The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-11-09

College, Point.fI. T.;shsve reduced their
tiae y toas days per week, employing
Estimatesfos she city and County ex-
penssA for 1874 stop this years expendi-
ta1f6s BY SO. 500sg00,
CoRPus OaR1sTI November 8.-The
Corpus Christi and Rio Grande Railroad
Oompapy is organized here. Col. Thos
,H; Robb, former y Collector of Gus
TENS at Savannah, ID President.
E9SALr LAKE, November ;8.-Evans
Rogers and bis Wits discovered, upon
tbeir arrival here from the East. that
they had been robbed of 81, 700 in gold.
BosToN, November After week 3
careful consideration Of the matter, tho
nait'ahd iron manufacturers. doing busi-
ness in New England, have decided to
Z 'duoe the wages Of their employees ten
par oent.-reduotion to commence on
the first December.
WASHINGTON, November 8 1T is un-
derstood that Gov. Samuel Burd. Of the
Atlanta Ne,o Era is u prominent candi-
date for the post Office of the House Of
Representatives. He hns assurances of
support from the Southern. members,
who claim the position for that section,
"uA =" 1oVoAoo Wy mhGy NOfIueCu 1se-
publicans.
The Civil Service Board have fxed
the l7th Of December, ut Savannah. for
competitive examinations for the South
ern district. Applications for this COM
petition will be received at the proper
department up to December 5. Forms
and information may be obtained by ad-
dressing e. o. Graves, Chief Examiner.
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the death of Mrs. Lee, widow of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, at Lexington, Va, on
Wednesday, the 5th instant. She hus
been an invalid for some years. and the
recent death of her daughter bore hea-
yily upon her declining strength. Mrs.
Lee Was the only daughter of G. w. P.
Custis, Esq, of Arlington. who was the
youngest child Of John Rarke Custie, a
son of Mrs. Washington by her first
husband, and AN aide dccamp to Gen.
Washington, at the seige of Yorktown.
His two youngest children-one of them
the father of Mrs. Lee were adopted
by Gen. Washington. G. W. p. Custis
was brought up at Mount Vernon, and
remained member of Westinghouse y
family until the death of Mrs. Washing
ton, in 1902. when he went to reside on
the Arlington estate, near this city,
which he had inherited from his father,
and where he had erected the mansion
known rs Arlington House. He was
married in early life to Miss Mary Leo
Fitzhugh, of Virginia, and left an only
daughter. who became the wife of Cen.
Robert E. Lee. The late Mrs Lee was
a!iady of exemplary conduct, and unas-
suming and gentle character. She wns
between sixty and seventy years Of age
at the time OF her death.
Probabilities--For the Southern
States, Westerly winds, veering to
North-westerly, and generally clear wes-
ther
RICHMOND. November 8-The funeral
obSequies Of Mrs. Mary Custis Lee, wife
OF the late Gen. Robert l.. Lee, who
died in Lexington, Wednesday morning,
took place. yesterday. in the Memorial
Chapel, in that town. Her three sons
w. h. +. Lee, Custis Lee and Robert
10. Lee, Jr., and her daughter weru pre-
ssnt, besides alarge concourse of friends.
Her remains were deposited by the side
OF her husbands, in the Memorial room.
Mrs. L,e WAS sixty.seven years of age.
Business was entirely suspended ipLe1-
lngton. yesterday-muny places being
draped in mourning, and the obscqnies
were very imposing.
SELMA, ALA, November 8-The re-
mains of Gen. w. ]. Hardee reached
this city this morning. and were met at
the depot by a vast concourse of citi-
zens. Stores were closed and business
was suspended. and our whole people
united in honoring the ilustrious dead.
The remains were escorted by long
procession to his late residence. At 5
o'clock. this evening, the funeral SER
vices took place, and another immense
procession escorted the body to the
church. which WAS packed, and with
hundreds in the streets who could not
get in. The services at church ended,
the procession reformed and marched to
the cemetery, when the body was con.
signed to the tomb. All classes and
conditions united to honor Hardae, and
the funeral, with the exception of Gen.
Lees, was the largest which ever took
place in Selma. Thousands were at the
cemetery. for the people loved Hardee.
The Generals old war-horse, Shiloh,
with empty saddle, and his old Confede-
rate gray coat upon it, brought tears to
the eyes OF many man who had seen
the loved form OF the gallant dead on
the field of carnage and amid the smoke
OF battIo The hurjnl caramopiau ~ tho