, Wjpst Tennessee,
fCaptiyed LeJfngton, Humboldt., and fought the
Ivriflo nf PoilVor'e ^oRni/la locfinrr fit'ft VtAtirc
VtMiviv ytr JL HCAVI u/ ^'iwwuoj <nv tiwui^
took 2,500 prisoners*; two pieces of artillery i
fully ecpuipped, '.seventy five wagons, beside# '
.burning otbdrs, destroyed effectually one.hun- 1
dred and fifty, miles of railroad, and *?4,000,- j
000 worth of stores, killing aodVonuding 1,200 1
with only a.less of 150 men, returning to Mid- 1
die Tennessee witV two'^rigades of cavalry and
' two batteries ofa^tillry. 'v lu
* In the eotjy part of 1863,*his engagements |
v around*Nashville, the battles of Fort Donelwin
Not 2, Brentwood, Thompson's. Station,
Fjjmklin, Triune,japd thecapture of the famous |
Streight raiding party .again evinced his ability,
skill ge"hJS- Efficient service was 1
rendered by hitn, too, in the evacuation of [
Mi 'die Tennessee and at the battle of Cbickanaauga,
where ke defend an important flank
* movement of the enemy.
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At this era of hie bright and rising career, (
many obstacles'were tbrowp in Jbis ^patli by (
. the eomftianding general. lie was. deprived
of his old brigade, placed in com mand1 of new
undisciplined troops, and" ordered to report to
a junior officer, whose name and services were''
scarcely known, h;s only recorueodation beiug ^
the partiality of the . general commanding.
1 Notwithstanding this injustice and thenutra'ged
! sense qf the array and people, be. set an example
of. sdlf-abnegation and lofty -patriotism,
submitting without a murmur. In October,.
he applied to be sent with lite brigade and one
battery to.Nj^h Itfissiastppi and.^Test Tennessee,
anefbeinejrefuse'd, tendered bis resignation,
v not to quit the service, (far from it!) but to ,,
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place oimsen iu UU uuiuncitru jjuguiuu tu reu*
* dcr more effectual service in the cause be 'waB !
heart aud soul^.devoted to. HuP resignation 'A
was refused, Hut .helfas permitted to .jbarry
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with him MnDonodgb's battalion (the remnant
of his old regiment) and Morton's battery,
numbering together 280 men, to his new field
of actioBj1 and" endowed with autfiority to raise
a new onjtnand. On the 1st of November,
lfifift. bp bniln tll/i flpm# nfJflnnoccM itiMmall
aod ruovcd with his' brave and devoted band
through tbe ^beleguaripg lines of thp Federals,..
stretching from. Memphis to Corinth. In the
incredi&b}e space of three weeks, he collews,
organizes and brings out in safety, from West
Tennessee, twojirigades?Bell's and Richard-'
sou's, (now Necty's). The* War Department.
was aguyj made to-, notice his valuable services,
and conferred on him the rauk of Major-Gen-*
eral?a .position long deserved. His skillful;
management of affairs in North Mississippi!
and West Tennessee calls forth praise from .
every tongue. Bis successful repulse of Sniith
and Griersoii at West Point, with their lar|e
well organized foroe of cavalry, driving them
back in confusion to mem^his?thus defeating
Sherman's expedition to Meridian; and neoessitiug
his return (OgWieksbuag?was of incalculable
beuefit to tiro country, saving, no doubt,
Selroa and Mon^omery, and preventing our
irtny ia Georgia from being flanked.
Forrest caopot Jemain idle. *"On the
2d of March, 18G4, be organized an expedition
uto West Tennessee aud Kentucky, with
Buford's Kentucky brigade, lately added- to
tlis command, captured Union Cit/, Paducah,
I^ort Pillow, received large t accessions to his
command, and Returned to Tupelo to rest his
iaded horseyf and wearied racu.
His restless spirit and indefatigable energy
;pou found more work to So. .0" the 1st of
June, he .determined on a raid into Middle
Tennessee in Sherman's irear which prohiised
to be ouc of the greatest of the wnr^bafc baring
attained to within one day's n^trch of the.
Tennessee llivcr,.he was suddenly recalled to
Dieet the eiieniy moving in force on Tupelo.
Ho encountered,tbem with ]*jjfbrdl? division*
^Gen. Chalmers beiog then absent in Alabama,)
2,500 strong?a't;Tishnniingo ( reck. The op- .
posing force under Sturgis and ^h-ierson nuin-^
bored 10,000. V After four hours of ' severe
?.ghtiu& often band to band, he drove them
From ttijfe field. This victory has not its parallel
fn the bistory of the war?2,000 prisoners
inpiurea, aoouc cue same number killed and
wounded, ten piecs of artillery, 300 wagons
ind ambulance.*, 400 000 roimds of ammunition,
large-quantities of quartermaster., commissary
aud medical- stores, with only the loss
if 450 killed and wounded. The rout was as
complete-as that of the first ManassaS. ' *
A month*had scarcely elapsed wheu he was
jgain called on to repclra heavy force of 10,'
300, under the command? of A. J! ,Smith?
Glrierson commanding the Cavalry. This ex- a
peditiuu was aVowejlly to nnnihilfie Forrest's ,
command and to* devustate the .rich praire
sxtcndiug fro^ OkulourfVto Muconi An en- ,
Eagementtook^Iace it Ilarrisburg, in which,
after severe figlmn<:, the enemy wijre compelled ,
to retire discomfited to Memphis.
Before the expiration of another month,
with dogged pertinacity, they confronted Ijiitt j
again at Oxford with a lurgerand more formidable
force
By a movement only to be conceived by bis
unequalled gbnius and daring, he, with the ?f
utmost celerity, withdraws from their front, '
ind is next thundcriog at Memphis. Having <
ileaft his blow be is out of the eneny's reach,
nay, had returned before they were fully advised
of bis absence. This masterly movement
jausedifSmith with bis defiant hordes to beat
a hasty retreat'to Memphis thus again redeeming
the country from threatened devastation.
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Gen. Forrest' has captured over 25,000
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^119'iubiO} nwgut luuuuiouuic uavi/JCS SUU 11HB
never known deffct. He does not fight by
Hardee's or Wheeler's bat tactics peculiarly his' ]
bwn; his being to ^pal bard blows where pbey 1
tyll be. m03t felt. . ''Forrest can't be whipped/'' i
is the received ajupA of his troops, and no *|
leader ever possei&ed utore the love and con'- 2
fidence of those, he commands. Whenever he 1
says "go," all are eager to be first and foremost; <
but his favorite expression is "come 011/' and t
the Tanks invariably do the "goinga." ' When j
bis tall, commanding form is seen moving' to 1
the front, with the Jjattle light in h% eyes, 1
enthnsiasm, like a sudden ffasb of electricity, (
nervades the ranks." and the imnetnmia ?"K.i
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that follows^ carries everything irresistibly *
before it. He. has been wounded four nme'h' *
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in battle, and though always in the thickest nl
the frav, bears a charmed life. Kind Providence
will protect him and continue him as a
deliverer of the people. The citizens of Tennessee,
Alabama, Ge^or^ia, Mississippi, in fact
everywhere he goes,*" regnrd him with the
profoundest gratitude and admiration. Oui
nnimlpir mnn intftlir nrM./t nf km, ts tel.!
vwuum j uiujr igci j uoi kj ywuu ui uiui ot: mv
greatest cavalry chieftain of the age, for he
possesses tfce br.ivery of Ney, the dash oi
Murat, tampered with the consumati judgment
and imperturbable calm of the "man of battles"
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MONDAY MORNING ? T. 17No
news by Jdegraph this morning.
Pierre Socle, it is stated, will settle in France oi
Germany. ? i\i*
A Tlilfliilp (New York) Journal makes the following
statement: '-Mrs. George H Pendleton recently
m that if there was one thing in the life ofher father
which she regretted, if was thut her father had1 written
tho Star Spangled Banner"
The New York Herald complains that few Fneland>
with so small a population, has a preponderating- iri.
fluenco over Netv York," and oilier large States' in Ithe
national councils, and contrives to mnke tliem bear
the burthens and perils of the war while rsbe- reaps
the profits.
' A late dispatch from Sprinefleldi 111., sajB: Substitutes
command a high price here, one selling for as
high s.% $1500 7?hc substitutes are mostly negroes,
who are readilv accepted in lieu oi white men. 'Good
healthy negroes are worth from^GOO to $800 in this
market. , .
A Washington despatch says it is understood thatnrran/enients
areeont.empla.ed :or the purchase of tho
Cotton 61' the irisuirectio;.ary States on Government
acwunt^nd.ageiit^will soon . be appointed at New
Urlciiits, Men.phis and other pojnts for that purpose,
under the act passed July last.
' The New York JJerald is in tronble. This is the
eleventh liour'of the Frt sidemial campaign, and na
man liajh liired it. It spends its time in condemning
the advocates of both cgcdidatrs for want of skillTHnd
mnRraoccasional advances io each byway of illbstras
ting its ovjn gifts ar?i capabilities as a partisan. But
bo far it remains'pcglected?perhaps Bennett puts his
price too high this time.
It EVOCATION OF -"DETAILS?\ FpKTHER ODDER?
"G'eneraH ?rders just published, 'supercedes
"Geileral Orders No. 7G." It differs from the latter in
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gevoral particulars, tot chiefly in thi-?, that whereas
Order 76 retired all Chiefs ofDepauUtetrts and Heads
ofBnrequx to forward to the Generals of Reserves
listsp/tholr detailed men "within the next twenty
days," Order 7f4equires said .Chiefs *of Bepartraauts
and Heads of Bureaux to- forward the sarfie "immediately,"
and to "certify in each case ol a person * between
'eighteen and forty-ftve years, thMe wlio are ex-'
perta ' and absolutely indispensable- lor the public
service.1'
Important from Geobgta.?It ia' more than whis[?red."8^js
the Macon Confcfcrafe of Thursday, that an
iss&olt in force is won to be made by the Confederates
apongthe most important point.in'-Georgia held by the
3nemy.' Under'the motives which havo regulated our
jditomd conduct, in subordinating those colnmnswholiy
to the grand object of Southern Independence, we
eel that, we cannot safely descend to particulars, and
jive o?r readers $>e henClit of the particular^of the
jra'nd enterprise now maturing to rid -the Empire State
if the South from the foot of the oppressor. Events,
to trust,swi!l shortly u?ll tho tale. In the irfeantime
ve say to every reader pg* watch and wait.
Suppression of a-Paper.?-The baltimore
Evening Post was suppressed for placing a buletin
upon its board announcing a "feaifuj riot
n Cincinnati, dnring which a Lincoln club
iroccssion from^Kentucky fired upon^ the citi:ens,
men, women anft children, several being
ijHcd and wounded." This act created gre^t
incitement among fbe soldiers and citizens, and
he military commandant issued an order- snp
messing the paper, "to prevent not ana periaps
bloodshed in this city, and to save the
juiiding'jn which the Poat was published from
jcstruction."
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We confess small faults by way of ihainiiaing
that we have no great one*.
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F McCi.ei.lan's Chances.?Prentice, of'<tho
Louisville Journal, is now, for the first time,
i supporting a Democratic nominee, and has*
commenced making calcolations as* to thechances
,for the . sneresa of hia favorite. He
$avsj? Songresshaving refused to admit the
"vote^jf those States which have passed ordii
fiances df secession, Ute number of clectoriald
t votes to be cast in November*wi)I be 231, an(h:
it wilf retpilre 116 votes for an election. Th'e-;
twenty-four voting States now?Kansas and?
W?$t Virginia having been added since tlie-?
'last Presidential election?polled an aggregate
vote of lySG4,G13 for Lincoln, and 2,024,040
for the opposing candidates, so that Lincoln"\vas
in a popular minority of lo9,427, although*
he obtained a majority of the electoral votes. . ?
W ere these States to vote this year as tlioy did
ir. I860, Lincoln would receive* 188 and McClellan
35. Luton 1862,. New York, Pemi.
sylvanix, Ohio, Indiana and Il.inoia,' gave opposition.
mnj0rilic5,_\;uying from 3,500 tolG,546,
and it cannot be doubted tlrtit the administration's
changes of policy wiil-.'iticreasc those
majorities in 18G4.. They,give one hundred '
" and nine electoral votes, orbut seven less than
are necessary to a choice, and we can. draw on
New Jersey for that number, oc'. on e?r own
glorious Kentucky for foeven.
Dinner as an Educator.?You wiJl find
that a great deal bf character is imparted and'
received at the table. Purepts too ofrcn'forget
this j and th&uefore instead of 3waliowing?
your food in sullen sileoc.e, iflstead of brooding' . i
,Over your business, irtsteiKPof talking, about. ~
others, let .the conversation at (he table he. genial,
kind, social, and cheering.' Do not bring:
disagreeable things to the table iu your conversation,
any more than you would in your
dishes. Fur this reason, too, the more good!
company you have ef the table the better for
your children. Every ' conversr'tinh with
Oiimnnn tt nf rnnw iVil/m la ? ?? n/1 Jnn^
vuipaiijf t??ui im/icc in au cuutmui VI lUli"
fa mil}'. Hence the intelligence and the refinement
and fbe appropriate behavior of tlie^
family which i9 given to hospitality. Never
feel that iuHligent visitors can be anything:
but a blessing to you and yours. How few
have fully gotten L'oro of the fact that company
and Conversion at the table are no small part
of education.?Dr.-To/Id. '
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A tcriffic hurricane passed over the coiin
try in the sectiort of Mattuon, III., a short time
since. Its approach was heralded by a dense
black cjond lising, rapullv in the west, and
rnshilig with, fearful velocity - over the' prairi<v v'ii,
accompanied by tremendous discharges of eleq?
tricity, which fairly sjjook the earth like an>
earthquake. It struck the . Central railroad
track at Mattoon, unroofing and blowing down-buildings
and carrying a#ay every movable'
thing in its path. A loaded freight train on? m
the Illinois Central railroad, north, was lifted
hodilv and turned over beside ami across ithe
track. Some of-the cars were smashed to*
splinters, while others were merely unroofed!
and'the freight little injured. One car was- ,
carried half a mile. ]Sales of cotterr, hogsheads
of tobacco, barrels of flour and fragments of tile
cars were strewn over a large extent on either
side of the track.
CAPtuRED.?On Tuesday last a small squad'
of "American gentlemen of African descent,""
who had a few nights since, stolen horses or
mules and escaped their "rebel" masters,.'
passed, through this place in charge of their
captors. They were overhauled inlhe ricinifvr
T .1 of ? C AW /v? T) _ ? itv - - 1
ui i^tuuuum OI<CIIAI>II VJI tuc u"t-urgiu xuniroQQ^
not having had time to pass into the Yankee- >
lines. None of them were armed, but three- *
of the number were shot before they "run up""
the white flag. .
Beadq'rs En Office,
UAMDKN, S. C., Oct 14, 1884.
PURSUANT TO ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR
'(^neral's Ordfr No. 77, heretofore published, all;
detailed men, and those whose opplicHtionB are pending
and all liplit duty men. who aie nnassipied, and!
all who have no certificate of exemption from ezamin-.
inpr Board or exempted under recent Acrs ofConKrees,
who are not in active service between 18 and 45 'are
hfcehy ordered to report promptly at this office pre? * ? '
pared to go forward io Camp of Instruction.
> W. WALLACE,
Oct 16 3 , Act B. 0 K. D.
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