Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-01-02
THE CHRONICLE CHANGES HANDS.
NE. roFney's valedictery.

Tie Chroncle Of this morning has the valedic-
tory Of Mr.. j. ". Forney. In this he saws:
" do not retire from the held in which have
spent 50 many years without regret. Among
the causes that constrain me TO dispose of the
Morning ChrORtcfs Is not indifference TO the pros
perity OF the District OF Columbia. Washington
has always been TO me an uneommonly interest
ing and agreeable city. Twenty-Five years Of
editorial labor, with q few intervals, have been
passed among its people; 50 that, in fact, have
hyed longer period Of my active life in their
midst than among my fellsw-citiZens Of Penn
sylyanla. Ties thus engendered and crystal
lied cannot easily be severed
Bat am called % Pennsylvania
by demands ] dare not neglect. Tae rapid
growth OF n. Press. my Philadclphis paper. in
lis several departments, requires all my time,
and sdmOnishes me that IL / would be truly in
dependent and happy / should connne ny e.
forts 70 that establishment alone"
Mr.. FoIpey introduces his successor,
John NJ. Mouis, Esq, a. one WHO de
serves the confidence of the Adalnistra-
ton and the Republican party, and the sap
port OF the people OF the District OF Collm-
bia. ." Few men, he says. Gin their tsirty- third
year, can point TO a better record. He graiu-
ated at tale with the highest vsledi ctOTy hon.
ors, and Was Immediately employed in the corps
OF scholars who were preparing the revised edi-
ton Of WebSters Unabridged Dictionary. ana
continued in this work till President LincOln's
call Tor 100000 men, when he entered the army
and served faithfully for two years. he left the
amy 10 edit the Connecticut War Record
under the auspices and by the Invitation of
Governor NOV SENATOR Buckingham. He pre-
pared, with MIR. w. a. Croffut, a history of
Connecticut and her Soldiers Daring the War.
pronounced second TO none Published by any
other State, unless IL be that for Ohio. by
Whitelsw Reid, nov of the New York Tribune.
He was q ember OF the Republican State Com
mlttee OF Connecticut for four years, and secre-
tary OF that tine political organization from
lstJ TO 1858. He was clerk OF the Connecticut
House OF RePresen; atiyes in 1865 and ls66, and
secretary TO the Senate OF that STATE in iS61. In
lsCs he established weekly Republican paper
in Charleston, 5. G., to which he added the
Charleston Daily RepuJlioda, in 1859"
In conclusion Mr.. Forney says
IL cease nv connection with IL (the Chronicle)
after more than nine years of hard service,
through war and peace, through revolution and
reconstruction, through slavery 10 freedom, with
the pleasant reflection that e they have been
years OF turmoil, 80 have they been years OF
valuable experience. The ChroRici, has adj
dressed many audiences. IL was read and
heard in the army; it Is still read aud heard in
the cabins of the freedmen. IL has been hon
ored by the confidence of loyal Administrations
aud statesmen. Ii has enjoyed the patronage OF
our business citizens; and though il never re-
fused to speak out, IL has not been without
respect among many OF the Democrats il has
opposed.
To know and recall these things is not les.
agreeable than the fact that part from all nv
contemporaries Of the press daily and weekly
whether the editors of the shining EVENING
STAR, the democratic Patriot, the entereri-ir !.
Republican, the gentlemen OF the SUNDAY pat
pers, tie correspondents on 18th street, or the
directors of the Associated Press, with the kind
lest emotions and the most grateful reeollec-
lions. They have all been generous aud for
bearing, and never more - than in their cordial
goodbye words and wishes.
To these and all my other acquaIntances a
happy New Year and farewell.
J. W. FoRgHY