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Newspaper Page TextESTABLISHED 1826. [S? HONORED GUESTS. JEFFKHSON DAVIS AND FAM ILY TO ABBIV* TO NIGHT, |R)1 Not Extend the Trip to Athens, ptag Advised by His Physician Not to Do So-The City Gaily Deco rated in His Honor. PICTURE OF BEAUVOIR AND THB DAVIS FAMILY, Brief Oatline of the Life of Mr. Davis .TbeCoiHwittee of Escort and Their Journey to Mississippi — Notes frum Our Correspondent. EX-PRESIDENT’S HOME. Territory of mI~^ AC ^ GEQI{GIA * TITES DAY, QCTUHKK 25. 1887.--' place young Davie received » flr r J, ", nd 'Jj® *<>[>}• bead of the oolnmnfe'.). “>• Helioses, having 522 ? n ,b « f»r their final at- Hnn 1 ni 1)a 5 # waa order ©d in that dircc- d °“' «,?“ r f R ] l ? ent l* 1 " 1 be€n in action ail br tb irat »nd latigne, much reduced by the carnage and maDy auditing SfSi-TS""^ ,he noble fell c v " move! at double-anick time n, heroic, Miss., via Biloxi, October 23 ipecial oar for Mr. Davis made good ns along the way, but betweeu mery and Mobile the brakes get out ’, and the c» was dragged till the inn wheels were flattened, car was condemned and side-tracked litter place. Captain Park and my- :ixe on to Beauvoir on the regular fLite the committee remained ut Mo- bare new wheels put under the |tikb arrived here this afternoon in trier again. bud in the telegraph office at Missis- City a telegram from Mr. Davis to unouccing that his physician bad in bis attempting his Athens trip, liit be is forced'to give it np. He will here at 10 o’clock to-night with his ltd two daughter?, Miss Winnie and Hijtn, for Macon. KOUtTHISO ABOUT BEAUVOIR. Kir, the home of tho only President Confederacy, is a beautiful spot, out on the placid waters of the Golf The house is pleasantly sit- in a grove of live oaks *iii high eft the ground, eur- i on three fidta by a spacious ■k tnd poises see large, cool halls and It is the ideal Southern home, the kome-liko spot I ever visited, and is vi'h a charming air of ease, dignity •attneut. Here Mr. Davia is spend. inning of life in the bosom of his kd family, among whom now are three little grandchildren. The house Is a hr the artist and lovers of curios and dra.-. It contains exquisite pictures rices relic* too numerous for men- kditsi), gathered during the longlife •h tiavc-ls of its owner. «ple of Macon will fall in love with lu:i larnily. Mrs. Davis is a splendid •iiomdist and i, foil cf remniscon- bUtorio events. If she should * lit* end times of Jefferson Davis, vcnld he a grand addition to the Wo! the country and would meet 'at sale. I do not know of any *■11 equipped for the task. TUB DAVIS VAUILT. Hrrii w.,a married in 1845, and her tfcn ipent by her hnsbsnd's side. "®a stotmy and perilous, but tkif all wifefyr devotion and womanly ‘Une resplendent Hsjw is bow a resident ol Colorado, •b« husband seeks health, bat is ** a f°n t visit, with ber children. Gbirmiag lady and devoted to the ?' ke bt * Confederacy. **nnie is too well known in Georgia ueotion. She is lovely not only triqo i title bestowed upon ber by bnt for many sweet grace*. Miessed of the accomplishments 7 educated woman, a good linguist, for a high place in society, she *u ber life to him wbom to many *ken and who sits almost lone _ mins of great hope and honorable n family tuat on Monday even- ^*0®* the gnesta of th* great city ' wd » b om all will delight to ij“: Div »'» coxmnoK. I* feeble, bat from weakness wound received in Mexico, j|—last journey to meet old r, nuYT lbu nt<J ***b»nding that “ required of him to limn Bth ' Ue wm not *>• bxj., 9 *P**ches, however urgent bon him, noreaa tho people i*y j," kand - All mast be eontent »®ong them. HU l ° l lB * etv ice of hU people restrains him. The *«ber to g„e t bim Ut# bnt t0 ^r^erquimo. in the pl.ru ^ tiAVIsH UFK. IL.' 1 '" J’r'aolpal Knati in III. ‘■■a D 1 * r "• i »J T “ h tb0 ‘“a of Samuel Da- 1 Troon*? C , fflow ,n th * tleorgU Its, h«. at r * tba Bcvolutionsry 3> 1808 in Cb,t *' * th. eonat J> Kentucky, 1 U* Uri cl Abraham *«‘ocky when but a |T 9mt 10 r*^e near "riklnsun county, In the .. iduoatlon. Ho sT" Ken, T v T " a,yW “ i9 XJaiver- 16 ve«. af *?*" te rem,aned an ‘» y ’ .* '** 6 ' * hen b » *U appointed by f, TO d "L“ 0nroe *°* det West Point. At West Point ho began the studies which ™ 9 to fit him for .he brilliant mrlitary7- reer that made him famous long before he was joined to the Southern Confederacy, rnotg Mr. Davis's oontempomies at West Point we find the tames of Robert . ■ Lee ' ,089ph E “nd Albert Sidney John. Btoc, Leonidas Polk and John B. Megrndcr all destined to fill a most remark- able plaee in history. He was described then ae •‘dmtingnished in the corps for bis manly bearing, snd high-tontd and lofty character. His figure was very soldier-Iike and rather robust; his step springy, re- renabling tho tread of an Indian brave.” He graduated in 1828 and at the age of 20 was assigned to the infantry, where by reason of gallantry be won promotion to the first lieutonanoy and afterwards the acjutanoyof a new regiment of dragoons. The first MIUTABY SERVICE tendered by Lieut, Davis w as upon the North western frontiers, and be often refers to it. I remember that at Savannah in 1«8G daring the Chatham Centennial, when serenaded by tie Ksokuk band, he addressed them feelingly and mentioned the fact that he helped clear the way tor the civilization there which the) rcpreicnted. As lieutenant and adjutant, D.vis served through the Binok Hank wars and against the Pawnees, Ccmanchts uud other Iodtau tribes. In Jane, 1835, he resigned his com mission and returned to Misensippi, began the cultivation of ootton nud renewed his atudles. Not long tber.&tter he married tie daughter of Zichary Taylor. Ibis mar- riage, it is presumed, was the cause of bis resignation from the army, which he was not again to entornntil the summer of 1846, when the war with Mexico was a bloody faot. Mr. D«is was in Congress when he received notice that he had been seleoted comman der of a Mississippi regiment newly organ ized. Beslgnirg his position, be managed to Secure rides for his command and joined them at New Orleans, whence they pro ceeded to the It o Grande to soon join G.-n- oral Taylor, hhcrtly after, the army hav ing advanced, began the attack upon Mon torey, a strongly fortified and well defended city. Here Colonel Davis led his command threngh a series of desperate chargee and with such conspicuous bravery that the country rang with the narnea cf "DAVIS AND BIS XIUitlSSirMAKH." Gen. Ta)lor honored him by appointiog him one of the commisiion to aettle upon the terms of surrender with the garrison. The termswere not approved by the admin istration, though approved by Gen. T»)lor. Bnt Coi. Davis won his military fame at Buena Vista, where he aavtd a battle, "which,” pays the historian, "considering the disparity of the centesting forces, must forever be a marvel to the sludenU of mili tary science." The story ought to be familiar to everybody, but the popular his tories of the day do not dwell greatly npon Ur. D-tvia's services to the Union. Hon. J. T. Claiborne, of Missis ■ ippi, furnishes this brief but,graphic ac count of it: "Tho battle bad been raging far some time with fluctuating forlunee tod waa settle g against us, when General Tay lor, with Colonel Davia and others, arrived the field. Several regiments, which were aftetwerdi rallied and fonght bravely, were in full treat. O'Brien, after haviog his men and horses completely cut up, had been com pelled to draw iff his guns, and Bragg, with almost superhuman energy, was sustaining the ibrunt of the fight. Many officers of distinction had fallen. Col. Davis rode for ward to seen tbs petition of the enemy, and, concluding that the best way toexemfns tbs position cf the enemy tnd arrest our fugitives would be to makes bold deir-oostratton. be resolved at once to atlaek the enemy posted in force immedi ately in front, supported by cavalry snd two divisions in reserve in tho rear. It a resolution he ld almost to rashness, but the emergency was preseleg. With * hand ful cf Indians volunteers who stetod by their brave old colonel (Bra-ire) snd his own regiment, he advanced at double quick time, filing m be advance-]. HU own brvvs fellows fell fast under me rolling musketry of the enemy, but their rapid snd fatal velleya carried destruction and death into the adverse ranks. A deep ravine separated the combatants L aping into it the Miestssippians soon re appeared on tbe either side, and with a shoot that was beard over the battle field they poured in a well dtiec'ed tire ai d ruaheel upon tbe enemy. Their deadly aim and wild entbnviasui were irretletible. The Mtxic'estt -d in confu-ion to their reserves, and Davis seized the command ing position they had occopied. lie nest fell npon a party of civ dry an! compelled it to fly wi'b tbe loaa of their leader and other officers. Immediately aft* rsardv a brigade of lancers one tbensand atrorg. Were seen rpproaehlcg in a gallop in be*n- tifnl array. It *ss an .pralliag -peetacle, but not a man flinched ucm bis position. ' Catarinas that the «jre ot the army upon them and that tbe bonoe or jusanuni'Pl at stake, and kaowiug that if they gave way or were ridden down onr unprotected batur.es in the rear would ba n-.purred, e-ch men resolved to noonsr than retreat. ' • * Col Davis bad thrown his men into the form of a re-enter ing angle, familiarly known as bia \ move- meat, both flmk* resting npow ravines, th* lateen aiming d««o U* inU,M “ “* ridge. This exposed them to a ooujtrgiog fire, and th* moment ^*‘£*“ range each P' * n singled out kU object and <#„■ uu»u- g mile i thim lD . d * s: -» volunteers still acted with * After mareblng several hundred «dl ds tbe y,t , ' r ? d ” d the Mexican infantry advancing in three lines npon Brtgg"bat- bIm’i, wb ob ’ Ihongh entirely unprotected, held its position with a resolution worthy of the f *Mt®-t T ^® p , rt0 * nt * n P otl him stimulated “•HUnssippliM. They increased their hmwG j Dd «nemy were in one hundred yards of the battery and confident th ^, tnok him >“ flmk and Th(s i:„t i po , ured *a « destructive fire, ihfs broke his line, and the rest way and fell back precipitately, Lol. Detris wm wounded at t ‘fet800Q guVd it h *u*tM® in the heel,“and it ta this wound that troubles bim now, erluff. Washington Hunt, Dromgoole George S.Hnnstcn and other* of like abil- i-* . ® ' military experience and ednoation stood bim in good servioe aa a enpporler of the g.vtrumeut, and he urged the proa- ecnticn of the Mexioan war. One plifn lie sdvsnacd was the conversion of some of the United State* forts into military traininc P 1,c *d bimeelf npon reoord the,, as topmsione: "Beyond this expres- tik l i be . aafloa’a thanks be likvd the principle of tbe prono- 8on>h olt ‘J 19 Rtutlemen from Booth Carolina (Mr. Blook). We hove a pension system providing for the disabled but he Berks well and wisely to extend it to * 1 who may be wonrdod, however alightly. It is a reward effered to those who seek for fnto*fh« “ d ' f ° rtm09t p > 9 ”8« Mr. Davis's paseion for arms, it is said was an inspiration In the midat of bia la- born in ConwPKH he received (be call to eommand'tbe Miralvslppi rifles and a-or,-,. responded. Hi- e.-tiol, wi:|, the mtiid I-ss already torn ontliner*. II,. re- turned to Cons tins as Senator from Missis sippi by appointment shortly after getting HON, JEFFERSON DAVIS. forty years after, and made hi* journey to Moood for awhile very donhtfn'. This bat tle won for Col. D-tvis ihe unreserved praise of Gen. Taylor. He became the IDOL OF TBF. SOUTH, and his "V” shaped formation to resist cavalry went oil over the world. In 1817 bia term of enlistment having ex pired, Col. Davis returned boms, receiving an ovation at every point of bis journey. Such was the mm whose his enemies nineteen years i.ftor tried to degrade by pic turing him eacaping danger in woman’s dress. H- re ended Mr. Davis's military career, for though he hreame tho general and com mander i,'-chief of the Southern Confader- aey in 1861, and wont npon the battlefields, it was nover bU f vrtnns to lead troops or follow a cemmander again. HU POLITICAL LIFE. As already stated, Mr Davis retired from the regular army in 1835—jnvt before his marriage, and d*Eo«»d himself to study for eight years. In 1813. thoroughly eqnipped by intellectual culture, he entered Missis sippi politics among a brilliant coterie. Prentiss, Foote, Thompson, Claiborne,snd homa frrm Mexico snd the appointment win corflrmed by tbe L-gNatnre. Ho served from 1847 to 1851, and from 1857 to 1861, eight yea re; ••years," says the historian, - pregnant with the fate of a nation, snd in their brief prrgrees ho stood in that angnst body the iqnal of grand intellects.” After the death of Calhnnn, wbom be venerated, he became the acknowledged leader of the State's rights party, and the ixponent of its principles. Mr. Davis's term expired in 1851, and, though reeleoted, be resigned to take the plaee of John A Quit- man, who was Htati a' Rights candidate for Governor of Hiasbsippi, and becoming diso-mraged bad withdrawn. Quitman ra llied *itn a majority of seven thousand •gainst him. The issue was thefimon* Compromise of 1850 He continued in re tirement, but in 1852 backed General Pierce tor the White Hones, tnd was offi red by him s cabinet place, and declined it. He weut on to the inauguration, how ever, and yielding to the pressure of party nreds hreame Stcretary of War. Hts de partment be brought to its bigheetefll- deucy, and is said to have boon "ineom- UBS. Dtvis. mtoy others, afterwards famous, were hts conbmporarie*. He went av delegato to the Demcoratio State convention charged with the organization cf tbe gubernatorial etmpaiga and tbe selection cf debga’ei to tbe N itional convention, und delivered there bis Bnt pnblic shires*, which at onco brought him into notice. II • moved there to amend tbe instrnetiona to the deleg.trs, which were in favor of Vin Boren, by naming Calhoun as the stcood choice of MUaiasippi. In 1844 the Hyde gave him a place npon its electoral ticket. Ia 1815 he was farther re warded by the gift of aCongrsssmxoship. Fco 1 * and Speight were then in the Senate, and J oob Tncmp- ■od, afterward* Buchanan’* S -cretarv of the Interior, waa in the flnni*. Mr. Dili* qualified on December 8, 1845, and his brilliant legishttiv* career i* kaid to date from that day. Ue wa* at once planged in o the disrnvsion cf the then leading queatioos, tbe tariff, tbe Oregon excite ment, which threatened war aitb England, nod th* Texan and Mexican ques tions. Here Davis hold his own, and schievod greater distinction although bo waa snrroncdsd bysneh men a* Stephen JL Douglass, B. M. T. Hunter, Junta A. Ssddon, Andrew Johnson, Brink- parsbly mpericr” to any man that ever governed it II. revised the .mV regulations, advocated one certain rnto for promotions. Increased the medioal corps introduced oarnele, light iofantry tactic* and he mini. ball. He also nrgJd Urn «. pl “”‘,'° 0 ot ‘he western frontier tnd the M. Ub ^* a ‘ "R 8 garrison* at acoessi- bis points, snd greatly added to th* tfl- »r.h 0, .hi “® V“ y ' H " W ‘ offl8 « 18.17 with the applause of all parties. He had r°v,^ Ti c <m, y . •R 4 * 0 elected Senator by the Mrssiseippi Ltglriature. 1 ^mpted here only n hare ootline of Mr. Dari.'. Hfe, with tow digrr„i“Sf T^i rir of** !i dar * **“ D0,t <writing yearn of the eentnnr, U would fL! volursra were d.uito given and ksnes explained. Tbe student will u2. f tb .*nd a l lif * t o iIr DatU • ku»«nr in' ilse.f, and every Bmtbern and Northern T '* to knoT tbe truth of ig.% o!T* “1*“^ ■ U "«R J ® bound by 1861. If.i>j out. of which grows th* Confederate ”^1^! f»d*y. From tho time of his second enU _ ^ tb# it boooaeo almost impo> aible to give even the outlines, for tvery detail ia the B18XB OF A TtAUILT tltot would demand eonsideratloa Th* growth of the country and erection tnrv e nn 8 l *f e *' , th * ® c09 “‘ 8 O of new torr“ , 10 y ’ “? 0iD « tb9, «'iou.. the restric tion and tho txtension of slaverv the territorr ^f th*« T ®TT 0l f* r lD i he new ttnd old o^tTc'n^thS t< l* { *"oos Pr ^ 1 Dy ^°t f r ?rSMSJErar ' d J'. b ' utrupgling in a sea of flame. Com- promise upon compromise failed to avert wh.- T* c * ,u, j°P be - Tho timo came when they ceas*d to postpone it. The P" rl 7 w eot to pieces, the "irr*. p ,”“ lbl * «°aflf#t was *t hand, and fanati- fever ‘ tcllcnttl excitement at lever heat. In the meantime the ItrDublt- «“ P Y , ? b ! d htou born and in six P yeam it eleoted Abrahim Lincoln President/ these trying times in the North ?? the ?° n ‘ h - wherever duty sremed to b J”' whether for debate or the expound- ‘ D 80f.h. principles ho defended, Mr. Davis bore himt-tif with that heroio devotion to duty and with that consistency which has thlnnl hl * 0Onr ‘ e ' " ,00 ‘ 1 b r the nnton of the oonetltmioD, defendir o ft «<*v®.i“n t .u f h,B * blUty ' » b d»“'r trymg every available means to avert the utceesity before®?™?/ jS“ ta « * l ona ““*•* « hover before (Crittenden amendment), he bade farewell to the United Statee' Senato on Jannary 21, 1861, in a speech that was full v, 1 eiciqaor.ee ana reason, and which remains a filling crown to the career he there brought to an end. Mr. Davie went immediately to Missia- sipui, where bis State m*de bim a majer- general of militia. On the 4 h of February f?, rt P. States-South Caroline? Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Tens—met at Montgomery In convention to form a government. On tho 8th the Confederate States of Ameriea w. s announced, alth Jifftreon D.vis, of Missbgippi, and Alexander Stephens, of Georgia, two Un'on men, ' p ’ AS P1IKSIDKNT AND TICE PRESIDENT, Mr. Davia s journey to Montgomery, where, on the 18th, he delivered his inaugural address was like tho return of a favored general to Rome. Twenty five years alter he made tho same journey to lay tbe eorner-stone of the Confederate rnonu- ment and the people stood by tbe roadeide to see him pus and wept aa they cheered him. Tho speech thst he delivered at his inaugural and that delivered when ha untied the Confederacy, should become chapters In every history cf the South. Jefferson Davfs's war history, familiar now to all, mnst be passed over for want of space to print it. Fonryeara ho carried * load noon him that few men oould have lived under. And whether he etredin his administration, or left undone •nght that should have been done, are ques tions b« yond settlement now. But it is al ready bottled that nnder him, * l'h the world against them, tbe little Oonfedereoy existed for (our years and gave to history such examples of heroism sod courage and devotion to principle sa will live so long as tho Ar.glo Ssxoo blood la free and English is spoken npon tbe faoe of the caitb: tb.t he oame out of the struggle brokeu in health and a pauper, aud wore fur the earn* and the people he represented the chains of a o*p. live; that since bis release ho bsa unmnr- muriDgly submitted to beoome the target d.*.it. . “ d •uperiutended the datails in person. Beoretary ltea- J* »uthority for the statement thst Mr. Davia was informed that General Hherman would allow hint to leave tbe u? nl n ““ * Cait«d States vessel, snd that Hr Dtvis said when questioned about It that be would not do *n act that would place him under obligations to the United “ 1 *',“-. nor " ouU *>• l**v. Confederate soil whU* there there was a Confederate regi- meut upon it. He reminded Keegan of the fact that be (Davii) was one of the Becerora T, *?. "I 04 ** 1 “> * 8 »« tbe honors of tbe United State* Senate to General K wsnth. beoause Kcssoth abtndoued Hungary and ?'*.* n .i ,, “^, b9b i ,,<, btn '- Mr Kasgtn also ^resident Davis relnssd to go by wb9, ° ** wa » proposed to re organize the army, because he would have toUaveConfodersle soil to get there. ineU “® Bt acoo,u P l ‘ n ltd by bis cab- Birr BICBUCND on the 7th of April aud went to Greensboro and next to Charlotte, N 0. Here he re- mained uotil the 27th, when Johnston sur- tendered. He then started sonlh nnder an eseort of cavalry. At Abbeville on the 27th he discarded all bnt six of Doke’s Second Kentucky mounted Infantry, whose names wars, Llent. Baker, snd pri- veto* Bandera, Bmitb, Heath, Walbert and With him also were at that Ume John H. Keegan. ex-Governor Lnbbaok, of T*xaa, A D. C. Barton, N. Harrison, pri- vateseerataiy, and CoL Wm. Preston John- atom Mr. Trenholm had been prostrated b /.* lckn ,'“ “A nsignad the secretary- ship of the treasury; and 8>-ere- u, 7 toe navy and Attorney<J ( - Q . p* 1 iPtV*,' W B°u® to their homw. -X- KSTi S*. Mh^v W “ b ‘»8 to ". 0®o,gta'on And on thfk fills AWasieeL A A- ... .* VOL. LXIJ. JNQ28. mR?l r aJ r t r ®.i* t na .' ckln8 viHo twenty-Beven IrwinsJaSI* proceeded towunla totention being to get vuisitJ ! Pl'*®r woods and then turn : r. a ‘ d ' A mile from the village they went into camp again. J Gen. Wilson received orders from Wash- tngton to * AnnEST rBESlDENT DAVIS, jl posfibls, and dispatched CoL Pritohard- oe “®» nd of one hundred and fifty 0 f the Fourth Miohigan Regiment down tho Oomolgee to WBton tee crossings. The^e wore ioon af terward followed by obont fifty WHooiuia oavalrymon. At Bnwkin8yille. in- fonnation of President Da- viao whereabouts wero obtained, and before daylight bis camp waa surrounded. At daybreak the party wm aroused by sharp firiog, the two parties of Union cavalrymen haring mistaken each other for Confeder- otei and fallen to fighting. Presently tho Michigan party charged into oump and cap- tured the President und his companionB. Beerotory Rsagsn giv*s tho following do- Bcription of what ensued after tho oanturo. ai3 itstimooy, more than anyone eiso’s, has sirved to diepel tho many falsehoods writtfn of this event, and in reproduced hjre from a letter to A. K. McClure, editor of the Philadelphia Times; ." I »«, present when Mr. Da- fii and Oolonel Pritchard recognized rich ether; “ -- -j-s Got. Lubbock? Col. Pritchard did not oomo np for sotn'o Umo niter Mr. Davis wts made a prisoner. When be rods up there was a crowd, obiefly of Federal soldiers, around Mr. Davii Ho was standing, and dressed in tho suit he usually Wore He turned to Col. Pritchard and asked: "Who enmmands these troops?” OoL Pritchard replied that he did. Mr. Davis said to him; "You command n set ot thieves sod robbers. They rob wo men snd children,” Colonel Pritchard then said: "Mr. Davis, you should remember that yon are a prisoner.” And Mr. Davis replied: • ! am folly conscton* of that It would be bad enough to be tbs prisoner of soldiers and gentlemen. I tm still lawful game and would rather bo dead than be yonr prisouer.’' * * * I wss not immediately with him when attacked. Gov. Lnbbaclr, CoL Johnson, CoL Wood and myself had slept under a tree, s< melting like a hundred jsrds from where Mr. Davis tnd his family camped. • • * The first warn- ,lDg we bad of presrnt danger was tho firing ju»t across tbe little creek we wero eu- oi.iuped ou, which took placo between tho Michigan osvalty between daydawn and full light. - * * * The firing was be- }®‘®“ to«s° troops in tbe resr ct ns and the Wisoontin troops who wero pursuing os on the road we bad traveled. When this firing occurred, aa Mr. and Mrs. Davi* both told me afterwards, Mr. Dav a •toried cat cf the tint, Haying to Ms wife, "those people (guerillas) have, attaoked n* at last. I will go see if I can •top tho firing; surety I will have some authority with Confederates yet." IDs stiff offioers tnd myself were camped about one hundred yarls from him, and hs •opposed we were being fired upon. As he stepped out of the tent, he told me be •aw the troops which bad been posted In front of ns nnder Ool. Pritchard, in (nil tnllop toward him. He turned to his wits for the shstts of hatred that else were plaut »ud said: "It hi the Federal o«vslry cd in the boaom of the South. tnd they are on uh.” A* he turned From the d*y of bU birth Jtffernon Davia ~ bM been true to hia people, true to princi ple Mod true to himself. Futo has decreed thut the Tietora wreath real not npt n hie monument when the time oouue for hitn to jleep, bnt hintory will «ay of him not le M than I have written, and acoord him tho glory of being if the uiOHt nnforiunaU, also the bravest and must oonsistent ot American statesmen. nztxeat and camcbe. On the first Monday In April. 1865, two dispatohes were reoeived at the War Do- panmvut In Iliohmoud from General Lee announcing that be would withdraw the army from in front of Riohmond and l*e- tenburg at 7 o'olcck (bat evsning. These wero shown to Btoretary Bt-Agaii who was opoa his way to ohnreh and stopped at tbe U",‘nxnsdUtely went *' l9 *l i9Dt DATto'n horns to confer with him bnt met him walking with a member of bU aUff. Tcgether they went to tho executive office where th.-y asermbltd the esb net and snmmoned the Governor of Virginia and tbe Buyer of Richmond. He gave orders for the removal of tbs pub- lio records — * • -■ to go out again, I understood "hla wife tbrxw a WATEarsoor •round his shoulders, he stepped out and was immediately pm nn der arrest Directly afterward Lab- back and myself wtnt to him wbtis he wes ■nrronnded by tbe toldleis. U* then had on do cloak or other wrappings; he waa dns-ed In a salt of Confederate gray, with bat and boots on as nan*!." This account has been folly verified by tbe other wit nesses present This cccorred on tbe 10th of May. Tho esvalry earns on at once to Maeoo. Tho TEuonAi-n of May 14, contains an aooonnt of the arrival, from whkh I oopy th* foU lowing: “Going from the Uotuton road yesterday the reporter took a position two miles from lowo, and there awaited the arrival at 2 o clock. Tbe advance gatrd came io sight. lbe " ho ' 9 p ; rty “ D0 op - Tint after the advance earns a floe eartisee or ntain ing Misers. Howell, Lieutenant Hathaway f 9d *"° 0 ' b ‘ t *; 1 Next an smbnlinco drawn ra,i.“u! , lY 1U mnlss, containing Mr. Davis, hla lady and littls dsnghter. The swytlllUsgirl oeenpied a seat in front. ?i?. npon ' h ® Taat throng of sol- diera and citizens, who erowded each aide ?hJ treH°* d ' 7‘toapleutng smile. Perhape the little earth-angel thongbt that it was ons of those ptgeenta she bad often seen assemble to do reverence to her father. Wh A .? ‘ T ‘ ly 'top the crowd increased. w^,.J?®. n rri T* cro “ 9d ' b e M«oon and re I? raiircad, so vast had it beoome that it was nsoaessry for men to dear tho wsy with drawn swords and pointed rifiea T ,8 “ ®U parts of the dty men, women and ehUdrto, eoldiers and mgroes flocked to thestdewa'ka and ti]ru<1|Mt th. «... p... log the Brown Hon*f, the throng oVred directly forward to Mulberry street and ih*??? f 0 ,^ 9 Tinier Home. In front of that hotel the crowd had grown so dense |hjV' ** ,with diffionlty the W *J ®° Qld b® cleared. At last tbs euiriages snd the ambulanoes wero ihom" 1 .“A ‘ h ® P * ,ty uli R b ‘ 9 d. Not » shoot or t jken ot exaltation was muni- tasted dating the whole time by the Ftd- with «??).V ry ' Wbil ® tb9 etozen* looked on with connten.nc.-H generally cipretsiog re- fm d . ?• DeU® and the 7 gsn P tll,n 8 ccp. lured with him were rent forward by sm. ■.»«te.7sssf;: d ,5.’LsS' DavU and children were taken into the owed for U "' Ho ** U endtendeil; AGAIN M BACON. Macon has seen Mrs. Darts and the In- ff th2*Gw*H hero daring the closing dsvs i!.»ia?“ f ??* r * cy b “* OBC * *rooe 1865. In K. ' to«ye»me here prisoners, drawn by moles; in May, 1886. t£*y cami again, this Ume in a gaily deoorated train, and ii*. ,W ?M? y “tontts were ths gnesta of tho “ i , ,y '.The party appeu*d upon tbebidccnv Y,' h * ’•“P"'. •»<« S’. Davis spake te pr.i/ ably the most enthostaatio crowd Mtoo and on to* 6th ovsttook them*" ATlr^i n'. !?* *u* r “* n ln time ot pram, Praa* n? at cross-roads in Wsal.iogton coontv and at I Mr ;- H“w*ll Cobb, i.i. i tu Dahlin tronbls wss had with guerillas but Stmorfhu****?.^ two eflrottuR snd no blood shsd. President DAVis tt /n n,? I 11 w “ there Mr. D.v.s eeeded to the Oemnlgte at Abbeville Ivd? wl^hta 4 ^ 10 "* 8 *!?^dsughtsr, and »«id, SS&5J& » Ai.1 s issr'ai* £ h s te~^i*ia5!ua l V - TXJ >ED OS §£u'..ND PAOK. 1

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The weekly telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1885-1899, October 25, 1887, Image 1