The Osceola times., 1879-03-15

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Grating the ci,urgrs made in III,
Democrat, and adding "yon are no
entitled To demand Satisfaction If !.
gentleman, while yon remain under
these chnrg, g. This Of course was
not calculated 10 a,'l likc oil un thr
troubled waters. and ti,ing- began
TO look ike business. ln II shorl
time Maj Isrey, ~ 'r"k', freud,
u, IL message by ful. X II john
son to Cui Mthc,l "dcmaL ling
satisfaction usual y iil rcniirmrh
This ho,e Was rIrrlrd Ia Got. Mitch
cll- private residence where Got
Mitchell rc.rscd / receive l.. bU,
It'd Co. J ,hns tntskr d g. llm
al his Office IT q n'c o. =. IA a.
thus time Col Jol,nson waited upon
CDi Mitchell al his u!licr, and tried
To deliver the note, bu, was pre-
vented from ~ doing by Maj Bloch
or and other friends who were there,
md finally Col. Johnson was :orci
hl, cjrcicl from tho office. Thi,
roc''rdurc rs u matter Of r"urs",
didn't mchd matters Hero W.,
a.oihcr gtniiemah's "huhur IN
>nlir,', and more blood was Ia de
mand. ;'ol. Ju,hsun srni Il lct,vi
hy l,i>ncx he, rrre, j, t,rj Church
Ill, and be- "driaand, Il the s;il.'ac
,n,n due him as II gc'ilrnau.'
THIS letter. like ia pred dcc,s,or, wa.
refused, but Ga. Chnrciil ins,l
.ng, Maj. Bochrr wr",c On the ca
velopr: "U"dcr the present ronsld
Grafton of affairs. mus, decline Il,
have Col. Mitchell rcceivc person
al communication from any on,
cxcep, through myself" F." Thu,
matters stood until the nest dn,
when the Dsmocrrt came .ut ~ill
"A Card" by Col Mite I'll, ia
which the nbove WAS repeated in
leiail aud in the man, admitted
adding ns u reason tor NJ, =, crivin.'
the notes either from Rrplvy. job,
son or Churchill, that il had bee,
Iirsl agreed that all further nnd fu
lure mmuuica,iJns should be al
dressed to Maj Bl"ch"r, who wonld
act ns his iriend aud wound up Us
inllows:
Gen. I'lacher and mvsrlt have
done nalhing To provoke these dem
nnstralions, which are SIMPLY made
with view Ia rrca'" capital. We
have sought M "mardrr"us street
difficulty" with any one. lui have
tried tn avr.r Il iiicul,irs ofa kind,
| do ret brlicvr Il. dnr'lins, ahhnr
stree, fights and breaches "i the
peace generally. 81 the sine time
! shall always lac ready to protect
mysrlt when assaulted
Every charge which made
against Peck is corrp''i in eterv rs-
seniial pai,,rnlar. a,d ! rould not
recognise him a> II gentleman for
the r. a~"ns sr' !nrih IA nv n Ste.
Nrh Itap'ey | have nothing TO Do,
and il was - violent assumption ~,
his par, to assume ,hp, | could
meet him as the Representative o.
Peek.
Johnson hntl no right 10 LDli mc
responsible because he was ,jrclrd
from the office, ir M the iar, lha,
Gen, Blochrr elected him and WAS
only n spectator. That trouble was
t-twetn him and Blochcr.
As TO Treasurer CLurchil's ne.
ton in the premises, n is to me
strange and una,ronuiablc. Very
lew people will hrlieve tina, the
notes 10 me, ruhii>hei IN this morn.
ing-' Gnzr'tr ozone of which ! saw
except Peek, mean, n real desire
to fight. They w,re simply irr
spertacular effect. ] desire M
ironble with any Of these parties,
saall provoke no difficulty with
them. bui shall always hold myself
in readiness iO meet aLy attack
which they may choose L" m ke,
Roth General B,m'hcr aud mvsrii
have tried to AVOID amy difficulty
with ,hese men and they can only
get into trouble By bringin. i, on,
JAMES MITCHELL.
Thus matters stood whom last
heard from, in LATHE Rock. The
undsrtakcrs occupied prominent
positions near the two respective
establishments, eagerly expecting q
6rst Glars job