The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-28
DEATH or COL. D. LEE POWELL.

DEAF Or wi. -. LEE Wv ELL.
Cob. .. Lee Powell. of Richmond. died
in this place on SUNDAY morning last ut 10
O'clock. He reached Winchester on Tues
day, lie llth. apparently in the enjoyment
e.: ,cri-c1 health, although complaining
>,mrwhat Of fatigue from his long journey
a!l tt. excessive heat. The OCCASION Of
III visit was to attend the session Of the
L.uraiiunal Association, over whose de-
i.',ralIuns he presided until relieved bE the
fgrslicul-eicct fcr he ensuing term. When
informed shortly alter his ARRIVAL That Gen.
smith. Tie president Of the association,
uid not be present, and that as first vice.
;s,.i!cL he would have to preside at the
is, meeting and deliver the opening adj
,.:r>,, be expressed regret tha: the duty had
ilIrn to hi> lot, remaking that he did not
To-. capable Of properly discharsin2 1t.
This remark was regarded by his friends
resent As but III evidence Of his character
!>'ic mOdcsty, ard 80 handsomely and cred
tatly aid be perform MS part, both rs pre-
.ijinc officer and in the discussions on the
,.tr. that no concern was ielt for his health
Nu|l Thursday afternoon, when he pleas
antiy asked to be excused from dinner
rrmp-ny on the score If Slight indlsposl-
ton. and retired to bis chamber to struggle
With h.s disease, which resulted fatally ON
The eleventh. day uttcr its attack.
All that medical skill and careful nursing
could 10 10 arrest the disease, which was
typhoid dyscntcry, was done, but unhlp-
ply without avail. Drs. Mcclure, Bald
win and Powell were unremitting i'll their
attentions. and never did physicians feel
deeper interest III patient. " ..
III, mother ard .llU"h.cr reached him on
Saturday, Ill I'm" 10 receive his parting
blessings and directions and enjoy the me-
Mnc1otN satisfaction OF soothing him ID his
Int hours
Colonel Powell was forty-fye years OF
agc-,hc very prime OF his manhood and
usefulness, and with as bright a prospect of
Years aud hon0rs before him rs any one OF
our acquaintance. OF the seventy members
IN attendance upon The Educational Con-
N"Etion he would probably have been the
last that any one would have thought of in
connection with death, SO full OF lite and
physical yieor did be seem.
Coz. Powell was born in Winchester, in
thc house which stood upon the present
s!te OF Col. Richard K. Byrd's, then the resi-
G"Hce OF his grandfather. the late Daniel
Lee And to the writer, who had frequent
opportunities Of conyersing with hlm
during his sickness, be remarked, O few
Gays before hls death, that "it would be
angular coincidence If he had come back,
81 The place OF his birth" Truly, the ways
% Providence are full OF mystery. "
The los, Of Col. Powell will be severely
'cit, not only in Richmond, but through
oul the entire State. In the sphere of fe-
Inale education, in which he had been en-
si9cd for nearly twenty years, his superior
va, nowhere 10 be found, and we venture
10 say that no teacher was ever mourned
Ivy scholars more deeply than Col Powell
WI be by the :oung ladies OF the South
Hho have attended his Instructions ae the
southern Female Institute. he was one1
"I Tic most active, earnest, and useful lay
men in the diocese; prominent. in the
councils aud jealous, both IN public and
private, for the welfare of the Church be
loved so well. Indeed, in all the relations
1' lite, II would be hard, II not irn possible,
10 mad loilcr and more exemplary man.
~ IN! v.ew CT death lac experienced the
rich rewards OF his well-speut life, thank
Ing dod that he bad not put off the i'm
portant matter OF salvation until the dying
houf. His faith was as simple as that Of o.
enid, hu' stcudlast a. the rock of Ages, 8
upon WINCH it was securely built.| And
although The ties that bound him to life
re peculiarly strone, he never doubted
Inc "isaom Or The mercy OF Gods DEALING