The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-01

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The committee on appropriations
vouchsaie no information.
Combinations OF large number of
postmasters, including Thompson of
Memphis. and Jones of Nashville.
Registers of land oilice-Anderson of
Montgomery, and Gibbons of Little
Rock.
Receiver of public monies, Strabact
of Montgomery, and number Of army
and naval appointments.
The naval committee OF the house
resolved to report bill paying arrear-
ages of salaries OF sailors. The general
deficiency was not discussed,
Hon. Clarkson N. Potter, Of New
York, has declined the craftsmanship
of the house committee on the Pacific
railroad, solely, rs he states In letter
to Speaker Randall, bee ause OF his
large interest in a railway in Pennsyl.
vania, of which Colonel T. A. Scott
is the president. This he thought
would be regarded as uniting him for
service on that committee, otherwise
he would willingly have accepted the
position. His letter OF declination was
sent to the speaker Monday evening,
and will be submitted to the house,
which can alone excuse him. $3.50
The committee on postoflices and
post roads, WAS organized to-day, with
Hon. A. M. Waddell, of North Caro-
lima. as chairman. The committee
will report ~ the first business, the
resolution of Mr.. Reagan, paying
southern mail contractors for trans
porting the mails in 1861, and asking
that the secretary OF the treasury be-
required to pay said claims at once.
The adjourned meeting of the con-
federates and others, companions, sub
ordinates and friends of General For
rest, was largely attended and the
following adopted:
WHEREAS, We have learned with
deep regret that General n. b. Forrest,
of Tennessee, after painful and pro-
tracted illness, has departed tins lite.
| Therefore be 10
Resolved, That we, his companions
In arms, deem it meet and proper to
give expression to our admiration ana
esteem for our departed friend and felN
low soldier Born OF humble parents,
poor and untutored In youth, he was
successful in civil life, and was the
noblest specimen of "a citizen soldier.
With unconscious power he began his
military career as private In the
the ranks, and with increasing cen.
sciousness of strength he passed
through tie gradatiOns OF command
until he stood at the head OF a cavalry
ccrps, the terror Of one army and the
admiration of the other With the In.
trepid dash and dauntlehs courage OF
Ney, he possessed a native
strategy second to no man In
battle. His name alone was a
tower of strength. hi- presence ever
inspiring courage ~ the weak and CON
fdence In the strong, and he will live
in history ~ one of natures mill
tary genius
Resoiped, That General Forrest won
his name in the confederate service
but that his fame belongs to the Anne.
rican people aud will be cherished by
all who venerate true courage, and
who feel that the liberties OF a republic
can only be preserved while Its citizens
prefer death to dishonor.
Resolved, That we tender to his he
reaved family our sympathy for thu
great loss which they share In common
with US and the state. lSigned.] J
r. Chalmer, Mississippi; q. G. Dibrell
Tennessee; Phil Cook, Georgia w
H. Foruey, Alabama; H. Q. Young
Tennessee, and Van ii. Manning
Mississippi.
= Senate--Mr. Burnside introduced
bill removing restrictions against th
enlistment Of colored men in the army
when the senate went into executlv
session and adjourned.
Senator Gordon presented this mon
ng to the senate, q petition from