Newspaper Page Text
JW ®w wowafflaoi/
4 fe lilj B
Vol. xxii
OUR DAVIS
On His Journey to Rich
mond Once More,
NOT AMID DIN OF WAR
But Cold in Death to Sleep For
ever on Those Sunny Slopes.
SCENES ABOUT THE BEIR OF DAVIS,
IKuffled Drums Heat as the March Begins
In New Orleans—The Great Itrniunvtaa
tion—l’romjseof a Glorious Ovation
All Along! Hie Une.
EH’ ORLEANS, May
(Special. Staff
Correspond •ne<‘ ) —Now.
Jheli, to Richmond once
more and forever! The
shout has been sounded
all down the lines, thrill
ing e\ i ry loyal heart of
tin* south, and tomorrow
night when tiie lug red
sun sinks behind the si
lent walers of the Missis-
) IXJ
' V® '
;■ H v :
V 1
sippi. the muffled drum v.ill start the iitml
march <d Davis back to the rituug hills and
sunny slopes of the Eternal t'itx of the
South!
Oh. what a day is this!
What blessed memories it recalls: what
shadows and sadness it throws over the
front heart of the south, once so fair and
rich and powerful; what patriotism ttiid
A ; -‘- ZS
' 7
J - ■.■■ ? X
( ; I B
' /\
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
pride, what, fadeless glory it revives; what
veneration to the sainted Davis it in
spires in the hearts of the southern pa
triots. one and all!
There was a day ■when Davis went to
Richmond so different from this; the mourn
ing is sorrowful and sad. That day wan
May the 2!)th, of ISt’.l just thirty-two
years ago to a day. On that day the capi
tal of the confederacy was moved from
Montgomery to Richmond and the war be
gun in earnest.
The drumtap had emptied all the bar
racks. the uniforms of spotless gray were
taking on tin- first of civil strife,
the flush of war was on. The bugle blast
was sounding at Mantissas, and southern
troops were marching till one way. and that
way to the front, when* the hot smell of
smoke and battle camo stifling over the
field. There at Richmond in such a sea
son .1, tiers..n Davis planted the proud
banner of the south and built her cherished
h< >me.
There lie lived on upon the beautiful brow
that overlooks the waters of the .James;
Matching the young nation as it bloomed
into life; praying lor its growth as sopie
fond parent fop a loved child; glancing un
derneath each rising cloud of battle smoke
to t-ee with eager eyes how southern sol
diers fared, toiling on and on as seasons
M i *
MISS WTxNIE DAVIS.
came and went to fulfill the sacred duties
of his trust and work out the salvation of
the cause of which he pledged his mighty
.hand and gave gave his golden heart.
Ami naw to Richmond once again does
Jefferson Davis go!
i i ibfiH s of the States.
All of the southern governors will take
part in the ceremonials.
Loitisian.ias governor will deliver the
casket that contains the body of the dead
warrior to Governor Stone, of Mississippi,
he it: ’urn to Governor Jolies, of Alabama,
he to Governor Northern of Gtorgia. lie
to Governor Tillman. of the fiery little
state <d South <'arolina,, he to Governor
Carr. of North Carolina, he to Governor
JicKialcy, of Virginia.
Thus, every one id' the southern states
through which the train will pass, pays
tribute to the memory of Davis. All of
tin' governors will congregate about lhe
brink of Davis's grave in Richmond, each I
representing the people of a state that was
loyal to tin' cause for which Davis gave
his entire life.
FROM Tin; VAULT
The Remains of Jefferson Davis Were
Taken Satm-dav.
New Orleans, May 27.—With the digni
fied simplicity that was inseparable from his
lite, with none of the fuss of military or
civic display, the remains o f the ex-president,
of the southern confederacy wererenmved
this afternoon from the vault, where they
BinfliF fts i ,H ■ “
m |J« I EJ I CT
PJI ft I! I I i I Hitl
ffl fl Pw® ! H ' B
*3 Oil llu N F
fflft 5 ftw* taf i. H i w I fffl
fcW^aSSlW y. ■■ I BW
.SCENE <»F THE CEKEMONIES ATTENDING Mlt. DAVIS'S INAUGI RATION.
Jefferson Davis was inaugurated president, of the confederacy before the statehouse in Montgomery. February IS, ISlll. It was a day of thrilling interest and intense excite
ment. Thons.inds of men, women and children gathered to hurl their hearts into I lie spirit that ruled the hour and Davis was a hero, among heroes, it is certainly one of t lie
most thrilling incidents recorded on the pages of histdry.
have had a temporary resting place tor three
years and a half- to the liali where they are
to Fie in state until their transfer to tin*
funeral train that is to pear them to lhe
beautiful and quiet precincts of Hollywood,
reinelery, intho city where so many of the
stirring incidents of Mr. Davis's event lul
life ha 1 their being.
Three years and a half ago thousands
of people turned Io follow tile dead chief
tain to his grave. They came from all over
the south • tattered veterans and governors
of slates. There were all tiie accessories
of a grand funeral pageant . The contrast
today was striking, but it was in order, for
tomorrow is reserved the civic ami military
honors that are to be paid to the memory
of the dead. They will be more imposing
thanfhe ceremonies of today as far as num
bers are concerned. Nearly every one J'e
members the circumstarices of Mr. Davis's
death, lb had been in constantly falling
health for some time, when he undertook
a steamboat trip to his old plantation home
in Mississippi. On the way he was taken
ill with a cold that was not thought Io be
serious, but which demanded immediate at
tention. Transferred to a descending
steamer he was brought back to the Cres
cent City and taken to the home of his old
business frind. Mr. J. I’.iviie. 'There
given close attention, he apparently- rallied
from his illness and there were hopes that
his life would be spared.
But the rally was only the presages of
coming death. On the evening of December
bill, he grew suddenly worse. Sinking
gradually he passed .iway- gently
as a child in the - silent watches
vGm- - . ' V i /
/ /
Wx 1 • r
til? "x
. , , x, VIti.’SIDENT JEFFERSON D' VIS
As lie appeared in the tune of war between tiie states -Taken from a. favorite protograph
of llic night while the city slept.
Dying in this city he was laid away
to rest in the tomb of the Army of North
ern Virginia, in Metairie cemetery, beneath
the marble life size figure of Stonewall
ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY. MAY 30, 1893.
body of the dead chief. It was understood I
| Jackson, standing as if on guard over lhe I
then that the vault in the tomb of the
Army of Northern Virginia was Io
be only the temporary resting place
for the remains and that
Mrs. Davis should be permitted to
select herself the spot, for the final inter
ment of her husband. Many cities were
rivals for the honor of preserving the dust
of the ex-president, but Mrs. Davis finally
cast her choice with Richmond, where the
monument to Mr. Davis will be reared.
1 rntn the O«<1 to the New Casket.
The tninsfor of th<* ronutins from the
old to the new casket was made this morn-
ing before the city was yet at labor. Only
a small and'seleet. 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 whose charge the
remains were entrusted and who have
guarded them ever since the afternoon upon
which they were consigned to the grave.
Mr. L. 11. Farrar, who is related by mar
riage to Mr. Davis, was mi hand to rep
resent the family. Beyond these there were
no others, save the sexton and tiie under
taker and his assistants. Mr. Davis was
interred in a cedar casket, richly covered
with black silk plush. Tiie body was laid
in a metallic ease inside of the cedar cov
ering. 'This morning when Sexton Sholz
took from the vault the black marble plate,
the old casket was removed and the metallic
casket lifted out into the handsame new
casket in which the body will lie borne to
Richmond. 'The new receptacle is what,
is known as a stale casket and is used on
special occasions. It is made of antique
oak richly polished and chastely and beau
tifully carved, and is massive in size.
'The old casket was replaced in lhe vault
where it will remain as long as the tomb of
of the Army _ of Northern Virginia
stands marked with the black tablet that
contains on its face, in gilt recessed let
ters, a fae simile of the autograph of Mr.
Davis and the dates of his birth and death.
Transferred to the Hearse.
Shortly after 3 o'clock, a guard of six-
teen, it; uniforms of confederate gray,
mounted, slowly rode down th<“ shaded
avenue, leading to the tomb of the Army
of Northern Virginia, and, turning their
horses loose io graze, slowly ascended the
grassy mound that leads to the entrance
of the subterranean vaults of the tomb.
With not more than a dozen workmen and
reporters, and half that, many ladies and
a few urchins standing by. with heads
reverently uncovered, lhe casket was borne
up from the vault, to the waiting hearse,
in which it was carefully placed. It was
simply an ordinary hearse, severely plain
in keeping with, the general order of the
corenmiiy and drawn by a twain of hand
some black horses-
The journey to the city from the ceme
tery was remarkable for the lack of inci
dent. for on much of the route habitations
tire scattered and pedestrians are few.
Here ami there a little party gathered and
a force of laborers ceased their toil. Ever
ami anon a passing vehicle was pulled tip
with a short turn, am] most invariably
the hearse ami its escort were shown the
respect of uncovered heads. In tin' more
thickiy settled part of town, the onlookers
increased in numbers, but. there Was no
demonstration. It was a slow and un
eventful march to the hall. At. Claiborne
street the veterans of the Army id' North
ern Virginia had gathered to meet tin*
cortege. As it drew up they divided ranks
and raised their hats, and. when the mount
ed men had passed, the old soldiers formed
in columns of twos and marched behind-
It is Old Flag.
A flag that came all the way from 'l’exas
for the purpose, was placed upon the cas
ket. It had been presented to the Missis
sippi regiment that Colonel Davis command
ed in the -Mexican war and was the handi
work ami gift of the ladies of Natchez.
It is a silk Hag of the union; the red and
white stripes now failed in a common yel
low. and it was borne at the head of the
gallant, regiment through all the fierce bar
ties that proved the fall of Mexico’s capitol
and the end of the Mexican war.
LAST DAYS OF DAVIS AT DEA I! VOIR.
Rev. J. William Jones, of Atlanta, Writes of
His Visit There.
In his home beside the sea
ile was freest of the free.
Doctor J. W illiam Jones, of Atlanta, the
well-known liistori.au of the confederacy,
was nn intimate friend of Jefferson Davis.
In the latter days of Mr. Davis’s life at
Beauvoir Dr. Jones was a, guest at the
house, and while there became intimately
associated with the entire family, whose
society he found most pleasant.
Writing from Beauvoir, he thus described
life at the beautiful old farm as he found
it then:
It is a source of gratification to old con
federates that, our leader lias this quiet re
treat, where, away from the rushing crowd,
ou the soil of his loved Mississippi, breath
ing the healthful breezes of the gulf that
washes the southern, shores of the confed
eracy. in the shades of his own home and
in the bosom of his family, lie can spend
the evening of his busy life and till out the
record of his great duties and heroic deeds.
But, it. ought to be added that his needed
rest ami quiet are often broken by visitors—
loving admirers who ’ire anxious io pay
their respects and do honor to the greatest
living American—but too often mere curiosi
ty hunters, some of whom partake of ids
hospitality ami then go oil to write all man
ner of slanders about him.
I would not be guilty of drawing aside
(lie veil that conceals from the world the
privacy of the home or parading before tiie
public even the names of our noble women,
but tiie deep interest which our people take
in all that concerns this noble family must
be my excuse for s.n ing seme things which
otherwise might not be admissable.
Those who knew Mrs. Davis in other days,
as a senator's or secretary's
wife, in Washington, or us “Mis
tress of the Wldpe House,” anil "first
lady" of Ihe confederacy, in Richmond,
would find no dillieulty in recognizing her
now; for though time has wrought some
changes in her. she is tiie same bright, ge
nial. cultivated, domestic woman who is
qmilly well qmilithsl to grace the parlor,
preside at a state dinner with histolle men
us her guests, intend to the minutest details
of her housekeeping, or visit her neighbors,
or look utter tiie needy poor.
She is one of the finest conversationalists
I over met, and her recollections of society
ami event;: in Washington. in Richmond and
in Europe and of the prominent men and
women with whom site came in enhtacf, are
simply charming, and would make a book
of rare interest were she disposed tn turn
her attention to authorship. * * * *
Miss Winnie Davis, the single daughter,
who was born in Richmond not long before
the close of the war. is one of the most
thoroughly educated, ac-omplished young wo
men I ever met. At the same time she is
simple, affable ami sweet in her manners,
a brilliant conversationalist, a general favor
ite and every way worthy of her proud
I lineage and happj' inheritance as “Daughter
of lhe Confederacy.”
Mrs. Hayes, the only oilier living child,
was on a visit to Beauvoir, but was sick and
I had not the pleasure of seeing her. but. I
heard her spoken of in warmest terms of
admiration by some of the neighbors. I saw
her four sweet children—and what pets they
wore with their gr.-indfnther. wliose love of
children was one of Ids strong characteristics.
About Mr. Davis, himself, and bis life at
Beauvoir Dr. .tones wrote thus:
Those who knew him in Richmond during
the war might not recognize him now ar
once, as over twenty years have left their
impress n]>on him. and he now wears a full
beard instead of being closely shaven as
then. But the handsome face, the courtly
grace of his bearing, the flash of bis eagle
e. e. ms cordial ma tin, genial humor -ii,,!
“'most elo.pwn/?. ,’f ersatm
m‘.' n '"'U'k back lhe confederate president the
loom tub e leader the unflinching p.urior.
! "'•.""■d. < hristian gem|. w hotn
tiiie ,OI leneraies will ever doiignt honor
S" e Ity-ekti! years of an eventful life ar,,
upon him. ms Health is not stroir r •md his
! r l s lo weaken; but His in-
telle, t Is as clear as ever and his heart as
y.irm tor the land he has loved so well , Hl d
foi uhieh lie has toiled and suffered ami sa.-ri
ilced so much.
n„ l |>ii ,l:,l t 'i."'’ i '’Y. r"”'.'' l-etraying to the
public the confidence of private <onvprs-i
--tlon, as in this and subsequent interviews ar
'"me. he spoke freely of men and
tiints and measures from that full knowl
nbfe. t'lv "t Im-qmiintance. 1 m-qmiintance. and in that
p'tnitly chaimtng maimer which make his
imi'' S tt, us ,"" s l'eakab|,. value.
• some ’iniigs which I mar.
Mithont impropriety, write, and which I
1 \lr " i’' " >eP <<> •’nr I ole.
Mr. Davis loves to talk of his home the
gulf coast of Mississippi, and its advantages
ns pictures, his books, questions in English
litei.iinie. se l( .the .-iris, etc., in all of
'Will'll lie i> pcnocliy at home bilks
Cbaruntmlf. He I„ues Io talk of Ids cadet
life at West Point, the Mexican war. etc.
Rin. he seems to delight especially' to talk
ol the confederacy; its splendid rise, its he
roic struggie, its sad fall, when “compelled to
yield io overwhelming numbers ami re
sources.” lie seemed thoroiighlv familiar
with the minutest details of ail the depart
ments of the government.
He gave some very interesting details of
experiments made while he was secretary of
war on the question of whether to cast guns
hollow or to bore them out from solid cast
ings. and spoke of the 1.-iud.ible pride with
which Rodman sought him when he had pre
pared sone- cannon powder, and exclaimed
“Eureka.' Eureka!” * * ♦ «
After speaking in the most exalted terms of
Lee and Jackson, their mutual confidence tn
each other and their prompt co-operation, he
said ;
"They supplemented each other and to
gether. with any fair opportunity, they were
absolute!v invincible.”
He defended Jackson against the
statement made bv some of
his warmest admirers (even Dr. Dabney in
A v (/ -
■ W" ssw
1 H ■ '-tew
MigylJQ| IS 11 ”7 II
I' li-
THE WHITE HOUSE OF THE CONFEDERACY.
his biography) that he was not. fully himself
in failing to force the passage of White Oak
swamp to go to the help of A. I*. Hill at
Frazier’s farm. He said he thought a care
ful study of the topography would show that
Franklin's position was the real obstacle to
Jackson’s crossing. * * *
What true confederate—what true citizen
of anv section es the country -can fail to
join in the earnest prayer that heaven’s
choicest blessings niiy rest upon that beauti
ful home at I’eanvoir that his last days may
be his best days, and that he may finally
rest in peace, wear “the fadeless crown of
victory." and rejoice in the phuidit of the
Great Captain “Well done, good and faithful
servant"- when lie shall join Lee ami Jack
son ami others of our Christian soldiers in
that bright land where "war's rude alarms"
are nevy heard.
PRICE 5 CENTS
FROM ATI.ANTA TO RICHMOND.
The Story of the Journey as Mapped Out foi
tlie liaviri 1 rain.
After leaving Atlanta, at 8:20 o'clock
on the evening of the 2‘Jih. the special
train of the Richmond and Danville will
move on to Richmond.
A littcen minutes' stop will be made at
Greenville, S. (~ to afford the people
there an opportunity to testify their afiec
tion, and the train will proceed thence to
Rab'igh, N. (', where elaborate prepara
tions have been made lor a demonstration.
'I here will lie an address by Governor
Carr tmd other exercises at ‘the eapitol
building. Leaving Raleigh at 2 o’clock
p. nt the train is scheduled to reach
Richmond at 11 o'clock on the night of
the 30th. Arriving there the casket will
be placed on a caisson, and under the
escort of troops and veteran organizations
the remains will be taken to the Virginia
eapitol building, in the rotunda of which
they will lie in state until the next after
noon. On the morning of the .'list, the
public school pupils will visit the eapitol
in a body, and. passing through, will place
garlands of flowers upon the I ier. The
reinterment ceremonies will take place in
the afternoon.
’Mrs. Davis will go from New York fa
Richmond to attend these final exercises.
The historical eapitol i : bi tug draped,
and during lhe week R. E. Lee and
Picket camps will finally decide upon the
pallbearers :md upon the guard which is
to have the post of honor by the side of
the catafalque in the eapitol building.
THE FROG RAMM 11 MADE L I‘.
The Exercises nt Hollywood Cemetery at
the of ex President Mavis.
Richmond, Va., May 24.—(Special ) The
ceremonies attending the reinterment of
ex-President Davis at 1 lolly wood one week
from today will be marked by a high de
gree of dignified simplicity. The pro
gramme has just bei n made up, the delay
being occasioned by the inability of two of
the ministers originally selected by Mrs.
Davis to be present.
After the procession has halted in the
cemetery and the various organizations
have been assigned to the positions they
will occupy, the band will render a funeral
dirge, which has be si compos".l by Profes
sor Ronhart, of this city. Bishop Hugh
Miller Thompson, of Mississippi, will read
an appropriati' sileetmn from the Scrip
tures, after which the hymn, "'low Firm
a Fotin lation," will be sung, lliis will be
read by Rev. Dr- W. W. Landrum, of tiio
Second" Baptist church. R "V. Dr. Moses
I). Doge, the pastor cf th S" -ond Presby
terian church, will then offer a prayer, ami
this invocation will b- followed by the in
terment. Tiie benedict ion will be pro
nounced by Rev. Dr. <l. S. I'cirron. the rec
tor of old Christ chnreh. Norfolk. Va.. who
was particularly attentive t > Hr. Davis
while he was imprisoned at Fort Monroe.
As the crowd disperses salvos of artillery
will be fired. The grave of the ex presi
dent will not be closed from public view,
as it will require some time to arrange Hie
mound. The interior will be walled in
with handsome colored brick.
Tiie Ladies’ Hollywood Association will
have their annual memorial exoreisi s on
Gettysburg hill immediately after the ser
vices at the grave. There will be no ad
dress at either place.
Mayor Ellison, president of the Jefferson
Davis Monument Association, left this
morning for New York to join Miss Winnie
Davis, whom he will accompany to N< w
Orleans, whore she goes to meet, the fu
neral party. Thov will travel in an offi
cer's car and will b<> met at points along
the route by the following members of the
Jefferson Davis Monument Association:
Oolonei John B. Cary. General Peyton
Wise. Don. George T.. Christian, ITon. D.
C. Richardson ami probaltlv Mr. John S.
Eliott.
GOVERNOR CI,ARK’S GRAVE
A Distinguished Georgian Lies I inter the
Oaks of Florida.
Overlooking the waters of St. Andrew's
bay, on the west coast of Florida, s'.mils a
monument to probably the only chief magis
trate of this state who lies buried beyond
its borders. Sixty-three years ago General
John Clarke, twice governor of Georgia.,
died in Florida, ami was interred there.
Three years later a shaft was erected to
his memory and now the moss, suspended
from the great live oak trees around,
forms a canopy for the stone, hew t Jeor
gians could tell where the ox governor's
grave is. The very fact that lie remov>-d
from the state of his adoption Iris probably
(‘scaped many Georgians of today. In his
time General Clarke was a figure in this
state. Ili> was :i strong parti-in and all
through his political career he had strong
antagonisms and as strong supporters.
A photograph of the grave and the monu
ment was received a few days ago bv
Captain John Milledge from Captain Frank
IT.illijis. a former student at the Georgia
Military institute. Captain Phillips has a
summer home on St Andrew s bay and he
writes that on the adjoining lot is this mon
ument. He rightly thought that the rela
tives of the ex-governor would be glad to
know of the existence of the shaft. A year
or so ago some relatives from Kansas were
Fere and sought information about tho
general, but with what success is not
known.
He was a native of North Carolina, hat
his father, General Elijah Clarke, removes
to Wilkes county, Georgia, when Jolm was
a lad. The son was sent to school in North
Carolina, but did not. remain long, for at
the age of fourteen he joined a scouting
party to go against the lories. He was
I lieutenant of a militia company at sixteen
| ami soon after was captain. He fought at
I the siege of Augusta under his father,
i General Clarke, and at the battle of Jack's
crock in 1757 distinguished himself. He
' was only twenty-o.ne then. This was a
battle with the Indians who had committee
, murders in ami around what is now A\ niton
county. The company did not hud the
i band they set out to look for, but they
came across another on the way to the
i settled section. These Indians were aju>
