New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-15

the great departed. Business will probably
be largely suspended during the day.
SAVANNAH, Ga, October A.-The Mayor
of Savannah has issued q proclamation,
causing tomorrow to be observed with
fitting testimonials in honor of the memory
of General Lee. All business will be s,ls-
pended, and all the bells in the city will be
tolled at intervals Of fifteen minutes.
A public meeting of the citizens was held
in the Exchange at twelve o'clock NJ. The
City Exchange and public offices will be
draped in mourning, and services held in
the various churches.
ATLANTA, Ga, October H.-Extenslve
preparations are being made for obseluies
to General Lee tomorrow. Everybody,
without distinction of party, will take part.
The legislature, Judiciary, and all will en-
gage.
AUGUSTA, October 4.-Nearly all busi-
ness houses were draped in mourning to-
day, in respect to the memory of General
Lee Bells were tolled and business, IN
great measure, was suspended.
LEXINGTON, VA, October l4.-Everything
about Lexington indicates house III
mourning. A deep gloom pervades the
whole community.
Memorial services were held yesterday
and this morning in the college chapel,
which was largely attended.
The remains were conveyed from his resi-
dence to the college chapel, the following
being the order of the procession: Escort of
honor consisting of officers and soldiers of
the late Confederate army; the chaplain
and other clergy; pall-bearers with the
body old grey war horse that carried the
general through all his campaigns in the
late war the trustees and faculty of Wash
mgton College; the students, visitors ard
faculty officers and cadets; Masons; Odd
Fellows, and citizens.
The pall-b bearers were Judge F. r. Ander-
son, David E. Moore, senior trustees of
Washington College; Ex-Governor John
Letcher, Commodore NJ. +. -, Nlr-
ginia Military Institute; Colonel W. Pres
ton Johnston, Hon. Randolph Tucker, pro-
fessors Washington College; William l..
Prather, Edward P. Clarke, students Of
Washington College: Captain J. c. Bonde,
Captain J. P. Moore, soldiers the Confed.
crate States army; William G. White and
James &. Steele, citizens OF Lexington
The remains lie in state i'll the college
chapel until interment tomorrow at IL 3D.,
and is there visited by thousands of grief
stricken people, white and cOlored. old and
young.
The ladies of Lexington claimed it as
their privilege to drape in mournlng-wIth
their own hands the college chapel, which
General Lee built, and beneath which he is
to be buried, and the Episcopal Church, OF
which he was a devout member
Meetings have been held by the faculty OF
the college, the military institute, by the
students of the college and the several
literary societies.; also the officers and
soldiers Of the late Confederate army, resi-
dent at Lexing gton, and the citizens en- masse.
Touching resolutions were adopted to give
expression OF the universal sense OF sorrow
The faculty of Washington College, after
an appropriate preamble. adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
ResOlccd That in the midst OF the deep
calamity which has beiallcn us in the death
of cur beloved president, we, the faculty OF
Washington College, experience profound
pleasure and pride in recognizing the fact
that the fame of General Lee, while 1t be-
longs to the whole country, is in an especial
sense the heritage OF Washington College,
and that it is our duty, as it is our privilege,
to provide here suitable memorials, whereas
this precious possession shall be acknOwl-
edged, and his name publicly held in CRATE
full remembrance by this college for all
future time.
Resolred, That a committee be appointed
to confer with like committee of the
board of visitors, and report measures and
plans for the erection OF suitable monu-
ment to General Lee, in the room in which
his remains are to be inferred. and further
to consider and recommend such other
monuments or memOrials as may be deemed
appropriate in the college.
Resolred. That the said committees be re-
auested jointly to make arrangements for
the delivery of an eulOgy on the life and
character of General Lee, in the college
chapel, on the nineteenth day of January,
| 1871, being the next anniversary OF his
birthday, and we also express the wish that
this anniversary, like the birthday of Wash
| ington, shall he hereafter always celebrated
| in Washington College.
Resolred, That these committees be re-
uuested to confer and report to their re-
spective bodies on the subject of so amend
ing the present charter Of Washington Col
lege that the name Of this institute may
| hereafter express, in fit conjunction, the i'm
mortal names of Washington and Lee,
| whose lives were similar in their perfect re-
nown, and with both of whom, equally, by
singular good fortune, it is entitled to be
associated in its future history.
General Lee remarked, two years ago, to
General Pendleton, that he did not expect
to live longer than two years more
The evening he was taken sick he was un-
usually bright and cheerful.
| The remote reason of General Lees death
was the long continuance of depressing
| moral causes, commencing with the weighty
| responsibilities and anxieties during the
| last wear of the war, and the effect when
| the overthrow of the cause he loved, ana
| the condition of the South since, has had
| uuon him. He bore all with calm exterior.
! and devoted himself to the duties OF the
| hour, but the tibres Of his great heart were
! ut last broken.
The proximate cause of his death was
mental and physical fatigue, inducing
venous condition of the brain, which grad,l-
! ally caused cerebral exhaustion and death.
! R,CuMoND. October IA message has
been received here by Mr.. A. Mckeiley,
| chairman of the committee of the House
delegates, to the effect that the family OF
! General Lee would not be averse 10 the
burial of the remains of General Lee IN
| Hollywood Cemetery, on the section be-
! lonyiny to the State. The committee of the
Honse therefore left the city this morning
| for Lexington These facts were announced
| in the Legislature this morning. and that
| bOdy adjourned till Tuesday next.
| LOUISVILLE. October l4.-Business will
| be suspended tomorrow, out OF respect to
General Lee.
LYNcuBURG. Va, October IA public
meeting OF the citizens was held this eve
! ming, and resolutions passed in honor of the
illustrious dead.
The Mayor issued a proclamation request
ing the observance of tomorrow. The bells
will be tolled, and all business houses and
city offices will be closed. Services will be
held in all the churches.
CHATTANOOGA, October l4.-There was
large demonstration of sorrow on the an
nouncement Of the death of General Lee
Three hundred ex-Confederates were pres
| ent. There were resolutions of coincidence
and speeches by q number of prominent ex-
! Confederate, among them General John q.
Brown, Democratic candidate for Governor,
and Colonel J. Burch Cook. The speeches
manifested the sincereSt admiration Tor the
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