The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-08-20
THE HERO OF THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The public siIl be glad to learn something
vi Gen. Bedford Forrest, the man who cap
trred Murfreesborongh and two regiments Of
Yankee troops with small force. The At
lanta Confederacy says;
General Forrest is about As years old, is
SIX feet two inches in altitude, weighs rs
pounds, has no surplus flesh. is erect, well
prupoftined, and moves with great ease. He
has dark comPlexiOn, black hair. and thin
blackboard He has aful and expansive fore
head. black, piercing eyes, deep set, heavy
eyebrows. and stern bHtnotunpleasantface
Firmness and courage are stamped in every
lineament Of his features, which are greatly
set OF by the most perfect and beautiful set
Of teeth we ever saw. lie Is a native of
Tennessee. His father was Kentuckian,
and the son of an emigrant from Holland,
who accompanied Daniel Booae 10 the viii
derness Of Kentucky IN ancient days. Bed
ford was brought up on farm, and is famil-
lar with the use Of the axe. the knife, and
rifle. lie first commenced horse trading on
small scale. Then he got hold Of fast
quarter nag, and in one year made "a 600
oct o. trip through Mississippi and Loai-
sia1a. Stopping at Hernade. Miss, at the
SIMMER races, he won good pile of cnrren
cy, and finally, at the close Of the week,
took deed 10 The landlords premises, and
openel Up hotel in Hernando, in North
Mississippi. Here he kept a hoieP and
dealt 10 horses for several years. In the
Etaatitne Ie married beautiful and accom-
flsisd ally, by whom be has an only son,
spr gftlS I'D u Is years
When Memphis began 10 look up, owing
20 hef rsilroad and river facilities, and The
praspscfnf Il iapidlg becoming great city,.
Col. Forrest sold out, moved 70 Memphis,
where 10 few years, BY his energy. probi-
y, ard fine judgment, he amassed a large
fortune. III has frequently been Alderman
q t1e city lie always took an active aud
decided part upon every public measure.
and generally carried bis point IN everything
calculated y enhance the interest Of the CT
". lie ABLY advocated every public i'm
proyement, ard soon stood at the head of the
able fnancial business. men Of that fast and
fiOurishing eiiy.
Three years aga be purchased a large boz
dy Of hotiem lands ii B1iisar county, Mis-
sissippi. He selected, from time to time,
one hundred ofthe likeljcstaegr that came
INTO the Memphis msiket-hitg Of each sex
-sBd stocked his plantation. II Is said 10
be the best selected ard istliest LOT of ne.
grees ever seen on one plantation.
iie had retired from trade aud was spend
~ u, time mostly on bis pantalion when
Tie war broke out. After Tennessee sece-
ded, and ne blockade was established, ne
"entir person to Cincinnati and 81. Louis,
en- Ooagal horses, arms and aceoutrements
Tor fsfsiry regiment. which he had raised,
snd brought them all through safely TO Mem.
PMS, since which time he has been engaged
q 4 number Of brilliant skirmishes and
fgits,
Us VS. a. Fort DOnelson, Is one Of the
men VIM refused u be surrendered, and BE
y ~ mau who cut bis way through the en-
EN-! ines with his command, sustaining
but lliile loss. Al shiloh he was in the
lh'shest Of Ire ligl.i, rendering the most i'm
pOhani services, shere be received Sc we're
wound Bat. thank heaven, he i again him.
seii and II his slirups. 'sp
us iate dsshins eTploiu shout chattanoo-
~ especially is brilliant achievement
q al4tlfessbnrups and d scatiare 81 Leb. /
IN are'tf'sh III fhe mind. IN III our read J.
e'', ai Forrest i ast IN edacatcl