Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-12-18
OBSEOUIES OF HON. JEFF. DAVIS.
Great DeIesatiOns-Superb Floral DC
signs-Appeerance of the City, &c.


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Great De1esations-Superb Floral De
sfgns-AppeeranceO of the CITY, &C.
New ORLEANS, December 1.-THE day,
notwithstanding the threatening and op-
pressive character of the weather during
the past several days, could not have been
more propitious or beautiful.
GREAT DELEGATIONS.
Sig or seven Governors are here, attend
ed by their stats and bringing with them
great delegations of people. The military
parade will be marked one. Dozens OF
companies from Georgia, Texas, Missis-
sippi, and Alabama are here, and the Loulsl-
ana State National Guard and the volunteer
militia of New Orleans will participate :.
| The crush on the streets promises TO
equal anything that has ever been witness
ed here on the occasion of the carnival.
Across in Lafayette Square, just. opposlIe
the City Hall, dense multitude mas ga.n-
cred, and Canal, Camp, and St. Charles
streets are crowded with people from all
over the country.
| FROM THE SOUTHLAND.
Floral decorations were received up to
this morning. They came from every state
and city in the South, and are superb IN
their design and beauty. The town is drap-
ed from one end to the other with the most
elaborate showings of black.
| Business frents and residences that were
barren of mourning emblems yesterday are
covered this morning, and every bit OF bunt
ing there is in the city flies on a staff at
| half-mast. At an early hour this morning
the streets were thronged with soldiers and
firemen in uniform, members of the various
civic organizations and representatives OF
| every profession, avocatioD, and association,
| all en- route to their respective meeting sta
tious. whence few hours later they are to
congregate in Lafayette Square. AS the
doors of the City Hall we're opened stream
of citizens began to pour into the death
chamber to take farewell view of the re-
mains of the famous Confederate leader.
The crowd of visitors was even greater
than that of yesterday, there being hun
dreds of people abroad whose visits to this
city had been delayed until to-day.
THE cAsKET CLOSED.
tt was not until / 80 o'clock that the lid
of the casket was closed down forever upon
the features of the dead.
The remains were then conveyed to the
front portico of the City Hall building,
where the simple but impressive rites OF the
Episcopal Church were performed.
Lafayette Square, in front OF the City
Hall. banquettes and streets we've dsnsely
packed with people, and the balconies and
every available space from which the pag-
cant can be viewed is crowded in the ex-
IRENE.
Obedient to universal request MIR. Davis
was given a funeral in full accord with his
superior rank as military officer, in addi-
ton to which numerous civic and other Or
oanizations combined to render the cOrtege
10. day in all respects most imposing, not
only with reference to numbers but IN
the pomp and circumstance of its elaborate
ceremonial. There are participating in the
the obseouies of the father of the Confed-
eracy to day besides the veterans of the
Lost Cause, who have once again been call
ed upon to close up their decimated ranks,
many gallant soldiers whose un1lnchlng
valor displayed on numerous hotly- eontest-
ed fields resulted not infrequently in both
: glory and victory to ''the Stars and Stripes. ="
The PALL-REABERs.
: The following gentlemen acted as pail
, bearers: General George W. Jones, OF Iowa
Hon. Charles E Fenner, of Louisiana; Saw,
yer HAYWARD, of Mississippi; DR.. j. Will
) liam Jones; and Hon. Thomas e Watts, OF
Alabama. member of President Davis's
: Cabinet.
Honorary Pall-Bearers: Governor Francis
T. Nichols, of Louisiana; Governor Robert
Lowry, of Mississippi; Governor 5. b; Buck
ner, of Kentucky; Governor John ,. Cor
r don, of Georgia; Governor j. s. Richardson,
of South Carolina; Governor ID. q. Fowle,
of North Carolina; Governor +. Fleming,
of Florida, and Governor James 2. Eagle,
of Arkansas.
REMOVING THE CAsKET.
,
the memorial-room to an improVised cata
falque in the centre of the front portico,
where the massive pillars were entwined
with a profusion of Grape. Over the casket
was thrown the soft folds of a silken flag OF
the Lost Cause, as also the glittering sabre
with which the dead soldier had carved
fame and honor for himself and glory and
victory for his country on the crimson fields
, of Chapultepec and Monterey.
Immediately surrounding the coffin were
the clergy and armed sentries, they being
the only persons admitted to place on the
= portico during the service.
, The relatives of the deceased were as
signed to seats ia the Mayors parlor, from
: the windows Of which tEley we're enabled to
witness the ceremonies
THE oBsEQUIEs AND CONDUCTORS.
The obsequies, which were according to
( the ritual of the Episcopal Church, were
conducted by Bishop Galleher, assisted by
five officiating e!ergymen of various denomi-
nations, as follows: Eather Hubert, Rev.
D Mr.. Thompson (Mr. Dayis's rector at
Biloxi, Miss Rev. Dr.. Markham, Rev. Lr.
, Blackwell, and Rev. Mr.. Martin. There
E were altoghether fully twenty supplied
ministers, besides the attendance of numer-
0 Qua clergy of the different denominations
D from tbs various southern States. A sur
pliced choir Of thiRty-sE voices, accompa-
MED by an organ, sang the anthem,
Through the Valley Of the Shadow O.
f an address. He said:
S THE BISHOPS SERMON.
When we utter our prayers today FOL
: those who are distressed in mind when VIZ
4 lift cur petitions to the Most Merciful anC
ask bene9iction Oh desolation, We remem
u Der that one household above the others i:
Q bitterly beresved, and that hearts closely
l. knitted to our own are deeply distressed
r. for the master of Beauvoir lies dead pndel
? the draping flag of q saddened city. Tbs
light of his dwelling has gone out and lef
+ it lonely for all days to come. Surely we
e grieve With those who weep tender tears o.
Al homey pain ard trouble, and there is not {
sign OF Ine OuiI uEeeze tuSb AoSes IHe
= swinging moss of the cypress-trees shelter
# ing their home but finds an answer in oul
owl hurdened breathing.
q THE FAMILY.
: We recall with sweet sympathy the wife
ly voc that can be measured Only by the
: sacred depths of extreme devotion and ou
hearts go travelling across the heaying At
: lantic seas to meet, comfort if we might
. tho child, who, coming home, shall for ouc'
L not be able to bring all the sweet splendor
: of sunshine with her. Let Us bend witt
the stricken household and pay the tribute
4 OF our tears. And then acknowledging the
stress and surge of the peoples sorrow, say
that, the stately tree of our southern wood
planted in power, nOurished IN kindly de"s,
branching in brave luZuriance, and SCARED
by many storms, lies uprooted. The enc
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