The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-26
MIR. DAVIS IN PARIS.
Frenchmnn's Pen and Ink Sketch OF
tho Confederate Ex-President.

The arrival of the Hon. Jefferson Davis in
Paris has been announced. AParis letter says:
sNIr. Davis, with his wife, came almost unher-
ulded on New Years Eve, and the next day
they we're met by your correspondent, walking
quietly along the Champs Elysees, and entirely
upuoticed or unknown by the hundreds OF thou
sands of persons who were promenadlng that
mapnifcent avenue. Although MIR. and Mrs.
Davis were stopping at the Grand Hotel, they
are under the direct charge of Colonel Dudley
Manu. who, asis well known, has taken up his
permanent residence in Paris since the close OF
the struggle upon the American continent.
President Davis looks much older and more
careworn than when your correspondent last
saw him in the hey-day of the Southern Con-
federacy, but his spirits are better than one
would suppose. He speaks calmly and dispas-
sionately of affairs upon your side OF the water,
but saes no light ahead for his 'sown people"
while he thinks the North is bashng in q sun
light of prosperity altogether artificial, and
which, like the splendid brllliancy thrown for
moment uporfihc closing scene Of grand the
atricaI spectacle, is destined to end in darkness
only the moro apparent from the contrast 80
recently exhibited"
Tho Gaulois, one OF the leading opposition
| papors OF Paris, comes out with tue following
spirited sketch of the distinguished exile, his
character, antecedcnts, and above all his dignl-
Ged bearing in adversely
Jefferson Davis, cx-Prcsidcnt OF The Confed-
| crate States of America, is In Paris with uls
wife v hose hcroism has been equal to her hard
| fate. He has como here to find i retreat for
his children, who have been left temporarily IN
| England.
There IS nothing more simple than this man,
tempered like our fathers OF '9S. ald VINO llkc
them suddenly hurled over the Southern States
ms many armies as tho French Republic, at lts
birth. opposed to all Europe in coalition.
Jefferson Davis is tall, slender, upright his
chest is expansive, and his bust supports
splendid head attached to broad shoulders ny
| q short ncck.
The for :.lead is ample its lines sharply de-
fued by masses OF gray hair, ana snenliy
roundcd beneath it arc eyes Oh clear plue, very
sweet in expression, and obserYant, and re-
1ectinc deep inner thoughts and reveries. The
tirure is spale the cheek bones are projecting
and the cheeks sunken; the nose Is aqulllnei>
like an eagles beak; the mouth is very large
| and expressive OF benevolcnce, sweetness anu
resolutions; the chin ls long. Ihe general I'M
|
| that of a meditatlvc aud kindly man.. But II 1t
does not promise, III Jefferson Davis case, a
| homo of happier days, aud Oh the realization or
| his grand designs, it reveals the hrIn Dehci 0.
this citizen OF the world In the Judgment Oh
The men OF his time, and OF postcrlty daily
becoming less prcjudicea aEd more favorable
| to hm. a.,
Jefferson Davis speaks softly, and his lea
lures relax when he smiles. He is SLOW IN cX-
pressing himself IN onr lang uaSc, INTO Which
il. is continually Introducing phrases III nj
native id.om. He il splring oil gesture Is Wcii
as denominations But iii his mother tongue
Inc emp.oys terms oi expression as neat Us they
| GTo coIcise.
He has remained fltllPal to slavery as =
principle. but modified, as ho always hcld II.
| He coucclics rights to thai black race WHICH
,l.au prove that it is born to enjoy them, aud
tit to comprehend them; but in his heart ne Is
persuaded that ,llo African race aud the Cau-
casian race can never asslnllate. besldes, INC
extreme violence with which tho demands OF
the auti-slaverv party were put forward me
effect OF which was the instantaneous ruin OF
thc Sontherncrs, counted for great deal in
the opposition of the latter. 49,
Hero Jefferson Davis enjoys literally the eX-
hibilons which PARIS Offers, Which no finds
yery beautiful, and which no follows up ua-
weariedly all day long. AS to what concerns
material life, no ls md:f: :rent 10 MS d'oV;;
brrakfastine on bread and butter ana tea, ahe!
dining off two dishes. In moral polnt Oh
view. his courage, his views, bis uprlShtness,
his exquisite probity, the example he has given
of seIf-{eyotion and all kinds Of self-a5ncga-
ton: his faith in the principles Tor which ne
has sacrificed everything anu sunefeu every
thing: his apostolic calm and m0coyr-liKe Pity
of hls enemies; his resignation, his serenity,
all have made Of Jefferson Davis an exceptional