Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-08-13
TIE HERO OF THE MURFREEsBoRU DASH


The public will be glad to learn something of
Gen. Bedford Forrest, the man who captured MUIR
freesboro and two regiments Of Yankee troops with
small force The Atlanta Contelerdcy says:
General Forrest is about As years old, is six feet
two inches in altitude, weighs ITS pounds, has no
surplus flesh. is eject we'll propOrtioned. and moves
with great Case. Butfew men are his equal III mus
cular power. He has dark complexion, black
hair, and thin black beard. lie has full and ex-
pansive forehead, black, piercing eyes, deep, SET
heavy black eyebrows and stern but not nnpieas-
ant face. Firmness and courage are stamped IN
every linealnent Of bis features which are greatly
set off by the most perfect and beautiful set OF teeth
We ever saw. He is a native of Tennessee. his
father was Kentuckian, ard the son Of an emil
grant from Holland, who accompanied DAM boohe
to the wilderness Of Kentucky in ancient DAYS
Bedford was brought up on q farm, and is iam'ar
with the use of the axe, the knife, and the rihe' lie
first commenced horse trading on small scale
Then he got hold Of a fast quarter mug, and IN one
year made $4,000 out of trip through MISSISSIPPI
and Louisiana. Stopping at fernando, Miss. al tne
summer races, he won good pile Of currency ana
finally at the close of the week, took deed to the
landlords premises, and opened up hotel in Hell
nando, in North Mississippi. Here ne kept
hote and dealt in horses for several years. In the
meantime he married beautiful and accomplished
lady. by whom he has On only son sprightly lad
of Is years. ...... d..
When Memphis began to look up owing to her
railroad and river facilities, and the prospect of it
rapidly becoming great city, Col Forrest sold out,
moved to Memphis, where in few years, by his
energy, probity, and fine judgement, he amassed o
large fortune He has frequently been Alderman
of the CITY, He always took an active and decided
part upon every public measure and generally car
ried his point in everything calculated to enhance
the int est of the city. He ably advocated every
~ fhnt .,od Of
the atle financial business men Of that fast and
hourIsning city. 1-i ~ -
Three years ago he purchased large body Of
bottom lands in Bolivar county, Mississippi. lie
seected, from time to tine, one hundred OF tue
iik eliest negroes that into the Memphis mar
Ket--hity OF each sex-and stocked his plantation.
IL IL SAID 10 be the best selected and keest lot Of
negroes ever seen on plantation r.- .---E .st
he had retired from trade, and was spending his
! time mostly on his plantation when the war broke
out Alter Tennessee seeded, and the blockade
was established, he went in person to Cincinnati
and ST. Lonis, and bought horses, arms and accou.
| trelnents for cavalry regiment. which he had
raised, and brought them all through safely to Mem
| phiS, since which time he has BEEN engaged in a
number of brilliant skirmishes and fights.
| He was 1t Fort Donelson, is one Of the men Ohio
refused to be surrendered, and is The man Who on,
his way through the enemy's lines with his com.
mand, sustaining but little loss At Shiloh he was
in the thicksst of the fight rendering the most i'm.
Portant services whore hereceived a severe wound.
stirrups ~ ~ Esal's9' - -
ms late dashing exploits about Chattanooga, and
espec,aHy his brilliant achievement at Murfreesboro
lpe capture Of Lebanon, are fresh in the minds
an our readers Gen. Forest is not an educated man
out ne reads men correctly at glance. Heseen'
S,s anow eterysn,ns about him By intuition: W.
elegant Inequalities, and uuhssitatingy piunounc,