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Show A REBEL FLAM IS JERSEY. It Float. In Spite of the. Indignation and Trotnu of Loyal Citizen. Dover, X. J., July 17.-A rebel flag floating over Jersey soil is the eauso of bitter personal warfare now ragiug lit j Morris county. The originator of tho ; hostilities is a fair young maiden, the daughter of Dr. J. G. Beattio of Sue-casunua, Sue-casunua, but the preseut cause of trouble is Dr. Beattie himself. Personally, Per-sonally, Dr. Beattie is a gentleman of much culture; politically, he still! afliliates with the south, which was his great war-time love. At the recent re-cent unveiling of the Lee mommieiit at Richmond be was ouo of the most enthusiastic en-thusiastic spectators. To give him an appropriate welcome homo his daughter brought to light a family cher-ished cher-ished relic, of tho confederacy and flung it to the breeze at the front of their pretty little villa. Instantly the villagers vil-lagers became excited. For a day and night they indulged in angrv mutter-ings mutter-ings among themselves. The next morning they surrounded Beattie's house and shouted "Tear down that rebel Hag." Dr. Beattie was aroused, incensed. "Gentlemen." said he, "I hud intended furling my flag today, but in tho face of such an exhibition as this, I will float it. to my heart's content." He refused further'argiimeiit and went inuoors. With loud voices threat's were uttered, utter-ed, and a few b.dd ones approached the flag-staff. Just then tho gleam of something some-thing very liko a ritlo barrel was seen at a window, and a hifly retreat was beaten. At his leisure lr. lleattie lowered low-ered the offensive banner, and tho villagers vil-lagers gradually disapjiared, but bright and early on tho morumgof the Fourth, when tho true emblem of American patriotism pat-riotism was floating from every house, the bars of the Confederacy were hoisted on the Heattie statf. Hitter indeed in-deed was the feeling then. Tho people ran from house to house in a whirl ol patriotic anger and gathered in turbulent turbu-lent knots iu the village ptiblie places, and chafed aud fretted themselves into a colonial revolutionary mood ready and eager for the fray. A leader among the Succasunna cohorts, which now were swelled by patriots from Dover, Port Oram, Stanhope, Stan-hope, llopalcong and other neighboring neigh-boring towns, prevailed in the advocacy ad-vocacy of legal methods, and instead of storming tho rebel castle, hewing to the earth the flagstaff and trampling In the dust the flaunting emblem of past days, as had been their plan, they sent for the officers of Company (J at Dover, requesting re-questing them to tear down the confederate confed-erate ensign. Company U remained dormant, and application for relief was made to Col. Campbell of tho F'irst regiment, reg-iment, who referred the indignant people peo-ple to the governor. "I can understand," under-stand," said the colonel, "tho painful memories and angry thoughts aroused by such a display 'as you report, but I cannot permit my sentiment to overcome over-come my judgment." The Hag still floats. |