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Show ti FITZHUGH LEE DEAD. Another knightly gentleman hns ral-ion ral-ion away; nnothor soldier of two ro- . publics has gono to his rest; another American has passed Into tho laud of ' light. Ho wns a typical son or VI r- i glnln, was FItzhugh Loo; a scion of a 1 noblo stock; n descendant ot old "Light Ilorso Harry" who lived In tho ! days ot tho Rovolutlon and ono or tho signers or tho Declaration of Independence. Inde-pendence. Ho was a ncphow of Robert , 10. Lcc, who commanded tho nrmles I ot Mio Conredoracy, and served with ! I great distinction under his Illustrious ! j relative. At tho beginning or tho tratrlcldnl striro which divided states and families, ho left West Point, where ho was cngnged as Instructor, and like E tho grim warrior who surrondored at f Appomattox, "caBt his fortunes wltit his stato." Ho fought well, too, dur-lug dur-lug those four years of horror and bloodshed that devastated fair Shenandoah, Shenan-doah, and mndo tho soil or the Old Do- m minion red with tho best blood ot her m sons. But when pcaco enmo ho was an m actlvo factor In rebuilding her shat- torcd homes. Ho was coiibuI at Ha-vana Ha-vana under Clovoland nnd served his j country so well that President Mc- S Klnloy retained him, nnd through tho " crlBls ho stnyed at' his post and up- 9 hold tho dignity of this nation liko tho jl truo southoru gontlcmnn ho wns. At Jjll tho outbreak of tho Spanish war ho MM was mado a major-gonoral of voluu- jnl toors, and whllo tho fortunes of that tfjf occurrence did not givo him a chnnco Hi to show his mettlo ns nn ofllcor of the H Union, ho was ready and willing and tAJ would havo given a good account of K hlmsolf. At tho closo or tho war ho H was appointed a brlgadlor-goncrnl In Ml regular establishment and rotlred with BE Mint grado. When death camo ho was W . actlvo in gottlng up an anniversary of tho first settlement' at Jamestown. Ill Gonoral Leo was an excellent man, and nmong his many talents wns that Rf of writing. Ills llfo of Robort 13. Leo HI did much to banish tho projudlco that IB existed against that man In tho minds Bl of northern peoplo, nnd waB an oxcol- mt lent" work. Ho wns a Jolly companion, ml a loving husband and rnthcr, a gallant j soldier nnd a gentleman. Peaco to his W ashes as thoy slumber with tho count H loss thousands or comrades who with M him woro tho groy; rest for tho I spirit that so readily accepted tho In- n ovltahlo and stood o bravely for tho n rights of mankind In connection with Ijl thoso who woro tho bluo. f |