The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-24
DIXIE'S DISTINGUISHED DEAD.
Richmond Asks for the Body Of President
Jefferson Davis.
tbs MISSION KAY Be SUCCESSFUL.
Mrs. Davis 10 Called Upon by the Chamber of
Commerce Committee and VIII Give
Her Decision ia About Ten Days.

Editorial Correspondence or The Tines
NEW YORK June 23.-Tho committee mp
pointed 81 the meeting held in the rooms of
the Chamber of Commerce on the 18th
instant 20 visit Mrs jefferson Davis and re-
Quest that Richmond be selected as the loca-
hon Of the proposed monument TO her dis
singuished husband and also as the place
for the final nterment Of his remains, reached
the New York Hotel this morning.
Before leaving Richmond General Joseph
r. Anderson. chairman. wrote 20 Mrs. Davis
requesting her t. notify him when it would be
convenient for her 10 meet the committee.
MIS- DAVIS CALLED UPON.
On arriving here he received note stating
she would be prepared 10 give them an inter-
view at 10 o clock
At that hour the committee called and were
received in Mrs Davis private parlor Gen
eral Anderson briefly stated the Oh ect Of the
visit and Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson read the reso-
lutions adopted by the Chamber, copy Of
which be handed her. The object of the visit
was then further discussed, the argu-
ment being advanced that Richmond was
not only the capital of the southern Con
tederacy and therefore q point IN which all Of
she late Confederate States felt especial and
common interest but that it was the city
more intimately connected than any other
with probably the most important event Of
The life Of the Hon. jefferson Davis, and cer-
tainly with The climax OF his public career.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT.
In addition to these arguments General
PeytOn Wise advanced another important
one.
1t was that while everyone recognized the
great claim which Mississippi had 10 the dis
tingushed dead, it must not be forgotten that
the state WAS largely populated by an element
inimlcal to Mr.. Davis and the Southern
whites generally.
If. by accident or misfortune. the Bepubli-
can party should ever secure control in Mis-
sisslppI twas not TO be expected that respect
would be shown either his memory OF his
monument
MRS. DAVIS GRACEFUL REPLY.
Mrs. Davis in reply said that she had often
thought of all those things and that apart
from all other considerations She had the
kndest and most pleasant recOllectious of the
Richmond people.
Her life IN that city during the war not
wthstanding the horrors OF that period, had
been rendered pleasant by the attentions she
Lad received there, and besides She was bound
90 the place 10y peculiar ties, as one OF her
children lies buried there in Hollywood.
while another had been born there She
therefore dearly loved Richmond and recOg-
lled the propriety VI It's being the last rest
ilg place OF her husband.
Her feelings IN this respect. she said, she
knew were shared by the South generally, as
she had received, she thought. fully one thou
sand letters from throughout the South re-
Questing her to select Mchm nd "a. the place /
for the final sepuichre OF her husbands re-
mans.
UNWILLING YET 10 DECIDE
Still she was unwilling as yet t. make a de-
cisiOn. Mississippi was urging her 20 consent
to Jackson AS the place Of intennent, and a
delegation Of AIssisslpplRus would wait on
her tomorrow % urge their claims. Alter
hearing them she would consult with herchil-
dTen and come to definite conclusion. She
would not she said. defer her decision beyond
ten days at the furthest. General Anderson
then urged on her 20 make Richmond her fu-
ture home as her health forbade her living
throughout the year in the further South, and
the climate and location of Richmond would |
suit her admirably.
FAyORABLE TO RICHMOND.
AS far as can be gathered from what she said |
and from conversations with her there IS no /
doubt that she Is most fnvorably disposed TO- /
wards Richmond both as the inM resting |
place of her husband and as her own resi- !
dence.
Indeed. if she agrees to the former as is by /
no means unlikely, the latter viii be certain |
to follow.
MRS DAVIS FAMILY.
Miss Davis is looking well but has been |
quite i'll and is liable to attacks of heart fall |
ure. Anxiety for her mother and constant /
nursing show their effect on Miss Winnie, /
who IS rather thin and pale, but as charming /
IN manner and conversation as ever
Mrs. D. Addison Hayes the other daughter |
of Mrs. Davis. with her husband and four lit /
tie children are also here Mrs. Hayes Oldest /
boy, a little fellow Of about five years is a re-
markably bright child and attracts general at
tention. lie was his grandfathers special pet
and IN order to perpetuate the family namo
his name has been changed fsom jefferson
Addison Hayes 70 jefferson Davis.
MISSION MAY BIZ SUCCESSFUL.
As has been stated no further information
regarding the object sought 10 be effected by
the mission from Richmond can be known
until the ten days asked for by Mrs. Davis for
making her decision shall have passed. II is
pretty safe, however, 70 predict that the mis-
sion will be successful.
The committee this afternoon visited vari-
Gus places Of interest and Will leave for home
tonight.