Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-07
FROM ALL QUARTERS. JEFFERSON DAVIS DEAD. The South In Mourning For
 Their Late Leader. < cLAMeRING FOR THEIR SALARIES. SiIcott's Dedication Foots
 Up $7,8oo. HINES MAKES AN IMPRESSION Concluding His Argument In
 The Cronin Trial.
HINES MAKES AN IMPRESSION
JErFERsoN DAVIS, DEATH.

JEFFERSON DAVIS, DEATH. How the Life of the Confederate Pres
 idens Ended A Congestive Chill From Which He Could Not Rally The Death-Red Scene-A Sketch of His Career.
 NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 6.-At 12:45 this morning Jefferson Davis died at the resi- dence of his lifelong friend, J. U. Payne.
 From the beginning of his fatal illness MT. Davis insisted that his ease was nearly or quite hopeless, though the dread of pain or fear of death never appeared to take the slightest hold of his spirits, which were buoyant from the beginning of his attack. In vain did the doctors strive to impress up- on him that his health was improving. He steadily insisted that there was no improve ment. Only once did he waver in his be- lief, and that was early yesterday morning, when he playfully remarked to MT. Payne: 1T am afraid that shall be compelled to agree with the doctors for once and admit that am little bettsr."
 All day long the favorable symptoms con- tinued. At o'clock last evening, without any assignabls cause, MT. Davis was seized
 with congestive chill, which seemed to crush the vitality out of his already enfee- bled body. From that moment until his death the history of his case was that of a gradual sinking. At 2 o'clock Mrs. Davis administered some nourishment, but he dc. clined to receive the whole dose. She urged upon him the necessity of taking the remain der, but putting it aside, with the gentlest
 of gestures, he whispered, "Pray, excuse me-"
 These were his last words. Gradually he grew weaker and weaker, but never for an instant seemed to lose consciousness. Ly- l ing peacefully upon his bed, and without a trace of pain in his look. he remained for hours. Silently olasping and tenderly caress- ing his wife's hand, he awaited the end. | By 11:s0 o'clock there were assembled in | the death chamber Mrs. Davis, Drs. Chaille l and Bickham, Associate Justice and Mrs. | Fenner, Mics Mamie Smith, grand-niece of
 the dying ex-President, and Mrs. and Mrs. | E. Fl. Farrar. He died about fifteen minutes
 later.
 Despite the fact that the end had come
 slowly and peacefully and after she had
 been face to face for hours with the dread
 reality, the blow fell with crushing force up- | on the afflicted widow. Knowing of . pre- | disposition to heart affection the doctcrn | were at once gravely alarmed for her. They
 promptly administered composing draught | and this morning che was resting quietly. It is believed that the foundation of the ex-president's last illness was malaria com
 plioated with acute bronchitis. After death | the face of the deceased, though looking slightly emaciated, showed no trace of sui fering, more nearly resembling that of 6
 peaceful sleeper than of the dead.
 Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky or | June 3, 1908. He first made himself con spicuous in the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, in which he repre-
 scented Mississippi. He had received mili- | tary training at West Point and had been ar | officer of the regular army, go when the Mex | ican war broke out he left Congress andweni 1 into the contest, where he. soon gained dis tinction. After the election of Pierce ai President MT. Davis entered the Cabinet a,
 Secretary of war. He exercised powerful | influence on the administration, ruling, ir fact, the President as we'll as the Cabinet Hs
 retired on the election of Buchanan and was sent back to the Senate by the State of Mis-. sissippi, where he remained until the State
 adopted the act of secession.
 Feb. F, 1861, he was elected president ol
 the Confederate States, and in 1862 he wal
 re elected for six years. He drew up th' new constitution of the Confederacy, and be- ing possessed of great administrative capacity and remarkable military skill, he was thu foremost man in the southern States. Aftel the fall of Richmond in 1865 Mr. Davis wal captured while trying to escape, and wal
 confined in Fortress Monroe for two years He was released on bail in 1867, Horace
 Greeley being one of his bondsmen. He wa set at liberty Dec. 25, 1868, by general am
 nesty. Since then he has lived retired lift
 on his plantation at Beauvoir, Miss, devot ing his time to literary pursuits. His disin terestness and personal bearing endeared hin
 to tho people of the South, and whenever b
 appeared in public he was received witl great warmth.