The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-12

Of Virginia, sitting at Norfolk, under
Judge Underwood, the charge Of COM
3plicity in the assassination Of the Presi.
| dent having been dropped. On June
18th, at session of the court held in
Richmond, James T. Brady, one of Mr..
Davis counsel, urged that the trial be
Sheld without delay, but the govern
ment declined to proceed on the in
Sdictment, urging the importance ofthe
trial and the necessity of preparation
for it. The court refuse to admit the
prisoner to bail. On May IS, 1867, he
was brought before the court at Rich
mond, Oh writ of haoeas corpus, and
admitted to bail on the amount of
100000, the first name on the list be-
ling that Of Horace Greeley. Mr.. Davis
srelease gave much satisfaction to the
Southern people. The interest taken
in him during his imprisonment, and
their prevalent idea that he was to suf-
fer as representative Of the South,
;rather than for sins of his own, "and
was nations prisoner" had made
him more popular there than he was
during the first days of the war. after
an enthusiastic reception at Richmond
be went to New York, then to Canada,
and in the summer of 1858 visited En-
gland, a Liverpool firm having offered
to take him in as a partner without
!capital. This offer, after investigation,
was declined, and having visited
France, he returned to this country
He was never brought to trial. A nolle
prosequi being entered by the govern
|ment in his case in December, 1868,
land he was also included in the gene
iral amnesty of that month. After his
discharge he became president of life
insurance company at Memphis, Tenn.
In 1879, Mrs. Dorsey, Of Beauvoir, Miss. :,
'bequeathed to him her estate, where
he has since quietly resided, giving
much of his time to literary pursuits.
In June, 1871, in a speech at public
reception in Atlanta, Ca, he said that
be still adhered to the principle of
State sovereignty, was confident of its
final triumph. and was not of those
who accepted the situation" In 1876,
when bill was before the House of
Representatives to remove all the DO
3litical disabilities that had been i'm
posed on those who took part in the in
ssurrection, James G. Blaine offered an
amendment, excepting Jefferson Davis,
and supported it by speech, in which
be accused Mr.. Davis of being "the
3author of the gigantic murders and
}crimes at Andersonville." Senator Ben
IjaDnin H. Hill, of Georgia, spoke in re-
|ply, defending Mr.. Davis from this
charge. Again, in 1879, Mr.. Davis was
specially excepted in bill to pension
5veterans of the Mexican war, the adop.
ation of an amendment to that effect
being largely the result Of speech by
sZachariah Chandler.
In October, 1894, at a meeting of the
Crank P. Blair post, of the Grand
Army of the Republic, in st. Louis
sGen. w. T. Sherman asserted that he
had seen letters and papers showing
Sthat Mr.. Davis had abandoned his
Estate rights doctrines during the war
and had become practically dictator
in the South. Mr.. Davis in a letter tc
a newspaper, denied the charge, and
SGen. Sherman then filed with the wal
/ department at Washington papers
THAT, in his view, substantiated it. On
sApril %, 1886, Mr.. Davis spoke at the
I dedication of a monument to the Con.
sfederate soldiers at Montgomery, Ala.
and was enthusiastically received.
Another Account Of the last Moments.
Mr.. Davis seemed much better during
athe early part of yesterday and his i'm
proved condition was remarked by the
adoctors and his family. He suffered
pains during the day, but the seriou:
sfeature of his illness appeared just &
4 few minutes before 6 o'clock. Then The
aillustrious patient was stricken with &
ssevere congestive chill. The doctor:
were not present at the time, but Judge
SFenner's family and Mrs Davis die
Everything to sooth the sufferer. i
was I o'clock before DR.. Beckham anc
i aDr Chaille, two Of the most famou.
apractitionels in the South, arrived anC
sconsulted over the condition of tht
8patient. His change was a surprise to
italy unexpected to those in constant
attendance, and the skilled eyes of the
medical men saw in it the beginning o
sthe end. They continued with patiep
aattention until his death, however, ane
made every possible effort to avoid th'
sinevitable.
Mr. Davis remained in q comatos'
yconditiou, and the attendants coult
see no sign ofconsciousness. Mrs Davis
gsaid she occasionally felt return of th'
pressure of the hand she held, although
she could neither speak nor make a sign
aThis was the scene in the sick chambe
as the hours passed. The only varia
Elton was the arrival of Edwin II
aFarrar, the husband Of Mr.. Davis
niece, and of Judge and Mrs Charles E
sFenner, who had been sent fer at tn
sopera.
q At the bedside when the end cam
were Mrs Davis, Mr.. J. =. Payne, Mr
and Mrs Judge C. f. Fenner, Mr. Z. H
aFarrar, Mrs Smith, gandniece of MI
5Davis, Mr.. E. D. Fenner, son of th
sJnstice, DR.. c. J. Beckham and DR. S