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— For Business We Do It. WE ARE DETERMINED TO UNLOAD MANY CLOAKS AND WHIPS. Monday morning we re-mark our Wraps and will offer them at less figures thau ever offered at before. Come while you may be fitted. Children from One to Four Years. We have a choice lot of Corduroy and Flannel Cloaks for them, to be closed at reduced prices. Dress Trimmings New and Novel. Every one knows we carry the best stock of Dress Trim mings. We are just in receipt of new Gimps, Fringes, etc. Christmas is Coming. We are prepared to furnish you with many novelties suitable for Holiday Presents, both useful and ornamental. Gents’ Silver Mounted Umbrellas, Ladies’ Silver and Gold Mounted Umbrellas, Plush Manicure Toilet and Shaving Sets, Indestructible Jointed Wood Dolls. dob Lot of Imported Hosiery. We are closing out a large lot of full, regular English and German Children’s Hose at 15 cents, many of them worth 50 cents. J. A. KIRVEN & CO. Jefferson Davis, Father of the Confederacy, No More. LIKE A BABE FALLING TO SLEEP HE DIES OLD, Pay BUT IT WILL You to Solve It! OTTIR, IPiR/TZE IPTTZZI-i'Ej 43“ Add six figures firom the above to count TWENTY-ONE. OUR PREMIUMS. Silk Umbrella to the fi'st, ninth and twenty-first gentleman. A fine Scarf each to the next •twenty-nine. A Gap each to the first, 3. 7, tl, 15, ?,4, 3% 49, 61, 73, 83, 99,131,163,191, 239, 301, boy or child. Handkerchief each to the first five ladies. Answers received in person or Dy m tiL Premiums delivered December 24, 1889. Chancellor & Pearce, Fashionable and Leading Clothiers, Furnishers, HATTERS, ^USTJD FI1TE SHOES. W. R. BROWN, President. GEO. B. WHITESIDE, Sec’y and Treag. COLUMBUS IRON WORKS C0„ Surrounded by His Loving Wife and Friends. SORROW AND SADNESS ALL OVER THE SOUTH Telegrams of Sympathy Sent Mrs. Davis ir.vrn Everywhere. t 1 ! LAST WORDS OF THE DUNG STATESMAN, Arrangements for the Funeral Being Made THE LIFE AND HISTORTOF THE DECEASED. FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS, COLITMBTTS, - - C3-.A.- Manufacturers of THE IMPROVED CALENDER ROLLERS So much admired and extensively used by Cotton Manufacturers of the present day. They consist principally of five Rollers, six inches in diameter, 40 inches long, two of them hollow, being a receptacle for steam. They are furnished with all necessary pipe and valves, fitted up ready to be attached tp a boiler; has all the latest improvements on sams, including the -Selvage Rollers and Cloth Yard Folder; a tact <md loose Pulley, 20 inches ia diameter, 4 iushes face, all ready to be connected to a line of Shafting. It only requires a trial to demonstrate their iadispensability. We are Sole Manufacturers of Stratton’s Improved Absorption Ice Machines The most PRACTICAL, ECO VOMICAE and DURABLE ICE MACHINE ever made tit America. Ill IRIS COMPANY’S IMPROVED POWER PRESS. Southern Plow Company, MANUFACTURERS OF THE aOZLTCTMIIBTTS SIUSTO-LIE PLOW STOCK, SOLID and WING SWEEPS, STEEL, WROUGHT and CAST IRON PLOW BLADES, HEEL BOLTS, GRASS BODS, CLEVISES, SINGLE TREES, and all other Agricultural Implements. t®-The high quality of these goods will be maintained, and are sold on as favorable terms a by any house in the United States. WOOD WORK In T. The largest dealers in the State in lime. Shingles, Dressed and Undressed Lumber, Matched Ceiling and Fioorinar. Manufacturers of §4§H( DOORS, BLISID^, NEWELS, BALUS TERS, an 1 Ornamental WOOD WORKS. Dealers in liiflE, LATHS, SHINGLES, LUMBER, and everything in the Bnilding Line. LUMBER BOUGHT AND SOLD IN ANY QUANTITY. The COLUMBUS IRON WORKS are agents for Boyal Pumps, Judson Governors. Standard In’ectors, and Hancock Inspirators. We are manufacturers of Saw Mills, Pumps, Hollow Ware, 8yrup Kettles, Steam Engines, Dane Mills, Power Cotton Presses, and the celebrate t Golden's Improved Iron Screw Cotton Press. Within the last twenty-five years we have made and sold a great many of these Screws, and have yet to hear of the first one that has not given entire satisfaction. We fnrnish all the Iron Work for these Screws, of which we make two sizes, and u—y warranted. . New Orleans, Dec. 6.—Jefferson Davis closed hia eyes in death at fifteen minutes before one o’clock this morning, sur rounded by all his friends and relatives who were within call. The handsome residence of J. H. Payne, at the corner of First and Camp streets, is at present an object of interest to every friend of Mr. Jefferson Davis, because it was in the pleasant guest chamber of this elegant home that the beloved old Confed erate chieftain passed [away. This resi dence, built by Mr. Payne, is one of the most comfortable and artistic in all the city. It is of brown stone stucco, two stories high, with broad verandas and set into lovely grounds, where camilia bushes, spiked with bloom and oranges, hang in clusters to the trees. The house had a wide hall running through the centre with drawing rooms on one side, a library on the other, and in every part of the house is a lovely and cheery apartment, into which the Southern sun streams nearly all day. In one of the apartments lay the patient and distinguished invalid. It is a wonder fully pretty room, with rich-toned, Porsian- hued carpet on the floor, shades and deli cate lace curtains at four wi idows, two fronting to the east and two to the south. Pictures are on the walls, and there are lounges, easy Turkish chairs, and pretty carved tables and a huge carved oak Victoria bedstead, on which the ex President of the Con federacy lies ia the embrace of death. His constant attendant has been Mrs. Davis, who has never left his bedside since his illness began. In a comfortable home wrapper of gray and black, this gentle ministrant was always at the inva lid’s side, and if she left him for a moment he asked for her and was fretted and uueasy until she returned. Friends constantly sent beautiful flowers, of which Mr. Davis was very fond, but these were not allowed to remain in the sick room for any length of time. At the outset, jellies,‘fruits and all manner of invalid’s delicacies wore proffered until Mrs. Davis was compelled to decline them. The sick man’s food was only milk, ice, beef tea and rarely a broiled chop. Mr. Davis Remained in Bed All the time and was never left alone, being guarded lovingly by his wife and a capable quadroon hired nurse, Lydia, and Mrs. Davis’own little brown eyed hand maiden, Betty, who at ail times had entre to the sick room. But little talking was allowed and newspapers, letters and tele grams were tabooed. Oa Wednesday evening a reporter bad a few minutes Conversation With Mrs Da is. She was worn and wearied with service at the sick bed, but which she would not allow to any other, and her step wa3 lag ging as she came into the dining room. She was somewhat hopeful, however, of DALE’S CASE. The Sheriff of Paulding County Wants Him and Atlanta Gives Him Up. Atlanta, Dec. 6.—[Special.]—It was understood yesterday that the prelimi- Sllcott’s Defalcation. Washington, Dec. 6.—The special com mittee charged with investigating the ac counts of the office of the Sergeant-at- Arms, met at the room of the House com mittee on public lands at 10:30 this morning. After formally organizing, the committee went into secret session in order to map ' nary trial of Rev. Walter Dale, on the _ a . P lan of P/ocedure. At the end of a , warran t f or bigamy sworn out yesterday, naif hour word was sent to Leedom that j ., , , „ , , , ... the committee desired his presence. Lee- ; would be held here at 9 o clock this morn- dom,accompanied by ex-Congressman Phil {ing. It appeared subsequently that the Thompson, whom he has retained as j cour ta here had no jurisdiction over the counsel, responded to the summons, but \ The Sheriff of Paalding -Lhompson was denied admission. Leedom has made another searching ex amination of the books of his office, and places the amount of the defalcation at 771,800. A Murderer Aigiged. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 6 —A special from Gadsden. Ala., to the Chattanooga Times says: Cnarlie Johnson, alias Wade Holmes, the negro who killed Policeman Kenney in Gadsden in November, 1888, Was hanged inside the jail at 10:30 to-day. A large crowd was in the city, but as executions in Alabama are pri vate only a few witnessed the banging. He acknowledged his guilt, said he was pre pared to die, and told all the young men to take warniug from bis fate. The 9^9 m ®d man’s neck was broken by the F*Ht Hi* body was taken by his brother w Georgia for burial. case. ty telegraphed Chief Connolly last night that a warrant had been sworn out theie against Dale charging him with big amy, and that he wonld come to Atlanta today for his prisoner. Chief Connolly will surrender him as soon as the Sheriff calls for him, bat that official has not yet pat in an appearance. Dale spent the night in one of the officer’s roomB at the police station. Quite a crowd gathered there this morning, amoDg them a number of the members of his church, who still expressed con fidence in him. During the morning he was perched to visit his family in charge of an offioer. His appearance on the streets going to and returning from his home attracted a great deal of attention. Jndge Anderson and Messrs. Simmons & Speer will probably be retained for the defense. Mr. Davis, Mr. Ed Fenner, son of the Justice, Dr. C. J. Beckham and Dr. S. E. Chaille. The lamp of life waned low as the hoar of midnight arrived, nor did it flicker into brightness of consciousness ai any time. Eagerly, yet tenderly, the watchers gazed at the face of ‘ The Dying Chieftain. His face, always calm and pale, gained additional pallor, and at a quarter of one o’clock of tne morning of this sixth day of December, death came to the venerable leader. There was nothing remarkable a boat the death-bed scene. The departure of the spirit was gentle and utterly pain less. There were No Dry Eyes In the little assembly about the bed, and every heart bled with anguish, which found vent in Mrs. Davis’ sobs and cries. Immediately after death Mrs. Davis was lad up stain to the bed-room of Mn. Fenner, where the ladies tried to assnage her grief. She bore the awful blow bravely, but her breathing was labored and her condition so weak that the two doctors consulted about her. They pronounced her weakness to be that only consequent of strain and grief, and said that nothing was to be feared. Another Account. New Orleans, Dec. 6.—From the be ginning of bis fatal illness Mr. Davii bad insisted that his case was quite hopeless, though dread of pain or fear of death never appeared to take the slightest hold upon his spirits,which were brave and even bouyant from the beginning of the attack. In vain did the doctor strive to impress upon him that his health was improving. He steadily insisted that there was no im- E rovement, but with Christian resignation e was content to accept whatever Provi dence had in store for him. Only once did he waver in his belief that his case showed no improvement and that was at an early hoar yesterday morning when he playfully remarked to Mr. Payne: “I am afraid that 1 shall be compelled to agree with the doctors for once, and admit that I am a little better.” Ail day long favorable symptoms con- tinned and late in the afternoon, as late as 4 o’clock, Mrs. Davis sent such cheering messages to Mrs. Stamps and Mr. and Mrs. Farrar that they decided for the first time since Mr. Davis has been taken ill to at tend the French opera. At 6 o’clock last evening, without any assignable canse, Mr. Davis was seized with a congestive chill, which seemed to abso lutely crush the vitality out of his already enfeebled body. So weak was Mr. Davis that the violence of the assault soon sub sided for lack of vitality upon which to pray. From that moment to the morning of his death the history of his case was a gradual Binkiug. At 7 o’clock Mrs. Davis administered some medicine, but the ex-President de clined to receive the whole dose. She urged upon him the necessity of taking the remainder, but putting her aside with the gentlest of gestures, he whispered: “Please Excuse Me.” These were his last words. Gradually he grew weaker and weaker, but never for an instant seemed to lose consciousness. Lying peacefully upon his bed, and without a trace of pain in his look, he remained for hours silently grasping and tenderly caressing his wife’s hand. With undoubted Chris tian spirit he awaited the end. From the moment of the assault of the congestive chill, those gathered around his bedside, wholhad been watching and waiting with paiuful interest every change of symptom lor the past month, knew well that The Dread Messenger Was even at the door. About 10:30 o’clock Associate Justice Fenner went to the French opera house to call to Mr. Davis’ bedside Mr. and Mrs. Farrar and Mrs. Stamps. As soon as the message reached them they hurried to the bedside of the dying ex President. By 11:30 o’clock there were assembled in the death chamber Mrs. Davis, Messrs. Chaille and Bfckham, Associate Justice and Mrs. Fenner, Mrs. Nannie Smith, a grand-neiee of the dying ox President, and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Farrar. Finding that Mr. Davis was breathing somewhat heavily as he lay upou his back, the doctors assisted him to turn upon his right side. With his cheek resting upon his right hand like a sleepiug iufant and with his left hand dropping across the chest, he iay tor some fifteen minutes, breathing softly, bat faintly. More feeble became his reaperation till .they passed into silence and then the watchers knew that the silver cord had been loosened and the golden bowl broken. The Father of the Confederacy] Had passed away as calmly as to a night’s repose or flowers at the set of sun'. Despite the fact that the end had come slowly and peacefully, and after he had been face to face for hours with the dread reality, the blow fell with crushing force upon the afflicted widow. As long as there bad been work for either head or hands, she had borne up bravely, and not until the sweet uses for her tender minis trations were lost did she seem to realize the terrible force of the blow that had fallen upon her. Knowing of a predispo sition to heart affection, the doctors were at once gravely alarmed for her. They promptly administered a composing draught and at a late hour this morning she was resting quietly. It is believed that the foundation of the ex President’s last illness was maiaria, complicated with aente bronchitis. Care ful nursing and skilled medical attention had mastered the latter, but it ia supposed that the congestive chill, which was the immediate cause of death,was attributable to a return of the malaria. After Death the face of the deceased, though look ing slightly emaciated, showed no trace of suffering, more nearly resembling that of a peaceful sleeper than of th9 dead. When the family had partially recovered from the terrible shock, Mr. Farrar went to the Western Union Telegraph office and sent dispatches to Miss Winnie Davis, who is in Paris with Mrs. Pulitzer; Mr. Davis’son in law in Colorado City, and also notified Governor Lowrey, of Mississ ippi, as ha deemed it but right that the executive of that S:ate should knew of the death of one of its most distinguished sous. Friends Who Arrived Too Late. New Orleans, Dec. 6 —Senator Jones, watched with deep anxiety here, and ar rangements had been made to announce his death by the ringing of fire bells. Word was. therefore, telephoned to the central station at 12:60 this morning, and in a few minntee the Mournful Notes of B«lls conveyed the intelligence of the death to the city. Many people gathered at the hotels, and at 3 o’clock hundreds were dis cussing the event. Sorrow »l Raleigh. Raliegh, N. C., Deo. 6 —The announce ment of the death of Jefferson Davis was received here with profound sorrow. The bells are tolling, and Mayor Thomp son has called a meeting of citizens for tonight to pass resolutions. MONTGOMERY MOURNS. her husband’s ultimate recovery? “Mr. Davis has always been an exceedingly temperate man,” said Mrs Davis. “He has never abused his physical powers, and no one could have lived more moderately than he. Of course all of this is in his favor. I do not mean to say that there would be no danger if a door was opened or the fire in his room was allowed to go out. He is as frail as a lilly and requires the most attentive care; that he has. I believe he would not be alive today had this illness come upon him at Beauvoir, where he could Dot possible have had the constant care of such physician? as Dr. Beckham and Dr. Chaille, and the intelligent love, tender ness and luxury that surrounds him iu this home.” Mr. Davis seemed much better duriug the early part of yesterday, and his im proved condition was remarked by the doctors and his family. He had a pain in the bowels during the day, but a serious feature appeared just a few minutes before 6 o’clock. Then the illustrious patient was stricken with a severe congestive chill. The doctors were not present at the time, but Judge Fenner’s family and Mrs. Davis did everything to sooth the suf ferer. It was 9 o’clock before Dr. Beck ham and Dr. Chaille, two of the most fa pay a visit to hi3 old friend and comrade, did not arrive yesrerday, as was expected, and when he reaches this city tdfeay will only behold the remains of him whom in life he esteemed, and to see whom he traveled from far-off Iowa to the Sunny South. Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Davis’ daughter, who was due here yesterday, was detained last night at Fort Worth, and is not expected to be in this city uatil Saturday morniug. As to the Funeral. Judge Fenner and Mr. Farrar have the affairs of the dead statesman in hand, bat the latter gentleman last night stated that he and Judge Fenner would not take any steps looking to the funeral until they had held a consultation with Mrs Davis, who is at present too much grieved by her severe loss to be approached on the subject. Mr. Farrar is fully acquainted with all the details of Mr. Davis’ will, but he stated that he did not know but that Mrs. Davis received some final wish from her husband regarding the place of burial. Mr. F<rrar did not know if the burial would take place in this city or elsewhere, and although he and Judge Fenner had been requested to act as they saw fit in the premises, Mrs. Davis had not mous practitioners in the South, arrived intimated where she desired the inter- and consulted over the condition of tne ’ ment to be made. patient. His change was a surprise, total ly unexpected to those in constant attend ance, and the skilled eyes of the medical men saw in it the Beginning of the End. They continued with the patient until bis death, however, and made every pos sible effort to avoid the inevitable. Mr. Davis remained in a comatose condi tion and the attendants could see no signs of consciousness. Mrs. Davis said she oc casionally felt the return of the pressure of the hand she held, although he could neither speak nor make a sign. This was the scene in the sick chamber as the hours passed. The only variation was the arrival of Edwin H. Farrar, the husband of Mr. Davis’ niece, and of Judge and Mrs. Charles E. Fenner, who had been sent for at the opera. At the bedside When the End Came were Mrs. Davis, Mrs. J. U. Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Judge Charles E. Fenner, Mr. E. H. Farrar, Mrs. Smyth, a grand-neioe of Mayor Shakespeare’s Proclamation. Mayor Shakespeare has issued a procla mation announcing Mr. Davis’ death and inviting tbe presidents of exchanges and commercial bodies and numbers of promi nent citizens to meet at the city hall in order that proper arrangements may be made for the funeral. Tne Mayor says: “It is with the deepest regret that I announce to the people of the city of New Orleans the departure from this life of Jefferson Davis He needs no eulogy from me. His life ia history and his rrfcrn ory is enshrined in the hearts of every man, woman and child in this broad S outh. We all loved and we all owe him honor and reverence.” Kespact for tU4 Dead. Messages have been received from At lanta, Biloxi, Memphis and Lonisville and many other points, all expressive of re spect for the dead and of sympathy for Mrs. Davis in her affliction. The illness of Mr. Davis had been A Bequest That Mr. Davis’ Remains be Burled on Capitol Hill. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 6.—The news of Mr. Davis’ death oocasions profound sorrow here. Flags on the State House and City Hall are at half mast and the stores are being draped in mourning. The following telegram has been sent to Mrs. Davis: To Mrs. Jefferson Davis, New Orleans, La—Withprofoundest sympathy and con dolence in yoar great bereavement and in response to the united wishes of our people, we earnestly request that you allow os to have the remains of Mr. Davis buried here under the Confederate monument in Capitol Hill, the corner stone of which when completed will be ornamented with a life-size bronze statue of him. [Signed] E. W. Pettus, President Confederate Veterans Asso ciation of Alabama. J. T. Holtzclaw, President Montgomery Veteran Association. W. D. Reese, President Alabama Con federate Monument Association. Mrs. M. D. Bibb, President Ladies’ Me morial Association. Ed. Graham, Mayor of Montgomery. Thomas H. Watts, ex-Attorney-General Confederate States. The Governor of the State is absent, or his signatnre would have been attached. No Action Taken at Washington. Washington, Dec. 6.—The War Depart ment up to noon today has not officially been informed of the death of Jefferson Davis, and has taken no action with re spect to it. A large oil painting of the deceased hangs on the wall of the chief clerk’s room, which immediately adjoins the office of the secretary. It is surrounded by the portraits of other ex-seoretaries- including Simon Cameron, General Scho, field and Messrs. Floyd and Conrad. It bears the following inscription: “Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, 1853 57. Pierce’s administration.” There was no crape about the portrait and the flag over the building which has always been half masted on the death of an ex-Secretary, today floats in a good breeze from its usual place at the top of the staff. Secretary Proctor was seen this morning and asked what coarse the Department wonld pursue in regard to Mr. Davis’ death. He said: “I see no occasion for any action whatever. It would subserve no good purpose that I can see. It is better to let the matter rest in oblivion sleep, if it will, and to relegate it to the past, than to do anytbing that would revive memories thus forgotten.” Several army officers iu talking about the case approved the Secretary’s de termination to ignore the matter, and said there was really no other course to take in view of the fact that the citizenship of Jefferson Davis has never been restored. SORROW ALL OVER THE SOUTH. How the News of Mr. Davis’ Death Was Received. Atlanta, Dec. 6 —[Special.]—The an nouncement this morniug of the death of President Divis was a profound shock here, as it doubtless was throughout the Soutb. The reports of the condition of Mr. Davis yesterday afternoon were so encouraging that tbe public anxiety was measurably relieved, and little appre hension was felt of an immediate fatal result. At tbe executive office early this morn ing tbe first official action was taken touching the sad event. Governor Gordon sent out tbe following telegram addressed to each of the Governors of the Southern States: “I respectfully suggost that the Govern ors of the Southern States, by proclama tion, invite the people of their respective States-to assemble at the hour to be ap pointed for the funeral of Mr. Davis and join in suitable memorial services “J. B. Gordon, Governor.” The Governor, who is General Com mander of the United Confederate Vet erans’ Association, recently organized at New Orleans, sent out the following, which has been given to the agents of the Associated Press and the United Press: Order No. 1. Headquarters’ United Confederate Veterans, Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 6,1889. The associations, bivouacs and camps and all friends of ex-Confederate veterans are invited to unite on tbe day of the funeral of Mr. Davis in raising a fund for his widow and daughter. J. B. Gordon, General. Shortly after this last was issued the Governor received a dispatch signed by prominent ex Confederates of New Or leans suggesting such a general order by wire. They were advised the order had already been issued. President Cal boun, of the Fulton County Veterans Association, issued a call for a meeting of the Veterans to be held at their hall tonight to take suitable action in the premises. United States Grand Jury Adjourned. When the Uoited States Grand Jury met this morning, the foreman, Dr. Amos Fox, a grizzly veteran, rose and said : “Gentle men of the Grand Jury, this body will now adjourn till Monday morning as a mark of respect for President Davis, one of the greatest men whoever lived.” Tne jury adjourned. At Charleston. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 6 —The news of Jefferson Davis’ death was received here with marked manifestations of public sorrow and private grief. City flogs are at half mast and tbe stars and stripes are displayed all over the city. The principal stores are draped in black. A move ment is on foot to hold a memo rial meeting on the day of his fnneral under the auspices of the Confed erate Survivors Association. The associa tion met today to perfect a program. The Mayor of the city will order all public bnsiness to b9 suspended on the day of the funeral and issue a proclamation request ing the citizens generally to pay honor to tho distinguished dead. The News at Augusta. Augusta,Dec. 6.—The news of the death of ex-Prcsident Jefferson Divis was re ceived in Augusta with profound regret by entire people. Private and public bGildings are being draped. Flags are flyiDg at half mast. The following tele gram of condolence was sent to Mrs. Davis this morning: Headquarters Confederate Survivors As sociatioD, Augusta, Ga., December 6,1889 —To Mrs Jefferson Divis, care Hon. Chas. Fenner, New Orleans: The members of the Confederate Survivors’ Association of Augusta, Ga , crave the privilege of assur ing you at the earliest moment of their profound sympathy and heartfelt sorrow upon the death of your illustrious hus band, our beloved Cnief and venerated President of the Southern Confederacy. [3igned] Chas. C. Jones, Jr , President. F. M. Stovall, Secretary. Notice has been given of a meeting of the Survivors’ Association to take formal and appropriate action. At Wilmiugton. Wilmington, N. C-, Dec. 6 —The death of ex President Davis, though not unex pected, created profound sorrow ia this community. The city hall, the rooms of the Capo Fear Cmb and other buildings are draped in mourning. Flags are at half mast, and other evidence of the people’s grief are to be seen everywhere. A meet ing of Confederate veterans will be held tomorrow and will issue a call for a general meeting of citizens to be held, probaby Monday. Ashv'ille, N. C., Dac. 6.—Oa the an nouncement of the death of Mr. Davis bells were tolled, flags pat at half-mast, buildings draped in emblems of mourning, and a public meeting was called by the Mayor for tonight. At Columbia. Columbia, 8. C., Dec. 6.—The Register’s bulletin first informed the citizens of Co lumbia this morning of the death of Jef ferson Davis. The uews created general and profound sorrow among ail classes. Flags on all the State buildings are at half mast and the city bells are tolling. The General Assembly now in session here adopted resolutions and immediately adjourned oat of respect to the memory of the dead chief of the South. At Norfolk. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 6.—The Pickett- Buchuuaa Camp of Confederate Veterans met this afternoon and adopted a resolu tion in memory of ex President Jefferdon Davis. Telegrams of sympathy were sent Airs. Davis. At Lynchburg. Lynchrurg, Va., Dec. 6.—The uews of the aeath oi Jefferson Davis was received here with universal regret. Greenville Mourns. Greenville, a. C., Dec. 6.—Bells are tolling nere as a mark ot respect to the late Jefferson Davis. The Greenville Daily News will appear tomorrow morn ing in mourning iu nonor of Davis. Resolutions By Virginia Legislature. Richmond, Va., Dec 6.—The Legislature in joint session has appointed a committee to prepare resolutions appropriate to the memory of Hon. Jefferson Davis, ex Presi dent of the Southern Confederacy. Flags on the State Capitol buildiag have been placed at half mast. The Legislature is now considering a joint resolution for a committee to attend the funeral. Te Erect a Monument. Atlanta, Dec. 6.—A movement has al ready been started to raise a fund to erect a monument in Atlanta. Numerous sub scriptions have been sent to the Constitu tion for that purpose. Flags at Half-Mast at Savannah. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 0.—The news of the deatn of ex-Presinent Davis was re ceived with genuine sorrow in Sav annah. Flags on the City Hall, Cotton Exchange, armories and newspaper offices were lowered to half-mast, and the city offices were closed by order of the Mayor. The Confederate Veterans’ Association will hold a meeting tomorrow to take action upon the ex President’s death. Mr. Davis’ last visit to Savan nah was at the time of the Chat ham Artillery’s centennial in 1886. A few days later he laid the corner stone of the Confederate monument iu Montgomery. His reception by the military of the Soutn, he said, was the greatest event oi his life. Governor Fowls’* Proclamation. Raleigh, N. 0., Dec. 6.—Governor FSrtle today seat the following telegram: “Exeeutivo Office—To Mrs. Jefferson Davis: North Carolina mourns with you in the death of the General and- best be loved son of oar southland.” He also issued this memorial proclama tion: Whereas, Almighty God, by his provi dence, hath, removed from this world the trustee leader of the people of the State of North Carolina in the four darkest years of her history; and whereas, our entire people regard his memory with feelings of the highest respect, esteem and affection, now for the purpose of manifesting their appreciation of his exalted character and distinguished services, I enjoin upon the people of this State, laying aside all business, to assemble themselves at their respective places of worship at the time to oe ap pointed for the funeral by Mrs. Davis, and to join in services suitable to the sad osoa- sion. Meeting of Mlgaissipplans. Washington, Dec. 6.—A meeting of prominent Mississippians now in the city was held here this afternoon to take ap propriate action on the death of Jefferson Davis. Among those present were Justice L. Q C. Lamar, who presided, and the Mississippi delegation in Congress, in cluding Senators Wallthall and George. Resolutions of sympathy and affection were adopted and telegraphed to Mrs. Davis at New Orleans. THE FUNERAL WEDNESDAY. The Remain* to ba Deposited Temporarily in New Orleans. New Orleans, Dec. 6.—In response to the proclamation of Mayor Shakespeare, a number of representative ciliz9ns assem bled in the Mayor’s parlor at the City Hall this afternoon to arrange for the funeral of the late Jefferson Davis. It was agreed that the body, which has been embalmed, be removed from the residence of Mr. Payne tonignt to the city hall, where it will remain until Wednesday next in charge of a uniformed guard of honor, composed of members of the Association of Confederate Veterans, assisted by the military. This action is taken in order to enable the citizens from every section in the South to attend the funeral. It is expected that many volun teer military organizations will attend inja body. Governor Nichols, of this State, having been notified of Mr. Davis’ death, will issue a proclamation advising that all business be suspended on Wednesday next, the day of the funeral. Mr. Davis’ re mains will be deposited temporarily in the vault of one of the associations of Confed erate veterans. The meeting appointed an executive committee who will arrange tbe details of the funeral. “WE ALL LOVED HIM.” Congressman Mills and Others Express Their Opinion of Mr. Davis as a Man. Washington, Dac. 6—Few of the South ern Representatives about the Capitol to day could be induced to talk about Mr. Davis’ career, fearing in many instances that their remarks would be misconstrued. Representative Mills, of Texas, however, spoke his mind ireely to the foliowiog effect: Mr. Davis was regarded by the S outhern people as one of the greatest, best and purest men in the world. We all loved him. He was our representative man, and all of the Southern people understood that the opposition he encountered and the adverse criticisms piled upon him were intended for them. His position was misunderstood ia the North. Mr. Davis was a Union man at ths beginning and he adopted the course he did with great re luctance, but from a feeling of duty. He was deeply attached to the Union and wanted to exhaust every means on earth to prevent a rapture. He was not a vindic tive or cruel man. He had perfect confi dence in himself, was well balanced on all occasions, and was a great military man and statesman. He was highly accom plished and spoke the best of English. His memory was marvellously clear; he never forgot anybody. “ My predecessor, Giddings, told me that one day Mr. Davis was addressing a crowd when a snowy haired old gentleman on the outskirts expressed a desire to greet the speaker whom he bad known and served uader in the Mexican war. Giddings offered to introduce him, but the old man declined, and going up to Davis, offered him his hand and asked if he recognized him. Mr. Davis fixed his eyes upon him for a mo ment, his mouth twitched, tears sprang into his eyes, and he exclaimed: “Ward, snow has fallen npon your head since I last saw you ” “And that,” said Mills, “was about forty years before the meet ing.” Representative Clements, of Georgia, said: “A good man has gone. He was permitted to live to see largely modified tbe harsh criticism engendered by tbe late strife and events in which he took such a prominent part, and the ultimate verdict of the world will be that he was both a statesman and a patriot. In the time to come,the North will accord in that judg ment as well as the South and the rest of the world. I do not believe that any man was ever animated by more pare and patriotic motives than he was. The people ot my section have the greatest reverence for him.” Representative Turner, of Georgia, said: “Mr. Davis’ death will leave no person embittered against him, and his decease will be a matter of universal regret thronghout the Sonth. He was a man of great ability and of unsurpassed public accomplishments.” Ex-Attorney General Garland said: “Yes, I knew Mr. Davis quite well, as I was near him almost daily from Montgomery, Ala., to Richmond during the whole time of the war between tbe States, and I re garded him as a man of fine attainments, polished and accomplished, brave and courageous and true to his principles, and I believe the Confederacy came as near succeeding under hia Presidency as It wonld have done under that of any other man. As to the plaoe history will give him, that is a most diffi cult question to answer at any time, and as to any mao; but I believe when hia whole life and character are considered, and analyzed in an unclouded atmoepb by cool and impassioned people, he hold a very high place in history.” Justice Lamar said that it was with great reluctance that he coold speak of Mr. Davis at this time, so soon after hia death, which Le (the Justice) fait deeply. He expressed a willingness to answer briefly any questions which might be asked and in reply to thess said: “The whole people of Mississippi are in grief. They regard him as a much beloved country man who has suffered much for their sake. My own personal relations with him were not only kind but affectionate. As a public man my estimate of him was of the most exalted xharacler. He was a man of intellect, honor and statesman ship. He was a friend and sym pathizer of the young men, whom he was always ieady to aid. When I came to Congress in 1857, a young man, Mr. Davis was then a Senator. He received me with kindness, and throughout my life I have been indebted to him for kindness, counsel and aid.” GOVERNOR GORDON’S PROCL AM ITIOX He Aaks the People to Unite In Memorial Services on the Day of the FuneraL Atlanta, Dec. 6 — [Special. 1—The Gov ernor issued the following proclamation tonight: “Jefferson Davis is dead. Ha will be buried in the city of New Orleans on Wednesday, the 11th iastant. Tne South mourns for her hero. His memory will be enshrined in the hearts of her children and the spot less record of his long and eventfnl career will be cherished by them to the latest generation, to their most valued heritage and Doblest inspiration. His compatriots who loved and honored him as the vicarious sufferer for tho action of his people will confidently confide his char acter and his career to the judgment of im partial history. To mark our reap set for tho illustrious dead, and to furnish occasion for an expression of oar admiration and love, I, J. B. Gordon, G ivernor of Georgia, do issue this, my proclamation, inviting the people ia the different communities of this State, to Assemble toget ner at 12 m. on Wednesday, of the 11th inst., the hour of Mr. Davis’ funeral, aad unite in suitable and solumn memorial services.” The Governor, speaking for the people of Georgia, sent Mrs. Davis tha following telegraphic message of condolence ana sympathy: “Mrs. Jefferson Davis, New Orleans, La.: Your crowning and crushing sorrow has come. No language of mine can express to you and your children tha deep aad affectionate sympathy of this whole peo ple. J. B Gordon.” Foreign Prtas Opinions. London, Dec. 6.—All the evening papers have leaders on Jefferson Divis. The Globe recalls Gladstone’s eulogium, in cluding the famous phrase much criticised at the time, “Jefferaon Davis has created a nation,” and adds that if he did not create a nation it was because such creation was clearly not possible, in the conditions; that if statesmanship, military genius, and devotion on the part of the whole people were sufficient for the foundation of State, a slave holding R-j- public would havs been es ablished. The enterprise failed, it concludes, becaase success ia the conditions was not difficult, but impossible. The St. James Gazette concludes a bitter editorial as follows: “It is doubtful if a single person outside the immediate circle of his relatives is affected by a Daasing thrill of emotion. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Leading Incident* in ths Career of the De ceased. Jefferson Davis was an American soldier and Statesman, and was born J me 3. 1808, in that part of Christian county, Kentucky, which now forms Todd county. Soon after his birth his father removed to Miss issippi, and settled near Woodville, Wil kinson county. Jefferson Davis received an academical education, and was sent to Transylvania College, Kentucky, which he left in 1824, having been appointed by President Monroe a cadet in the military academy at West Poiot, where he gradu ated in 1328. He remained ia the army seven years, and served as an infantry and staff officer on the Northwestern fron tier in the Black Hawk war of 1831-32, and in March, 1833, was made First Lieutenant of dragoons, in which capacity he was em ployed in 1834 in various expeditions against the Comanches, Pawnees, and other hostile Indian tribes. He resigned his com mission on June 30,1835, and having mar ried the daughter of Z .chary Taylor, after ward President of the United Slates, but at the time a Colonel in the army, he re turned to Mississippi, aud became a cot ton planter. For several years he lived in retirement, occupied chiefly with study. In 1843 he began to take an active part in politics on the Democratic side, and in 1844 was one of the Presidential Electors of Mississippi to vote for Polk and Dallas. In 1845 he was elected a represents tive in Congress, and took his seat in De cember of that year. He bore a conspicu ous Dart in the discussions of the session on the tariff, on the Oregon question, on military affairs, aud particularly ou the preparations lor war against Mexico, and on the organization of volunteer militia when called into tha service of the United States. In his speech on the Oregon ques tion, February 6,1846, he said: “From sire to sou has descended the love of union in our hearts, as in our history ere mingled the names of Concord and Camden, of Yorktown and Saratoga, of Moultrie and Plattsburgh, of Chippewa and Erie, of Rowyer aud Guilford, of New Orleans and Banker Hill. Grouped together, they form a monument to the common glory of our common country; and where is the Southern man who would wish that that monument were less by one of the North ern names that constitute the mass?” Whiie he was in Congress, in July, 1846, the first regiment of Mississippi volun teers, then enrolled for service with Mexi co, elected him their colonel. O 7ertaking the regiment at New Orleans on its way to the seat of war, he led it to re enforce the army of General Taylor on the Rio Grande. He was actively engaged in the attack and storming of Monterey in September, 1846 was one of the commissioners for arrang ing the terms of the capitulation of that city; at»d distinguished himself in the bat tle of Buena Vista, February 23,1847, where his regiment attacked by an im mensely superior force, maintained their ground for a long time unsupported, while the colonel, though severely wounded, remained in the saddle until the close of the action. At the expi ration of tho term of its enlistment, in July, 1847, the Mississippi regiment was ordered home; and while on his return he received at New Orleans a commission from President Polk as Brigadier-General of volunteers, which he declined accept ing, on the grounds that the Constitution reserved to the States respectively the ap pointment of tbei[officera of the militia, and that consequently their appointment by the Federal executive is a violation of the rights of the States. In August, 1847, he was appointed by the Governor of Mississippi United States Sen ator to fill a vacancy, and at the ensuing session of the State Legislature, January 11, 1848, was unanimously sleeted to tne same office for the resi due of the term, which expired March 4,1851. In 1850 he was re elected for the ensuing full term. In the Senate he was chosen chairman of the committee on military affairs, and took a prominent part in the debates on the slavery question, in defense of the institutions and policy of ibe slave States, and was a zealous advo cate of the doctrine of State rights. In September, 1851, he was nominated for Governor of Mississippi by the Democratic party, in opposition to Henry S. Foote, the candidate of the Union party. He re signed his seat in the Senate on accepting the nomination, and was beaten in the election by a majority of 999 votes; a marked indication of his personal popu larity in his own State, for at the “conven tion election,” two months before, the Uaion party had a majority of 7500. After his defeat he remained in retirement until the Presidential contest of 1852, when he delivered speeches in behalf of General Pierce in Mississippi, Tennessee and Louis iana. In 1853 he was appointed by Presi dent Pierce, Secretary of War, which post [CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE.]