The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-22
JEFF. DAVIS.
His Mode of Life fin Paris-HS still
Loves slavery.


From the Gdulois
MIR, JEFF, Davis, ex-President of the Con-
federate States of America, is among us, with
his wife, whose heroism is equal to the harsh
ness of her destiny. He comes TO see Paris and
seek here a retreat to which he can bring in
week his children, left temporarily In America.
Nothing can be more simple than this man. who
is experienced, like our fathers OF '93, and VINO,
like them, sent suddenly to all points ct the
states as many armies as the French Republic
opposed to the coalition In Europe. JEFF. Davis
is very thin, but erect. His chest is not
hollow, and his body supports an admirable
head, joined to broad shoulders by rather thin
neck. His forehead is AMPLE his hair grey, his
contour rather bulging, in which are set clear
blue eyes, which are very soft, yet observing
His face is thin, his cheekbones prominent, aud
consequently his checks appear helluw. Tue
nose Is aquiline and like an eagles beak. His
mouth Is rather large and indicative OF good
ness and resolutions; mis- chin prominent. Tue
ensemble OF that ascehc face is nov a mixture of
meoltation and indulgence.
JEFF. DAVIS speaks mildly, and his face expands
as he smiles. He is naturally slow in expressing
his ideas IN our language, which he constantly
mixes up with idioms from his own tongue. BE
is quiet IN gesture and in recrlmina'ion; bat his
phrases in the mother tongue are we'll rounded,
concise and neat Has experience in the failure
of better or stronger combinations rendered him
less positive, or does he always proceed in the
expression of his ideas less in on absolute thar
dubious way? 1t is true, he feels his way IN our
language.
He has remained true to the principles of
slavery, OuJ mOulQcu, as ne ADMITS. ne COu
Cedes rights to the negro race which can prOue
that it is born TO enjoy them and made to un-
deIstand them; but, at the bottom he is con-
vinced that the African and the Caucasian races
cannot assimilate. As to the rest, the extreme
violence which the eXigenCies Of the auti.slavery
party caused, the effect OF which was the sudden
ruin OF theSouthern people, was, in his opinion,
the consequence of the resistance which the
latter made.
Here, JEFF. Davis is fully enjoying all the
cur.osties that Paris affords, which he finds
very beautiful, and which he uutiringy visits all
the day. As to his material life, he does not
care as to his food, breakiastipg on a slice of
bread and butter and a cup of coffee, and dining
on two dishes.
Morally, his courage, his views, his strictness,
his exquisite probity, the example of all his de-
votedness, his elf-denials, his good faith to his
prncipes-to which he has sacrificed every
! thing, for which he has suffered everything
| the placidity of an apostle, and the commisera-
ton of martyr tor his enemies, his resignation
| aud serenity-all these have made JEFF. Davis o
| raIe and great mans great that, in tue midst
! of our modern civilization, one cannot come
| near him without the utmost respect.
| MIR. JEFF. DAVIS dined on New Years Day at
the residence OF his old representative at Paris,
| Mr. Slidell. The dinner was quite private, aud
| Mrs. Davis, in mourning for her mother, WAS
not there.