Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-03-30
Mai. Gen, FORREsT.

Major General Forrist has characterised ths com.
meneensnt OF his military administration, o. oon.
mander OF the District Of West Trnhsssee Mtsis.ppi
ond East Louisiana, by an act Of noble humanity,
which, ft does eclipse. 10 At least not surpassed
BY any Of his deeds Of hrreism In the Hsid In which
no has developed aad illustrated the very highest
quail is. Of srsas eommondvr. We refer to The Urea.
IT, which, 10 generally understood, he hAs en-.
tered into with the Federal General Thomas TO sup.
ply the suffering aud destitute families within and
near the Yankee lines, with food nom the RI prai.
rics of Mississippi and Alabama Trains loaded with
corn 70 be run TO such point, on the Memphis aud
Charleston railroad an are most convenient to tho
destitute districts, without molestaipn from either
party. Large sections u fertile country south OF the
Tennessee river, are wholly d.solAted by the ravases
of war, aud the suffering and impoverishment OF the
people are hrari .rcning In the extreme, demanding
prom assistance to secure them ffJm absolute star.
walton.
THIS spirit with which Major General Forrest has
To the reliefof those suffering people Develops
In hs character nobility Of nature and an enlarged
aud feeling view Of Humanity which constitute the
crown Of his heroic achievements,
Nor should We withhold from an enemy the need
Of Recommendation due for a good act Tho prompt.
tndv with which Major General Thomas has respond.
ed to tho suggestion Of tho noble Forrest stands birth
IN pleasant relief TO tho vandalism 9th Federal
msnders, whose barbarism aud cruelty have dsspoil.
ed those very sections, and ohers. now appealing to
humanity for relief II IL true that hts soldiers
have robbed the psopls whom he now consents for
General Forrest 10 feed. 1t 10, notwithstanding,
crrhii able 10 him that he cons-ns to tigate the
horrors Of Invasion by an exceptional instance Of
humanity.
Ia connection with this subject, Il IL appropriate
10 the people Of Mississippi upon Oh" ss.
sisnmrni TO the command OF the district, OF the
mander whose extraordinary energy, skill and eour.
age displayed during he past year saved them from
being ovei run by negro, Dutch and Yankee soldiers
the memory Of whvse atrocities upon tn unarmrd In
the country through which they passed, makes tho
blood run cold with horror. Thrice did this heroic
commander after the mott sanguinary and successful
conflicts and with body of raw cavalry which ho
raised, organized and armed himself only few weeks
before, turn back the tide Of invasion and free Mis-
sissippi and Middle Alabama from the melancholy
fate Of North Alabama, whose condition Rwakes tho
sympathies Of oil who pass its territory. It is
peculiarly appropriate that tho ground which has
thus been defended by the herosm of Gen. Forrest
and his brave should be again placed under hia
command, when fvrmilab BILE invasion IL b rrat.
cned 1t is not only APPROPRIATE but fortunate for
thu country.
The people Of Mississippi feel the gowlers Of the
bust which carried Caesar did, with Forrest at tho
helm. They feel that they carry Caesar and his for.
tunes" What those fortunes are wo all know well
enough TO justify highest confidence In the result,
II the gallant chiefan shall be but half
by tho people and the government. The measures he
has inauguraed for gathering into tho command all
deacrters and stragglers bespesk the energy and will
which we know he possesses in eminent n degree.
Thus to the man whom some tyres thought
only ut for reginenlnl command, whole people
confidently look for successful defense from Ina.
pending Invasion aud ruin.-hfebel.