Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1862-01-22
a.,sr LITTER iram The Noxubtc Cavalry,

AAO. fleV IF St1ty'Day Men.
NJ Ferris If you will give me part
Isl ne Of The columns of the Beacon,
7 viii ICY to make some rough places
s-.1otb, aud do justice to what / con-
oe,re has been injured, perhaps wrOnged,
by some allegations contained in "Or.
derly S~ergeant's' communication about
The Sixty,day volunteers from Missis'
sippi, published in your paper of last
week Now, sir, l must not be consid-
cred as trying to get up a quarrel with
the Orderly, for he is one Of the very
best 0rderlies out, and a down right
clever fellow at that but then he must
not Tramp the toes of those MissisSip.
pH.us TOO hard, because he had to Nv to
their protection The truth is, Mr.. Ed.
itor. the Orderly has been called up II
two several occasions before day to
march to Camp Beaurcgard and finally
to take the position Of the sixty days
men in that camp this may account
for the bad temper shown in his CON-
muuication. | assure you he is one of
the best natured men In the Noxubee
Cavalry company, and that is saying a
great deal for him.
But I am forgetting my purpose, and
will make this article longer than | in.
tended, i'll don't quit writing about the
good qualities of the Orderly" for to
tell them all would take more space than
| asked for, then | would have to ask
another place for what | intended to
write in this.
The Orderly complains that the cabins
or huts erected by the " 6O.day" men
are poor. l don't think those men are
responsible for those huts if | am not
mistaken, they were built by General
Bowen's Brigade, who occupied the
camp before them, Then the Orderly"
says, they became panic,strickcn at a
reported advance Of the enemy and took
to their heels. In this | must say, |
think injustice vas done the G0.day"
troops. When we reached their camp
they were in moving condition, It's true,
but they were only obeying the most
positive orders of General Polk, under
whose command they were. Gen Al.
corn, who was in command at Camn
Beaurogard, was informed that the en-.
envy was advancing in large force, and
having but three regiments of infantry.
and they poorly equipped, he sent a
courier to Gen. Polk, asking reinforce.
monta from Columbus. Gen. P. sent
orders to fall back on Camp DcsAa tour
camp near Moscow, Kyy) accompany,
Tag the order With this strong language:
This order must be obeycd." The
oV'day' men were driven 10 the alter.
native of preparing for a march back.
ward or disobeyiug a very positive Or
der The Orderly gets into a rage al.
most, about the shame and outrage com.
mitted upon the credit Of the r%allant
state Of Mississippi, all which | consider
unnecessary, ! have no question about
those t0.days enlisted men being as cal.
ian' rs any other Mississippi troops.
They only want drilling and %cauippino
to make them equal to three times their
NUMBERS in LincoIudom They have
enlisted tot a short period truly; and |
'h'0h' with many of themselves, that It
was an lmpolitic move but The soldiers
are not to be blamed for ii. The com.
handing officer at Columbus, Ky, call
upon Mississippi for more men. Her
Legislature had just Convened the
considered the call 50 o@ecesai.
toos they at once appropriated half mil.
non dollars for ten thousand troops sixty
days The Governor made the call f.,
'ne men Under the bill. These verv
men at Camp Beauregard were AMONGST
'ae hrst to step forward to answer fbo
jail they acted nobly, sacrificed much to
'erve their country, and, if occasion
,uaIl otter, they, too, are ready to pour
'u' 'neir hearts blood to maintain" the
5ood name and character of Mississipni
u !, Is an insult to those ready men to call
mem towards, Mississippi soldiers cow.
The Orderly has allowed himself
ia lar from the path of justice, to say
least Of it, in making this uncalle5.
% charge No. Sir, Mississippi soldiers !
re- re-, not towards. They love their beau. !
= ~! n'ld' and pleasant homes too much +
y i'af 10 hght for them and 6sbt e.,