The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-05


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II was reported the other day that
General Forrest had been made Lieu
tenant General. We know not whether
the report be true or not; but we arc
under the impression that there is no
man in the army whose Services entitle
him to such promotion more than he
General Forrest has, in the opinion even
of officers regularly educated at Yves,
Point, manifested, throughout this whole
struggle. whenever his services have been
brought into rcqnisition, genius for war
which only wants a wider field for its
exercise to give its possessor Just CLAIM
to the title of great captain. lie IS evi-
IDENTIFY one Of those 'heaven-born gen
erals" that sometimes appear IN the
course of a long war, and when they do,
Instantly throw all competitors in
the shade. lie is general by instinct,
OF, if you will, by intuition, as all great
generals have always been. "Poeta
naritar, noaft," "a poet must be born
poet and cannot be made one) is the
axiom of Horace. II is true of the poet,
and we arc disposed to think it true, toa
certain extent, Of every other talent
The man Of genius, whose talent is exer-
cised in any particular walk, will, in that
walk, leave all competition behind. Who
could become Henry by pouring over
Blackstone and Coke? Who could be-
come Newton by studying his eyes out
over volumes of mathematics and natural
philosophy? 1t is the great original &C.
MUS that lays the cornerstone of every
art and every science. Men of routine
can only learn by rote what genius has
dedicated to mankind. Military schools
will prescribe the study Of Jackson's
campaign in the Valley and Lees cam
paign in Northern Virginia. But no
military school can create a Jackson or a
Lee Nature must do that, and it is very
seldom that nature cOndescends to do
any such thing. Forrest has never been
to military school; but he has executed
military movements which no military
school could teach, and which military
schools in future times will use as pat |
terms for the instruction of pupils.
Boldness of design, rapidity of exc
cution, perfect secrecy, cautious plan
ming, daring execution-these are the |
characteristics of his generalship, as de-
veloped in the progress Of the war. He
is like lightning in the eyes of enemies.
They never know when to expect him or |
where to look for him. Space is no pro
lection against his enterprises, and forts !
and breastworks no safeguards against |
MS daring. He appears to annihilate the |
irst and to laugh at the strength OF. the |
asst. His sagacity is equal to his bold
ness. He anticipates all plans laid to
,ntrap him, and turns to grief all at
empts to overwhelm him by numbers
We saw in Yankee paper, but yester-
lay, that Rousseau was hunting for him,
We learn to-day that Rousseau found
lin. Pat" said one Irishman to an
'ther, when they were both ordered TO
,eep watch on the British after sue
essful skirmish in the Revolutionary
Var, and to make prisoners Of all they
night see rowing about, Pat, I've caught |
Tartar" well, bring him along"
Ochi but he won't come" "1hen
ct him go, and come along yourself
Faith, and would, but he won't let
me-" Soft is with Rousseau. He caught
Tartar when he caught Forrest. lie
would gladly take him to Yankee land,
tut Forrest won't 60. He would gladly |
o himself, but Forrest won't let him.
POOR Mr. Rousseau We wish him JOY |
f his Tartar He will find it very hard
0 shake him off, and perhaps by this
ime he wishes he had let him alone.
Soldiers are proverbial1y quick in dis
overing the merits Of commander. If
hey discover that he is fit to command,
hey obey him implicitly and instructive
y. If they discover that he is not fit to
they obey reluctantly and with
lurmurs. Forrest, from the very day
e took command Of his troops, has been
S absolute as an Emperor OF Russia
mong them. They acknowledged his
uthority at once, and they have never
lsputed it since. What he orders to be
one, is done at once, aud without a
uestion. They conclude, whatever it
nay be, that it is right for no other reason
han that he orders it. There certainly
re men born to commandment upon
Thom nature has fixed the seal of authori-
= SO decidedly that it cannot be mis-
AIKEN. Forrest is one Of these men, The
lacrity with which all his orders are
beyed explains the mystery of his un-
ailing success. He is one of those rare
aen that, when they make their appear