Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-12-05

more intelligrnily of Southern al
airs ana Segth-rn customs. re-
ates The following incident in one
lf his moss charming books Oh
the period of which We are speak
.ng. from 81 10 'Gj.
a speaSiug OF the LOYALTY OF
our Southern women 20 our cause
ae says that SEINE years ago b.
was shown a worn ana faded let
ter written on Confederate p1ner.
written with pale Confederate ink.
Ii had been taken from the breast
pocket IF dead private soldier
alter one OF the battles aroanf
Richmond. IL was from his sweet.
heart. they were plain. Illiterste
for II WAS badly written
anu badly spelled Ia il she told
hIn thai she had loved him slne-
taey lad gone 10 schuO! together
ia tie little leg school house in
the WOODS: that she was sorry THAI
she had treatt 1 aim So badly. and
that Row If he would get a fur.
l0ugh aud come home Sc would
marry h;m. Then as II fearfui TIA
this temptation vas TOO great To-
BE- resisted. there was this little
postscript seraw.ed aeruss The
Due Confederate paper, Don't
Gene without fUsi0Haa. for If
you dou't come honorable I won't
marsy you COIId any laa-ul-e
tell more elCqaently the l0ya!ty
aad' pdtri0tis.n Of the Southern
s.Ti Of that perI09
IHat same writer SAYS of the
>0atnern army. that it was worn
away As q b.ade Is worn by use.
and Yet 1t retains its temper while
yei fragment l. eft.
II IN my hearing there be any
young son of the South in whose
veins iaere courses the blood OF a
soldier WHO psFiled lis life for
The civilization Ia whieb We spent
our yOGtAlu. days. and who as he
las heard flOm his mother : lips
Tue story OF Dis fathers glorious
saeredce. has irlt his pulses rhroh
aIG his heart burn with noble A.
pifliIons. let him know that he
Ha'ly Fever Ike lis father be call
Ell upon TO defend lis principles
VIA his lif-, Yet Re has before
hin I work. not less noble. a Ca
Feer not less glorious, the true
recording OF tEat story. OF that
eiVIIivattoa whose history has
never yet been written. The His
tory Of the Old South.
History Is OAiy valuable as il is
true aH.s viii not be accepted -
such Unless lis 4GtAeutlcity Is un-
doubted. We must take sutIieseat
time 10 s.fi Carefully al material
offered that We n-y record only
tue truth t-.st 40 i1jus ice be
done 10y n4me CR tue rJli. A.
~~ lave byea engaged recalling
tie events OF forty lesrs ago. We
are impressed with tae tact that
education acquired Ia The a-ld OF
literalare does rot abide with u
- Gees the el.GcatIOa acquired IA
tie eOEh.eiS C life. which We cal
experience. whist tie dae fades
WITH time, tie other takes =
stronger h0li "a mealery a. liz,
years go By. Ioa and | rynsem-
Der tie trivial circumstances
which occurred IN eamp. en- the
Il tFel or the ssavtr scenes u the
Battlefield. WAiist the nets ol sci
eaee or towers Of rhetoric CLEANED
from our text books IA youtn.
Fave taken their everlasting flight.
1oGr committee have gotten to
eether some material of which %
Rake a history. We regret that
two valuable diaries kept b. Com
Fases B.aia-fti Paine an t has. b
Gasfon have beeR lost. one On t1e
battlefield AID the other bv Ire
since TIE war. These diaries
would have been invaluable to
the CcmiIltiee. in fact they
would have been history OF
themselves.
We have been Fortunate IN get
ting copy cf oGr original Roll
which Is On ME ia the office of
Secretary of State at Jackson.
Aiss- The roll has a great deal
of information asd a sketch of
movements OF the company from
toe tine of its organization TO the
z-3lA Of March. 1855 Ii is signed
BY X ". Black. Lieut.. command
ing, and Col. j. L. Power. Secrcta-
~ OF State of Mississippi. The
roll Il an ab5rr waited history Of
the company and every nan in il
from the time of bis enlistment
down 10 within eleven days OF
ten Lees surrender at Appomar-
t0x.
| discovered years ago from
soTe publication made by Col. j.
L Power IN the OXFORD EAGLE
that be- had the rolls of Mississippi;
troops N the Army of Northern
Virginia After a lengthy CORES
pondenee be had the roll coined
for nle AZ cost of $500. We are
iortaGaie indeed to secure il. II
venture that not one company in
! hundred have such roll. There
are l39 names on it and every
name Is accounted for. The rec
ord shows that tine company par
in so battles. Seven /
Pines was the first and Hawkes. {
Farm or the 18th Of March. 1865. /
5 the last reported, So men pres
eat az Seven Pines, and II al
daw kes' farm No one man Was
4 every battle, Henry Howry was
present IN = battles aud was new