The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-10-15

majority to 5O,oOO. In the Fourth Dis.
triot, McKenny, Democrat, has 121 ma
jority. The Republicans hold q jolIifica-
tion meeting here tonight.
CINCINNATI, October IA special
depatch. received by the Gazette, give
Judge Wilson, Republican, twenty six
majority in the Fourth Indiana District.
SCRANTON, Pa, October 14.-Shoe-
maker, Republican, has 1000 majority
in Luzerne and 500 in Susquehana.
Harding, Republican, has defeated
Woodward for resident Judge of Ln-
zerne County by 1000 majority. Lu-
zerne bus gone, altogether Republican.
Heretofore she has been IL reliable Dc.
mocrat stronghold.
WASHINGTON, October 14.-It is gene
rally believed the Government holds the
Arlington estate by the Confiscation
Act, which, if true, the property would
now revert to the widow of General Lee.
The property was left by Mr.. Custis to
Mrs. Lee, his daughter. as q life interest,
aud at her death to Custis and Fitzhngh
Loe, his grand-sons. The tax being
unpaid during the war, it became the
property Of tho United States by tax
purchase, and is now held by tax title.
Efforts have been made to redeem it. but
without avail. The best part Of the
estate is now covered by u national ceme-
terry.
LEXINGTON, Va, October 14.-Ali bu-
siness houses were closed to-day, and
deep gloom pervades the whole commu-
nifty. Memorial services held yesterday
and this morning, in the College, we're
largely attended. The remains were
conveyed from his residence to the Col
lege Chapel, tue following being tho or
der of the procession: Escort Of honor.
consisting of officers and soldiers of the
'ato Confederate army; chaplain aud
other clergy; pail bearers, with body;
old gray war horse that carried the Ge.
neral through all his campaigns in the
late war; Trustees and Faculty of Wash
ington College; students, visitors, Of
ficers and cadets: Masons, Odd Fellows.
and citizens.
The remains lie in state in the College
Chapel, until intermcnt tomorrow. Mt
IL NJ, and is there visited by thousands
OF grief.strickcn people, white and
colored, old and yonng. The ladies of
Lexington claimed it rs their privilege
to drape in mourning. with their own
hands, the College Chapel which General
Lee bnilt, and beneath which he is to be
buried. and the Episcopal Church, of
which he was devout member.
The Faculty Of Washington College,
alter an appropriate preamble, adopted
the following resolutions:
ReSotred, That in the midst of the
deep calamity which has befnllen us in
the death of our beloved President we
the Faculty of Washington College, ex-
perience profound pleasure and pride
III recognizing the fact that the fame of
General Lee, while it belongs to the
whole country, is. in an especial sense.
the heritage of Washington College: and
that it is onr duty, as it is our privilege.
to provide here suitable memorials
where this precious possession shall be
acknowledged, and his name publicly
held In grateful remembrance by this
College for nil future time.
ReSotced, That Committee he an.
pointed to confer with Il like Committee
from the Board of Visitors, and report
measures and plans for tho erection of n
suitable monument to General Lee, in
the room in which his remains are to be
uttered; and further, to consider and
recommend such other monuments or
memorials as may be deemed appropriate
in the College.
ReSolred, That said committees be re.
quested, jointly, to make arrangements
for the delivery OF n eulogy on tho life
and character of General Lee. in tie
Chapel of the College. on tho 10Th day
Of January, 1871. being tho date of The
anniversary OF his birth day, and wo
also express the wish that this nnni
versnry, like the birthday of Washington,
shall be hereafter always celebrated in
Washington College.
Resolced, That these committees he
requested to confer and report by their
respective bodies on tho subject of so
amending the present charter of Wash.
lngton College, that the name OF this
institution may hereafter express, in fit
conjunction, the immortal names of
Washington and Lee. whose lives were
SO similar in their perfect renown, and,
with both of whom equally, by singular
good fortune is entitled to be associated
in it, future history
RICHMOND, October IL "A message
hns been received here by Mr.. a. N.
Kelly, Charm. n of the Committee of
the House Of delegates, to the effect that
the family of General Lee would not be
nvcrsc to the burial of his remains in
Hollywood Cemetery in the section be.