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JEFFERSON DAVIS.
At 12:45 o’clock Friday morning a
great heart ceased to beat—a stainless
life was closed, and Jeff Davis, first and
last President of the Southern Confed
eracy, was dead. With him has passed
away the last of the great leaders
of the lost cause. Cobb,
Stephens, Toombs, Hill and Yancey.
Jefferson Davis will be mourned in mil
lions of hearts. Government will not
render to him the pomp and circumstance
of a great death, but his people will give
to him a tribute of love and tears sur
passing all that government could do,
and honoring his memory as earthly pa
rade could not do! From Maryland to
'lexas, wherever in other states or in
other lands, his people may have wan
dered—wherever dauntless courage is or
stainless honor made friends—wherever
they who have suffered are loved and
superb fortitude may touch the heart
or dim the eye—there Jefferson
Davis will he honored and mourned,
the deatii scene.
Mr. Jefferson Davis died suddenly at
12:45 Friday morning. He had been
steadily improving for the past four days
and his physicians announced that they
were entirely satisfied with his condition.
His appetite had improved somewhat,
and he was free from, fever and
thosc who had access to the sick
room rejoiced over the favorable change.
He rested quietly throughout the day,and
in the afternoon the bulletm was to the
effect that his condition continued lavor
able, bhortly before midnight he had a
coughing fit, which seemed to exhaust
he ns i passed e remaining s leng ,and at l~-45
fact, that quietly away so quietly,
in the watchers scarcely knew
when death came.
davis's life.
Jefferson Davis was born in Christian
county, Ky., on the 3d day of June, 1808.
Georgia may claim a kinship with the
man, as well as a share of his glory.
His father, Samuel Davis, was a Georgia
planter, in the revolutionary war he
was an officer in a cavalry regiment, and
served with distinction. Later he moved
to Kentucky, Mississippi. and some years afterward
to The Georgia branch of
the Davises is now extinct, but it lives
in tradition as a high-spirited honorable
family. Passing his boyhood on the
frontier, where thc whites were fre
quently engaged in conflict with savage
foes, young Jefferson’s earliest thoughts °and
were centered upon guns, sabres,
all the panoply of war. By the time he
was sixteen lie had made the most of his
academic and university advan
tages and entered the mill
Fm fellow Ro£r?E.^ee stuSnts a }ie htliX had ^ucl
rades as
onidas others well Polk, known John B. fame. Magruder,’ and
to In this cir
cle lm lofty character, bright mtnd, and
thorough highest regard manliness, commanded the
of all. When he gradu
ated at West Point, aud plunged into
the thick of the Indian warfare on the
northwestern frontier, the old army ofii
ccrs instantly recognized him as a born
soldier. He was appointed a staff offi
cer, and made such a brilliant record
that, in a short time, he was promoted t )
the rank of first lieutenant aud adjutant
of a new cavalry regiment.
Whet® Colonel Davis returned from
the Mexican war, at the head of the gal
lant Mississippi Rifles, the whole nation
hailed him as “tjjc hero of Buena Yis'a.”
At Monterey with Colonel Davis and his men
fought heroic valor. Bramng ufu.
nous storm of copper-grape, the Missis
sippians made a desperate charge “Mexican, on the
enemy’s foTtiticotioua. The
fled aud took .heifer in a strong build
ing, from which they poured a heavy fire
of musketry. This heavy fire from the
housetops was deadly and terrorizing.
Davis and his men neuetrated street after
street dislod<nn<Mhe withina'seuare foe from building
after building pl^za. until canUuSS of
Die grand FolSredt The 1 of
Monterey and the entire
country rang with the praises of Colonel
Davis and his Mississippi Rifles.
The Buena Vista exploit classed the
name of Davis among the most renowned
military men of modern times. Here
against terrible oQds he saved tlie army
and virtnallj won the battle. The Amer
icans were about to lose the day, when
General Taylor, with Colonel Davis and
others rode up. Several retreating regi
ments were rallied. Davis with Ins own
regiment and a handfull of Indiana. vol
unteers, advanced at double quick,tiring
all the time. The Mexicans were put to
flight, but in a few moments a brigade
of lancers, two thousand strong came
fluttering on at a gallop with sounding bugles and
penons. Colonel D ivis threw
his men into the form of a \ both flanks
resting on ravines, t..« am, aj vane
mg on the intervening ridge ibus expo
sing the enemy to a cross-ne W an
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Never was a more deadly fire witnessed
on any battle field. The Mexicans weie
completely shattered. After this battle
the V movement was the talk of the day.
It is said that there is but one similar ex
ample in modern history. On this side of
the water General^ TayloLQuitman.Lanes.
ana et-fter soiaius weie eutbuMrts
tic over Davis, and in the old country
the duke of Wellington, the victor of
Waterloo, expressed his admiration in
glowing woras. Indorsed by such vet
erans as the “Iron Duke,” aud old Zacb
Taylor us a leader of brilliant military
ginius, it goes without saying that the
people of tliis country, north and south,
accepted the verdict. If the career of
Davis had ended with the Mexican war,
he would still have had glory enough for
one man.
HIS PUBLIC LIFE BEFORE THE 7TAR.
Before the Mexican war Mr. Davis had
served part of a term in congress, resign
ing to accept the command of the Mis
sissippi Volunteers. Upon liis ieturn
from the land of the Montezumas he was
appointed to fill a vacancy in the United
States senate. In the senate Mr. Davis
at once student stepped into the front rank. affairs, lie
was a as weil as a man of
He was not only well versed in political
science, but thoroughly well equipped
for debate. Contrary to the opinion en
terlained by many of the present genera
tion, the senator from Mississippi was nc
extremist. He was fully committed to the
doctrines of states rights. The election o!
President Pierce brought Senator Davis
into the cabinet as secretary of war.
The secretary te“Lg Lv gave much oi
hi. time to improvement,
in arms and equipments. lie had the
territories explored. When the Crimear
war came on he sent a number of officer,
to the scene of the trouble to study tin
discipline aud methods of the European
nrmies. The federal governmeuD never
had a moie able or efficient war secretary.
Returned by his state to the senate with
the beginning of President Buchanan’s
j the administration, Mr. Davis plunged mto
j tremenduus exciting debates leading up to the
campaigns of 18Go. This
brings us to a part of history almost as
familiar to our readers as the current
matters of the day, and it is unnecessary
to reproduce it here. All ihe world
knows that Mr. Davis was ready to fol
low his doctrine of state sovereignty to
its logical consequences. He insisted
upon with the right ot secession,but he fought
1 all his energy against such a state
0 f affairs as would, in his right’necessary. iud"-ment ren
der the exercise of the
w^en, however, the crisis came, after
the election of Lincoln, and Mississippi
j had passed her ordinance of secession,Mr.
D av i s embraced the occasion of resigning
| his seat in the federal senate to explain
and j ustif „ tlle course of his people, i r
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, . .. Mississippi. He T1 , hoped ,
in
’ ^at secession would be peacefully ac
compUshed but he could not disguise
I he fact I hat ou tloo k Was “/thing
bu ^ f P ac ! flc '.. FolIo wlD . ? ‘^“tof f , tastes
aad lucdna * ,ous - J. l e /« oked forward 1U
! ha event ot a t0 an appointment
^^the south woffid^eqffir? the
™ of veteran officials, and he had
every reason to believe that he would be
callu | u P' ,n ta sene the new repuilic
wlth ns , ™” d ; lh “‘ th» jmnepatjon
™£«TtlS ” , » » ’it a™ thX
«PDH himunreu-ht him unsought. It m was unexpected,
DavisheSed Da 18 needed the the voice voice of JhSpemhe his people "nrnl and
^ust-upon^shouldTrs thrust upon his shoulders. re9P ° DSiah “
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_. The circumstances . ( of f Mr. .. Davis’Cap- n . , _
, 4u r0 an d impr»\. irnent fur two years in
Fortress Monroe is a matter of historv.
Bnd i 9 f am iii H r to our readers. Upon
, ea • f T rison> Mr . Davis returned tc
hig ho n( in Mis-hsippi, where he lived
Jn 0 p scur i t y and) jt is greatly to be
feared, ’ in poverty, ' his plantation yicld
, bu t lit tle incorae steps once
. were
taken to rnise a fuud for him. but he
kindly, but firmly, averted the hands of
tbose CO gaged in it as soon as he became
aW;ire of whlt was being done . He
b{dd t i, at as long as the widows and
or . d ,ans of the confederate soldiers were
- n want ] 1C b ad neither the right nor
tfaQ wigh t0 take one dollar of the boun
djy that ht t0 fiad its way to them,
Ml ., Davis preferred Uhing to live in rcti.e
^ that he said or did,
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dignity the of his of high life position. with uncomplaining Accepting
reverses
fortitude he held his convictions un
changed and unmodified. In deteat as
in victory his great nature was equal
to all demands. In peace or in
war he stood the unchallenged
and beloved chief among his people.
'LYING aN STATE.
Mr. Davis's remains are lying in state
in the council chamber of the city hall,
New Orleans, surrounded by emblems of
peace, emblems of war, emblems of the
confederacy, and emblems of the Union.
Heavy black drapery covers everything.
Since early Saturday morning, a constant
throng had been moving through the
building, the and it is estimated that during
day at least thirty thousand people
had passed imide to the casket, gazing
upon the face of the dead ex-president of
the confederacy* Negroes as well aS the
whites, and grand army men, as well as
confederate veterans, lingered over the
casket with the tame mauilestation of
respect. ing During the day, many touch
incidents were presented to those
oa duty around the dead president. The
city bail building is one of the largest
in the city, aud the council chamber is
one of the most spacious in the building,
J he casket in the centre of the chamber,
resting upon a raised platform. Four
soldiers have been on duty since the body
was taken into the building. The casket
is an extremely handsome one, a marvel
of rich simp icity. It has no extrava
gant is decorations, and its sombre color
almost severe. It is covered with deep
black, heavy velvet, the’easket and has a few dec
oration.. Over is thrown the
battle flag of the 14th Louisiana regiment,
» flag tattooed and torn. In the chain
her are small arms, Held artillery, United
States flags, confederate flags, flowers,
evergreens and ierns. The city as well
fl s the city hall is draped in mourning,
Every flag «t New Orleans isatha H-m^G
NXl the public rnsWUtibns are heavily
draped. Many private residences dis
play tokens of sorrow. All of the dii
ferent military organizations, as well as
a number of civic bodies, have their
headquarters in mourning.
removal of the remains.
Three weeks ago,in the midst of a cold
rain storm, on one of the dreariest morn
i Dg3 0 f the year, Jefferson Davis was j
cariied from the steamer Leather, to the
Payne mansion. Saturday night all that
was mortal of Jefferson Davis was carried
from the Payne mansion to the city hall,
where the remains will lie in state uutil
By the time the hearse reached the
bies city hall the council chamber and lob
and corridors of the building were
crowded with citizens. ihe council
chamber was quickly cleared and a
way the opened for the admission
0 f body. The hall WHS
heavily draped in black, which was re
lieved with the red, , ""hite ... and . , bale , of ,
the stars and stupes. I here veie also
nc ' h floral decorations everywhere, be
sides crossed swords and other military
devices. At the head of the hall bung
a P 0 *™ 1 the dcad rbteftain, richly
festooned with crape. Mrs. Davis has
not jet determined
WDERE THE B0DT 8HALL BE LAID
finally. Richmond wants it; Atlanta,
Ga., has made its offer; Lexington, Va.,
has put in a request, because Lee and
Jackson are there; Montgomery, Ala., will
send a delegation to sue for the body;
Yicksburg wants it, and so doe3 Macon,
Ga. In speaking of the final resting place
Mis. Davishassaid to her friends: “Mis
sissippi claims the body, and that is bis
home. Georgia has asked for it, and
the great love the Georgia people
have always si o vn him always had a
P lace in our hearts. Governor
^VtheTapitaSfhJ ^ biS therf a^rie TonTe^Zlr lo?e
is both
that place Then it has the largest cem-
1c dead in to the?aci aouth
Monlgonter, bases »s claim upon
that that tvas the first capital.” Thc
gt( not bc se ttlcd until Mis®
Winnie Davis returns from Europe. On
urdav w v ien jt,. s p av is received a
message from Miss Winnie, saying that
she would start home, a cablegram’was
sen t back, urging her not to come. It is
now thought that Miss Davis will remain
iu Paris until her health is better
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Meetings have been held in all south
(rn chics, and resolutions adopted ex
pressing sorrow at the death of Mr.
P avl ‘l’ and lbc governors of the
uuliw^luu , uuu reuimminuing ra'ZeSS m4o memo
rild scr ^ ic ?? on the day of the funeral.
All the New A ork papers gave great
cd ; t » r '“% »»>> >" ^ 1 bingrnph
ical sketches of Mr. Davis. The tone of
lie majority of the editorials, is conser
vat vc, and generous acknowledgment of
his unswerving personal integrity aud
conscientious devotion to the principles mJde.
he conceived to be right, is fredy
The Southerners in New York are sin
/‘/ely tiious hero grieved of the at the lost death cause, of and the will illus- do
all ,n-their power to manifest their devo
Uon to his memory and their reverence
or his heroic self-sacrifice to the unal
terable faith that was in him.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
AND HIS ADVISERS.
appointments, decisions, and other matters
OF INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Senator Spooner on Thursday inf™
duced a bill declaring as chief sunp™;"
sors of of elections the oflicers of the" chaS ciionb
courts United States and naffl
them with the enforcenien of
election person and and through naturalization their subordinates laws b hi
0n Wednesday the credentials Senator!
Messrs. Pierce and Casey as Dakl
from the new State of North
were and presented, read and placed on file
Dien ^. be tw0 g emdor8 were escorted
to the desk and took the oath of office
Various executive reports and communi
cations were presented and referred to
appropriate committees. The total num
ber of bills introduced on Wednesday
was 505, against 585 on the first day of
the last Congress two years ago. Most of
the bills offered were of those that failed
to become laws during the last Congress,
$75,000 The flight of the salaries of Cashier of the Silcott°ijth
the house of members of
lively representatives, has created
a sensation. When the house met
0 n Thursday, Speaker Reed laid the fol
lowing communication from J. p. Lee
dom, late sergeant-at-arms of the house
before the body: il I regret to report
that C. E. Silcott, late cashier of the
office of sergeant-at-arms, has departed
from this city without settling his ac
counts, and I have been unable to ascer
tain his whereabouts, and there is a defi
ciency in the cash of the office. In view
of these circumstances I respectfully
request an immediate investigation of
my accounts, under such actio'll as the
house of representatives may take in the
premises.” During the afternoon, em
ployes in the sergeant-at-arm’s were busy
going over Silcott’s books and accounts.
The exact balance missing, according to
the books, is $71,859.
cafitol notes.
T] be navy department department is s intormed informed that that
A ‘ l “‘ ,c S'l^ron ha. arrived
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The president on Thursday sent to
congress several hundred nominations of
persons appointed to office daring the
recess of congress.
The President on Wednesday ap
pointed David J. Brewer, of Kansas, to
oe associate justice of the supreme court
of the United States.
The attorney-general at Washington is
informed that the trial of the cases of
alleged frauds in Florida, at the last
presidential election,has already resulted
in three convictions.
The clerks of the committees on ap
have propriations of the senate and house
of prepared a comparative statement
estimates, appropriations and expend
itures for the maintenance of the gov
eminent for the fiscal years 1890 and
1891, from which it appears that the net
increase of estimates for 1891 over those
for the current year is $20,807,168, and
the net increase of estimates for next
year is over the approoriations for this year
The first bill introduced into the sen
ate in the first session of the fifty-first
congress came from Senator Sherman
and was aimed at trusts. It is identical
with the anti-trust bill reported by him
] a st year Irom the committee on finance.
It declares all trusts unlawful, gives f per
sons power to recover in CoUr s w lien
ever articles are advanced in value by
combinations and declares officers of
trusts guilty of misdem eanor. Other
measures on the same subject were intro
duced
The total collections of internal rev
enue for the first four months of the
present fiscal year were $40,783,350, an
increase of $4,039,304 as compared with
collections during the corresponding pe
riod oflast year. The increase has av
eroged over one million dollars increased a month,
and was principally due to the
consumption of spirits, tobacco and fer
mented liquors. The increase on the
spirits alone was $2,398,100. The re
ceipts for October, 1889, were $308,558
greater than for October, *888.
RETURNED THEIR CHARTER
dissatisfied with tuk action of the
atlahia, oa., Kmou-.scot. vemiok.
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A , Canton, Ohio specirl, of Saturday,
sa y s: Ttie expulsion of District De le ‘
f te O'Malley, of Canton, from the At
bmta Knights of Labor convention, b»
borne fruit Canton local assembly o
D-A. 08, which O’Malley represents,
withdrawn from the order, and returned
its charter to District Secretary Lewis,
to be forwarded to general headquarters.
Delegate O’Malley said that this was tfie
first Canton, assembly of icven organized g°/T jf- i!
and it is the lust one to
leaves that city without a Kuight oifA'
Lor organization.
THE OWNERS' BUAMEl?.
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At Minneanolis Minn, the coroners ^
j urv j n ^h 0 immeat on the bodies of
V v ^ C f.; t:lUe m8 0 f the Tribune building " l ’,„‘ U fire reD '
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dcr vd their verdict i liursduy, if ||
blares^hat.the owners of the ir*
bulld »ft 1 “$ ] f al J T P
- orall y c ulpable, for the loss of * f litU Utc.
. ,, , ^ .. ^ n | t ® „ i^the thecliwd> bj
froy i Lidd^y feli-’in a ’ Uader n ff were bur^ s
B x persons, while four others were
and badly hurt.