Greeley, Horace

(1811-1872), was born in New Hampshire. In 1833 he edited the Zvening Post, the first daily penny paper ever i ued, and in 1834 founded the New Yorker. He was editorially connected with the Jefferson i an and the Log Cabin, campaign journals of considerable popularity, and in 1841 i ued the first number of the 7vibune, which he continued to edit until his death. It was at first Whig, then Anti-Slavery Whig, then Republican, employed the most eminent men of the day on its staff, proclaimed the most popular and radical views, and was the most influential paper in America. From 1848 to 1849 he represented New York in the U. S. Congre , where he redre ed abuses of the mileage system. He earnestly advocated the abolition of slavery during the war, and made most powerful appeals to the administration through the columns of his paper. During the period of reconstruction he advocated universal amnesty and impartial suffrage, and became one of the bondsmen of Jefferson Davis in 1867. In 1872 he was Presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican and Democratic parties, but was defeated by General Grant. Eccentric in habit and in thought, frank and open-minded, firm in his convictions, ever mindful of the welfare of society, he was called by John G. Whittier “‘ the later Franklin.’’ Greely, Adolphus W., born in Maine in 1844, was brevetted major for services in the Civil War, and soon afterward entered the Signal Service. In 1881 he commanded an expedition of twenty-five men, which reached a point farther north than had ever before been attained. When rescued in 1884, only seven men had survived. He was made chief of the Signal Service in 1887, Green Briar Creek, Va., an encampment of Confederate forces under Lee. Reynolds, the Federal commander in that quarter, left his camp at Elk water, October 2, 1861, with 5,000 men and a large artillery force and advanced against the Confederates. Kimball attacked the Confederates’ front and right, while Milroy cleared the Green Briar bridge. The fighting continued fiercely for some time, but there was no decisive victory, for Reynolds, having gained the bridge, sounded the recall. 305