The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-12-18
4 GRAND GATHERING.
THE FUNERAL OBSEQUIEs OF JET
FERSON DAVIS.

New ORLEANS, December 10. Tnrone
Of people continue to pour through tn
city hall this morning, embracing be
sides the common multitude, nunerou
| organizations, schools and societis'
Many distinguished gentlemen from th'
South and leading cities of that section
we're also among the visitors. Genera
Stephen D. Lee, Of Mississippi, ex-Gov
ernor Lubbock, of Texas, and General
P. n. B. Young, cavalry leader in the
Confederacy, paid their respects.
Floral tributes from different sections
CT the South were received to-day and
the mortuary chamber is filed to over
flowing with beautiful designs. The
csisson is being prepared aod will be
suitably draped. It is loaned 5y the
State and the route has been so arranged
that tae funeral car will have smooth
passage along the streets. The religious
ceremonies are to be brief ard will not
occupy more than few minutes al the
ball. Three divisions will march out to
the cemetery. The remainder will take
funeral cars at ClairborDe Street.
Governor Buckner, of Kentucky, is
among the arrivals this morning.
New ORLEANS, December 11.-The
day, Notwithstanding the threatening and
oppressive character OF the weather
during the past several days, could not
have been more propitious OF beautiful.
The portentous, pregnant looking clouds
of the night previous and the great
banks of heavy fog that prevailed during
the early part Of this morning, had
wholly disappeared Oy seven o'clock as
the sun burst forth and the beautiful
Southern summer day dawned for the
obscouies of the Southern chieftain.
The city is crowded with thousands Of
people representing the prominence,
wealth and chiyalry of the Southern
States. Six or seven Governors are here
attended by their stats and bringing
with them great delegations OF people.
The floral decorations were added to
this morning. They came from every
State and city il the South, and are
superb in their design and beauty. The
towns draped from one end to the other
with the most elaborate showings Of
black. Busines, fronts and residences
thai were barren of mourning enblems
Yesterday are covered this morning. aud
every bit of bunting there is IN the city
flies on it's staff at half mast.
A. an early hour this morning the
streets were thronged witt. soldiers and
fremer in uniform, members Various
civic organizations and representatives
of every profession, avocatiou and asso
citation, all en- route to their respective
meeting stations. :,
AS sooa as the doors of the City Hall
were opened stream OF citizens began
to pour into the death chamber to take a
farewell view of the remains Of toe
famous Confederate leader. The crowd
of visitors wss even greater than that of
yesterday, there being hundreds OF
people from abroad whose visit to this
CITY had been delayed until to-day.
i was not until 1130 o'clock that the
lid Of the casket closed down forever
upon the features of the dead. The re-
mains were then conveyed to the front
Dorslco of the City Hall building where
the sim pie but impressive rites OF the
Episcopal Church were performed. La
fe,ette Square ia front of the City Hall,
The banouettes and streets were dense!g
packed with people and the balconies
and every available space from which
the pageant could be viewed were
crowded in the extreme.
Obcdient to the universal request, ilr.
Davis was given funeral IN full accord
with his superior rank as a military OIL
Ger in addition to which numerous civic
and other organizations combined tc
render the cortege to-day in all respects
the most imposing, not only with refer
eDce to numbers but in the pomp ano
circumstance of its elaborate ceremonial
There are participating in the oosequle;
of the Father OF the Coufederscy today
| besides veterans of ;the Lost Cause wht
have once again been called upon t
close up their decinated ranks, man.
| Gallant soldiers whose unfinch!rg VaIo
displa7ed on numerous hotly contestet
fields resulted not unfre9uentiy IN Dott
| glory and victory to the stars and stripes
Tie following gentlemen acted as pal
| begrers: Geoeral George ". Jones, O.
iowa; Hon. Charles E. Fenner, OF Loul:
lana: Sawyer Hayward, OF Mississippi
Hon. Thos. Il. Watts, Of Alabama; mem
! Der of President Davis cabinet. Hon
! orary pail bearers: Governor Francs l
Nichols, Louisiana; Governor Rooer
Lowry, Mississippi; Governor 5. 3. Buck
per. kentucky; Governor John B. Cor
don. Georgia; Governor J. 2. Richard
son. South Carolina; Governor D. 6
Fowle, North Carolina; Governor r. +
Fleming, Florida; Governor James I
Eagle, Arkansas.
| About u. 10 the cssket vas conveye
from the memorial room to the imprc
yised cstafalque in the ceHter OF tn
| rom OOIIlCO tAS AAAH-~--'
were entwined with q protuslon OF crepe
Over tie casket was thrown the sol
| folds of a silken flag Of the lost cause
and also the glittering sabre With Wh!c
| the dead soldier had carved fame 81
honor for himself, and glory and victor
| for his country on the crimson fields
Chapultepec and Monterey. lmRea
atcly surrounding the coffin were II
clergy and armed sentries, they beln
the only persons admitted to tac plze
or portico during the service. The rel;
tivcs of the deceased were assigned
seats in the Mayors pa'lor, from tt
windows of which they were enabled
witness the ceremonies. The obsequie
which were according to the ritual
the Episcopal church, were conducte
b7 Bishop Galleher, assisted by h'
; officiating clersymen OF various demon
} nations, as follows:
Father Hubert, the Rev. Mr. Thonl
son Mr. Davis rector at Biloxi, Miss
thc Rev. Dr.. Markham, the Rev. ii