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“Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.”
VOL. XI., NO 45.
VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, .TUNE 6, 1893.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Anil the Bofly ol the Confederacy’s
Chieftain Laid to Best
IN HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY
AT HISTORIC RICHMOND.
i ladies of Natchez. It is a silk flag of I tion reached after daybreak, and de- mayor and city council, ministers and
j the union; the red and -white stripes j gpite the early hour, 6 a. m’., quite a j prominent officials, the members of
, now faded in a common yellow, and it | concourse assembled and gazed with i the Davis family and citizens gener-
was borne at the head of the gallant ' the usual intense interest everywhere a ^y■
regiment through all the fierce battles I manifested at the funeral car. By this i When the procession reached the
i that proved the fall of Mexico’s capi- , time the massive oak casket wa s ca P ito1 the casket was placed upon the
i tol and the end of the Mexican war. j almost undiscernible under the
A guard of honor, representing the ' mass of flowers heaped upon it and
various camps of the city and state, surrounding it, and of every variety , .
were placed around the casket and the of design, from the most elaborate and Hardly had the guard of honor stepped gmia, West Virginia, Alabama, Ten-
END OP THE JOURNEY.
The journey of the funeral car from
New Orleans to Kichmond came to
an end at 3 o’clook Wednesday morn
ing. At that hour the train rolled
into Richmond, and the historic old
catafalque which had been erected for city was again in the hands of the con
its reception, and which was covered federates. The veterans of Georgia,
with a lavish profusion of flowers. South Ca*olina, North Carolina, Yir-
gencral public were permitted to pass
around the casket and pay their re
spects to the dead. The body was
naturally decomposed, but was in fair
preservation and the face recognizable.
Hie guards were relieved at intervals
during the night and Sunday morn
ing.
Incidents of the Journey from
New Orleans.
LOVING TRIBUTE PAID THE OLD
HERO BY A LOYAL PEOPLE.
Impressive Ceremonies at Places Along
the Route of the Funeral Train.
With the dignified simplicity that
was inseparable from his life, with
none of the fuss of military or civic
display, the remains of the ex-presi
dent of the southern confederacy were
removed Saturday afternoon from the
vault in Metaire cemetery at New Or
leans, where they have had a tempo-
rarary resting place for three years
and a half, to the hall where they were
to lie in state until their transfer to
the funeral train which was to bear
them to the beautiful and quiet pre
cincts of Hollywood cemetery, Rich
mond, where so many of the stirring
incidents of Mr. Davis’s eventful life
had their being.
The strangers in New Orleans may
have felt that the city was lacking in
the respect duo to the memory of him
who was the leader of the cause for
which it poured out so much of its
precious blood more than a quarter of
a century ago. The crowd who watch
ed the little cortege with its grey at
tendants moving slowly through the
streets of the city were made up only
of those who stopped in the walks or
gathered on the sidewalks to watch it
go by.
THERE WAS NO DEMONSTRATION.
There was no booming of cannons,
no glistening bayonots in the parade,
no brass buttons, save those of the
handful of veterans that formed the
escort from the grave to the hall—no
dirgeful music—no display of any
kind. But the absence of an imposing
procession and moving multitude was
the mute respect of a patriotic people,
restrained from outward show by the
Bimple request of the old soldiers who
had the arrangements in charge.
FROM THE ODD TO THE NEW CASKET.
The transfer of the remains from the
old to the new casket was made Satur
day morning before the city was yet
fully astir. Only a small and select
gathering were present to witness the
solemn ceremony. Comrades Smith,
Thomas Higgins and L. A. Adams
were present to represent the army of
Northern Virginia, to whoseehnrge the
remains were entrusted and who
have guarded them ever since
the "afternoon iqton which they
were consigned to the grave.
Mr. E. H. Farrar, who is related by
marriage to Mr. Davis, was on hand to
represent the family. Beyond these
there were no others, save the sexton
and the undertaker and his assistants.
Mr. Davis was enterred in a cedar cas
ket, richly covered with black silk
plush. The body was laid in a metal
lic ease inside the cedar covering.
Sexton Sholz took from the vault the
black marble plate; the old casket was
removed and the metatlic casket lifted
out into the handsome new casket.
The new receptacle is what is known
ns a state casket and is used on special
occasions. It is made of an antique
oak richly polished and chastely and
beautifully carved, and is massive in
size. The handles are made of heavy
brass and on the cover is simple brass
plate. Identical with the plate,on the
old casket bearing the unostentatious
inscription:
* JEFFEKSON DAVIS,
* At Best, December 6, 1889.
************
The old casket was replaced in the
vault where it will remain as long ns
the tomb of the Army of Northern
Virginia stands,marked with the black
tablet that contains on its face, in gilt
recessed letters, a fac simile of
the autograph of Mr. Davis and
the dates of his birth and death.
The new casket stood in the cham
ber of the tomb nearly all day.
Shortly after 3 o’clock, a guard of
sixteen, in uniforms of confederate
gray, mounted, slowly rode down the
shaded avenue, lending to the tomb of
the Army of Northern Virginia. "With
heads reverently nneovered, the casket
was borne up from the vault to the
waiting hearse, in which it was care
fully placed. It was simply an ordi
nary hearse, severely plain in keeping
with the general order of tlieeeremony
and drawn by a twain of handsome
black horses.
When the doors had been closed, the
guards remounted, and, flanking the
hearse, the procession slowly started
toward the city. The guard was com
posed of sixteen men, all veterans of
the war. A delegation from the Davis
Monument Association, of Richmond,
reached the cemetery just before the
cortege took up its measured march to
the city, and 6tood with uncovered
heads as the veterans guarding the
hearse passed out of the burial ground.
The journey to the city from the cem
etery was remarkable for the lack of
incidents. There was no demonstration
and it was a slow and uneventful march
to the hall.
The veteran guards scattered about the
small but historic hall, removed their
gray slouch hats as the casket was borne
in and revently placed upon the cata
falque of antique oak that matched
the receptacle of the remains. When
the coffin had been tenderly laid down
several heatiful floral pieces were rang
ed about it. The floral tributes came
from the veteran organizations and
the Ladies’ Confederate Association.
HIS ODD FLAG.
A flag that came all the way from
Texas for the purpose, was placed upon
the casket. It had been presented to
the Mississppi regiment that Colonel
Davis commanded in the .Mexican war
and was the handiwork and gift of the
SUNDAY’S CEREMONIES.
The ceremonies Sunday were just a
trifle more important than they were
Saturday but were marked by an absence
of enthusiasm and were as simple as
the funeral of an humble citizen. All
Saturday night a faithful guard of
honor restlessly paced the polished
floors of Memorial hall beside the bier
of the dead president of a departed
nation. Now and then during the
quiet of the night a belated pedestrian
timidly made his way into the hall and
gazed respectfully at the rich old oaken
easket, and then quietly slipped out.
These visits were few and far between
and they only served to vary the mo
notony about the historical building.
When day broke, however, the scene
changed and a slender stream of hu
manity began to wind in and out of
the hall, made up of every character of
life, rich and poor, white and black,
statesman and citizens, the blue and
gray.
It was half-past 4 o’clock Sunday
afternoon when the stream of visitors
was checked. Only the gray-haired
and gray-clad veterans who formed the
guard and escort, public officials, dis
tinguished visitors, the Davis family
and those who had the right to be
present remained in the hall when the
ceremonies were about to begin. The
narrow limits of the little building was
not capable for much of a crowd, and
many were denied the privilege of
participating in the services around
the bier. Governor Foster entered the
hall leaning on the arm of
General Stephen D. Lee, and
behind came Lieutenant Governor
Parlange and leading lights in the
ranks of the veterans. They gathered
on the platform, mingling with the
Bichmond committee, who wore the
confederate uniform in honor of the
occasion. In a few minutes there was
a parting of the ranks of the throng
in the hall, and Miss Winnie Davis,
leaning on the arm of Mr. Ambrose
McGinnis, and followed by her sister,
Mrs. Hayes, and the husband of the
latter, passed up to the platform.
Then the ceremonies began. Governor
Foster stepped forward beneath an
arch of shrubbery, and in a strong,
clear voice delivered a touching and
beautiful tribute to the dead hero of
the confederacy in behalf of Louis
iana.
When the governor had finished his
address, which was listened to with
profound attention, Vice President Gil
more, of the army of Northern Vir
ginia, read the order of Mrs. Davis for
tho removal of the body and the letter
of Mayor Ellyson requesting the army
of Northern Virginia to deliver the
body to General Glynn. These letters
were here made publio for the first
time. ’
Then Rev. A. Gordon Blakewell,
who had served all through the four
years of bitter war, and who wore a
confederate chaplain’s hat, came for
ward and led the audience in a fervid
prayer. When the prayer was con
eluded sturdy veterans raised the cas
ket from its resting place and bore it
out of the hall and down the stairs to
the funeral car in waiting amid the
strains of dirgeful music.
THE FUNERAL CAR.
The funeral car was the same as
used on the day of the funeral of Mr.
Davis in New Orleans. An immense
throng gathered about the funeral car
as the body was borne up the steps of
an improvised platform covered with
black and carefully lifted through one
of the windows to a large catafalque
draped in heavy folds of black. The
car was built especiallly for this pur
pose and the superstructure is almost
entirely of glass so that the casket
will be visible as the train rushes
across the southland to the historio
Virginia capital. The floral offerings
were placed at the head of the casket
and they too, will be visible through
the trip. A guard of honor was select
ed from the escort and was immediate
ly put upon duty and the public was
permitted to pay its rqspects and to
take a last fond farewell of the remains.
The procession reached the train at 6
o’clock p. m. and it was nearly eight
before the party got under way. . The
train was made up of a locomotive
and tender, baggage car, an ordinary
coach, the funeral car, four sleepers
and a private ear.
A large escort of honor, compris
ing civil and military officers accom
panied the remains to the depot.
As the funeral train pulled out of
New Orleans crowds appeared at every
street corner on both Bides of the track
until the eorr orate limits were passed.
At every station crowds assembled,
gray headed old soldiers and ladies
and children with flowers being prom
inent features.
AT DAVIslS OLD HOME.
At Beauvoir, Mr. Davis’s old heme,
the track and station platform had
been carpeted with most beautiful and
fragrant snow-white rhododendrons.
The little children of Beauvoir thus
paid their tribute to the memory of
one whose declining years had been
passed at that place. It had been ex
pected that the escort would have time
to visit Davis’s residence, but the stay
was too short for this purpose. Sev
eral large tributes were at Beauvoir
laid upon the bier.
At Scranton, Miss., Major General
Whiting and staff had their car at
tached to the train, and the special
bearing Governor Jones and staff join
ed the • Davis train. The run over
from New Orleans was a quick one.
AT MOBILE.
At Mobile the Semmes camp of Con
federate veterans was drawn up on the
platform with the eamp flag floating
in the breeze, while a battery of Ala
bama state artillery fired a salute of
twenty guns. There was a great crowd
there to welcome the tra ; a and view
the easket. The train pulled out for
Montgomery at 12 :*20 a. m. Monday
morning.
AT GREENVILLE, ALA.
Greenville, Ala., was the first sta-
costly to the simple bouquet.
AT MONTGOMERY.
Just as the gray hour of dawn made
silver of the waters of the Alabama
river the train rolled into the gates of
Montgomery, the “cradle of the con
federacy.” The depot is immediately
npon the brink of the beautiful river,
and the train came to a stop just be
side the cool, clear, mnrmnring waters.
It was saluted by the roar of artillery.
It did not take long to awake the
sleepy watchers in the funeral car with
such a demonstration as Montgomery
gave. Governor Jones was at the train
when it arrived. At 8 o’clock a very
unwelcome rainstorm hurst over the
city, which lasted an hour, very much
delaying the parade. But the people
were in the streets, just the same. It
did seem that every living soul in
Montgomery and for miles around was
there to render honor by their pres
ence to Davis.
When finally the rain held up and
the sun peeped out from behind the
clouds to beam God’s benediction npon
such patriotic devotion, the casket was
taken from the funeral ear and placed
upon the caisson arranged for its re
ception, and the procession started.
Ahead of the procession went the
mounted police, then the governor and
his staff, next the brass band, next the
caisson and then the military, the Ca
dets from Auburn college following
first behind the caisson. Hundreds of
soldiers tramped on in the parade.
The procession was watched by thou
sands of men, women and children
from the windows and sidewalks of the
city. The parade was the handsomest
ever witnessed in the city of Montgom
ery unless it were when Davis went
there to be made president of the south
ern confederacy.
When the procession reached the
statehouse, whieh is the historic birth
place of the confederacy, there was a
long halt for the thronging multitude
until the military guard of the day
escorted the casket into the capitol
and placed it in the hall of the supreme
court. The path of the pallbearers
was right over the same spot in the
great portico where Mr. Davis stood
February 18, 1861, and took the oath
of office as president of tho southern
confederacy. It was a moment
of excitement, for there were many
aged oitizes there who saw him stand
there that day,
Fully five thousand people visited
the hall where Davis lay within the
two hours allowed by the authorities
in charge of the train. Meantime,
the hill-tops fairly shook like a mighty
volcano with the roar of cannon. But
the most' touching and, surely, the
most interesting o_ the entire scenes
about the bier of Davis was the pres
ence of so many colored people. It
seemed that every old cotton planta
tion in the valley of the Alabama river
had emptied its negro laborers into
Montgomery, and they pushed their
way to the front as eagerly as any class
of citizens.
A GEORGIA FLAG.
The battle torn banner of the Thirty-
second Georgia was placed on the cas
ket while it lay in state at Montgomery.
The flag of the Sixtv-fourth Alabama
was also thrown over the coffin, and
the old flag that Davis took to Mexico
with him at the head of the gallant
Mississippians. These old relics of
war times made the ceremonies take on
additional solemnity.
Jnst before the train pulled out
from Montgomery for Atlanta hun
dreds of fair women and school girls
came down to pay their respects to
Miss Winnie Davis.
After leaving Montgomery, the fu
neral train somewhat delayed, dashed
forth across the smiling valleys of the
“land of rest” at the rate of fifty miles
an hour. At Opelika a great concourse
of people stood ready to greet the
train. An old battle flag was waved
in salute and a great green arch at the
depot was inscribed with “He is not
dead.” At West Point another grand
demonstration awaited the train. It
was at West Point that Governor Nor-
then and his staff boarded the train.
They were received by Governor Jone6,
of .Alabama, and were soon introduced
to all members of the Louisiana es
cort. The train did not stop at any
other stations.
ATLANTA’S TRIBUTE.
The funeral train reached Atlanta at
4:30 o’clock Monday afternoon. As
early as 2 o’clock the crowds began to
gather at the Union depot and along
the route of the procession. Five
thousand persons were standing on the
streets in and around the depot.. The
shed was surrounded by a great mass of
surging people. These were divided
between two impulses. They wanted
to see the casket and they were anxious
to catch a glimpse of Miss Winnie.
When the train came to a stand-still
Governor Northen and his staff and
Governor Jones, of Alabama, and his
staff stepped from the coaches. Gen
eral John B. Gordon and Major Sid
ney Root passed along looking for the
coach bearing Miss Winnie. In a mo
ment she and her sister, Mrs. Hayes,
appeared. As they stepped down, the
general kissed Mrs. Hayes, and the
daughter of the confederacy, her eyes
half swimming with tears, kissed the
gallant old soldier twice.
The meeting was so filled with ten
der affection that the few who were
standing by felt their hearts go out to
the two children of the dead president as
never before.
The Confederate Veterans' Associa
tion had charge of the removal of the
casket. General Clement A. Evans
directed the removal of the casket
from the car to the caisson, drawn by
six iron-gray horses. Several minutes
passed in making the transfer and get
ting the procession formed.
The procession was more than an
hour passing a given point, and was
one of fhe largest ever seen in Atlanta.
All along the line of march from the
depot to the capitol the- streets were
fringed with the eager crowds. Men,
women and children, all of them eager
to see the procession and to catch a
glimpse of the casket.
There were, perhaps, as many as
two hundred carriages in line. They ]
were occupied by Senators Gordon and i
back when the peojde pressed forward nessee, Mississippi and Louisiana were
to pass by the bier and on through the ; once again in control of the city. They
capitol. The military came first, all were there not on a war-like mission,
of the companies with the guns at n but to pay their tribute to the illustri-
trail arms. Following the uniformed ons dead who was their leader in days
militia came the grizzled old confed- ! gone by. The waning moon hung low
erate veterans, some with an arm miss- in the western sky, casting long beams
ing, others minus a legj and many
limping, but all of them were unable
to conceal the emotion which was only
too plainly visible on their features.
One old veteran with one arm missing
leaned over and pressing his lips
against-the polished cover of the cas
ket kissed the covering that held his
beloved chief concealed from view
Most of the veterans were content with
being allowed to touch the casket.
More than forty thousand people
yiewed the casket while the remains
were lying in state at the capitol. At
one time, while the crowd was passing
slowly through the capitol, the pressure
at the Washington street doors became
too strong for the guards and they
were swept aside. Finally a squad of
policemen armed with Winchesters ar
rived upon the scene and succeeded in
maintaining order.
THE DAUGHTERS RECEIVE.
While the sisters were at the Kim
ball, whither they had repaired for a
brief rest, many ladies called there and
were cordially received. Shortly af
ter 5 o’clock General Gordon, Colonel
Ellyson and others accompanied the
ladies on a drive, which they enjoyed
very much.
the departure.
It was getting dark when the casket
was carried out of the capitol and re
placed on the caisson. The return to
the union depot was direct, the guard
of honor acting as escort. A bugle
sounded taps as the train rolled out
into the darkness, bound for Vir
ginia’s capital.
An immense crowd was in waiting at
Gainesville for the train. All the bells
in the city were tolled, and when it
arrived a great shout went up from
the waiting hundreds. The train made
a halt of only five minutes.
OVER IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Seneca, South Carolina, was +l j
first place passed over the Georgia line,
and although it was midnight when
the train sped through a great crowd
was there to testify their love for the
dead hero by volleys of musketry and
booming of cannon.
Greenville was reached at two o’clock
Tuesday morning. Two companies of
soldiers were there, behind them be
ing fully a thousand people, half
ladies and children.
At every town along the way people
were up and at nearly every South
Carolina town salutes were fired.
Governor Tillman boarded the train at
Greenville to go on to Richmond,
INTO NORTH CAROLINA.
Charlotte was reached at half past
five and a thousand people were there
to greet the illustrious dead and the
loved daughter of the Confederacy
with booming guns. Miss Winnie re
ceived quite an ovation at Salisbury
where Bhe held an informal reception,
and at Greensboro the entire party on
the train was tendered a breakfast by
the veterans and citizens.
At Charlotte the Hornet’s Nest Ri
fles and Queen City Rifles fired three
volleys as the train drew in. A body
of Confederate Veterans was drawn up
in front of the line, with battle flag
furled and draped in crape.
By this time the funeral car was
loaded with flowers. They were heap
ed and piled at the head of the casket
for four feet out, and on the side had to
be arranged to allow passage.
AT RALEIGH.
Kaleigh was reached a few minutes
after 1 o’clock, and it seemed as if the
whole of the city’s population had
turned out to do honor to the distin
guished dead. The mayor of Raleigh
and the adjutant general of the state
received the train at the depot and
welcomed the escort. The casket was
placed upon the funeral car. This was
an elaborate affair. A caisson fitted
with a platform, above which, sup
ported on four pillars, was a dome
shaped canopy. The whole structure
was covered with black cloth trimmed
with white fringe, and at each corner
of the platform below the casket sat
bright-faced, golden-haired girl,
dressed in white and holding in her
hand a confederate flag, its folds gath
ered up with crepe. Six black horses
drew the oar, driven by James Jones,
formerly a servant of the Divis family.
The exercises at the capitol were
deeply impressive. A choir of seventy-
five voices sang Pleyel’s hymn, “How
Sleep the Brave.” Chaplain Marshall
offered prayer, and the choir sang
O’Hara’s stirring ode. As the casket
was placed npon-the catafalque under
the great dome of the rotunda a quar
tet choir standing above sang “Asleep
in Jesus” in a remarkably impressive
manner. This ended, the doors were
opened and a steady stream of people
flowed through the building for nearly
two hours.
It was 3:30 o’clock when the casket
was taken from the capitol to the sta
tion, escorted as before. On the de
parture from the capitol a chant and
ode were sung by a choir. On the ar
rival at the station Miss Davis and
Mrs. Hayes gave several hundreds of
persons the pleasure of hand clasps
and kind words as thev stood on the
of light upon the bosom of the tree-
fringed bridge spanning the river, as
the train rumbled over the historic
stream. At the depot two thousand
people, many veterans and ladies, to
gether with a large number of sol
diers, waited in silence for the coming
of the dead. Many of them had been
up all night, as the train was expected
early in the evening.
After considerable delay a hearse
drawn by four white horses was drawn
up close to the funeral ear, and the
cabinet was transferred to it. To the
muffled tap of the drum the procession
started on its way to the capitol
through the silent streets of the old
capital of the confederacy. As the
steep hill leading to the government
building was reached, the silent air
was stirred by sweetest strains of
music from the hand.
REMAINS GIVEN TO RICHMOND.
In the uncertain light of the coming
day the grand procession swept into
the capitol grounds, and the hearse
halted for a moment beneath the Wash
ington monument, on the base of
which the bronze figure of Patrick
Henry stood with outstretched arms
above the hearse as if pronouncing a
benediction npon the dead chieftain.
Col. R. E. Pollard, of Camp R. E. Lee
Veterans, made a short speech, thank
ing General Glynn and the escort for
having cared so well for the casket;
and then General Glynn replied, turn
ing the sacred dust over to the veteran
followers of Bob Lee. The casket was
borne inside the capitol, where it was
placed in the rotunda, surrounded by
a veteran guard, while a detachment of
young soldiers stood guard on the oat-
si4e.
WAGON LOADS OF FLOWERS.
From daylight till 8 o’clock, hun
dreds of strangers and city people
passed through the capitol and viewed
the casket which was almost enveloped
in floral tributes of the various designs
from the north as well as from the
south. Between the hours of 9 and 11
o’clock, about five thousand public
school children passed by the bier,
each one dropping flowers as a tribute
of affection, until the huge mass had
assumed the proportions equal to sev
eral wagon loads.
Mrs. Davis arrived from New York
Tuesday night and was joined at the
Exchange hotel by Miss Winnie and
Mrs. Hayes.
The pressurein and out of the build
ing by the ever streaming crowds
was almost frightful. Men, women
and children, rich, poor, white and
black, poured in a great river of hu
manity through the building all the
forenoon. At 1 o’clock the procession
began to form.
No canopy of any description cover
ed the casket. It stood out in full
view on the top of the caisson with
the sun shining brightly on the pol
ished and glittering brass.
On arriving at Hollywood cemetery
the distinguished guests, the Louisi
ana escort and staff, the Texas, Missis
sippi, North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia delegations, whieh came
on with the funeral cortege, descend
ed from their carriages and formed a
circle which contains the grave. A
feature was the large gathering of con
federate veterans. Most every camp
had a battle flag and fife and
drum corps. The display of
veterans was undoubtedly much
greater than at the unveiling of the
Lee monument, and never since the
war have so many confederate soldiers
been seen in one body in Richmond.
They marched in fours, headed by the
mounted officers, and swiftly and
steadily assuming the places assigned
to them, seemed to come in endless
HEDLEVAL CHEAT GUNS.
THE MARVELOUS HEAVY ORD
NANCE OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
I T i
:
The Turks Made the First Great Im
provements in Artillery—The Most
Extraordinary of Cannon.
is almost startling at the present
day to recall that the first great
improvements in artillery were all
made by the Turks, as indeed
were most of the innovations, whieh
transformed war into a science. It was
their supremacy in this branch, re
marks the London Standard, even
more than the discipline and ferocity
of the Janissaries, which caused the
Ottoman Army to be thought invincible
for two centuries. The natural genius
of the race for war was well displayed
by the readiness with which they
grasped the importance of gunpowder,
and the methodic way they set about
developing its capabilities. We look
on our own Artillery Company with
which it preceded. There were regular
batteries at the siege of Constantinople
which did not belong to the Jansissary
organization; we may suppose, there
fore, that the Topji ortas of that time
were composed of native Moslems. The
amalgamation of them with the Janis
sary force occurred in the early part
of the Sixteenth Century. A hundred
years later we find them numbering
THE PROCESSION MOVES.
The time set for the procession to
move was 3 o’clock, but there was a
short delay in starting. First came
General John B. Gordon, cheif mar
shal and staff of some fifty prominent
confederate veterans. Then the in
fantry headed the line and was followed
by the artillery with three batteries,
under command of Major W. E. Sim-
monds. Four troops of cavalry fol
lowed, commanded by Colonel W.
F. Wickham. They were the Horse
Guards, Ashby Light Horse Guards,
Henrico, Chesterfield and Albemarle
troops.
These were followed immediately by
the catafalque, beyond which came
carriages in which were seated Mrs.
Jefferson Davis and Governor McKin
ney, Miss Winnie Davis and Mayor
Elyson and Mr. and Mrs. Hayes. These
were followed by the honorary pall
bearers in carriages.
They were Governors Tillman, of
South Carolina; Carr, of North Caro
lina; Brown, of Maryland; Turney,
of Tennessee; W. E. McCorkle, of
West Virginia; Jones, of Alabama;
Generals J. A. Early, D. H. Manry,
William H. Payne, M. C. Laws, L. S.
Baker, Stephen D. Lee, Harry Heth,
George H. Stewart, Major John W.
Daniels, Senator E. C. Walthall;
Messrs. Moses, Milhiser. M. A. Allen,
Hugh Blair, John Purcell, P. P. Win
ston, A. S. Buford, Colonel John T.
Weed, John B. McCaw, Colonel E. P.
Reeve, P. T. Glascow.
Other carriages contained distin
guished persons, among them Bishop
H. H. Thomason, Senator Vest and
wife, Mrs. General George C. Pickett,
Mrs. General A. L. Long. Colonel
John Goode, the members of the Jef
ferson Davis Monument association,
officers of the Hollywood and Hebrew
memorial associations.
Brigades then came as follows:
First Brigade—Brigadier General
Theo S. Garnett, commanding, and
staff; Stonewall Brigade Band, B. E.
Lee Drum Corps, B. E. Lee Camp No.
I, Maury Camp, Pickett-Buehanan
Camp, Stonewall Camp, B. E. Lee
Camp No. 2, George E. Pickett Camp,
John R. Cook Camp, John Bowie
Strange Camp.
Second Brigade—Brigadier General
Micajah Woods, commanding, and
staff; Fourth Kegiment Band, Drum
succession. Except for the absence of . - „. * , ,
, , , .. .. i tlie reverence clue to age; but it is al-
musKets and swords, it was as if the ! ——a, „_„,i m™;;
confederate armies were on the march
once more.
As the veterans ponred by the car
riage in which Miss Winnie sat, one
fife and drum corps after another softly
played a dead march. But when the
Maryland men came up, their band
gave “Nearer My God to Thee,” and
the daughter of the confederacy hurst
into tears and hid her face in her
handkerchief. When the militia move
ment was completed, the open grave
and the family were surrounded by
three solid walls of men. Outside the
circle was a dense crowd of thousands
upon thousands.
A broad and massive color of polish
ed oak for the lower vault lay by the
side of the grave and across was
stretched eight or ten lines of new
webbing of red and white. Four car
riages held the floral offerings and
everything of this kind, which had
been received from New Orleans and
Richmond. As everything was in readi
ness the Stonewall hand played a fun
eral song. Rev. Dr. W. W. Landrum
then read the hymn “How Firm a
Foundation,” which was sung liy the
crowd. At the close of the hymn Dr.
Hoge stepped forward and said: “Let
ns pray,” nearly every head in the vast
assemblage was bowed. The prayer
was eloquent and touching. After the
prayer was concluded Rev. Dr. O. S.
Bar ten, of Norfolk, prononced the
benediction.
Mrs. Davis was led to the grave by
Governor McKinney and looked down
at the oaken casket until her eyes
filled with tears and forgetful of all the
thousands about her she seemed lost
in fervent prayer. Her two daughters,
Miss Winnie and Mrs. Hayes, were at
her side. They, too, bowed their
heads conquered by the grief of the
moment. Then the bosom of old Vir
ginia closed on Davis forever.
After the benediction the casket was
lowered into the grave. After the bu
gle signal came “taps,” and the infan
try fired a salute, which announced
that the services were over.
The column then moved to Gettys
burg hill, where the annual memorial
services of the Ladies’ Hollywood asso
ciation took place, which consisted of
the decorations of the graves of 16,000
confederate soldiers.
Thus closed the most memorable day
Richmond has known since the shells
were bursting amid the carnage and the
fnrv of war over the hills that brow
the beautiful waters of the James.
and other deadly material*” About
fifty of these remarkable guns ectu
rn anded the spots which o hostile ship
was most likely to approach. "Tht
mouths of some are six feet wide, and
they are said to throw a hundred oan-
tas of balls or stones”—about 10,000
pounds. The range is not stated, but
the falling projectiles covered an area
of three hundred yards. Doubtless
such an avalanche would “mnko dread
ful havoc” among a detachment of
boats, if all went right. It would
make havoc somewhere, probably,
anyhow. But Brydone does not say
that the experiment had ever been
tried.
WISE WORDS.
A kind word is a crutch to a cripple.
Stand Fast is greater than Get There.
Spring time is the music time of all
the year. ^
One touch of money makes tho whole
world grin.
Do the right thing first, and reason
most modern compared with the Topji about it afterwards,
service of the Turkish Army, that came j a rose bud is Nature’s thought, tho
down intact from the Janissary force, fn q bloom is its expression.
There will be music in the heart al
ways if you touch the right strings.
The call to religion is not a call to be
better than others, but to be better
than yourself.
When Cupid finds a heart which he
can not shoot an arrow into he goes
away and cries.
One-half our forebodings of ill to oui
seven thousand men ; and their strength neighbors are but our wishes, which we
CHANGE OF VENUE.
The Central Receivership Case to be
Settled at Savannah.
Saturday ended the hearing of the
Central Railroad cases in Atlanta.
The three days' session was of unusual
interest. There were gathered togeth
er more legal brains under one court
roof than ever before in Georgia.
Justice Jackson has set June 26th as
the day, and Savannah as the place to
settle the question in dispute. The
most sensational incident of the pro
ceedings was Justice Jackson’s state
ment as to the duties of a receiver.
In plainest language he gave notice
that the court would tolerate no receiv
er who in any way attempted to fur
ther the plans of any party, clique,
combination or reorganization com
mittee. The court, he said, would
most postively not sanction the help
of any receiver or officer of the court
to further the schemes of any reorgan
ization committee.
The status of the case which will be
heard in Savannah is about as follows:
The question of the validity of the
endorsements or guarantees made by
the Central on the bonds of its auxili
ary roads will he determined. The
question of a final decree in the suit
of the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Com
pany for the foreclosure of the tripar
tite mortgages will also probably be
passed on, and it would seem that un
less some arrangement is made either
by the receiver or by some of the other
parties at interest by which the tripar
tite bonds and the floating debt can be
carried upon favorable terms, that a
decree of sale will be rendered. An
other important point in this connec
tion is the suggestion of the court that
in the event Messrs. Alexander Brown
& Co., or any other parties, shall pre
sent a receiver with sufficient financial
backing the court would hear their
application for another receiver.
The hearing in Atlanta waB of a pre
liminary character. Little pleading
and evidence were introduced. Justice
Jackson called upon the lawyers to aid
the court to co-operate in arriving at a
was doubled presently.
Nowhere else in Europe had any
Power dreamed of employing such
force for the management of big guns
alone. Since the gunners of the Janis
sary force were transferred en masse
to the Sultan’s new army, it is a fact,
however curious, that the Turkish
artillery of the present day is the old
est military body in the world. We
may wonder how many of its officers
are conscious of Vhe distinction.
Enormous cannon are mentioned at
the siege of Constantinople. Having
been wise enough to see from the be
ginning what a great port artillery
must play in warfare, and having
formed a body of men to cultivate that
branch the Sultans shortly perceived
that the bigger they could make their
pieces the more effective they w.ould
be. The result startled Europe at the
siege of Rhodes, not because it was a
novelty then, but because the story of
that gallant defence sent a thrill
through Christendom. While the
Kings of France and England were
priding themselves on popguns, so to
speak, they heard that the Turks had
sixteen great “bombards t ” each twen
ty-two feet long, of which the least
“casted stones, every stone of iv.
spannes compass stboute,” as it is put
by John Kay, Poet Laureate to our
Edward IV. It must be observed,
however, that the Topjis were not
equal to the construction of these
great engines. Their merit lay in the
conception and in the readiness to em
ploy foreigners. “Puthermore were
there called counyny men in makvnge
of instruments of warre, that is to say,
bombardes, gownes, cnlverynes, ser
pentines, and such other.” They
were Genoese and Venetians mostly.
The great guns seem to have been cast
by a certain George, a renegade Greek,
who afterwards deserted to the Chris
tians, whether with designs of treach
ery seems doubtful; anyhow, he was
“dampned to deth” after a while—
whatever that process may have been
exactly.
are ashamed to utter in any other form.
With the vulgar and tho learned,
names have great weight; the wise use
a writ of inquiry into their legitimacy
when they are advanced as authorities.
The crown of all faculties is common*,
sense. It is not the men of thought,
but the men of wise action who are best
fitted to push their way to wealth and
honor.
He is not poor that hath not flinch,
but he that wants more. Want lies in
wishing. He lacks most that desires
most. He is richest who does not covet
and desires least. The most contented
are the most happy.
Some insist that all the property of
the community ought to be equally di
vided among its members. But, if so
divided to-day, industry on the one
hand and idleness on the other would
make it unequal to-morrow.
He that hath never known adversity
is but half acquainted with others, or
with himself. Constant success shows
us but one side of the world, for it sur
rounds us with friends who will tell us
only our merits; and it also silences
those enemies from whom alone we can
learn our defects.
Pictures Taken by Skyrockets.
An exceedingly interesting English
invention consists of a camera com
bined with a parachute, especially de
signed for obtaining photographs of
fortifications and of the camp of tho
enemy, although pictures may also bo
made for general surveying purposes.'
The parachute is snugly folded in a
thin case at the end of a rocket, which
is fired to the required height and
burst open by means of a time fuse.
The explosion sets free the parachute,
which is protected from injury by
means of a casing of asbestos? . Tho
parachute has a number of thin um
brella ribs, and these are forced out
ward and kept in that position by
means of a strong spiral spring.
From the parachute a camera is sus-
Fighting Cholera With Oranges. : 1
It seems that we fan successfully|
fight cholera with oranges and lemons.!
The Imperial health office, of Berlin, 1
has issued an announcement to the ef-
Many facts and stories ; feet that oranges and lemons are both.
_ he recounts that seem strangely old- j fatal to the cholera bacillus. Placed
platform of their ear. * A private car, Corps, A. P. HilfCamp, J. B. Stewart speedy*and just determination of the vorld to ns > though the date is little j in contact with the cut surfaeeT'of the
containing Governor Carr and staff Camp, Magruder Ewell Camp, Stone- • cas es. In this he evidenced a desire
to save the property, whieh, in many
cases, is held by people in very reduced
•u»_u m stances.
The siege of Rhodes is one of the I P“ ded ; an ' a held h ? th ? . °P;
most glorious struggles on record, but ! f at « r “ at + tached ft a universal joint
we are concerned only with the great i to the bottom of the device, for the
guns. They did all that could be ex- ! P" r POBe of pulling the parachute back,
pected of them. So terrific was the : The camera is fitted with an instant i-
roar of the bombardment that the in- ! neons shutter, operated by clockwork,
habitants of a town called Reede heard I 80 “ to . fJ, e 8 f e F al “£*"}?“ '
it, as we are assured, a hundred miles ™ la - At ‘ be ba f* °ft he bo * 18 an ar ~
to the eastward; and the concussion rangement by which the plates may be
was such that “grete pyles and postes i manipulated the same as clockwork,
strong and myghty that were stykked j A swinging motion can be given the
in the gronde behynde atte tayle of ™niera by tho operator, and this will
the aforesayde grete bombardes, gave
enable him to obtain successive pic
tures over a wide area.
The whole arrangement is exceed
ingly ingenious, and if it can be em
ployed practically it marks an impor
tant step in the science of modern
warfare.—Chicago Times. j
such a grete and myghty shakying that
the houses of Rhodes otherwhyles
*baked in such a wyse lykei iff hyt
hadde ben an yearthquake. ” As for
the effect, it was just such as we read
of a bombardment in modern times.
The fortifications crashed down, whole
streets fell, and the inhabitants had to
live in their cellars.
Another novelty was the use of
bombs. They do not seem to have
been fired from the cannon. The
'‘engine” whieh discharged them was
a “sling.” But we are told that it
threw barrels full of great stones into
air, which fell upon the houses, wreck
ing them entirely with great “mur
der” among those within. It is not . . . ,,
easy to see why barrels full of stones , m en t of particles of food between the
were employed instead of solid rocks, ! teeth is generally the cause of decay
unless they exploded. The use of bombs ftn, I cavities, and wheie the floss ia
A Dentist’s Hint.
One of the best dentists in this city*
advises all his patients to use what is
called “dental floss,” and which is sim
ply a heavy waxed silk thread, regu
larly every evening to remove parti
cles of food from between the teetji.L- ■
He favors the use of the tooth brush, 1
but says if he were to be. deprived of
either his “floss” or his tooth brush he
would sacrifice the latter. The lodg-
also reappears two hundred years af- '«'> ue^iilariy every evening before re-
terwards, when Louis XU. wished to
punish the Algerian Corsairs. His
fleet could do little; he was not pre
pared to land troops. In this perplex
tiring there is little opportunity for
food to lodge, ferment and destroy the
tissues.
A young lady whose chief charm ia
lty a young man called Petit Renuud, society is the whiteness of her teeth
hitherto a peaceful sailor, suggested
the use of mortars to Colbert. Had
that great man been a eoldier, doubt
less he would have paid no attention.
Being also a civilian, however, he gave
Petit Renand an audience, and
grasped the merit of his scheme. In
dne time Algiers was laid in ashes.
The most extraordinary great guns
on record, as we may boldly assert,
are those described by Brydone, whose
travels in Sicily and Malta won renown
well deserved towards the end of the
last centnrv.
told me in great confidence that the
use of “dental floss” was the secret ofj
the beauty of her teeth, and she added 1
that it cut down her dentist’s bills
ninety-five per cent. This secret ia
too good to keep, so I give it to the
public.—New York Mail and Express.
i ■
was attached to the train, which left at
3:45.
ON TO DANVILLE.
When the cortege left Raleigh the
train retraced its course to Greensboro
and thence to Danville, a change in
t-iie original programme having neen
made to allow a brief stop in that city.
BeidsviUe was reached next, the last
stopping point in North Carolina. Two
thousand people were assembled. Two
extra cars were added to the train, one
wall Jackson Camp, Louisiana Camp,
Page Puller Camp.
Third Brigade—Colonel Thomas H. ;
Carter, commanding, and staff; S.
W. Traverse Band, Howitzer Associa- j
tion. Parker Band Association.
Society of the Army and Navy,
Confederate Survivors of Maryland,
Beneficial Association of Maryland,
the Confederate Veterans’ Association
of the District of Columbia, Bowanna
Company Veterans’ Association, Sum-
more than a hundred years ago. So
grandly did the French Revolution
transform Europe. Malta was full of
wonders more or less droll while the
Knights held it. But nothing
fruit the bacteria survive but a few,
hours. They remain active for some
time longer on the uninjured rind of
the fruit, but even then they die with
in twenty-four hours. The destructive
equalled the gun stones, perhaps—it ! property as regards the cholera bac-
may be as well to say that our author- I teria is supposed to be due to the large
amount of acid contained in those
fruits. In consequence of this quality
for Governor McKinney and his staff i ter Cflm P Survivors’Association, South
and one for the Richmond Li a ht In- Carolina bearing palm branches, Cabell
fantry Blues, who came on as an hon
orary escort. Fully six thousand peo
ple were at the station, and a proces
sion was formed, headed by the gov
ernor and staff. After leaving Dan
ville Miss Winnie, accompanied by her
sister and others, visited the funeral
car, where they closely inspected the
Colquitt, Governor Norfhen and his floral tributes. Miss Davis broke
staff, Governor Jones, of Alabama; the j flown and hurriedly turned away.
Grove Camp, Danville; Confederate
Survivors’ Association of Augusta,
Bichmond Light Infantry Blues As
sociation, Person Company, North
Carolina Veterans, Sons of Veterans,
B. T. W. Camp and R. J. Chew Camp,
Sons of Veterans. (
Cavalry Division—General FitzLlie,
Commanding, and staff; mounted vet
erans.
Deed to a Railroad
A deed to the Atlanta and Florida ity is unimpeachable. Everybody
railroad was signed and delivered at knows that the fortifications were cut
Atlanta, Ga., Monday afternoon, to of the solid rock, bnt Brydone was
the purchasers of that line. The doc- right in saying that a “kind of ord-
ument is signed by Mr. Thomas W. nance” used to defend them was “nn-
Garrett, the receiver of the line, and known to all the world besides. ” As
is made to A. Dutenhofer, chairman we understand his description, the
of the bondholders’ reorganization Knights left a great block of stone
committee. The deed states that the where they hollowed out an embra-
purchaser has paid to the receiver of sure in the cliff, which afterwards
the Atlanta and Florida railroad one they shaped and bored- in the form of
hundred thousand dollars in cash, and i a gigantic mortar. These engines
bonds and coupons of the same road j contained a whole barrel of gunj»ow- An Italian who recently committed
amount to about four hundred thous- | der. That shoveled in, they stopped i suicide in California left a statement
and dollars. it with a great piece of wood, fitted - declaring that he had no education,and
exactly to the bore, as “wadding,” and j that a man with no educatiouhas noth- J
the health officer considers it unne
cessary to place any restriction on the
transit and sale of these fruits, even if
it should be ascertained that they come
from places where cholera is prevalent
at the time. Not a single instance was
noted in which cholera was dissemi
nated by either oranges or lemons.—
New Orleans Picayune. g
Always keep posted on all public mat
ters, to be able to do this subscribe now.
loaded up with “cannonballs,” shells, j ing to live for-