North Carolina Newspapers

The Carolina Watchman. yOL. XXI.-THIED SERIES. SALISBURY, N. C. THURSDAY, JUHE 5, 1890. no. 3a jfjjERAL DIRECTORY . .jj.eiTor Court, J M Horah. , f;ff ('' C K ruler. ' ,Ir of Deed?, II N Woodson. KS?BC A rev. JSSua Atwefl. or" liosioners, T J Sumner chairman, iriiittzf, i F Baker, lr L VV Cole- ins 'Kestler. KPbIic School, T C Linn. LflhaUh. Ir .1 .ItUlnnuerell Ml ' i. A M Brown, 7YirV. ifavor Chas I Crawford. SSrer. II Fons t y j PK. ,:,M vT,, "'ii V V I mm I) M MiMei South ward, 1) U t i ' . I - i : I'll .1 i. i i r. . T " . - 1 t 1 A rilVtiCHES. Si.I'VII'IS CVI'T Sunday at IWel.Hnayat p.m. Rev T W fepaov a ill)llilV S 'Iiooi I'Ni'iv nuiiiMj iiiitniuuii ji;;ocii- h .uuuiicBui.i;. iiv'tcnaii- i'"vices every Mnmay M16 w ana il S;.!0 i m. "l'rnyev nu'ctni" ii l , .! or - '. i in i;'-' i . 1 t . . ....... ,. . ! t ' . . 1 . ,. . 1 1 it 4 11 y lliimpie. np i. inilipmii- -Sen K'es everv Sundav at 11 ,1Sii!Ht7 p vn. 1'raycr met-tinK every fcsday at 7 p m, Uev ('has Ii King, MMjbr. Siiinliiy s'hooJ-eveiA- Sunday afternoon at ;! i hI E ; KiznV sVip't. Fhiopal Services every Mimjay at 11 Ip ;Hi(l (;::',( I p in. and eUnesiliiy at b:o0 Kcv r J 'I aim )!). rector. Siiiulay -i4iool evwy Sunday altenioon faptist Services every Sunday morn- jgj Mdnight. Prayer meeting every fduesday .uight.' Uev v- .tft.or. I L . i , .. .1 i .n i Sunday seintai.c-iery pumiav ;u t';. 41.111. TlloLS'mk. siipj.' CWlioiic Services every second Sun div.itlOi a 111 and 7 p m. ltov Francis Meyer, pastor. Sunday sell 1 every Sunday at 10 a m. V M C A Devotional scrviees.at Hall tvtrv Sundav at 10 a in. Business meet- hSb5tThursday: night in every month. Ilrfuust, piyY. LOWES. Fulton Lod-r No-Of) A F& AM, meets evm first and lliirVl Friflay night in each mfo. 'eavW W!'M. a!ishiif-flrd -M jko-' 24. K of P. meets tury Tuesday liiglil. . II Boy den, C C. , SaHtjburv IjoilijejKo 7 ". K of II. meets fvm-1st :. nd .".d Vfijv.dav ni'.:ht iii each 4tth. -H . Dictator. Salisbury Coiuieil No 272, KoyaDAr- etaam, meets eyery 1 and 4th Monday i;!it in each month. J A Ramsay, Btent ' - POUT 'oi'FICEL Ottee hours from r:30;a m to r:f50 p m. Jimiey order hours !) a tin to 5 p 111. SuBilay hoursll:30 a m to 12:30 p m i 11 Ramsay, P M. ER Absolutely Pure. 22Wflrder.never lilies. 'A marveiof purttf ikjnM, ' lesoiiH-ness. Mof e.aaoinie:il SKrf - . rvKn. :tiHl cannot be said hi 3rt '" ,v" '''' ln"tl H "(it i low i est. short ete P's's!'!...tfe iwuwfcrs. Sold out In Y B A L B A K I N ( , 1 u W , i E K J O . . 1 0 C W A 1 1 S t . N IT Wbv U ivdinm & Co. , Young & Bos- ".and X. p: yIu. Uhvr ' T.-ko . no shoes unle AV. I,. DoueliiN nnnif und Wtan' 11 7, . ", ' sUuiipoU oil the 1 ffKr aiuiot Glumly you, L DOUGLAS M SHOE GENTLEMEN. mSf4T ,,J('vy Laced Grain arid Crecd-Z.(tof-Jl'.hc world. KxaiviinoTi! ftk. V., t- r.l) V 1.1,1 Mlf.. t:TUA VArjTK AM SHOW. in . 7 1 1 :iiwl lie HOTS' SCHOOL WOES. -s. Huttou Mid I-acc. LAES. OPS FQK -MISSES. T 1 PCYAL rS&'JIS J KUWU Kf ft JL frw SHOES jwi SI:'! NATURE'S NOBLEMAN Honored at tne City on the James by Gallant Southerners. GEN. LEE'S STATUE UNVEILED. OLD VETERANS, SOLDIER BOYS, AND THE BELLES OF THE LAND WE LOVE HONOR THE DEAD CHIEFTAIN. Richmond, May 20. With blare of trumpet, beat of djsfain, and the boots! ing of cannon, the monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee, erected by the ladies of the South, was unveiled to-day in the presence of a greatrniultitude of people. The early trains from north and south brought many additions to the enormous crowd which filled the citv ast nisht. Tlie streets of the city ha1 been deco rated very elaborately and tastefully for the occasion. From all the business buildings were swung streamers in which the colors of the Confederacy blended with the .national emblem. The State colors of Maryland anrPVir- ;nnm. were lihpra v disnlnvon - , The gathering of militia began at an early hour in preparation for the pa rade. The head of the procession formed on Braid street, facing north, the left resting 'on Adams street. First came' a squad of mounted police, tlien theBtonewall Band, and follow ing was the Chief Marshal, ex-G.iv. Fithugh Lee. wearing his broad yellow s ish as his lvadge of officeliis Chief of Starr, iren. .imin n. uookp, wearing a white sash, and the chief marshal's aids, among whom were Senator Bate, of Tennessee, Senator Colquit. of Georgia, Senator Hampton, of South Carolina, Senator Ransom, of North Can linn, Col. Basil W. Durie, of Ken tucky, Gov, Epp;t Hnnton, of Virginia. ex-Gov. Scales, of North Carolina, Get). Joe Wheeler, of Alabama, and many other distinguished southern soldiers. Followiug'lhe marshals were the carriages containing the -invited guestc, in charge of Capt. A. V. Garber; tbe veteran cavalry, under command of Gen. Wade Hampton, and tlieirineTs' Alliance mounted. On the other side of Broad street under the command of Gen. Hell), were the veterans of North Carolina, follow ed by the Society of the Army and Xavy in Maryland; the Frederick county, Maryland Veterans of the Dis trict of Cojnmbia. Beyond them, and on the side streels, were formed the other militia, and civil organizations, which were to follow in the parade. Among them were veterans from Loui siana and Virginia and other of the southern States; militia companies from every State in the South, students from the universities of Virginia; Cath olic Union societies; the citv fire department of Richmond, and firemen 'from New Berne, N. C. It was nearly 1:30 when the word was brought to Gen. Lee that the pa rade was ready to move. Turning to i i ii . i i marshals, ne gave ine communo to move, and the bead of the procession hnoved down Broad street. As the veteran cavalry passed the volunteer troops, infantry, artillery and cavalry fell into line behind them, fol lowed by the Farmers'' Alliance. The S'ate troops were arranged in the order of the secession oc the southern States. South Carolina being in the lead, and Virginia bringing up the rear. Each of the State contiugents canied ii des tination banner, but of far more inter est to the throng which filled the streets and looked do.vn from the win dows and house-tops, were the tattered and smoke-begrinuned flags carried by the veterans. Waving handkerchiefs and" ringing cheers from thousands of throats greeted them as they passed. At the head of fie procession rode ex-Gov. "Lee, mounted on a spirited iron-gray horse. In the first carriage were Gov. McKinney, Col. Archer Anderson, the. orator of the day; Gen. J. A. Early, and Gen. Joseph E. John ston. In some of the other cam iges were Capt. IvVE. L e. Miss Meldred Lee, Miss Mary Lee, Senator Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster General of the Confederacy; Gen. H. alker, ot Mor ristown. N. J.; Senators Butler, Bar bons, Daniels, Kenna and Pasco: Gov ernors Fowle of North Carolina, Flem ing of Florida, Fleming of West Vir ginia, Richardson of South Caml'ma, Gen. W. H. F. Lee, wife and sons, fSnf 1):m T.r e. wife and children. As fiio Ipndimr carriasre passed down Broad street, it was greeted with wild demonstrations by the enormous crowd. The passage of the processional col umn through the principal streets of the city was a continued ovation. Its progress was much impeded by the crowd that filled the streets, and it uas nearly two o'clock when the monu ment was reached. An enormous crowd was in waiting there. A large stand erecteL in front t had been reserved fos the distinguished guests, the orator of the cay and ladies. It was well filled whin theprocess'oa arrived, and the grand marshal, dismounting, offer el his arm to Gen. John son, to escort hint 0 the seat reserved for him. When Gov. McKinney, Col. Anderson, and the other distinguished guests and ,.frWi- f the occasion h id taken po sition oil the o the st.:l( the procession passed in review before them, the veteran infantry leading, an 1 the veteran cavalry and volunteer m- I fantry bringing u the re-.r. tee in- fantry organizations were massed as rapidly as possible in front of the grand stand, the mounted veterans on the left of 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. The arrangement of the mass of peo ple occupied full half an hour. When the orgaiiizition was complete and something like quiet could be had. Gov. Mc Kinney, as President of the Lee Monument Association, arose and called the assemblage to order. After a brief invocation by Rev. Chas. Min nigerode. of the Episcopal church, Gov. McKinney introduced Gen. Early as chairman of the meeting. He was greeted with prolonged npfdause and cheering. Taking the gavel from Gov. McKinney's hand, Gen. Early announc ed in a,few well chosen words the ora ator of the occasion, Col. Archer An derson. Every point in Col. Anderson's ad- was greeted with warm applause. and several times ' 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 pled out again and again, until hands were tired and throats were hoarse. When 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. On the other side walked a veteran ex-Ccn federate from the solder's Home, Joe 'Marion White, and J. J. O'Niell. His progress wasgreetel with continuous cheering. Reaching the foot of the monument, he took in his hands the end of the rope which held the great white veil about the statue. A gentle pressure and the veil parted, and falling on either side disclosed the beautiful outlines of the statue. As they came into vinv a shout went up from the assemblage in vol ume so great that it almost drowned the hoom of the cannon. In a min ute, the whole assemblage had broken from the ranks, and was flocking about the base of the statue, cheering and tossing hats, canes anything, into the air. The crowd on the platform responded with cheers and waving of handkerchiefs and flags. It was a long time before the crowd quieted down., and offered Gov. McKin ney and the other distinguished people on the platform an opportunity to regain their seats in the carriages which were to bear them back to the j city. To-night the citv is celebrating the unveiling of the Lee monument with banonets. reeentions find nvroteehnieJ displays. At the Governor's Mansion a reception is being given to distin guished guests from oilier States.. THE VETERANS. The veteran regiments that were in the procession were: Fourth Cavalry, Wicknian's Brigade; Pegram's Bat talion Association; Company G Third 1 I I J Battalion L. D. T.; Sturdevant's Bat- tery, Mexican veterans; Grand Com-j was Henry. This Henry became a mandery of Virginia; R. E. Lee, camp : member of the House of Burgesses, and of confederate veterans; Geo. E. Pick- J took an active part in all the exciting eft camp of confederate veterans; Otey J events of the time. He was married Battery: Parker Battery; Wise Brigade: ' in 1753 to Lucy Grimes, said to have Tenth Virginia, Cavalry; Army of j been a descendant of Gen. Thos. North Virginia Benevolent Associa- Grymes, of Cromwell's army. The tion. Louisiana Div.; Rowan County. N. j oldest of whom, barn in 1750, near C, Veteran Regiment; Clinton Hat- ! Dumfries, on the Potomac, bore the cher camp of confederate veterans; 1 name of his father, and in addition to John Bowie Strange camp of confed- i the part he played in the Revolutionary erate veterans, Stonewall camp of con-' war, bore the-greater distinction of he federate veterans, Mauray camp of ing the father of Robert E. Lee "the confederate veterans, A. P. Hill camp 1 noblest figure of a long and illustrious of confederate Vetera lis, R. E. Lee camp ' line." of confederate veterans, members of Gen. Lee's name was taken from the army and navy of the Confederate States from Maryland, confederate veterans camp of New York; camp Gannett confederate veterans, Ewell camp confederate veterans, Winchester camp confederate veterans, Louisa county, Va., confederate veterans, Frederick county, Md.. camn. Thirtieth Virginia Infantry, with old flag, Wash ington, D. C. confederate veterans, Randolph's 31st Virginia Infantry, ex-Confederates: Person county, N. C, veteran association, Cabell Graves cam;) confederate veterans, the Ninth Virgina cavalry (mounted), Hender son, N. C, confederate veterans, Sluep herdstown camp confederate veterans, Stuart Hairston camp confederate veterans. OUR VETERANS. A New York' Herald special 27th inst. has the following: Lieutenant Colonel Ramsay, of the of the Rowan county (N. C.) Veteran Reg iment, said to me t.wiight: "None of our old comrades shall go to the poor house. When one of us is in financial trouble we levy an assessment on the rest. It costs about twenty-five cents a year. You see. we get no pensions.'" His reinmont parades about one bun- ; died and fifty men. - , WASHINGTON s STATUE AND R Ell EL FLAGS. Richmond, Va., May 20. Some one climbed up'the statue of George Wash ington in the State Home grounds this morning and put Confederate flags in the hands of the figure. Several pro tests have lieen entered against leaving the flags there, but the aut horities re fused to take them down, aud at noon , they are still there GEN. LEES BIRTH FLACK. Robert Edward Lee, the fourth child cf Geueral Henry Lee, was born at Stanford the old manor house of the Lee family, in Westmoreland county, Va., on tlie 10th of January, 1807. THE ANCIEST FAMILY. We are indebted to the "Memoirs of Robert E. Lee," by his military .secre tary, A. L.Long, for interesting facts in tlie history of the Lses. The sub ject of this sketch comes of a family illustrois in both England and Amer ica one uas history attests, worthy of him as he was worthy ot it. but 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 lys ancestors and added to his own name a noble distinction of which his descendants may be justly proud." Lee's ancestry can 'be easly traced to the Norman conquest m the eleventh century. The founder 7f the family, Launcelot Lee, came originnlly from London, France. He entered England with William the Conqueror, distinguished himself at the battle of Hastings, and acquired an estate at Essex. A later member of the family, Lionel Lee, was with Richard Coeur de Lion in Palestine in the Third Crusatk, at the head of a hand of "gentlemen cavaliers." This same Lionel Lee dis played great valor at the seige of Acre, and in return for his services was made Earl of Litchfield; while another es tate, afterwards called "Ditch ly," was bestowed upon the family. The armor worn by this gallant cavalier may now be seen in the Horse Armory of the Tower of London. THE DIRECT. LINE. The line of descent, of Gen. traced directly from Richard Lee Lee, younger son of the E-trl of Litchfield. This Richard Lee came to America in 1012 as colonial secretary under Sir William Berkeley. He was a remark ably J a'.idsmne ma1, and was very talented. The Washington Fairfaxes and Lees were attracted to Westmore land cou:ity, and here they evinced many of the tnit; and customs of Eng lish society. Gen. Lee often related with enthusiasm how as a boy he had followed the hunt (sometimes on foot) for hours without fatigue. This helped to develop the athletic man which en abled him to indure the hardships of war. Richard Lee, second son of the Rich ard named above, was born in Virginia in 1840. He was educated in law and returned to Virginia, where he was Prominent in Colonial legislation. His fourth son, Thos. Lee, was one of the first oc the family to settle in Westmoreland. He was a man of great distinction, ami having been president of the Council and Governor E tne Colony, was known in Coloual Annals as "'President Lee." Returning to Richard Lee. of the se cond generation of the family in Ameri ca the father ot lhomas Lee. we must! now consider the descent of his fifth son, Henry, the direct ancestor of Gen. Robert Yj. Lee. lee's grandfather and father. Henry Lee married a Miss Bland, and had three children, the second whom . those of his material uncle, Robert, and E I wart! Carter, ot hhirley. ROBERT E. LEES EARLY LIFE. "In order to avail himself,"' says General Long, "of better opportunities for the education of his children. Gen, Henry Lee left Stratford when his son Kobert was four years old and removed to Alexandria. In this city the family lived successively on Cameron street, on Orinoco street, and in the house known as the Parsonage. Persons are yet living who remember Robert Le in these days of childhood and who have an abiding recollecti m of his thoughtfulness of character and of his earnestness in the performance of every duty." Robert was only eleven years old when his father died, but he was old beyond his years and had a sense of filial obligation that aided him to ac cept responsibilities and perform duties "o; which few boys of his age would h ive been capable." A II Hi if i L-nown of his youth re dounds to his credit. His mother's les sons bore an important part in form ing his character. She taught him to practice self-denial and self-control His mother was long. a confirmed in valid and his tender treatment of her was singularly touching. THE MILITARY PROFESSION. Robert E. Lee himself early selected the military profession, and decided to apply at the proper age for admission to the Academy at West Point. Dur ing his whole course at West Point he had never received a demerit iu..rk for any breach of regulation or neglect of duty. He never used profane or immoral language. He never drank whiskey or brandy. From West Point he entered the engineer corps of the .'.rmy a second lieuteaant. Robert E. Lee married the daughter of G. VV. Custit, of Arlington while 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 tissigned, in cluding the Mexican war. RESIGNS HIS COMMISSION. The Virginia convention having on April 17, 15(11, passed an ordinance of secession, Lee on the 23th of that month resigned his corn misson in a let ter to General Scott, in which he said: "Save 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 cf grievances, real or supposed, yet in my own person I had tomieet the question whether I should tike part against my native State." Early in May Virginia joined the Confederacy; and the (Jon federate capital 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, J E. Johnston and P. T. Beauregard. Gen. Joe. Johnston was a brigadier general in the old army, and this being so, he re monstrated against Lee ranking him. On this account General Johnston was placed in command of Virginia, and for a year Lee occupied no very prominent positpm. He was merely nominal in charge of fortifications at Richmond. Durrtig this time he performed many duties in connection with the office of Secretary of war. Gen. Joe. Johnston, was woujided at the battle o f Seven Pines, May 1802. Albert Sidney Johnson liad been killed at Shiloli, April 0, 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 command. Gen. Lee augmented the army, and on June 20 began that se ries of operations known as the seven d iys' battles. The result was that after the concluding battle at Malvern Hill. McClellan fell hack to Hanison's Landing, and the seige of Richmond was virtually raised. 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 second battle of Manasas, August 20 and 30, in which Pope was terribly defeated. While McClellan was preparing to attack Lee he was superseded by Burn side, who proposed a new plan of oper ations. When Bti inside reached Fal mouth, opposite Fredericksburg, he found that the bridges had been de stroyed, and before pontoons could be brought up Lee had arrived and taken up a position on the opposite bank. Burnside at length crossed the Rippa I,.. ..i f ...I.-...1 T I,;.. 11.:i;,. IIIUHII'Lll, .11 I IV. IC11 JJCU lit III:-, I I l M I n December 13th, ami was signally de-! . Some of our contemporar.es are try feated. Hooker, Bnrnside's successor, ,nS to m lke lhTe country believe that a instead of assailing Lee in front, turned mojuihient to Lee means disloyalty to his left flank and gained his rear. Then , thf. 'ct ,s tot m;lke .i ... n .t ii 'u ltnlilipil svmtr-il our. or the event thev came t ie hatt e ot Ulianeellorsvi e. of May, 1803. in which Hooker was bad I v whipped. ljee gatnerei T i I 1 all the avail able forces in Virginia aud invaded Pennsylvania. Ihe northern was now commanded bv Meade army The encounter took I. -ll.O July 1 ' The Confederates -a. gained decided advantages. on the first day. On the second day they had the Iwwf rP il- l.i Ilia fliii'.l il-.iv tliov ii'ni'O defeated, and Lee retreated in good or- .1.... r,.f, n ;,a,,i; fi nVa 111.1 HI lill. 1 I'llMllill , 1 11 ICI 1 VI I 11 ttw.-O . . , 1 .1 f into Virginia, but the river was swol-, 'een removed, and the fourth cor len and was unfordable. He finally ; "er sione is now as strong as the other i-x i -.11 i-li.i iii.t KiitrilWr 'it;,! till 00 lie fell h.el- to l?,nid:.,7 Th north- mn ii m iviq Ii .mi-r lvitftidlir ntirfnu'li P wi Ll il ill ill i n io i. " i iH'iiii t iiipi(. ii while the Army of Northern Virginia was steadily decreasing in numerical strengtli. In (ictober Le un.lertojk a move ment on Washington, apparently j threatening Washington, and to, counteract this Meade fell back to iii point near Manassas, where he made a nomogeneous. !; ; V i r ,i There is a thousand times more to stand. Late in November Meade , Y . li i . f undertook an offensive operation, di- J :d th,s Tv T . .. .. , ";.t r.,.w,Uf 1 Rot.Mende'lrty intrigue ami political corruption I LAtvU llZdlllV 1J " ' -t" was unsuccessful and this closed the operations in Virginia during the win ter of 1803 -04. THK WILDERNESS. tir.int having been made commander in chief, undertook a cauipaigu in Vir ginia. He had aba'ut to(MMM) men and Lee about 50.0'JO or 0'),()OO. Grant, crossing the R tjiidan, headetl his army southward. The lire of inarch was through the western verge of the Wil derness. Lee resolved to attack the enemy through this wooded region, the attack was boldly execute1. The result was the bloody, but ii d-cisive battle of the Wilderness May 5 and 0. Each army t'irew up intreiichinents. Grant undertook to outfl ink Lh; by niarching upon Spottsylvania C n t house. But Lee reached that point first. Here was fouglit a Woody but indeci-ivr battle. Grant moved south ward from SjKttsylvania, proposing to outflank Lee s right, thus compelling liiin to fall back on Richmond. On Jane & Lee gained a signal victory over Grant on the Chicahomitiy. On June 12 Grant broke from this position, marched down the Chickahominy to the James, which he crossed, aud took up a position near Petersburg, from which Richmond could be nssaiie.l on the south. Lee undertook the defei ee of Richmond. The capital was so strongly fortified that no direct at tack upon it was feasible. The subse quent operations in Virginia resolved themselves mainlv into the seige and defence of Petersburg. This lasted until April, 1805, when Grant, having passed around the extreme right of the Confederate defences, and having broken through the lines, Lee abandoned Petersburg and Richmond ApriLji, Lee's forces were reduced to perhaps less than 40,000. But he hoped to reach the mountain regions and keep up the contest indefinitely. But Grant with his large army kept up pursuit, and at. Appomattox Court house Lee surrendered on the 0th of April. Lee had been made 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, but only a small portion of these had arms. OVERPOWERED B NUMBERS. In this condensed sketch only the merest outlines of the battles are indi cated. We haven't attempted even to mention all of Lee's brilliant victories. With anything like an .equal number of men Lee would never have been forced to surrender. With Lee's hand- fuls as compared with Grant's legions, the remarkable thing is that the Con federacy held out as long as it did. This of itself proves to the world the matchless genius of Lee and the valor of his men. GRAND IN DEFEAT. When the war began Gen. Lee was imaged and erect. When the war closed he had begun to age very much. His own fortune had been swept away by 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 which he bore defeat made him even greater after Appomattox than on the field of victory. He was stricken with paralysis in September, 1870. and olied in two weeks deeply mourned by the whole South.- His wife, Mary Custis, gre it granddaughter of Martha Custis (afterwards the wife of Washington), died at Lexington in 1873. One of his daughters died during the war. Miss Mildred Lee and all of his sons survive G. W. Custis L je, president of Wash ington and Lee University; Congress man W. H. F. Lee. and Robert E. Lee, the yonngest. The sons are all gallant men. The oldest was a commander of cavalry, and the third was on the cav alry staff. In Richmond. New York Herald. This is the day set apart for unveil ing the statue of General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va. The city will be gay with banners and alive with en- tniisiiisni. iii . - - v are beneath the dignity of contempt, If they are honestly timid they are simply ill informed. No one can travel through that sec tion without being impressed by the fact that North and South are knitted together by bonds of enterprise, capital a maiuiiacuires oeyouu tue Villi V UL 11 ilULUIC, While slavery existed the govern- nient refl on .t,,ree stones and a weak one strong corner The weak one There is the same rivalry between ! r tie ioriu ami me oouiu a wiwren j le ,n " TT (.''UllllCl tldl Mil, ' vv ' v. v-v money making. We are all hunting for dollais, the southerner in his mines and mill stream-, the West in its wheat fields, the East in its looms. All parts of the country are interdependent and 1 . that from sectional differences. An Invisible Flea la Tomato Plants A Successful Remedy. Dl'nnsville. Va.. May 11, 1300. A fresh enemy has coninenced ;r raid upon the tomato plants in some places . 1 i . !i i i ." -i a. here. It is iuvi:ioie ami noes us u apparently at night. A plant looking fresh and green about sundown will be found next morning as if punctured with hundreps of cambric needles, and soon dries up. The only remedy rather, preventive -I have so far been able to discover is the sweeping of a chimney. Just over a fire there are found. co t and some fine ashes mixed, sprinkle this lightly over the plants just before dark, when the dew will Settle it in the plants, doubt les making a fye, which will keep the fly, flea, or whatever it is, off. A few-evenings ago I had a bed of beautiful plants, and a friend calling went to look at it and remarked upon its luxuriance. This morning there are not a dozen healthy plants in the bed. Are ths Rpablicans Communists. N. Y. Ilemld, The warehousing and Sub-Treasnry scheme of the Farmers' Alliance ho had a prolonged henring before Hn Ways and Means Committee, by which the Alliance people are greatlv -encouraged. Ms. Livingston, the" head of the organization, in his address said, very fairly, "I want the committee to report the bill to the House, either favorably or favorably, and let it be ventilated, in the House." If the Alliance can forc3 the com mittee to ivport the bill there will be some curious squirming among the legislators; In the committe hearing Mr. Flower and McMillin, both demo crats, were the only nieml era who, by question and discussion, showed up the absurdity of the hij Mr. Oates, of Alabama, also a democrat, has come out in opposition to the A lianee pro gramme in his State. On the other hand, Senators Stan ford and Cullom, both Republicans, have bills in the. Senate directing ihe government to lend money to farmers on their land, and Mr. Stanford made an elaborate speech in favor of his communistic measure. Mr. Livingston, the head of the Al liance, is evidently a man capable of drawing a local conclusion. Being asked whether his measure was not "paternalism," he replied having in view evidently the McKinley bill the. River and Harbor bill and other things of that kiud "If this is not a pater- nai government today I want some man to tell me what paternalism is." To Mr- Flower's question, "Why not put pork, lumber, cheese, butter, cattle and sheep, swine and horses in the bill to be warehoused ?" , Mr. Livingston replied, "Because they are protected already" in the McKintay bill, of course. Mr. Flower exposed very clearly and fully the results sure to come from the Alliance bill, but Mr. j Livingston's re ply to all that was that the farmers have been paying the bill long enough and now want to be included w'.th the rest of the countryn what ever good things are going. The Alliance tills 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 favored manufacturers and if the McKinley bill is right, which greatjy increase this favoritism, then the farmers, who have borne the load of high tariffs for many years, have a right to their share also of the general plunder. If the Alliance leaders are wise they wilLnot consent to have their bill smothered in the Ways and Means Committee, but will lieinand t hat it be reported to the House for debate. It is an absurd and com nunistic measure, but not a bit worse or more unreasable than the M'.Kinley Tariff bill, and the Alliance has as much right as the fav ored manufacturers to liave its measure considered by the House. m i m w . The Matter of the Mayor of Cedar Keys, Florida. StaLexvllle Landmark. The southern press, I am sorry to say, . has been representing Mayor ;Cottrell, of Cedar Keys, Fla., as a desperado, a terrorixer, a cowardly threatener of women, etc., without taking into con- sideratiou that everything from a northern source about the South ought, to be carefully sifted before publishing. I have just received reliable informa tion from the Keys, representing Mayor C.'s action toward Pinkerton in a very different light from what the papers would have us believe. Moreover, that the articles about hira were writ ten by Pinkerton and scatre4red throughout the United States. In ad dition to this, the sympathies of the inhabitants of Cedar Keys are with Mayar Cottrtdl, and that from their own confession, Lieut. Garden and sixteen seamen, who are searcltdng the swamps for Mayor, Cottrell, are meet ing with great hardships, s the people, strangely enough, are opposing them." I have written this to vindicate a brave, gallant and persecuted man. Very respectfully, Southern Lady. Salisbury, N. C, May 23, 18&. Mayor Cottrell, above referred to, of Cedar Keys, Fla., is represented as our correspondent states. It is alleged that he Inis terrorized the tmvn of which he is mayor, insulted tbe Epis copal minister and his wife, threatene l the lives of various people, and behaved most extraordinarily and outrageously, in consequence of which he is now a fugitive in tjie swamps, with officers after him and the town covered by tW guns of a United States revenue cutter the pnsence of which was secured by the influence of one Pinkerton, the col lector of the port. They say that Cot trell's whole record is bad. A lid yet h h id served one term as mayor of Cedar Keys and was re-elected ill ApriL There is something mysterious about the case. "Cottreli was married a few months aga to a Salisbury lady. Editor. Col. VV. VV. Dudley has been so pros pered, since he opened his pension of fice in Washington that he now has fifteen clerks, equal to three "blocks of five," and will in ike large additions as the nen laws are parsed. St. Paid Globe. - - !f-