Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-04-05

transparency, was James +
" iIson, of rankin county, Ala
Mr. Wilson was stall alive In
1851.
Nessrs. Lamar and Isdrn, both
of the secession con
senticn. Mr. Lamar vas LQ'
c Lamar, professor of mental
philosophy ia the university, his
residence being OF the campus.
Afterwards la. was congress
man senator, cabinet officer aud
Judge of the supreme court of
the United States lie has pass
ed from the stage of Twin. men.
aud has not LEFT lis peer.
NE. lson is Dr. thomas ID
IsOn, Sr, Who is still alive, ao
lively engaged ia the practice
of medicine, ard was a member
of the constitutional convention
of 1890 DIR. lsom has been =
citizen of Oxford since The towD
MAS established in 1886.
Messrs. LOvrjOy aud House
man we're both lawyers and both
are dead.
Mr.. Stcarns was WIN. I
S,earns. professor of Law at the
University. lie vas married to
a northern woman who persuad
ed him TO desert the south. He
ven, north during the war.
Shortly after the Wal he return
ed 10 Oxford ON q visit. The
people wOald have nothing to
do with him, aud he went back
home and blew his brains out.
lie was very able man and .
lawyer of distinction
Mr. Delay was Vim. Delay.
one Of the Oldcst citizens OF
Oxford, He was a Captain ia
jeff Davis regiment ia the xexi
can var, aud while he was y
man of comparatively humble
walk in life, he was a most ele
waited character, higaly respect
ed, of not much education. but
of great strength of mind, an ar
dent politician and Democrat
lie was probate clerk Of La.
Fayeite county for many terms.
snd was tnrntd ont Of Office ly
Ames Ia l56S, aud died shortly
thereafter
Mir lrDtter was Judge James
+ 1rOtter, law professor OF
the university. associated with
Stearus, was a lavyer of great
distinction. and bad been Judge
oi the high court Of errors aud
appeals and United States seus-
tor.
Srs. lamar was the wife Of L
z y Lamar, 4 daughter of Judge
\ h LOngstreet- well known
throughout the south AZ an au-
thor. lawyer, judge, politician,
educator and divine.
Ii - worthy of note in this
connection that p document is
on tle IN the university archives
OF oxford OF historical nature.
written some FIVE or six years
ago Ivy Dr. + A L Barnard, who
was at the time Mississippi Sc
coded chancellor Of the uuiver
atty. Id wbieh he SAYS that at
that period. and for a long tine.
the students of the university
were divided into two camps.
the union boys keeping Que
dormItOry, While the secession
boys kept another. and that
each party kept displayed from
lis dormitOry its flag. the one
being the flag ola einsle star.
and the other the dag of the
United States. This letter was
written from Columbia College,
New York of which DR.. Bar
nard vas then president. and
addressed TO Prof. J. ". John
son. the histOricgrspher OF the
state University, Prof johnson
being az that timc engaged in
collecting materials for a hIsto
r. Of the university. which he
never Completed owing to hrs
absence in Europe. and the ma
terial was TUNED over TO the
university.
During the presidential cam
paign preceding the secession
of Mississippi there W 10 i grand
tOrchlight procession at the
capital, in which the friends Of
Breckenridge and Lane, and
Bell aud Everett made a fine
display OF transpareneirs in hon
or of their fav0Iites. and long
and loud were the cheers of
their followers. This friendly
rivalry received at intervals a
rude shock in an occasional
iusuy cheer for Abe Lincoln,
u me then universally tabooed
In this section The wrath stir
red up by these shouts vas re
lieved by the discovery that
they proceeded fren a mis-
chieyous boy; afterwards q very
gallant confederate soldier, who
later saw service as a Dersocrst
ic state and national legislator.
and who is not an old man vet