Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-04

horses came float carrying fiTIeen
young ladies representing the southern
Confederacy, and the different states
which composed it. Each bore aloft a
beautiful banner with the names Of the
different states handsomely embroid-
cred upon the center. Every one was
the daughter of a Confederate veteran
and every one was more than fair to
look upon, being regarded as belle in
her particular state. 1t was magnifi-
cent tableau and the cheers that greeted
the float as it passed from block to
block were deafening.
Next to the float came the officers of
the Ladies Monument association, the
organization under which the monument
had been erected. They were heartily
cheered at every point.
Then came distinguished visitors from
abroad and Confederate veterans in car
riages, organized posts of Confederate
veterans, and organized posts of Sons of
Confederate Veterans.
The procession was two miles in
length.
The sidewalks throughout that dis
lance were packed with people. and vol
leys of cheers ran from block to block.
The stars and stripes were carried at the
head of every division and likewise
hoated from the topof the capitol. Side by
side with them were carried many torn
and tattered Confederate battle flags.
A bakers dozen of brass bands fur
nished marching music. Now it was
"The Star Spangled Banner" then
"Yankee Doodle" then "Dixie."
Twenty-one Mississippi military com
panies and ten companies from other
states figured in the procession.
When the grand stand was reached
the exercises were opened with a fervent
invocation, pronounced by Father
Fachepit, distinguished Catholic priest
of Vicksburg, and Confederate veteran
who had served.
At the Monument.
The monument which up to this time
had been draped in white muslin, was
then formally unveiled by Mrs. Margaret
Davis Haynes, daughter of Jefferson
Davis, amidst prolonged applause, while
the combined bands rendered "The Star
Spangled Banner" and "Dixie"
The monument was formally present
ed by Miss Sallie B. Morgan, the pre-
sentation speech being made by Hon. G,
E. Hooker. 1t was accepted by Col. j.
r. Mcintosh. Senator Hill, upon being
introduced, was received with loud and
prolonged applause. His Grafton upon
1.-THE Confederacy" was complete his
tory of the war from its inception to its
close. He received close attention and
repeated applause, When he concluded,
Mrs. Luther Manship recited with stix-
ring effect poem by the Rev. Father S.
J. Ryan. entitled Sentinel Songs"
Then Governor Lowery followed with
brief grafton on the life and character
of Jefferson Davis, in the course of which
he said that when partisanship had given
place to sober reason and Judgment his
torians would accord, the late president
of the Confederate states a front rank
among the great statesmen of his day, as
well as those who had precedW him.
At the conclusion of Governor Low
ery's grafton the bands rendered Gamer
lea and Maryland, My Maryland" and
with the pronouncing of the benediction
by the Rev. H. F. Sproles, pastor of the
First Baptist church, of this city, the
exercises were brought to conclusion.
One of the most conspicuous features
of the parade was the absence of all at
tempts at uniforms by the veterans.
They have never adopted a uniform and
all of them as well as their officers ap-
peared in citizensattire. The members
of the Mississippi National guard wore
United States fatigue uniforms.
Much disappointment was felt at the
absence of Mrs. Davis and Miss Winnie,
who are in New York.