Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-06
Proceedings Of Congress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6
HOUSE.

| fore one to-day. Tha attendance OF MEM
bars was not large. Sc the Day waa devoted
t, the delivery OF eulogiss. Minister MONT,
OF Chill, occupied sest on the a5or.
At enc o'clock re=oiuticrs expressive OF
the eorroT with which the Hou:e had heard
o! the death OF lis esteemed mem Der. Mr.
Lse, of Virginia, were presented BY Mr..
Mered t.. OF Vlrginls. Mr. Meredith said {:
Mr.. Speaker: This dag having been set
apart for the purpoae Ct psyicg lest tribute
to the memory Of one, VINO, so ia;el9. Ws5
| loved snd houored msnhe. Of this House,
shall, In the bief remarks which l propose
to make, at.emps no:s;os ba. plain aud
trur hful narrative of s0ue CT tbe charstt II
istics and public services Of a chri an eer-
tiemaE. wao, In ny Judgment, measured
fully up 10 that standard which mazes man
tie noble work Of God.
Oa.he Isl day of October, 1891. at Be-
wentworth. h!a beautiful booze IL FAiftsx
county, Va, surrounded py those loved ones.
whose Constant care aud ender nursing had
done all tba. haman poEsr could do to tiy
| the hand OF the fei destroyer, all t las USE
mott Al CT the Hon. William Heniy F.z nah
Lee passed from his eartn auG his nooie
spirii re.urued to the GOO who gs7e it,
II the earnest tuppIict CTS to Almighty
God offered by the good people o! hs naive
State, upon their Bonded knees. r;ehs and
morning, during ths peftoa Of his lingering
illEess could have awaited. De would have
been restored to health end Usefulness spc
these melancholy proceedings Poetpontd for
many cng year.
Tbs great s0.roR T6lch usda TIE heart
o. Virginia heavy GEd bowed In grief the
heads OF bsr .rus sons AID daughters. when
she ssd intelligence Of bis death wss flashed
over the electric wires, vac mere genuinely
spontapenus than We,e the loud lament1-
docs OF the Roman populace. (sc graphical
liz described by Tacrtcs) when they beheld
toe wido9 OF Germaoicus with her weeping
children entering the gates Of the imperial
Ictl.
Nor vas !his sorroR copfdad t, .aose CT
bis oEn political fab. Men OF all parties
We'd with each o,hef in their expressions CT
regret st nia dsa!h acd IN their 81 patby ier
ns bsreaYed family.
Tne t!smaless life ne hsd led, bia high
character, bis gentle acd unassuming man.
nsr, Gon fol- him DOT only the respect but
The admiration OF Gil With whom he cams 10
contact.
AS gentle az a child and as tender az 8
woman, With the courage Of a hero and
faith that never ialtered, he proved bimseif
no t;y descendant of that rfcs OF famous
man i:om whom be sprung, aud mast wor
lily bore a name which will be honored es
long az q liberty loving psople ahall hnd 8
dwelling place upon the earth.
". q. F. Lee was tbs aon OF Gen. Robt
E. Lee end wrs born g. Arlington on the
tle 31st day of May 1887.
He WAS educated st Harvard, where he
ranked not only as 8 good scholsr, but ou
accoun. 81 his sp!e5did s!Z9 end strength
becsme gate famous In athletics. beng
"stroke car" of the U-.Ve:s!:g RcWirg
Cluo.
HIS gree. srnb.ioo vas to PILLOW the pro
fesson OF bic father aod TO GO 10 West
Point; bus having bad 81 elder brother
there, that fact wcs considered in thoae daJs
ar insuperab!e oostece. Wtie still az Hs
ward comp!s,i5g Tia edoteti,n. be war,
through t1e iateress taken In bin by Gene
raj Wirff Id Sco!t, who made he rtq 1e.t
O special s5d pe;eonsl favor TO himself, sp.
pointed 10 1857 Sscond Lieutenant IN the
Sixth 3 gm n UsIted S.a es Infantry, and
IiDau2urs ed bis military career by taking
d t,chmsrt OF troops to Texas By sss and
then by land up the Country II San Au-
tonic.
Ia 1853 he accompari his regiment
under the command OF Col. q inert Sidney
Johneton, 10 the expedition TO Q eh against
the Mormoue, taking an active part in that
campaign, merchiDg from Fort Lesyen
worth to Salt Lake City, and then when tht
troubles ware q1eied there, travelled Oh
10. 20 Fort Beuicis, California. While Cd
the Pacific coa5s he received letter from
his father written January lat 1859, 10
which be ssld:
81 carrot e1prtsI the Qualification | felt in
IN icing c, l. May in New ork and a. the ecopmi-
ms hs rassed upon your sold'cIsh p, "a ard
de o. i'm to Jour duty But Wa N Pleased at
the report OF your conduit Islwsys thought ald
said there IVES stuff in you fox coed soldier. and
l trust YOU will prove it,"
Rsslgoing his CON N sson In the srmy be
came home 10 be ma ried to bis cousin 8
Miss Wickham, and 81 Led down farm
er t the ~ hite House." (3tere Washing.
ton met Ma tia Custis and waa married,
a large est,te on the Pamnnkey river, !elt
him by his maternal grandfather, G. W.
Park Custis of Arlington
When that irrepFessible cor f'tt Of 1861
was upon us. ard Vlrsinis called upon her
soma TO defend her soil. he, sharing the faith
OF his fathers 10 the beiisf that his . agi
auce was due to bis State. quickly raised
company of cavalry aud was attached t.
the army OF Northern Virginia. Serving ia
every grade snccessivety from captain to
msjor general OF cavalry, be led his regl-
msrt In the famous rad around MeCelsn'e
army, and was sn tive participant In ell
those brilis. achievements which made
the cavalry services 30 proficient.
II thst terrific fight Uhich occurred a.
Brandy 8 a'Ion in Jane 1863. he was mos!
severely wounded aud taken to ie resi-.
deuce e @ Il er.I vi llsns Q. Wlcktan, In
Hanover county, where he WIS made
prisoner by raiding party. and was cat
red of, at the expente of great personsl
suffering, to Fortress Monroe. ON the
latter plscs he was c. nveyed to Fort Lafay.
erts, where be was confined until March
1864, and trest d With srea. severity, bei1g
neld With Capt. B q. Tyler Of che Vir-
glnia Regiment under sentence Of death, aud
as hostegfs for two ied:ral officers who
we're prisoners 10 Richm;u5, end whom 1t
wss thought would be executed for scme