Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-05-07

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generally understood that Sam
will be the administration lea.
Senate. The public will naIpr-
desire to see what sort Of man nan
bdesty is such that the materials
ography are scant, It is known
father was Kentuckian, far
5 believed. who transferred his
from Kentucky to Mississippi
early in the present century,
ith him his infant son Jefferson.
born about 1906. The fathers
nabled the son to receive the best
pn the country afforded. After
lal course at school, he entered
yania College Kentucky, where
aimed until his father obtained for
mission to West Point. IL was in
lat he entered West Point Acade>
left it, with honor. in 1923. as bre-
sond Lieutenant, and at his own
was placed in active service. The
ars Of the time were the frontier
against the Indians; in these young
distinguished himself in SO marked
ner. that. when a new regiment Of
ons was formed. he at once obtain:
Commission as First Lieutenat. His
Is during seven years Of Indian
re- resemble those Of all the brave
IS who have been engaged in the
Rice. The only fact that is re-
Of him in the romantic attach.
~ ID sprang up between him and
Prisoner the famous Indian chief,
ck Hawk. = Tie the latter forgot
nianosityito the people of the United
S in The friendship and admiration he
Or Lieut.. Davis; not until his death
inc bondof amity between &he two
fe men severed ts1 ~
) 1885. the United States 5eing at
be with the world andTlikely to remain
Lieut. Davis grew tired of military
and settled down quietly on cotton
ntationin Mississippi. For eight years
life was tranquil aud obscure; the du-
of his plantation, diversified with
dys engrossed his time.- He devoted
my hours per day to the perusal and
idy ofpolitical works, acquiring that
narkable fundo varied information to
hich he isindebted for much of his sub
Hpent distinction. ug1
q he took the stump for Polk.
Intimate conyinction that the
cEparty was the only one which
to deal fairly with the South;
attracted no little attention in
IS yigor and ability. he was
at the election which
He had only been a
ington when the Mex
He wrote home
his friends not to
behind her sister
men for the war
apcement that a
been formed.
4 the army which
lexico achieved SO
Col. Davis. Space
hp,ing to follow him
campaign; suffice i: to say
danger was: 10 be. encoun
lory won. there Colonel Davis.
his Mississippi rifles. was TO be
'und. Buena Vista. especially, bears
itness 10 his eminence as soldier: hia
volpnteers-showed stea
mess which equaItpd any thing that
light have been expected Of veteran
oops: and they were handled in 50 mas.
.rly way that. If the glory Of that LAY
ere to be assigned to any one corps ra-
Ter than any other. they would proba.
y bear away the palm. Every one re
,embers the proud appeal Of Colonel
|avis to another regiment, who were fn-
ing The FIRE rather warm, to t.Stay and
eform behind that wall"-pointing to
is Mississippians. Throughout the war,
e and his brave rflemen loom up at in
,rval whenever the FIRE grows hot or the
grave. and never without good
tfect. They were armed with peculiar
tle, now best known as the Mississippi
He, chosen by their Colonel himself; i,
'as scarcely less deadly than the MIME,
heir Col. set the example Of intrepidity
nd recklessness Of personal injury: a,
'uena Vista he was badly wounded at az
arly part Of the action; but he sat upor
is horse steadily till the hour was was
ron, and refused even to delegate q por>
on of his duties to his subordinate off,
ers.
The term OF service for which the Mis-,
issippans had volunteered having expir
d, they were disbanded; and the surgeon.
lsisted on the Colonel Withdrawing from
ctiye service. in order to give that atten
ON 10 his wound which it deserved
lie was not, long permitted. however. te
urse himself on his plantation. In the
al the Executive ofhis State appointed
i'm United States Senator, to fill a vacan
y. and as soon as the Legislature met he
'as elected unanimously 10 the Office fol
he ensuing six years. This was. in fact
'olonel Dayis's first appearance as {
actor in Federal, politics.
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