The Washington critic., 1886-06-07

toned about the affair: Eyes, sir, |
will take off my hat to any soldier,
black or white, ex.Confcderate or
Union. These veterans are the types
Of true manhood, and they shall have
my homage and respect"
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1t is probably not generally known
that very interesting relic of the war
times is owned in this place. says the
Washington, Ga, Chronicle. 1t is the
camp chest of President jefferson
Davis which he used while visiting the
armies of the South 1t is solid ma.
hogany, and as well made as skilled
workmanship could make it; Is three
feet long, two feet deep and one foot
wide, by actual measurement; n leaf
hangs down on each side, and when
raised make table three feet square,
the lid forming the center leaf. The
interior of the chest Is in two compart-
ments, one large and open, the other
filed with cases of different depths
that slide down and rest on each other.
Some of these were made for holding
writing materials, while others were
made for holding salt, pepper and other
condiments for table use. At the cvac.
uation of the Confederate capitol, Mr..
Davis found he could not carry this
chest with him and so requested
Colonel j. 7. Taylor Wood to present
1t TO Major John b. Weems. The lat
ter, now deceased, was the father.of
Mrs. Belle Virgin of this place, who
now owns this very interesting relic.
Mrs. Virgin lived in Macon until few
years ago, when she moved to this
place. While living there she was
first offered thousand dollars for the
chest by n Northern man who finally
ran his bid up as high as three thou.
sand dollars, but she declined to part
with it,
"a@
In the Fifth Avenue Hotel on Thurs
day night, says a gossippy contributor
TO the New York Sunday Tribune, ]
was fortunate in running into tbrong
of statesmen in excellent humor, most
of them having just come from tho
wedding Of General Anson G.. McCook,
the Clerk of the United States Senate.
Among them were Senators Warner
Miller, Manderson, Palmer, Hawley,
Aldrich and Sabin, General Martin r.
Mcmahon, ex-Attorney. General Dew
ems of Massachusetts, Congressman
William A. Russell of Massachusetts
and eX.Congressman Il. Moody Boyn.
ton. Every member of the Senate
wanted to come over TO McCook' s wed.
ding" said Senator Palmer. Given to
Senator Jones of Florida, who is
suspected of having matrimonial
intentions himself" put in Senator
Manderson, his eyes twinkling. "The
President has set the example and
everybody is anxious now that every
old bachelor should follow it," Gen
eral Hawley, looking slyly at the we'll
preserved figure of Judge Devens, said
to him: Judge, you are the worst pos
sible example to the young men of this
country. AS they look at you and see
how handsome and smiling and jolly
and well-preserved an old bachelor can
be 1t gives them an impression that you
ought to remove by getting married" "
The Judge rejoined: "If they could sit
on the bench as l have done in hun
dreds of divorce cases, where the veil
was lifted from connubial life and all its
shocking features exhibited they would
be still more inclined to follow my ex-
ample" The Senator from Michigan,
with his philosophical air and tone,
settled the difference by remarking:
"Why, bless you, those are only the
exceptions that prove the rule that mar
ried life Is bliss itself.n