The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05
JEFF DAVIS In MONTGOMERY.
THE PEOPLE WILD WITH ENTHUSIASM.
THE FAMILIAR YELL.

He Took the Oath of Office as President OF
the Coniederacy.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, April 2S.-To-day
will ever be memorial in the history Of
Alabama. Every locality was represented,
and many adjacent towns and villages
poured their entire population into the
streets of Montgomery. At an early
hour the sidewalks were so densely
packed that locomotion was difficult. It
had rained all night, and poured down
until 10 o'clock. Instead OF going to the
park it was decided to go to the Capitol
grounds for the speeches to be made
from the very spot where Mr.. Davis
took the oath of office as President Of
the Confederate States. The entire city
is gaily decorated, and the City Hall has
United States flags futtering out Of
every window. Pictures Of the Confed
crate Generals are fastened to the out
side walls, while the names of Confeder-
ate Generals futtered to the breeze on
streamers The Capitol was beautifully
decorated. From the topmost point on
the high dome, towering far above every
thing in the city, foated the stars
and stripes. The entire front was COW
cred with streamers and devices, while
there was suspended along the front col
runns immense Federal flags reaching
down almost to the heads Of the speak
ers. Private houses and business houses
all have liberal supply OF decorations
and devices and words of welcome to Mr..
DAVIS. The scenes around Mr.. Davis
this morning AMI lie great desire to see
and shake him by the hand are inde-
scribable. Being feeble, it was more
than he could stand, and he had to retire.
The military escort formed in front of
the hotel and extended far up the avenue
leading to the Capitol. It was necessary
to form square in order that the pro-
cession might move. The companies
were formed and stretched out on each
side. a carriage with four white horses
was drawn up to the door, and promptly
at 2 o'clock Mr. Davis, escorted by
Mayor Reese, Governor O'Neal and ex-
Governor Watts, formerly Of his Cabi-
net, stepped from the hotel and entered
the carriage The shouts of the multi
tuGe as he was seen to emerge from the
hotel had a peculiar nervous jerk, which
characterized what became famous as the
':yell of the Southerners' the world
over. The next carriage contained Gen.
John B. Gordon and Captain W. l..
Bragg, Miss Winnie Davis, youngest
daughter of Mr.. Davis, and Miss Reese,
the Mayors daughter. The third car
riage contained W. ". Screws, Mrs.
Gordon, Miss Gordon and Miss Walter,
the latter niece Of Mr.. Davis. Other
carriages followed, with the trustees Of
the Monument Association and the Gov
ernors staff.
Amid the waving Of hats and hand
kerchiefs, the booming Of cannon, the
playing OF bands Of music and shouts
louder than ever before heard, the scene
presented was rarely ever witnessed in
any country; the demonstration being
in honor of a man prescribed by the
United States government and as a tri-
butte to the dead soldiers of a cause that
was lost. The route Of the procession
was about half a mile long. The avenue
is very wide, but the crowd when it be-
gan to move was packed from one side to
the other.
When the procession arrived at the
Capitol the gateway was cleared for Mr..
Davis, the military being formed so as to
prevent the overrunning Of the buildings
and grounds before he had reached his
place. He was seated upon the historic
spot he occupied February Is, 1861.
Arranged in front was place for the
press and on the sides and in the rear of
Mr.. Davis were the members of various
organizations interested in the building
of the monument, which it is proposed
to erect on the hill and Immediately
north Of the Capitol. People, men,
women and children, were packed from
the steps to the front gate, and while it
was impossible for great part Of them
to hear, they stood in their places out Of
respect for Nh. Davis and desire to see
him. When order had been secured
Mayor Reese advanced to the front and
said:
'.MY CoUSTRYMES: Il is with profound
emotion that I present to you the fore
most type Of Southern manhood, Hon.
Jefferson Davis, ex-President of the Con-
federate States of America"
The scenes heretofore enacted were
gone over as Mr.. Davis advanced, and it
was some minutes before he could pro-
ceed. It YES the first time that thou
sands in the crowd had seen him since his
arrival, it being impossible for all to per-
sonally reach him at the hotel. The
shouts finally dying away, Mr.. Davis,
leaning on his cane, with Federal flag
hanging over him an;; Confederate vete-
rams before him. WHO had come hundreds
Of miles to Lear and see him, in a clear,
ringing voice. showing the deep intensity
OF his feelings, bllt without a treror or
pause, except when interrupted by the
! shouts Of his hearers, said:
My friends, it wo::ld be vain if I
should attempt 10 express to you the deep
qualification which feel at this demon