The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-10-11

ana uegfeQaJlOnS OF Ildl HlOJG gt
| liying--we are gratified to state
that they took seats with the con-
gregation and conducted them
selves like respectable people. "
! The Koscuisko cotton factory
is.an assured fact, ''The sum
of Si25, 00C has been subscribed
all by citizens of the town
270 acres Of land have been pur-
| chased, and the machinery or-
dered by telegraph, Several
other places in Mississippi are
building cotton factories--on pa
per. That is not the Koscuisko
way Of doing business.
Cotton is King" The Cor
inthiaG says this expression was
| first used by General John A,
| Quitman, OF Mississippi, in con-
gross, III 1868. during the debate
over the Clay compromise, known
as the Omnibus bill His remark
was, Cotton is king Of all ex-
ports =
Hon. Monroe McClurg, DEM
ocratic candidate for Attorney
! General, will make three spcech-
es in Pontotoc on the Goth, 9th
and 28th. The popuhst Of the
county say they want somo Of the
county Offices, and General Me-
| Clurg willundertake to show them
thattheir faith il not we'll founded
! Progressive Macon has author
lied the issuance of bonds 10 the
amount OF SIS. 600 for public
building. The Calhoun Institute
lot has been purchased as the
site
Progressive Greenville has voted
for the issuance OF $50, 000 in
, bonds, to sewer the city. The
vote stood 453 to So.
During the Dewey parade in
New York, Mrs. jefferson Dayis
was SO located as to be seen and
saluted by the troops from the
Southern States.
THE SIEGE or vIcRsBURG.
The papers Of Iowa City, de-
, voted most of their space for sew
eral days to an account pf the
recent reunion of the survivors Of
the Iowa brigade that took part
in the assault and capture Of
| Vicksburg Our General Steph-
en- d. Lee was the speeial guest
Of the occasion. His presence
and his great speech, and sever
al short addresses created intense
enthusiasm. His principal ad-
dress is published in full. 1t oc-
cupies seven columns Of the Re-
publican, and is thus introduced
by that paper.
Lieut.. Gen. Stephen d. Lee,
who commanded brigade Of
Confederate soldiers who battled
! against the Iowa brigade at Vicks-
, burg, made a striking contribu-
, zion to history last night, (Sept.
20.
, g At the Iowa brigade reunion
exercises, presided over on this
occasion, by the 22nd, Iowa, he
/ delivered an address on Vicks-
J burg, from the Confederate side.
"Gen. Lee minutely and ac-
' curately described that memoir
able struggle as it has never been
t described to a northern audience
, by a Confederate soldier before
: and probably such comprehen-
1 sive, careful description by a
| noted officer Of the southern army
has never been listened to by any
: audience anywhere.
: "Feeling that 50 important q
} contribution to American history
5 deserves peFpetuity, and desiring
; to place the document in the hand
Of every reader Of the Republi-
) can, from one end Of the country
p the other, We present tho
. splendid address herewith, in
: full. y
/ We aEe sure that the readers Of
] this journal would greatly enjoy
. the reading Of this address and
we may ask space for it in two or
, three instruments. The siege of
: Yicksburg was one Of the most
: notable, as it was one Of the most
: decisive incidents OF the Civil war
q and it is fortunate, for the truth
or history, that General Stephen
{ u. Lee has been spared to de-
: scribe it, as the Republican says,
t from "the standpoint OF Our
: Friends, the enemy" We will
: merely give now Gen. Lee 8 ex-
! tempore preface to his prepared
address: "When | tell you today
n that your fellow-c -countrymen o.
g the South give to this government
e the same loyalty and devotion