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 316 FORDYCE FORFAR the lectures and recitations. During the scho- lastic year 1872-' 3 there were 18 professors and tutors, of whom 3 were not Jesuits; 10 other officers, of whom 2 were not Jesuits ; and 267 students. The whole number of grad- uates is 300. The college year is divided into two terms, the first beginning on the first Wednesday in September and ending Jan. 31, and the second beginning Feb. 1 and ending on the last Wednesday in June. There are two vacations, from Dec. 21 to Jan. 3, and from the last Wednesday in June to the first Wednesday in September. St. Joseph's acad- emy for young ladies in 1872 had 4 instructors and 21 pupils. There is also an asylum for female deaf mutes. St. Joseph's theological seminary, formerly established here, has been removed to Troy. The village is a favorite summer residence. In October, 1776, imme- diately after the evacuation of New York by the British troops, the American army occu- Eied a series of intrenched camps on the hills om Fordham heights to White Plains. Sev- eral pieces of cannon have been dug up here, and the remains of earthworks and other forti- fications are still seen in the vicinity. FORDYCE, David, a Scottish philosopher, born in Aberdeen in 1711, died in 1751. He was educated for the church at the university of his native city, where in 1742 he became pro- fessor of moral philosophy. He afterward travelled through France, Italy,' and other countries of Europe, but was lost in a storm off the coast of Holland. His most important works are : " Dialogues concerning Education " (2 vols. 8vo, London, 1745-'8); " Theodorus, a Dialogue concerning the Art of Preaching" (12mo, 1752); and "Elements of Moral Phi- losophy" (12mo, 1754). FORECLOSURE. See MORTGAGE. FOREST, a N. W. county of Pennsylvania; area, 376 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 4,010. The Clarion river runs along the S. E. border, and the Alleghany intersects the N. W. part. The surface is hilly and irregular. Some of the land is too rocky for cultivation. The chief articles of export are pine timber and hard coal, the former of which is very abundant. The chief productions in 1870 were 5,802 bush- els of rye, 17,538 of Indian corn, 38,465 of oats, 6,946 of buckwheat, 15,260 of potatoes, and 2,665 tons of hay. There were 2 flour and 18 saw mills. Capital, Marion ville. FOREST GROVE, a post village of Washing- ton co., Oregon, on the Oregon Central rail- road, 23 m. W. of Portland; pop. in 1870, 922. It is the seat of Pacific university, which has preparatory, normal, scientific, and collegiate courses, and a three years' course for young ladies. It was organized in 1859, and in 1872 had 7 professors and instructors, 160 students, and a library of 5,000 volumes. FORESTI, E. Felice, an Italian patriot, born at Conselice, near Ferrara, about 1793, died in Genoa, Sept. 14, 1858. He took the degree of doctor of laws at the university of Bologna, and practised as a criminal lawyer before the tribunals of Ferrara. In 1816 he was appoint- ed pra3tor of Crespino in the Austrian do- minions. He entered into a conspiracy to deliver Italy from Austrian rule; but this being betrayed by an associate, Foresti and several others were arrested and thrown into prison in Venice in 1819. After two years' confinement they were brought to trial and condemned to death, but the sentence was commuted to 20 years' imprisonment. They were kept until January, 1822, on the island of St. Michael, when they were taken to the fortress of Spielberg in Moravia. The hard- ships which they here endured have been nar- rated by Silvio Pellico in Le mie prigioni. In 1835 their punishment was commuted by the emperor Ferdinand to perpetual exile in Ameri- ca. They landed at New York near the end of October, 1836, where Foresti soon became a favorite in society, was appointed professor of the Italian language and literature in Co- lumbia college, and for more than 20 years was a popular teacher in academies and pri- vate circles. For the use of his pupils he published a Crestomazia italiana (12mo, New York, 1847). In 1848 he went to Europe, but returned in 1849. Failing health having im- pelled him to seek a milder climate, he sailed for Genoa, where he was appointed United States consul, in the spring of 1858. FOREY, Elie Frederic, a French soldier, bom in Paris, Jan. 10, 1804, died in Besancon, June 20, 1872. He was a graduate of the military school at St. Cyr, and accompanied the first expedition to Algeria, whence he returned in 1844 with the rank of colonel. He became general in 1848, in 1851 commander of the legion of honor in reward for his reckless firing on the opponents of the coup cTetat, and in 1852 he was made general of division. In 1854 he commanded for a short time before Sebas- topol. In the Italian war of 1859 he was the first to inflict a heavy blow upon the Austrians, at Montebello. He distinguished himself also in other engagements, especially at Solferino, after which he was made a senator. In 1862 he served in Mexico at first under Bazaine, and was afterward invested with the civil and military administration as minister plenipo- tentiary. He confiscated the property of Mex- icans hostile to the invasion, compelled the surrender of Puebla, May 17, 1863, entered the city of Mexico, June 10, and was appointed marshal. In the autumn he was recalled to France, owing to his dictatorial and ambitious disposition, and in December' became com- mander of the second army corps. In 1867 he directed the exercises in the camp of Chalons, and then retired on account of ill health. FORFAR, a royal and parliamentary burgh of Scotland, capital of Forfarshire, situated in the valley of Strathmore, near a small loch of the same name, 13 m. N. by E. of Dundee ; pop. of the town in 1871, 11,036. It consists of two principal streets, with well built sub-