Year: 1870

GEN. LEES MEMoRY.--It is natural and
fitting that those who fought long and well un
der the late Robert r. Lee, even in a case so
indefensible as that of Human Slavery, should
strew flowers on his new-made grave. No
generous mind will object to this. COnfeder-
ate Virginia is passionately proud of ber most
illustrious name: why not allow her respect
fully and modestly to say SO? We see nothing
in the honors paid to the memory OF Lee by
his late associates in a desperate, prOtracted
struggle, which should excite or would justify
animadversiOn. And, as to the sub-official
who undertook to display the United States
flag at half mast on a Federal custom-house in
sympathy with the feelings of those associates,
he probably knew no better, aud has been suf-
fcientIy rebuked for his error


But holding meetings in Northern cities to
honor the memory OF the dead leader of the
Confederate hosts seems to us, to speak softly,
unwise and mischievOus. 1t tends to revive
recolections that are happily fading from the
general mind, and to infiame differences that
were better wholly etfaced and forgotten. No
one need be told that General Lees private
life was exemplary, nor that those who knew
and loved him best esteemed him living and
honor him dead as a man and a Christian.
The public cannot help understanding that the
honorS here paid to his memory would never
have been proffered had he closed his career
as he began it-a loyal, faithful soldier of the
UPion. Is it well to incite such reflections
With great respect for the attitude and bear,
ing OF Gen. Lee ever since as well as prior to his
/ Confederate career, we think not.


At all events, be careful that Truth is not
( flonted in doing honor to the momory of one


whose renown has cost our country at least a


Billion of National Debt and the lives of One
Hundred Thousand of her n0blest sons N


Y Tribune


PAPER IIANDKERCHIEFS The japanese


paper handkerchiefs are assuredly coming, i


a cotemporary be right. The paper cola


manufacture now has been extended to les


prominent but more important garments o


great strength and Hexibility, which can b,


sewed with machine, giving seams almost a


strong as woven fabric. The inventor ha


particularly applied it to the production o
pctticoats, which are either printed in imita


ton of the fashionable skirts of the day, o
stamped out with open work Of such beaut
and delIcacy as no amount Of labor with scis
sors and needle could imItate. The marvel i
; that these really beautiful productions can b,
sold at retail at fifteen cents each


Imitation cretOnnes and chintz for bed tuI


nture are also made, set costing at reta
: about $l.50. The felte1 materials is 50 fcx
! Bile that curtain may be twisted into rope an
shaken out again, showing as little creasing d
: chntz similarly treated. There are also tabl
! cloths embossed with designs of great beauty
This felted paper may in the end have a 81
rious influence on the production of the wove
}; fabrics it is intended to displace. ImitatiC
q leather, impermeable to water, is likewise mac
Y of it, and produces a cheap and useful cove
. ing for furniture, aud even serves for Shoes
: Paper Trade Reporter.


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