The New York herald., 1870-10-21


Bank exchange on London, 21l per cent.
GENERAL LEE.
The Date Of Ills Birih-Rcport Of the Legis-
intivo COmmittee-The Remains 10 be Ulti-
mntely Rcmovcd to Richmond.
RICHMOND, va, Oct 49, 1870.
Al already stated in the HERALD teegraphIc
report Of General Lees obsequies from Lex
mgton there seems to be o grave error as 10 the
date OF the birth OF the Southern chiealn. Accord
ing to the genealogical records OF the family pub
lshed Dy Richardson Co., OF New York, and
edited BY Edward Meade, OF Albemarle county, Va,
It appears that he was born January 10, 1907, for
which Charles Carter Lee eldest brother Of the Gene
raj IL the authority and this date is now inscribed
on his tombstone at Lexington. In contradiction of
this, however, Sidney Smith Lee, another brother,
insists that Robert +. Lee was born January =,
1905, and this IA further corroborated by an
entry of this date OF Robert G. Lee, nephew
OF the General by his godmother Mrs. Lee still
further supports the latter date as the true one.
She says that General Lee was nearly years her
senior, and she was born in october, 1908. The
question IL yet undecided, but it IS generally be.
leved the "a Of January, 1906, was the
actual day Of Lees Lirth and viii proba-
bly, he inscribed on the monument proposed
to be erected to his memory at Hollywood Cemetery
near this city, when the body Is ultimately removed
here. In this connection the following report was
to-day submitted To the Legislature
To THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF vIRoIsIA;-
nsemay 70 bs 81 ss
funeral services or General RoDer. Lee, respeeuiy re-
proceeasa Friday October H. Lexington which they
o ss IN n
''Gipa.ed IN the ob.saaes . which then took place
presented having already communicated the
Legislature that na sSoaa s be camms use he eusoay s
Of the remains Of the ustrous dead and while the
time they authorized anticipate with confidence the
ultimate and probably cary accession Of the family 10 their
Tie representatives General family whom the
the profound appreciation which they held the
ny % s s hs sss sssy
definite answer might not at once pc sxacted as mois Tor
General Lees family some q whom were unayoidaby alb:
& n,h " e @ no wvn ~ @ sorra ,msse 4 ala an y.p -
the subject with the camness demanded by lis
siayIty. M. - , a. .,,o. s,.,,
OF wi, be I @ hws the
universal desire oi she people ana ,ne many ana manifest
ed nS nps s s , IN s
soldiers whom he led SO long and by whom be was loved
well Ghaman 81 somDseu on the part 1T Of The saha,e
Chairman OF committee the part the House.
The report was ordered TO be printed. There is a
good deal OF feeling manifested here and in other
portions OF the State at the Obstlnacy with which
the people OF Lexington insist that the remains OF
the hero should be left there. 1t Is currently re-
marked thai, "having traded In him while living,
the Lexmgtonians now wish TO trade in his ashes.''
| and IL Is considered remarkable tmpudence on the
| part OF the people Of Lexington To endeavor to
thwart the VIII or the entire state, expressed by
| laturc
Otner corrections besides that Lees middle name
| was Edward are-lhat he graduated first In his
class at West Point; tnat he never went TO Europe
| and that 1t was the engineers he entered ana not
| The Typographical engineers, all OF which msstate-
ments appear in the numerous obituaries Of the dis
| tnguished soldier.
The Cn..e Of General Lees, Death Letter
| from His Physician.
From the Fredericksburg Herald. Oc. ISL
We have been permitted TO copy the following cx-
tract from private letter from DR.. H. 4. Barton,
General Lees attending physiciaD, TO his brother,
Judge w. $. Barton, Of this city
LEXINGTON Oct. IS 1870
Ny DEAR BROTHER-l have been SO engaged for
two weeks with our dear General that have been
compelled TO leave many other matters unattended
10. AS the papers have contained very Inaccurate
accounts Ol hla case, and you Will desire to hear
specially rom me our opinion, | VIII state 1t IN
few words.
tism Affecting the muscles Of his arms, back aud
chest chiefly, and IN 1883, and about year ago.
attacking the pericardium, the sack containing the
heart but never the heart ITSELF whose regular
rhythnical beat has been maintained whenever ex-
amiAed by us After very fatigung day st college
detained FOR several hours but gave no evidence
Of being unwell. As he walked into his dining room
where they were waiting tea for MIN, he took his
seat and was discovered 10 have lost his speech.
l was summoned at once and found his pulse
rather weak, with cold extremities, &c. Com.
menced the use OF remedies at once and sent for
DR.. Madison. who continued 10 attend HIM with me
to the end. He was in short time able to speak a
little, sometimes Ill sentences. but generally only
IN reply 10 questions. He remained thus disposed
10 dose for most Of the attack, could be
easily aroused, and almost to the very
last seemed TO understand all that was
said to him, and responded by words signs with
out any great depression. He evidently neither ex-
pected nor desired 10 recover After improving
almost steadily til last Sunday he began TO retro
grade, and on Monday evening, the 10th INST.
alarming symptoms set IN and had little
hopes after tnat time We consider his protracted
grief at the condition or his country ana the CON
tinued suppression OF his strong feeling the
chier remote causes and excessive fatigue
and mental application The immediate cause OF
congestion OF the veins OF the hran ano though not
producing apOplexy, OF which there was evidence
the moving every muscle almost to the last hour,
this congestion caused most loss Of nervous
power and resulted IN lesion Of the substance of the
BRAN itself Our whole people are more parayzed
than he was. never witnessed aaght ike il.