Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-25
Jefferson Davis.
How tho President Of the Lato Con.
fedcracy Looks.


tFrom the Louisville COurier-Journal
Hon. Jefferson. Davis, ex-Preslden,
# the late Confederate states o
America, arrived in the city yester
day aud stopped at the Gait House
A number of friends who heard o.
his prcsenct llastened to call on hlm
and were received in a quiet way
Mr.. Davis appearance in the hote
attracted CO siderable attention
though lie tried to avoid it in every
polite way possible. A number oi
the guests OF the house were present.
ell TO him by his friends.
Mr.. Davis visit has no politica
Significance whatever. He is merely
en- route to Baltimore aud Norfolk on
business connected with his insur
ance companies, He will be at the
Fair Grounds this morning ut II
O'Clock, and leave this afternoon
lie is anxious to travel quietly and
without attracting notice, having nc
d.sire to appear prominently before
the public in any other than bust.
ness capacity. lie visited the expo.
sition last night and expressed him
self much pleased with what he saw
He regarded the exhibition as highl,
creditable to Louisville, and likely t.
o,,E .nI o.
benefit to the city.
Mr.. DAVIS looks younger than he
did ten years ago. We are told that
lie is C joying excellent health, aud
his appearance in the parlor of the
Gait House last night confirmed tina,
report. He is in the sixty-tifth year
of his age, yet his step is firm Us that
ola young man, and his eye as bright
He had cane in his hand, but it did
not seem to be carried in the least de.
gree for support. His hair is consid.
erabiy grayed-a medium iron-gray
i'll color-and his beard is also tol.
erably white, though that on his ,eln.
pies is still dark AMI apparently lit.
tic touched by time. He wears full
beard, with closely trimmed mus.
tachc, and this possibly aided to
make his face appear rouuder and
fuller than We have seen it in a lony
time. lie is not quite six feet in
height, of slender build, and his car.
riage is erect and graceful, his man.
ncr kind ana grave, his countenance
placid, and his tone clear, round and
resonant. His brow is broad and
deep. with the chronological location
of the powers ofobservation fairly de.
vcloped, and his whole appearance
while not impressing the casual
observer with the idea that he is O
man of extraordinary powers, still
bears the stamp of intellect and force
of character. He is not, probably,
the man who would be selected by q
stranger from thousand 9TH ers as the
representative of the extraordinary
life that he has led, and the hero OF
SO many and sucl, great vicissitudes
the engineer OF he greatest revolu.
ton, rebellion--call it Which you
please-in the annals of history.
AS he left the supper-room of tn,
Gait House last night, leaning upo,
the AIN of friend, almost every eye
in the thrOng followed him. Most o.
those present were strangers to him
and many had never seen him before
"And this" was.the mental remark
in satisfied curiosity aud not in dis
paragement-"is is the man who stooC
ut the head Of the Southern confed
cracy-held the fortunes and fate o
millions in his hauds-whO welded ,
power against which the tide of tire
nendOus war surged for four year
In vain."