The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-12
TheLate Mrs. Lee.

The Alexandria Gazette. in notice Of the
death of the lamented consort of the late
Genera! ROBERT E. LEE, says:
For many years she has been an invalid,
suffering intensely at times from neuralgia
affection, under which, however, she bore
TN with forttudc and without complaint !;
but the death OF her husband, the great and
good General X. L. Lee, and more recently
the loss OF beloved daughter. broke down
the spirit that had so molly battled against
ill-health and adversely, and she has been
taken 10 her reward.
For several years she had londiy cher
iahcd the hope Of ending her days at Ar
lington, the parental manSion-hcr own
home and the home of her children. There
she was born, there she had been married,
and there her children were born. Natu-
rally all her affections clustered around this,
TO her, halloWed spot, and as years rolled on
she became more aud more anxious to re-
turn TO the old homestead, where lie buried
the remains of a devoted father and mother,
and where she had hoped tC peacefully sur
render her spirit to the God who gave it.
surrounded by all the recolIcc;ionS of hap
pier days. But in this she VAS doomed TO
disappOintment-ad disappointment that add
cd to her recent heavy bereaN@nIrnls, finally
broke down a shattered constitution; and
death ensucd. She felt kceniy the wrong
imposed upon her by the Government, that
without the shadow Of right or Justice, hli,
merely by the strong arm Of power, with
held from her, her own and her Ihltrcns, I,
III violation of the very laws under which
the property was at first seized and
few there are in the land, we should think,
who will not regret that this injustice was
pcrpetratcd, and who will not now be will
iny that the restitution shall he made to the
descendants of her whose soul has passed to
happier home
This beloved lady had become enshrIneC
in the hearts of hercountrymen, not only by
her relationship as spouse to the mos
vcncra,ed man in the land, but perhaps ye
more by her own sweetness Of disposition
Added to her sorrows, the great depth o
which all the country knows, were hel
bodily Affections, which had deprived her Of
the free use of her limbs and driven her to g
wheeled.chair as a means OF locomotion. But
with all this she ever maintained resigna'
ton and a kind and gentle cheerrulness Of
spirit that shed halo around her. Hel
country she loved above all earthly things
her family she chung to with grace aut
ardor of devotion never excelled; and it j:
not strange that she turned her heart to
wards the dear Arlington, where she hoped
to lay down In that sleep which is the pleas
ant repoSe from which the pure in hear
awake in Heaven.
1t Was delightfully."- edifying to be in the
presence Of Mrs. LEE, she was such an ex
ample OF submission to the will Of Proyi-
dencc-she showed SO beautifully the pious
serenity OF pure and Christian mind illu
mined by good intellect and the admirable
education Of phase Of society the like Of
which we shall never again look upon. The
visitors to the Virginia Springs will sadly
miss her next summer. They will not
again see her before her cottage engaged in
te' fayorite arts Of household industry,
u in drawing, to Which She devoted