Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-01-04
Misstssippi state Library nosks Restored
After Jhssty--ssen f-sr.

Attcr tue Visit OF tie Federal troops
to Jackson in 1875. there were numer-
Gus yaeant place on the shelves 81 the
STATE library. Hundreds 81 volumes
were taacn, aud many valuable books
wantonly mutilate,l. The book, re-
tsrrcd - ia the following interesting
letter may MT have disappeared in this
way. aud they may have been ''hur
rowed from the library a. sugrcsied-
by rFof Matthews ~ any rate thcy
received a cordial welcome from Mrs
icll, state librarian;
BEANnos Mis- psc ~ is.p
Col Power
srnd to you today volumes II. y anl VI
of Grote's History Of Greece. which were
taken from the state library 81 Mississippi
some time prior TO the year i~sa Thssa
books were given to me hf farmer. Marx
Richardson, Jr, Of shady Grove. Carroll
county, Tennessee. They have been IA my
possession for eight year, and are highly
pritei on account 81 tho little hit OF his
tory counoctel with them Mark Richard
son. Sr., lived In Hardin county, tennessee,
and in is'il joined the Confederate army
He was IN the battle of shiloh. April i aud
:. is's,. on April :, after the armies had
left shiloh. MIR Richardson. anxious about
the fate Of her husband. went to the oli
shiloh Church Spriug. aud there found
these volumes of history belonging to this
Mississippi stat. library. They were .si-
IDENTIFY leit there by some soldier They
we're exposed to the heavy rains oh Sunday
night aud Monday night after the battle,
thus causing them Co t,e ia such bad eoudi
tion. TN the front ny leaf Of Vol n YOU
will find written the following "A. 4.
Seiby. Go H. sth va Reg > Brigade. 2nd
Division, 18th Army eurps & :. A How
did these book get out Of the state library 2
Had they been found after the summer of
/ i,sA, We could account Tor them being ia pos
session of Union soldier, h1t as they we're
out II the library before aprii. is,ls. eau
not see how they 20, into the hands Of a
fe'ieral. l. Il possible that they were taken
{ from some Confederate who hal borrowed
them from the library
Who was A. e seii,, = he living,
Where did this Fourth Virginia Regiment
cume fron' Was {; formed of East Vir.
ginia or West Virginia troops, Who com.
InaDded the Second Brigade IL has been
my intention for sight years to return them
TO tue state library hope they wili bs
preserved as relic OF that greit battle
in which 50 many Missippians fought ~
bravely for the noble principles they were
defending. Very truly,
W w MArrurSs
The jackson Cotton Seed oil compan,
has brough. suit against the city Of
jackson for the recovery OF taxes paid
amounting to $1,000, on the ground
that the Corporation is operating a fac
tory which turns out flushed product. ="
and therefore exempt under the cousti-
tuition and laws of the State.
Mr.. G. c. Campbell. who has 50 effi
ciently filled the position of deputy
cler.S of the supreme court for the last
twenty years. has resigned, and will be
suceeeded by VIM. J. Brown, Jr., who
has been deputy circuit clerk Of Hinds
county for the last four years.
I, Governor-clcct Loagino will be in
stalled on Saturday, January rs. There
has been some uncertainty Us to whether
Governor MeLaurin would retire on
the 18TH or Goth, but he has decided
that the 10th is the proper date. The
other State ofiieers-elect will enter on
duty on Friday, the 18th.
The creation of new county, com.
posed of the first distric. of Iiinds and
/ portions of Rankin and Madison. is bc.
ing considered, and it Is probable that
bill will be offered providing iherei,s
II Is to be ns;ped "Gcorge.