The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-01-25


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the Society 10 Richmond Hon Geo.
Wgde Maafofd was oppoinicd sec'
feiafy, aod m Executive Commitiee
most N whom reside IN i'iohmond
sod meet promptly for tho irauaac.
zion NJ businesD was also appointed.
This committee bas made con.
tact With Tafnbull ljrothers, Of Bal.
timoro by which the "soaibefn Mag.
azino" ia made tho organ Of the So.
eicty. and the Nessr. Turbball
aqree to publish twenty pages month
y free of cost TO The Society, and
Of the Magazine"
They also agree to print at mode
rate rate per page as many pages OF
"Trausaclions' a. We may desire to
publish.
General Wade Hampton has taken
immediate charge Of the extension Of
the membership Of the society, and
has selected prominent gentlemen to
aid him in the several Southern
States.
Tie price Of q liGe-membersip is
$50. The fee for annual membership
is So. The subscription price of the
Southern Magaz ne" is s..
Life-mcwbers are entitled to the
Magazine" and to all other publca-
tions to the Society during life.
Annual members are entitled to all
publications not in the Magazine" F."
All sub8cfibdrslo the Magazine
will receive a most excellent ls56httIAl Y
periodical, with the Historical APP
pendiX.
The January number will be the
first issued under the contract of the
Society.
Tue archives of the society, accu
mu ated in New Orleans during the
past six years, have just arrived here,
and are now in Colonel .Munford s.
charge. From many sources the
materials icr history have been offer
ed US.
One distinguished gentlemen has
collected all the reports of battles
and skirmishes throughout the war
printed and written-carefully ar
ranged, aud amounting to 1000 oc-
tavo pages. Another has offered us
the history, carefully compiled, ofone
corps of the Army of Northern Vir-
giuia--in all, 1000 pages.
Gen. Stephen ID. Lee has for
warded thc records and order books,
ETC., of his corps of the Army Of
Tennessee.
A gentleman of Richmond has
placed with Col. Mumford a large
amount of material collected and pre-
pared for history Of the war. Be~
SIDES these important accesSions,
many others Of great interest and
value have been placed at cur SER
vice, which will be duly acknowl
edged and reported.
1t has been proposed by the Exec
utive Committee to cover the whole
course Of the war by papers from
those leading men who bore con,
trolling part in the great drama, and
whose names will be vouchers for
the truth of their statements.
Arrangements hays also been made
by the committee to secure lectures
or orations from Southern gentlemen
TO be delivered IN this city TIN ough-
out the winter.
Our purpose is TO keep alive the
interest which has been aroused in
this great work, and to induce all
who can TO aid us by by becoming
MEMBERS of the Society and by send
ng us papers of historic value.
We desire every man and woman
who can to send us authentic nara,
ives and documents relating to the
war.
Files Of newspapers published DUR
ng the war, scrap.books of nows-
paper art cles clipped and preserved
during the war, will be valuable.
We ask for the individual expe-
perience Of private soldiers, scouts,
Or any Others engaged in the war
and especially do we beg that any
man who occupied a responsible
place in the service of the Confede-
racy shall now record and enable us