The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-12

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J Catholic Church, devoted personal frien,
Of Mr.. Davis; Bishop Thompson, Of Missis
sippi, and about twenty others. A supple,
choir Of thirty-siD voices grandly sang tn
anthem, Though Walk Through the Val
ley Of the Shadow Of Death.''
BEAUTIFUL EULOGY.
just before the taking Of the procession T.
the grave Bishop Galleher delivered the fol
lowing eulogy: "Wben we utter our pray
ers today for those who are distressed il
mind; when We lft our petitions 10 the
Most Mercifiil and ask a benedictiOn on ths
desOlate, We remember that one household
above others, is bitterly bereayed, and thai
hearts closely knitted TO our own are deeply
distressed. For the master OF Beauyoir lies
dead under the dropping flag Of the sad.
dened city; the light Of his dwelling has
gone out and left IL lonely for all DAYS "a
come. Surely we grieye with those who
weep the tender tears Of hOmely pain and
trouble, and there is not a sigh Of the gull
breeze that sways the swinging moss on
the cypress trees sheltering their home, but
finds an answer in our own burdened breath
ing.
We recall with sweet sympathy the wifely
woe that can be measured only by the
sacred depths Of wifely devotion; and our
hearts 90 travelling across the heaying At
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the child. who, coming home. shall for once
not be able 10 bring all the sweet splendOrs
Of the sunshine with her. Let us bend with
the stricken household and pay the tribute
Of our tears. And then, acknowledging the
stress and surge Of a peoples sorrow, say
that the stately tree Of our Southern wood,
| planted in power, nourished in kindly
dews branching in brave luxuriance and
SCARED by many storms, "lies upr0Oted."
Tho nd Of "a Ion nd Lofty Iff. ha
and moving volume Of human history has
been closed and clasped. "The strange and
sudden dignity Ofdeath" has been added 10
the fine and resOlute dignity Of living. A
man. who in his person and history, SYM
| bOliZed the solemn convictions and tragic
| fortunes OfmillOns Ofmen cannot pass into
the gloom that gathers around grave, with
out sign or token from the surcharged
bOsOns Of those he leaves behind, and when
jefferson Davis. reaching ''thc very seamark
Of his utmost sail" goes 10 his God, not even
| the most ignOble can chide the majestic
mourning, the sOrrowing honors Of last
| ''salute."
am not here to stir by a breath the en-
| bers Of a settled strife, or speak one word
unworthy of him and Of the hour. What is
writ is writ in the worlds memory and the
Book Of God But | am here to say for our
help and inspiration that this man, as a
Christian and a churchman, was lover Of
all high and righteous things: as "A citizen,
was fashioned in the old, faithful type; as a
soldier, was marked and fitted for more
than fame-the Lord God having set on him
the seal of pure knighthood.
Asa statesman he was the peer Of the
| princes i'm that realm, and as patriot,
through every day OF his illustriOus life il
was an incOrruptible and impassiOned de-
fender of the liberties Of men. Gracious and
| gentle TO the lOwliest-nay, especially 10
| them-tender as he was brave, he deserved
TO win all the love that followed him. Fear
less and unsefish, he couldn't well escape
the lifelong conflict TO which he
was committed. Greatly and strangely
miscOnceiyed, he bore injustice with the
calmness betitting his place. He suffered
many and grievous wrongs; suffered
most for the sake of others, and those others
will remember him and his untlnching
fidelity with deepening gratitude while the
Potomac seeks the Chesapeake, or the Mis-
sissippi sweeps by briar field on its way 10
the Mexican sea. When on the December
midnight the worn warrior joined the ranks
Of the patient and prevailing ones who
"loved their land with love far brought" il
one of the mighty dead gave the challenge,
art thou of usE' He answered: 81 ann
PROCESSION.
The march to the grave began according
10 the following previously arranged order:
General John e.. Lynn, Jr E, grand mar
shal. and General John Il. Gordon, honor
ary grand marshal.
Detachment OF city police; military escort.
consisting of the troops Of the First military
district and visiting military; clergy, at
tending physician and pall-bearers IN car
! riages; bier; guard of honor.
Family OF deceased in carriages: COnfeder-
vi iLff tfl
Ladies' Confederate Monument Association
and distinguished lady guests in carriages;
Governor of Louisiana; members Of the
General Assembly and visiting Governors,
Judges Of the supreme, District aud Circuit
Courts of Louisiana; state officials; foreign
COnsuls: officers of other States; Judges Of
the United States Circuit and District
Courts; United States officials: :-ofiicers of the
army and navy of the United states; Mayor
and City Government OF New Orleans; ON
cials of other cities: representatives of COM
mercial bodies; Masonic bodies; Independ-
ent order ~ odd Fellows; knights Of
Pythias; knights of Honor and kindred or
ganZatiOns; faculty and students OF Tulane
University: Catholic Knights of America;
British shipmasters and officers of vessels IN
the porf of New Orleans; civil, religious and
benevolent associations and fire department
of the city Of New Orleans.
Mrs. Davis, her daughter (Nrs. Hayes,
and about thirty relatives and connections
of the distinguished deceased. rode IN car
riapes from the house of Mr.. j. |. Payne,
where Mr.. Davis died, to the cemetery, but
they did not leave their carriages, as both
the bereaved wife and daughter, while in-
expressibly gratified at the manifestation OF
love for the hOnOred dead. were too com
pletely overcome with grief 10 be able to
lace the gaze of the assembled multitude.
The procession was an hour and a hall
passing given point, and at least oO,OOO
must have participated. IL was one OF the
crandest pageants ever seen in this coun-
try.
PALL-BEARERs.
The following were the pall-bearers: Gov
ernor Francis +. Nichols, OF Louisiana;
Governor Robert Lowry, Of Mississippi;
Governor :. B. Buckner, of Kentucky; Gov
ernor j. b. Gordon, Of Georgia; Governor j.
:. Richardson. of South Carolina; Governor
ID. G.. Fowle. of North Carolina; Governor
+. Fleming. of Florida; Governor James i.
Eagle. of Arkansas these gentlemen rep
resented the Southern States); General
George W. Jones, of Iowa; Hon. Charles +.
Fenner of louisiana; Mr.. SAWYER HAY
ward, of Mississippi; Thomas II. Watts, OF
Alabama, member of President DAVIS
Cabinet; W. W. Hunter, of Louisiana;
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lima: General Jubal A. Early, of Viz
ginia: General Albert Hinchard, OF
louisiana; General ;. +. Lee, of Missis-
sippi: General Cadmus NJ. Wilcox, of Ala
bama: General j. L. Ioltzclaw, of Mont
gomery, Ala; General T: T. Mumford, of
Virginia; Colonel +. X. Lubbock, ex-,ioy-
} ernor of Texas; General ;. Ferguson, OF
Mississippi Rev. NJ. Palmer, Of New Or
leans: Colonel Bobert +. Parker. of Macon,
Ga; Hon. +. Barnesdale, of Mississippi;
General +. A. O'Neal, Ex-Governor OF Ala
bama; Colonel j. stoddard Johnston, Of
Frankfort, Ky.; Captain Jack White, OF
Houston, Texas; Rev. John William
Jones, of Atlanta, Ga; Hon. James Me
Connel, of New Orleans; Colonel Henry
Peayy, OF New Orleans; Colonel Thom-
as l.. Baynes, Of New Orleans; Dr.
james Jones, Of New Orleans; ;. IL.
Kennedy, of New Orleans; Captain Thomas
p. Ieaihers, Of New Orleans; ex-United
states Senator Il. +. Jonas, OF New Orleans
James Richardson, of New Orleans; Colo
mel ID. NJ. .'Hollingsworth, OF New Orleans
r. B. KrutzscmidtAnephew of the late Ju-
dah Z. Benjamin, OF New Orleans; Miller
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