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

The arrival of the Hon. Jefferson Davis in
Paris has been announced. A Paris letter says:
tMr. Davis, with his wife, came almost unher-
aided on New Years Eve, and the next day
they were met by your correspondent, walking
quietly along the Champs Elysees, and entirely
unnoticed or unknown by the hundreds OF thou
sands Of persons who were promenading that
magnificent avenue. Although Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis were stopping at the Grand Hotel, they
are under the direct charge of Colonel Dudley
Mann, who, as is 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 sees no light ahead for his .town people"
while he thinks the North is basking in q sun
light OF prosperity altogether artificial, and
which, like the splendid brilliancy thrown for o
moment upon the closing scene Of o grand the
atricai spectacle, Is destined to end in darkness
only the more apparent from the contrast so
recently exhibited"
The Gaulois, one Of the leading opposition
papers of Paris, comes out with the following
spirited sketch Of the distinguished exile, his
character, antecedents, and above all his digni-
fed bearing in adversely
Jefferson Davis, ex-President OF the Consed-
crate States OF America, is in Paris with his
wife, whose herDism has been equal to her hard
fate. He has come here to And o retreat for
his children, who have been left temporarily in
England.
There is nothing moro simple than this man,
tempered like our fathers Of 9S, and who like
them suddenly hurled over the Southern States
as many armies as the French Republic, at it's
birth, opposed to all Europe in coalition.
Jefferson Davis is tall, slender, upright his
chest is expansive, and his bust supports q
splendid head attached to broad shoulders by
o short neck.
( Il The forehead is ample, it's lines sharply de-
fned by masses Of gray hair, and slightly
rounded; beneath it are eyes Of clear blue, very
eweet In expression, and 0bservant, and rS-
decting deep inner thoughts and reveries. The
figure is spare; the cheek bones are projecting
and the cheekS sunken; the nose is eqailine,
like an eagles beak; the mouth is very large
and expressive OF benevolence, sweetness and
resolution; the chin is long. The general ina.
preston conveyed by such physiognomy is
tina. OF a meditative and kindly man. But if II
does not promise, In Jefferson Davis case, O.
hope OF happier days, and Of the realizatinn ag
his grand designs, 1t reveals the Arm belief Of
this citizen Of the world in the Judgment OF
the men OF his time, and 0fta pGSterity (iRI1yi
becoming less prejudiced and more favorable
to hinl. vii s(ss s T &
s Jefferson Davis speaks softly, and his tea
turcs relax when he smiles. He is slow in ex-
he is continually introdHcilg phrases In his
native idiOm. Hai spaEing OF gesture. as we'll
as Of recriminationS. But In his mother tongue
he employs terms Of expression, as neat as they
2 he has remained faithful TO slavery as
iiSssTUie but nodded as he always held i'll