Richland beacon., 1875-03-27
Address.

the recent celebration OF ~. atT!ch
dav in reply to the toast to "Missis-
sippi." bv CAPT. +. X. Turlcy Of
Vicksburg. and as an eloquent and
fitting tribute, in which all citizens Of
that State of every nation can sym
pa,hize, We take pleasure in publish
iny the same:
MISSISSIPPI-OrR BELOVED STATE.
.Ur. President, Ldi,cS anil Gc"tir-
H,rR:
In rising tc respond TO the toast
lust given, allow me 10 say that no
more pleasant or proudcr duty cpull
have been assigned me. \ life long
resident of our beloved State, deep
" interested witness of and partlci-
pant in the vciSsitudcS winch have
marked her career, it is with no idle
or listcss feeling that !, an humble
merchant and citizen Of NicksLurg,
al swer the call-Mi>siSsippi-lt has
always seemed to ne that the poets
yxpressiun.-"A patriots first best
country ever is his homc'-haS pc
culiar significance to Mississippi. \
noble Splcndor surrounds her history.
The tribes Of the red man who in
habited Ter soil before the advancing
tide of civilization had reached her
borders, were among the most Cce-
brated and warlike Of all the aborig
inces. The flag Of the 'silver lilies"
borne by the untlinching courage Of
the PaScagoulas and NatcheZ tribes of
forrest warriors @. early days tiOatcd
over the plains of Chalmctte and
became eniwincd with the glory Of
jackson and the Sth of January,
1915. And when, bv numbers, those
stern children of Nature were over
come on the battle field, rather than
live dishonorcd, "a legendary lore tells
uS, they went hand in hand, singing
. their war.song, down into tie sea and
persisted together And genius has
singled out their ,elf-devotion to gild
, the pages Of romanee and poetry,
, whilst the murmurings of the hollow
: sea- have been construed into an
: eternal requiem over the graves OF
, the free and the brave With such
, an illustrious dawn it is not a marvel
+ that our State reached a glorious
:. noon-and points the strangers eye
, TO the names Of Holmes, Kinds and
G other gallant spirits who in early days
G carried their names high on the scroll
( of frame Nor should we wonder
.,L -
o ccdantS, that the State of the s,lre,
}. lilies gave to the public councils o
i. the country, and to endless fame, ;
G PoindeXter, PrcntiSs, a Sharkey, {
y Mutt, and with the wreath of glory
e which she laid upon the dome of TIT
nations pantheon, that diadem o.
=, purest ray serene, Jefferson Davis
a Mississippi-truly State of beaut,
1t Astounding in flowers of rarest hui
,e and tint. The beautiful evergreen
II magnolia tree, that rears its head al
20 hundred feet towards the Heavens
" holds out on its strong arms the viii
of est and sweetest of blooms as if I
ask the Gods to accept its Offering
seems the monarch of flowers. Whe
-, one has once tasted the beauties {
~ this fair cline, where the sun shine
in all its strength and glory, he seem
enchanted and becomes immediatel
u as if 40 the manor born" Thus a
=, who come within the borders Of til
IL State of Silver Lilies, no matter fror
e. what cline, once here, they ciaiI
1t nativity. Then why wonder thu
of this once proud State should has
'pl sent her legions to the plains of Cha
lat mette and TO Mexico, or that in OF
nt- more recent martial struggle the
dc should have won their full need
en- honor from Manassas to Appomatto!
ILL from Donelson to Bentonville, an
he have given to the Lost Cause ii
nd names of Van Dorm, Walthan, CIR
5ht filth, Barksdale, Harris, Humphrey
es, Clarke, Hughes, Posey and thousant
OF Of other brave, devoted soldiers. |
cr, briefly abiding thus to the great nan
ith o. Mississippi, feel that | could n
all call the roll of fame before mo
laJ. appreciative audience than the &;
liant and high-spirited Irishmen, al
esq pure and devoted Irish ladies of Il
to City of Nicksburg. ireland, hatit
ish distinguished for valor and militia
md ability of the highest order, she
lay. tuilively appreciates the same hi!
hat qualities in other nationalitics. Viii
till furnishing to France, to Spain and
England their brightest names, s
ust has contributed to our councils, to o
Win battle fields, to our Senatorial and j
200, dietary halls, as well as to every wa
''.' of life, long list of characters viii
III we and our descendants will not "
'erA lingly let die but on the contra
ord cherish and embalm them to the |
est period OF time.
not An Unknown White Man -Four
II Dead.
any W. ID. Tory, of Rodney. gave ii.fori
ia X non yesterday Jrnng To the authorities
tis pace that AN unSnown white man
''' lyin. dead III the road near Dr. Hardin
civil RESIDENCE IN this county MIR. Tory was
his way from Rodney, and was met near
scene al the death by three colored men, v
tI,,t one of heir number had b