Carolina Watchman

              the carolina watchman ll xxi.-thied series salisbury n c thursday juhe 5 1890 no 33 enera iectoryj \ i xt ,] ;■ ilorali ■ \\ s»n i • ■ ! v ci i i , ■ . r 1 r c ■. < ■ n :. i \ ;:• . 1 ■- ■ .. :: i \ a i ■ atn ■ \ i-ry i rnoon - : . k \ fni neis : ffall ; i ■ >. i si ness ni v mouth ■ i ' i '. [] each , 111 :;.. il vr | i 1 1 ) 1 : i y j a lian ■ i : ' ■ ■ ■" :". : ' p 111 ■ i 111 pure ini - soil l>i !„. 7 ..,■•■:' on the i ■ ( you . . ... udvi-rtised . i v s£ntlew?en - ■ t > % ■ ■ - • nature's nobleman honored at the city on the james by gallant southerners gen lee's statue unveiled oi.i vet kuans soldier boys ant the i w)f iii i i \ mi we love honor j'h e dead • hi efta n richmond may 20 with blare of i rum ■ ' . • ■ t of drum and i he boom ing of c iinon the monument to gen i e i erected by the ladies of i the south was mi eiled to-day in the j presence of a great multitude of people 1 he early i rains from norl h and j outh many addil ions to the i en irm his crowd which i lie i the city ! last ni '] he streets of the city had been deco vei ■. flabor itelv and i astefully i eocc ision from all i he b isiness buildii ■ swung si reamers in colors of the ( mfederacy , the national emblem i he state , maryland and vir lispl ived i he ir it hering of mil ii ia began at an hour in pi i i i for tha pa 1 1 ! i ■ ■ head of the j ■ . tcession rl on braid st n i . faring norl h i the left resting on dams street i ; ii'>t came n squad i f mounted p;dic ■. then the stonewall b md an 1 follow ■::- chief marshal ox-g.iv | i l . v .' ; p j his broad \ ellow ! l ivadge of office his ( hief of ; gen john r ( ooke wearing a sash and the chief marshal's aids ai hom were senal or 1 late of i . lator coltj'.iit oi i ■<■ » : - ; i i senator i lampton ol south . ' i tor r insoni of north i . col basil w dune of iven tucky gov eppa hnnton.of \ irginia ex-gov scales of north carolina g ii joe \\ heeler '■!' a lab ima and many j oi her dist inguished s tut hern soldiers following i he marshals were the , carriage c in i lining the invited guest i in charge of capt a w garber the i . ii cavalry under command of j gen wade i impton and the farmers alliam •■ n united on the i ther side of hro-ul street j in ler i ho command of < en llelh were i the veterans of north < jarolin i !'• ill ■ ■ v of t'.i ■ ar-n and nr v in m-in l.m 1 ill • fred rick , ■ \ toraiis of the dis . < ■ ubia beyond i hem and - .- . were formed the i il orj i'll fol'n iw in i ii ■ j 1 ir.ide , ng tin m were \ eteraus from l > li i v irgini i an 1 ohi t of tha ; .•• tes militia companies from every r : ; ite in thes mtli,stn : '.'.' uni ersil ii - of \ irginia < at h 1 l t nio:i societies the citv fire j ! ' i h mond and firi m ii n •-. berne v c [| was nearly l:j>0 when the word light to g in 1 ■'• i ii i the pa rade was ready to in ive turnins to luils he l ive the coinman 1 to move he i of i lie irocession ed down bro i street \- the ■■ ■ lvalry passed the voluntei r f ;';'■ ■]•-■ infant rv art illery and c tvali \ fell into line behind them fol f by the fiinn rs alii nice the ■ h iojis n re arranged m i he order ■ . r n s tat a h i arolina being in i he k i ad an 1 i virgini i bringing up the rear each • tc c intingfmits earned a des i inn ion banner but of far more inter | ■ - : e tlirong which filled the | ked d aii from the win dows i-tops ivero llie tattered mid si - rim m ■! ha s carried by ; : he veter.ms \\" . i » ing ii in ikerchiefs i rs fr im i h us inds of ; th in as they passed j \ t | ; .. ision rode cx-gi ■ ■- ■ in " i |! ■'' " 1 1 s f r li [ irun-t ■. in the tirsf carriage weri gov mckinney < ol archer | i iv : g ii 1 a e irly and gen joseph e john-i e of t he oi her can i iges . r e i mis meldivd i ,.. miss ij ii lee s nator rea^aii • f texas i isl masi i r general of the \ v ■ en 11 alki r of mor ; . i x j si nator.s butler liar boils : -■ ■ ! '' ■" ''■ : ' '•■ ; carolina i ; e i,,^r i florida fleming of w si \ ir richardson of south c irolina j v it f i wife an 1 sons | l vife and i as i 1 1,1 leading i - - - passeil down ;■• i with wild , ■ , irm ns crowd : .■ ■ ; ■ nil col ; . : y was a continue 1 oval i m its s v as mm ii in p ■ l«'d by the ! ■ si v ts and il ■■ - v two o'clock when the monn • ■/, is r t he 1 aii enorin i ; ; crowd w i ' : i wail ig \ largo stand erecte i in front had been reserved ■ lished guests the orator iiv and ladies it was v ii : . ;.. v j j the proc ■- ■ o i arrived and dism uniting offer arni t gen jo n on to c ■ him o ti : ■' llil11 - | vh i gov mckinney c d aude : ; her distinguished giiosl an i ■ i tl c j:isio:i h d taken po ,.:■ of ' i the - ! in vi ■■- bel e ■ ■ . . mid ■ ' ' ■ er :::- ; fau try organizations were massed as rapidly as possible in front of the grand stand tin mounted veterans on hie left oi the monument the artil lery took position in line west of the infantry and facing the statue the volunteer cavalry formed facing the grand stand i lie arrangement of the mass of peo ! pie occupied full half an hour \\ lien the organizition was complete and something like quiet could be had gov mckinney as president of the lee monument association arose and called the assemblage to order after a brief invocation by rev chas min nigernde of the episcopal church gov mckinney introduced gen early as chairman of the meeting he was greeted with prolonged applause and cheering taking the gavel from gov mck inney s hand gen early announc ed in a few well chosen words the ora ator of the occasion col archer an derson every poinl in cul anderson's ad j dress was greeted with warm applause ; and several t imes he was obliged to suspend his remarks while the crowd cheered again and again at the con clusion of his address a wave of ap plause swept over the crowd and rip j pletl nut again and again until hands i were tired and throats were hoarse v hen in a measure silence had been restored gen joseph e.johnson arose from his se it lehind the orator's stand and leaving the platform walked to ward the monument i the other side walked i veteran ex-ccn federate from the soldier's home joe marion white md j j.o'niell his progress was greetel with c mtinuous cheering it aching the fool of the monument he ' i i ik in his hands the end of the rope : which held the givat white veil about the statue a gentle pressure and the veil parted and falling on either side disclosed the beautiful outlines of the i statue as they came into vi w a sliout went up from the assemblage in vol ume so great that it almost drowned t he boom of t he cannon in a min ute the whole assemblage had broken from the ranks and was flocking about the base of the statue cheering ar.d tossing hats canes anything into j i he air tim crowd on t he plat form responded with cheers and waving of handkerchiefs and t igs i was a long tim • before thp crowd quieted down and offered gov mckin ney and the other distinguished people on the platf irm an opporl unity t i regain their seats in the carriages which were to bear them back to the city to-night the city is celebrating the unveiling of the lee monument with banquets receptions and pyrotechnic displays ar i he < > ivernors mansion a reception is being given to distin guished guests fro n other states the veterans the veteran regiments that were m the procession were fourth cavalry yvickmiufs brigade pegram's hat | talion association company << third battalion l d t stui\levaut*s bat terv mexican veterans grand coni m mdery of \ irginia 1 e lee camp of c in federate veterans geo e pick et c imp i confederate veterans otey 13 ittery parker battery ; wise brigade tenth virginia cavalry army of n liih virginia benevolent associa tion louisiana l rowan county x < '.. veteran regiment clinton—hat cher camp of confederate veterans john bowie strange camp of confed erate veterans stonewall camp of con j federate veterans mail raj camp or i m federate veterans a i hill camp of confederate veterans r !■'.. l ■■■ camp of c m federate veterans members of j i i ■ army and navy of i he < ion fed ■. al e states from maryland confederate veterans camp of new york camp i irnett confederate veterans ewell c imp ■ in ft 1 ler lte veti rans w in hester camp confederate veterans l > lisa pouni v va cm federate veterans i'reflerick county md camp.thii virginia infantry with old hag wash ington i c c-onfe lerate veterans randolph's 31st virginia infantry ex ' in !'■ crates person county n < '.. \ teran associal ion < ubell ( < raves ' c nifed rate veterans the ninth ; virgina cavalry ( m muted i i ender .. u x ( '.. confederate veterans sliep herdstown c imp confeder.ite veterans | stuart 1 lair.stoii camp eonfedi rate \ eterans our veterans a new york ifcndd special of the 27th in has the \ mowing lie .'■'■■■ nit i olnnel l i'usay of the rowan co inty ( x c ) vete an i g ■. said to in 1 to-nigh i : " none of ir old comrades shall go to the poor when one of us is in financial i ro ible we levy an assessment on the i ivst i costs about twenty-live cents | .: ■■ ir you ? e we u 1 -'! no pensions i i 1 is rejjimenl p irail d ab nit one 1 in . dre 1 and fifty men ,\ ysiiixuton's statl'e am " itei'.ei flags richmoxd va may ■-'■'. someone climbed up the si itue of george vvash ingt i in the state house grounds this j morning and put con ' ite flags in oi ;!. • figure several pro test - ha e been entered sis linsl leaving j tin fl igs tin re i irities re i c.l , : ike : hem jow n and al u ion : lill i it re • . ; s . i '. - m i . •■ ■'' ( k j ik r i '■':■■ ird lee tl e foi rtli ! ild . • ■ . lieral heurv li ■■ w - born at stanford the old manor house of the lee family in westmoreland county va on the 19th of january is 17 the ant1kxt family a e are indebted to the memoirs of , robert e lee by his military secre ; tary a l long for interesting facts in the history of the lses the sub ' ject of this sketch comes of a family : illustro is in both england and amer ica one its history attests worthy of him as he was worthy of it lint his renown is due mainly to the part he himself played both in peace and war ! which has at once reflected honor on ! the memory of j ancestors and added to his own name a noble distinction of which his descendants may be justly proud ia'i ancestry can be easly traced to the norman conquest in the eleventh ceiiturv the founder of the family launcelot lee cam originally from london france he entered england with william the conqueror distinguished himself at the battle of hastings nnd acquired an estate at essex a later member of the family lionel lee was with richard coe ir de lion in palestine in the third crusade j at the head of a band of gentlemen j cavaliers this same lionel lee dis played great valor at the seige of acre and in return lor his services was made i e irl of litchfi ld while an ither es tate afterwards called ditchlv was bestowed upon the family the armor worn by this gallant cavalier mav now l»e t'\i in the horse armory of the tower of london the direct line the line of descent of gen lee is t raced direct iv from richard lee a i younger son of the eirl of litchfield tins richard l?e came to america in 1042 fs colonial secretary under sir william berkeley he w;is a remark ably 1 a:ids line na 1 . and was ver . talented the washington fairfaxes i and lees were attracted to westmore land comity and here they evinced many of the tn its and customs of eng lish society gen lee often related with enthusiasm how as a boy he had followed the hunt sometimes on fool ) for hours without fatigue this helped to develop the athletic man which en abled him to iudure the hardships of war richard lee second son of the rich ard named above was horn in \ irginia ; in l s ! 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'». lie was educated in law and returned to virginia where he was prominent in colonial legislation i i is fotirt li sou thos l •••. was one of tii • li or the family to settle in westmoreland he was a man of great distinction and having been president of the council and governor of the colony was known in coloual i annals as president lee returning to richard l?e of the se cond generation of the family in ameri c i the father or thomas l v we must now consider the descent of his lifth son henry the direct ancestor of g in robert k.'lee lee's grandfather anh father henry l?e married a miss bland and had three children the secon 1 wh m was henry this henry became a member of the house of burgesses and i . i a an aii ive part in all the exciting events of t he time he was married in 17-33 to lucy grimes said to have j been a descendant of ' ren thos i grynies of cromwell's army the oldest of whom b;>ru in 1750 near j i hnnfries on the potomac bore the j name of his i'a her and in addition to j the part he playe-1 in the revolutionary j war bore the greater distinction of be ing the father of robert e lee the noblest figure of a long and illustrious line ' gen l?e's name was taken from those of his material uncle i ibert and e i ward ( barter i shirley !;■ ibert e lees early life in order to avail himself says general long of better opportunities for i he e lucat ion of his children < i n henrv l v left stratford when his s in kobert was four years old and removed : to alexandria in this city the family . lived successively on cameron street j on orinoco street and in the house known as the parsonage persons are yet living who remember robert l"*e in tin se days of childhood and w ho h l ve an abiding recollect in of his j thoughtfuluess of character and of his earnestness in the performance of every duty roberl was only eleven years when his father died but he was old bevond his years an i had a ens of bligiifion that aided him to ac cept r sponsibilities and ierf ir ii duties ■-,,; whi ii few boys of his a won i h lve been cap all thai is known of his y uith n - dounds to his credit his mother - ;••- sons bore an important part in form ing his character she tanghi him to practice - lf-denial ami splf ontrol , his mother was long a c mfirnied in valid and his tender treatment of her was singularly touching the military i'rofeshiojf i ibert e lee hinisi if carl selecti il the military rofessiun and -. apply ar the prop rage <■•>: ■ im ,. r , lenij iii wesl p lint u r ing his whole course al w«;si p.i - :,., i never rei eived a demerit i i ri ach of regulati m or neglect fdu!y !!•• never used |> f ■■ or , „, iral language he never ii ink , .,., oi brandy vr nn \\^\ |' ' he . nte'red the eugii eer ccrp ■ ! ' •■ \ tuiy a second .. it aunt | robert e lee married the daughter of g vv custit of arlington while i he was stationed in washington he went to arlington to reside riding his horse to town every morning in time for the opening of the office at 9 o'clock he served the government with dis tinction in the various duties and com mands to which he was assigned in cluding the mexican war resiuxs his c immission the \ irginin convention having on april 17 1501 passed an ordinance of secession lee on the 2 hh of that month resigned his conimisson in a let ter to general scott in which he said s.iye in defence of my native state i never desire again to draw my sword he wrote to his sister on the same day that the whole south was in a state of revolution into which virginia after a long struggle had been drawn he said he recognized no necessity for this state of things and would have forborne to the end for redress < i grievances real or supposed yet in my own person i had to meet the question wh thei i should tike part against my native state early in may virginia joined the confederacy and the jon federate capita was removed to rich mond the confederate congress passed a law appointing five generals commissions were made out in the following order s cooper a s johnston r e lee 1 e johnston and p t ba:iu regard gen i ie johnston was a brigadier general in the old army and this being so he re monstrated against lee ranking him on tin account general johnston was placed in command of virginia and for a year l e occupied no very prominent position he was merely nominal in charge of fortifications at kid mond during this time he performed many duties in connection with the office of secretary of war gen joe johnston was wounded at the battle of seven pines may 1862 albert sidney johnson had been killed at shiloh april (>. and g w smith who was commanding the army of northern virginia in the place of joe johnston having been attacked with a paralytic stroke on june 3 was appointed to <■ irnmand gen lee augmented the army and on june 20 began that se ries ol operations known as the seven d y-s battli s the result was that after the concluding battle al malvern ii : . : . mcclellan fell hack to haruson's landing and the seige of richmond was \ r;i illy raise i meanwhile the scattered federal'troops had been re united under gen pope and to pre vent these from aiding mcclellan lee moved against them the result was the secon 1 battle of manasas august 2u and j i i;i which pope was terribly defeated while mcclellan was preparing to attack lee he was superseded bv burn si ie who proposed a new pl.ni of oper ations when liarnsile reached fal mouth opposite kredericksburg he found that the bridges had been de strovej and before pontoons could be brought up lee had arrived and taken i;p a p isition on the opposite hank liurnside at length crossed the rippa hannock attacked lee in his position december 13th and was signally de feated 11 loker linrnside's successor instead of assailing leein front turned his left flank and gained his rear then came the battle of chancellorsville may 1803 in which hooker was badly whipped lee gathered all the avail able forces in virginia and invaded pennsylvania the northern army was now commanded by meade the encounter took place at gettysburg july 1 3 1803 the confederates gained deci led advantages ou the first dav i the second day they had the best of it o:i the third day they were defeated and lee retreated in good or der to the potomac intending to cross into virginia but the river was swol len and was unfordable !!•• finally en s * •'. the river having receded and he fell h ick to rapidan the n rl h ern aim was being rapidly augmented while the army of northern virginia was ste . lily decreasing in nuni irical strengl i in j tob r 1 i e un lerto k a in ive menl on washington apparently • lire itening washington an 1 to ci nut ract this meade fell back to a ■ near man iss;is where he m i ie a stand lat ■ in x ivember m ■ i ie undertook an offensive operal ion di : ■ . i iiji linst l e's right jut mea le cessful an 1 1 in ; cl ised i he oper it i in virginia during tiii ■ li ter of 1803 oa the i : v n - -. gr.int having b ■'•:: in ie < nm ii f nnderto il a c u.np lig i : i \ n iiii he ii i 1 ab(»ut ! : ' ! ." ! l .,. a l)oul o 1.0 r 0 mm)o grant iing i he l ipidan he ide i his army - • hward the ii ie of inarch :_;, the western verge ol tli ■ wil l ie res lv d i - atta u the ■ tlin _'; : his w i i il r giou the atta k was boldl executi '. the ixvsull was th b ly b it ii •! cisive - i : ih wildernes m i ■< mdo kach arnn t irew up inl rein inn r -. . k to outfl ink lee by marching i o i sp . ; - ' ia c u t l ;■ !, e iv d i [| . . : flit a bl . : ; :■-.-■. gran moved « uith i g t o l • •" right tlui i imp liin on r :. * i j me - ' .- "•" ■- • grant on the chicahominy ou june ■ 12 grant broke from this position ■ marched down the chickahominy to i the lame which he crossed and took ( i np a position near petersburg from ► j which richmond could be nssailei on the south lee ondertook the defei co ■ of richmond the capital was so strongly fortified that no direct at ■ hick upon it was feasible the subse quent operations in virginia resolved themselves mainly into the seige and defence of petersburg this lasted until april ismo when grant having passed around the extreme right of the confederate d fences and having broken through the lines lee abandoned petersburg and richmond april 2 lee's forces w t v reduced to perhaps less than 40.000 but he hoped to reach the mountain regions and keep up the contest indefinitely ! but grunt with his large army kept up pursuit and at appomattox coiirt ' house lee surrendered on the oth of april lee had been male general and chief of the confederate army in february at the surrender the list of paroled ■ prisoners of the army on northern virginia contained 27.805 names hut ■ | only a small portion of these had arms overpowered by lumbers iii this condensed sketch only the [ merest outlines of the battles are indi cated \\ e haven't attempted even to mention all of lee's brilliant victories with anything like an equal number of llleu lee would liever have he ml forced to surrender with l?e's hand fuls as compared with grant's legions ' the remarkable thing is that the jon . federacy held out as long a it did . this of itself proves to the world j the matchless genius of lee and the valor of his iiell graxd in defeat when the war began gen lee was , nn aged and erect when the war closed he had begun to age very much his own fortune had been swept away h the war and in october 1805 he accepted the presidency of washington college now washington and lee at , lexington where in a short time he had hundreds of students he was a noble christian and the manner in ■ i which he bore defeat made him even greater after appomattox than on the field of victory he was stricken with paralysis in september 1s70 and died in two weeks leej.lv mourned by the ; whole south his wife mary custis gre il granddaughter of martha custis ■ aft twards the wife of washington i tlied at lexington in 1 s v one of his • daughters died during the war miss ■ mildred l e and all oi his sons survive , gr w custis l-e president of wash ington and lee i diversity congress man w ii f lee and robert e lee ; the youngest the sons are all gallant j i m ii the oldest was a commander of ■ cavalry and the third was on the cav • airy staff ■ j x»a ■ — — in richmond new york uenild this is the day set apart for unveil ing the statue of general robert e l '-■ in richmond va the city will be gay with banners and alive withen t liusiasm s in ' of our contemporaries are try ing to m ike ih country believe that a m liniment to lee means disloyalty to tic union it i heir ol i cl is to m ike ). ditic ii capil d o it of the event they are beneath the dignity of contempt ii they ap honesl ly timid they are simply ill informed xo one can travel through that sec , tion without lt^.-ing impressed l»v the ! fact that xorth and south are knitted together by bonds of enterprise capit il and manufactures beyond the possi bility of fracture while slavery existed the govern ment rested on three strong corner ] > anl ii weak one 1 he weak one has been removed and the fourth cor ner stone is now as strong as the other three there is the same rivalry between . the north and the south iis between . tli • k ;-; and the w st it is based on commercial prosperity pro lucts and i money making we are all hunting for il ;, the thei ler in his mines and mill stre lm the west in its ■■ fields the k ist in its 1 oms all of the < ountry are intei'denen lent and . igeneous thei thousand t m r • to be feared at this present in unent i ,, ir f intrigue tical c irr i i . tli .' fr ■ an invisible flea n tomato plants : a successful remeiy drx.vftvii.le \ ■-. m •. i l l^ij '. \ f . . i a raid - .:, some places here il ■ ' - work i aftpar ■ \ ] ; mi i • king i green su vn « f mud next m lining as if puiu i , hundrep-i of c i^r ■■: -■ and tli • i p the only reme«ly ■. preventi • • i have so far l>een ib ■:.■■. i»r i - - he sweeping of a ley j isl over a fin i foil i i " ' sprinkle this ;._ . . ovei i ih ■ ■ ., if ire da - ■ .-....' ■■■■■■.:! i ha i i bml i : lanu ci i :•■■•:. . 11 it ■■ i suli llice i intr there i ■• ii i il are the rpublicans communists x v herald the warehousing and sub-treasury scheme of the farmers alliance hu had a prolonged hearing before th ■ ways and means committee by which tli auiance people are greatlv en couraged mr livingston the'hewl of the organization in his address sjiid very fairly i want the committee lo report the bill to the house either favorably or favorably and lot it bu ventilated in the house f the alliance can fore the com mittee to report the bill there will be some curious squirming among the legislators la the eommitte hearing mr flower and mcmillin both tlemr crats were thfi only nienil era who i y question and discussion showed uptlm absurdity of the bill mr oates 1 f alabama also a democrat has conin out in opposition to tin a liance pro gramme in hi staii on the other hand senators stau ford and cullom both republicans have bills in tin senate directing the government to lend nionev to farmers on their land and mr stanford mail an elaborate speech in favor of his communistic measure mr livingston the in 1 id of the al liance is evidently a man capable of drawing a local conclusion being askvd whether his me'asure was not paternalism 1 h • replied having in view evidently the mckinley bill the ltiver and harbor bill an 1 other things of that ki ml if this is not a pater nal government to day 1 wait some man to tell me what paternalism is to mr flower's question why not nit pork lumber cheese butter cattle and sheep swine and horses in the hill to be warehoused 1 . mr livingston replied because they are protected already in th mckinlvy bill of course mi flower exposed very clearly and fully tin results sure t come from the alliance bill but mr livingston's n plj i i all that was that the farmers have been paying the hill long enough and now want to be included with the res of the country in what ever good things are going the alliance fills the minds of the republicans with terror it is strong and self-asserting in many republican districts and its leaders have the shrewdness to preach the doctrine that if high tariffs are right to protect the favoivd manufacturers and if the mckinley bill i right which greatly increases tins favoritism then th farmers who have borne the load of high tariffs for many vear have it right to their share also of the general plunder if the alliance leaders are wise they will not consent t hive their hill smothered in the ways and means committee but will demand that it be reported to i he i louse for deb ite it i a:i abiiir i an 1 com n inisti ■ m asmv imt not a bit worse or m uv uureasablo than th ■ m kinley tariff bill and the alliance has as much right as the fav ored manufacturers to have its measure considered by t lie house the matter of the mayor of cedar keys florida uarfc the s mthern press i am sorry t say has been representing mayor cottrell of cedar keys fla as a desperado a terrorize a eowardlv threatener of women etc witli - it taking into con sideration that everything from a northern source aiio.it the south ought to be carefully sifte 1 lief re publishing [ have just receive j reliable informa tion from the keys representing mayor ('.- action toward pinkerton in a very different light from what the papers would have us believe moreover that the articles about him were writ ten by i'lukertoii and scattered it the united states in ad dition to this the v inpathies of the inhabitants of cedar keys are with aiay«r cottn.-ll and that from th.-ir own confession " lieut ' larden and sixteen seamen who are searching th swamps for mayor cottrell are meet ing with great hardships ns the people strangeh enough are opposing them ' 1 have written this to vindicate i brave g.tllant and pei ■ ■■ . man \ ■■: '.!■■-;■ : sou ! iikrs l vdy salisbury n c m i "' t 18<j i | mayor cotti 1i a xjve referre 1 t >, of cedar keys fla is represented as our corresp nd ■. it is alleg d ,- , t lie r-iw i of which he is mav r i.isulu , i •■■ kpis uiinist<?r and his w ifi t lireaten • i ■...•■ , aud behave 1 i ■ . . . and outrag •> . ■• v . ■ . h'iic of which he is now t nps with i'tli •••!». after him and the town covered bj lhn rjim ■ ■: .: i ':..•■■.-■ • •- reveiiuo cutter ith iva r,l by '.' one i'.ii . ' ■■ '•... leclo ■ ■■' the p rt 1 hey - iv that < t ord is bad u yet h i , 1 - term a in r or of ce»l i kevs and vv i ■ r — t--d in april i , mysterious abohfc t • • ■ irried a few rro to a lady • h : ::. | col w w u ii . . ,- been wpros ji since he opened hh iension of :, ■ in w iishingtou that he now has fi ,.,.;, clei ..-. ■ ij ml to hi blocks of i ■.-.-. '" and will in ike large addition a ii v i i-.v ut p.i ■■ i . v '■ i