Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-09-27
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.

NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVEN
By ]. l. POWER.


One u the mo~, interesting reports in
vplrme Of "a. '-Orseial R-eorsi. Of the
uion and Confederate Armies n M
-, by Naiur William " Browa. Twea-
tieth Mi~<iSsippi Infan;y. relating tn
the battle % Fort nou~l.ouL The
temptation to eopy the entir~ report 10
aimo~. irresistible. for IL ~ozII be
.r~eially appreciated hy tho sarvivs->
- that memorable event. but on~ must
- eourcnt with the following extract.
The r~psrs. which includes this ex,r.-t.
vas written ~ Ri.asana. March -.
t-sa
In this eoun~ctaon IL unsy BE- stated
that the no volumes of the War Of
Eeb<Iliou Rerv-is- include all IN. r--
rurss made 70 and BY the csus-se~.se
zov~rnm~nt- IL - quite probable that
the Mississippi Historical Cornis>ioa
vii provide for having copies matte Of
al rwp-1rts of battles in which Nissis-
sippians were engaged. and tn individ-
ual Nississippians therein mentioned
A simple index to the>s events and
names will al one hundred OF more
pa-~S Of legal cap
In ob~ti.n-. TO my tnstr,csioas 20 fur
uisa the Department whatever iafsr-,stssn
nay have of the battle ot Don<l.ou.
k-r-ov spp~nd an anuc,cial stsrsmeus.
rhieh I have IN my po~~~isu- made by W.
2 Baldwin. captain % infantry Conf~t-
crate stats. Army. eoiosei Fourre~sth
Nis-lssipps Eoiunt--r~. sssnm sndsax z S~-oud
Rr,<~ss. se~urf Dtvisioa gG-u- Bacan-r'.t
Censrsl Army Of Kenrsrky. FROM October
- I~ff
FsRr wsnKrs. Ms~.. March 10. tss.
To sppiy an .ntsrip.s-i omission IN the
future history of cur euunsry u mar act 10
iruprrper k~r- TO state that this hrixst~
esugpcs-i af the folio~tnx r--im-ats
Eaartsrush Mi-sfS=lppi. cummsnd~t By
Nsi " l. Du~-. Tv-usy >ixsh rsuB>-->
eummsassesi By Col J q Llllard r~-nry-
.arth Niszt-~ippt. commended BY Cod A v
Rsvuotts. and Forsy-srSt rean~-~-. con-
u-asli-zi By Col n F.rguhar~sn. VS. tenn
p.lr.rily diwtf--i IN the line aroand Fsrs
p.sn~ls-u. the Four<.>ush Mi-xt~ipps sa4
- F1r-y-erss Tenn.->es being pn~t~t On
fk- rixht sing. an.s-r G-nL Barkn-rs tan
usei.sts sar~rvtsio1L The Tv~1ty~irth
T-un---e~ AMI N. r~-nty--ixrh Ni-is-spvs
we're pa-rst snsi-r my evn eomnsnd ca
ear -xsr-aae b-fr rh--s regiments vita
- r~ezEs-sh Mh--i--spvs. NsPsr " v
Rsp~a. ~hi-a go ~.i-f 10 the eunmsazi.
e1usrs1sssi the siT.z~~ In ozr st,s-k aa
fs~ rr<tt Il the en~my .r sofe8~rk. oa ths
alerziz< q F-erlary t5sh- rs-r al 30
Aar~l sta great x..l&ztry n sxssur's
euszh4s. wks<a r-~zlt<<t N . tst&l Defeat al
tsr -z~@yis rixex. -h-r-ef . ~sy go
es~a-f tcr the r-<r-.r of th~ array Tie
serartzzztF sox having b<~a -~szsf- aad
- sn~my. &sa srrgng ksvfzx rom-
ssessiY rzseisp~i szr Atrle fer~~. nasae-r-
NJ s~<er~ the lu--s< ssca~ios~f by four
eEFs osn~<ssr s1x~<~m>nr. bxr t2sa On
r~rs aat n~a- rn> ~~nisr x-a-rAAs. Floyd sn.i
ENa~. r~singzash~i the esonazd 10 G>nL
E1rkn~r szsf made th~xr e-rsp-, the former
asa< vita ham -11~ i-zo tr~sp~ Of si-
uua-tssf- command snly bsavtnx MAJOR
Erawa ~sth the r~ezf.sch Nrssl-sppt-
vho, Ike v-c>rnn<s .er~ xi~nriy ana.
srssiily. tsoaxh saIi-aly. guarding the sm-
harsxrioa of troops vhfle thesr eki~f vAs
s~ekiax safety.
he command vas aneoaditian.lly sur
r-ntersi ea the morning Of February is<a
hns command IL Is unhecominx in .niAisrs
To eritiri>e the consiare Of srp>rsors, but
~hea- after r-l>-ssng tho eoanssis Of
tIniorx. the coalition os Affairs 10 placed
e~Y0nd the power Of human means TO rs-
'ri@ve. the seniors en<ie>vored 10 e~rsp~
r-~pon<sbslity by throwing the same apoa
the former. commens is Unnecessary.
After sarr~ndsring the fsrcs Vas taken
On transports, the rank and fIs separated
from the od1csrSl Most Of the odscsrs were
euaanet in Camp Chass. near Columbas.
Ohio.
"a March eth, sAs Sid onesrs. any in
zz'nbsr, were broaghs fruu that place 10
iais Fort Waxrsaf. vhsrv vs have stncs
essn waiting With pstieue-. for the tune
Sa-n ne can again striks for our honss
sn'i our eoantry's insi~p>nsirnrsl
i may net be improper for me here to
STATE. that shodid su arrAngsmsnr b. estab-
ilsa-d With the Federal govsrnm<us for tho
sxeha1xe of pri<oner< of var. in eonssdex.-
tea of the services rendsr~f BY this regi-
Es-nf and the furss~< fact that is is mus
tired for the war would r~gas.s that IL b.
pisrei arst In the list 10 be exrhsnx~i
Respectfully szbuistst-
w. n B.osx
MAJOR TvsutissA Ml.i~ippi Rsginens.
GrsI @. w. RsspoIys.
Secretary Of war. G. sl A.
Isvfn Rnss>irs RsSoA
The Commercial Appeal has been sais-
81 BY several Mis~issippi.ns whether
the poems of Irwin Russell have ever
been published in book form or not A
cnllectiou Of his poems has beeu pab-
lished by the Csstury Company. but Il
does uos include all that he wrote. Rus
sell was certainly the best Of all the
writer's Of negro dialect verse. and Il b
hard to understand why his work has
been allowed to drop into sorxesfulne>A
lie has left only . thin volume 10 pre-
serve his fame. but his work is simply
iaeomparable Of It's kind
Appeal
Yas>s CITY Osn Nina.
The Herald gives the following in
teresting consolidated statemant of the
business Of the two cotton oil mills In
Mississippi for the year ending Septen-
h~r I. 1906
Toas Of seed crushed ..... 81
Tons Of cake made e-...-. II.s7s
Tons Of huIlA -...-....--... 10. soa
Pounds Of hnsers. sec. lss
Gallons Of oil pressed LIS. 90
Psy rolls 50. -
Two ginn<rs. connected with the
mills. ginned ;. as bale. Of cotton dur
iag the year
The primary in the city of Jackson ou
the 18th resulted in the nomination OF