The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-15
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.,:, - -: y. & LEXINGTON, VA, October. IA.
Everything about Lexington Indicates
that IL is a house Of mourning to-day. AN Bus.
ness houses are closed. "A deep stoom pervades
the whole community. Memorial services were
held yesterday and this moEntng ipGthe college.
They were largely attended. ~! !.
The remains or GeneraiI Lee were conveyed
FROM his former residence to the College chapel,
the following being sheorder Of the procession
Escort OF honor, consisting OF oftcers- and sol:
diers OF the late Confederate armyS chaplain and
other clergy; all.bearers with the body; the old
gray war horse that carried the General through
all bis campaigns 10 the late war; trustees and
I faculty, officers and cadets; Masons and Odd
Fellows citizens. The pall.bearers were Judge
Anderson and David l.. Moore, senior trus-
tees Of Washington fCollege;o Ex-Governor
John ,Letcher, Commodore II F., Moury,. for, the
Virginia Military Institute; Colonel Nv. Presto
Johnston and Hon. Randolph Tucker, professors
OF Washington College; William Z. Prather and
Edward p. Clark, studeatsJ OF washington Col
lege; Captain ]. C. Boude and Captain ]. II.
Moore, soldiers OF the Confederate army; William
g. White and Joseph G. Steele, citizens OF Lex
lngton. L...e,. -: j .e Il D..
THE remains will lie in state, In, the College
Chapel, until the nterment Tomorrow at. IL H.,
and are there visited by thousands OF grief
stricken people, white and colored, old and
young. - ! ..a2-J -! -. ~
rhe ladies Of Lexington draped with their own
hands the College chapel which General Lee built,
and beneath which he Is TO be buried. Meetings
havebeen held In all quarters to give expression
TO the universal sorrow. The faculty o. Washing
ton College. passed resolutions declaring 1t to be
their duty and privilege 10 provide the; dead hero
with suitable memorial whereby his name may
be held IN reverence for al future time, An eu-
logy on the life and character OF General Lee Will
be delivered In 1he college chapel on June 19,
187l-the anniversary Of his birth. An endeavor
will be made to connect the name of Lee with
that Of Washington in the designation OF the COL
lege. -! =" ,.ssa
dleton that he did cot expect to live longer than
Two years more. The evening he was taken Sick
he was unusually bright and cheerful. =
The remote reason OF General Lees death was
long continuance Of depressing moral causes,
commencing with ithe weighty responsibilities
and anxieties during the Inst year ofthe war, and
and the effect which the overthrow Of the cause
he loved, and the condition OF the South since,
have had upon him. He bore all with calm exte-
rior and devoted Mmself,to the duty or thehour,
but the fbres rof his great heart were st. last
broken, The proximate cause OF his death was
mental and physical fatigue, Inducing :Ven0us
CONGESTION OF the brain, which, gradually caused
cerebraleXhaustion and death. - ~
lin Augusta, Atlanta, Chattanooga. 'Indianap.
oils and Washington meetings were held, and the
death OF General Lee appropriately commemo-
| rated.
A message has been received stating t4se tn e
family of Geleral Lee would not be ayerse to his
burial at HOLLYWOOD, and the committee OF tn e
Legislature left The city for Lexington this eve
ming.