Slide Rest
The slide rest is a tool holder to be used on a lathe; it is so universally used by all watchmakers that a full description is superfluous. Fig. 288 is a Waltham, and is a fair example of a modern slide rest for watchmakers' use. The tool holder varies with the different makers, but the rests proper are all made on the same general principle: that of two sliding beds working at right angles to one another and carrying a tool holder, which is capable of being raised or lowered, or set at any desired angle.
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Slidell
JOHN, an American statesman; born in New York City, about 1793; was graduated at Columbia University in 1810; studied law, and in 1819 went to New Orleans, where he soon acquired a large practice. He was appointed United States district attorney for Louisiana in 1829; elected to Congress in 1843; made selected in the United States Senate in 1853-1861. In September, 1861, he was appointed a Confederate commissioner to France, and in November set out with his associate, James M. Mason, for Southampton. Both commissioners were seized on the English mail steamer "Trent" by Capt. Charles Wilkes of the United States steamer "San Jacinto," and brought to the United States. After imprisonment in Fort Warren he was released on the demand of Great Britain, and sailed for England in January, 1862. From England he at once went to Paris, where in February, 1862, he paid his first visit to the French minister of Foreign Affairs. His mission, which had for its object the recognition of the Confederate States by France, was a failure, but he succeeded in negotiating securing the ship a large loan and in "Stonewall" for the Confederate government. After the war he settled in London, England, where he died July 29, 1871.
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Slidell, John
John (1793-1871), an American politician. He was born in New York City and died in London. He was a graduate of Columbia, 1810, and studied law. In 1819 he opened an office in New Orleans . He became United States district attorney for Louisiana, sat in Congress, 1842-5, was appointed minister to Mexico, but was rejected by the Mexican government in 1845. He was a member of the United States Senate, 1853-61. He was an active participant in the formation of the Confederacy. In September of 1861 Messrs. Slidell and Mason were appointed commissioners of the Confederacy to France, ran the blockade to Havana, and took passage on the British steamer Trent. Captain Wilkes of the United States navy, in command of the Jacinto, overhauled the Trent and took off the commissioners. The British government, acting within its rights, demanded the disavowal of the act and the release of the commissioners. President Lincoln complied, and set Messrs. Slidell and Mason at liberty to proceed on their errand. They failed to secure French recognition of the Confederacy, but they did obtain a large loan, much to the subsequent regret of the French financiers.
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Sligo
a maritime county of Ireland. It is in Connaught and has an area of 707 square miles. The coast has numerous inlets and a splendid bay. Near the border is situated Roth Crauachan, celebrated as the court of Queen Maeve, the great opponent of Cuchulain, and with the site of a famous mediæval school in the vicinity. Cattle raising, fisheries, and agriculture are the chief industries. Pop. about 75,000.
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Sloan
JOHN, an American painter, born at Lock Haven, Pa., in 1871. He was educated at the Philadelphia Central High School and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He was espe- JOHN SLOAN cially well known for his paintings and etchings of city life subjects, as well as for his drawings published in many of the most prominent magazines. He received a medal for etchings at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. He was an instructor at the Art Student's League and a director of the Society of Independent Artists.
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Slocum
HENRY WARNER, an American military officer; born in Delphi, Onondaga co., N. Y., Sept. 24, 1827. He was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1852; resigned his commission in 1856; studied law, and practiced in Syracuse, N. Y. He was elected a member of the State Legislature in 1859. When the Civil War broke out he was commissioned a colonel of volunteers in the Union army. He was at the first battle of Bull Run, commanding a regiment, July 21, 1861; was promoted Brigadier-General in the autumn of 1861, and commanded a division in the battles of Gaines's Mill, White Oak Swamp, and Malvern Hill. In 1862 he was promoted Major-General; participated in the battles of Bull Run, Aug. 29 and 30; commanded a corps at the battle of Chancellorsville, and at Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863, was placed in command of a corps on the left wing of General Sherman's army; and took part in the great "March to the Sea," leading the left wing of the army from Atlanta to Savannah. In September, 1865, he resigned from the army; settled in Brooklyn; and resumed the practice of law. He was elected to Congress in 1869 and served till 1873. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 14, 1894.
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Sloe
slo, a European plum tree. It grows from four to ten feet high. It produces rather small plums of a pale blue, covered with bloom. "As black as a sloe," is expressive of dark eyes. On account of its thorns and the toughness of the twigs, the sloe makes an excellent hedge. The sloe-thorn furnishes the fine walking sticks, the redoubtable limber, tough, "blackthorn stick," of which so lively an account is given at Irish fairs. Of late these shillalahs have been so scarce and so difficult to obtain that a fine specimen commands a pound in the London market. The wood of the sloe takes a fine polish, resembling that of the appletree, and is much used for tool handles. The mild fruit has a puckery taste and is of little value. The sloe is considered, however, the ancestor of the common European domestic plum. See Plum
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