The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-09-05

er, both of his country, morality, and
christianity, lead us in prayer, the
Rev. n. A. Lomax.
Shifting the action to the word,
Rev. a. a. Lomax arose and invoked
the Divine blessing in a prayer of
characteristic earnestness and elo-
.quence; after which Judge Cassidy
read the following letter from the
SOuth's great chieftain:
BEAUvoIR, Miss, Aug. II, 1889.
II. Cassidy, Jr., ESQ.,.
My DEAR SIR-Please accept
my thanks for your very gratifying
letter of the Sth inst, requesting me
on the part of the committee of invi-
tation to attend the Reunion of Mis-
sissippi veterans at Brookhaven on
the 18th inst.I sincerely thank you for
the kind consideration shown for my
wife and daughter who, if | were able
to attend, would | am sure, he graft
fled iii meeting so many of our be-
loved Mississippians as are then and
there to be assembled. | regret that
my health is not sufficiently strong to
enable me to accept the invitation of
my good friends, to whom | offer the
assurance that the confidence and
affection with which | have regarded
them through the many years of my
public life has in no wise been dimin-
ished by the isolation of my present
life.
Please make the thanks of myself
and family acceptable to your asso-
ciates, and believe me, as ever,
Fraternally,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Judge Cassidy also received letter
from Judge Ca(hoon, accepting an in
vitation to be present, and expressing
his hearty approval Of such reunions,
but from some unknown reason he
failed to put in an appearance. Also
one from Gov. Stone, regretting his
inability to come on account Of
sickness, and extending fratcrnal
greetings to all the old soldiers pres
ent, but this letter was not received
in time to be read.
After the speaking and reading of
Mr.. Davis letter, the brass bands and
Mrs. ChaS. Chrisman with her choir
of singers treated the vast crowd al
ternately to some splendid music, in
Guiding "Dixic," Donnie Blue Flag"
''Red, White and Blue" and other
stirring airs of the days that tried
mems souls, and that brought back IA
flood of sad and pleasant memories to
the old soldiers of the Lost Cause
who listened.
Either owing to the exceptionally
large crowd present, or because the
committee Of arrangements were dis
appointed in their calculations other
wise, we regret to say, that the din
ner, which it was expected would be
one of the most attractive and enjoy
able features of the occasion, fell far
short of what it should have been,
and many in this respect were soroly
disappointed.
After the dinner hour, a large part
Of the crowd present assembled in
the amphithcatre and listened to Il
speech from Hon. T. K. Stockdale,
who had just arrived. The Colonel
made an unusually short and happy
speech, for 10 minutes holding his lis
tencTs i'll rapt attention and closing
amid great applause. He paid a
glowing tribute to the soldiers
of the Lost Cause, declaring them
the best and bravest the world has
ever seen, and citing as proof of this
that it took the North with 2,S50,O00
men and all her superior resources
four years to conquer the Confeder-
aCy with total enrolment of only
100000 men. TO discount the BRAY
cry and achievements of the Southern
soldiers said he, is to discount the
bravery and achievements of the men
who conquered them, and no sensible
Union soldier cares to do this.
One of the most attractive diver
sions of the day was a match game of
base ball between the picked mines
of Osyka and Brookhayen, which was
witnessed for several hours by at least
fifteen hundred or two thousand peo-
pie. 1t was hard fought contest,
but after nine innings the Brookhaven
boys came out with flying colors,
winning by score of II to 10.
Altogether the day was most de-
lightful one, and next year we hope
the "boys in Grey" and "boys in
Blue" will unity again.
a Bad Negro.
Oliver Cromwell, the notorious ne
gro and ex-convict who stirred up all