The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-30
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In the brief time before the departure
OF the train fully 10000 people visited the
capitol, and even after seeing the caSket
the crowd would not leave the grounds,
but stood waiting to see the procession
reform and return to the train. The
bells OF the churches tolled as the pro
cesslon moved from the depot to the capi-
tol, and again on the return. The con
federate generals in line were Stephen d.
Lee and Gen. Ferguson of Mississippi, the
escort to Richmond; Gen. Peyton d. Wise
of Richmond and w. w. Allen, G.. p.
Harrison and J. H. Lane, the lat
ter commander of the famous North
Carolina Lanes brigade. Mrs. Davis
CloptOn was expected, but sickness
detained her at home in North Carolina.
Her first husband c. G. Clay, was inn
prisoned with Mir. Davis at Fortress
Monroe
Miss Letitia Tyler, who raised the CON
federate state flag on the capitol when
Mr.. Davis was inaugurated in Montgom-
cry, Feb. Is, 1861, was among those pres
ent. She is granddaughter of ex-Presi-
dent Tyler. Miss Theus Raoul, who fired
the first gun for the salute to the flag,
was also present. The confederate monu-
ment, the cornerstone of which Mr..
Davis laid in the presence of thousands of
people April 30, 1886, was elaborately
0CAO4dbChs 4DlS LlOHuilGHb IS JIt WOih
of the Ladies' Memorial Association of
Montgomery. The floral tributes were
the greatest ever seen in Alabama. In
addition to those from this city they
came from every point in the state con-
nected by rail with Montgomery.
The return to the train was in the same
way as to the capitol and in perfect order.
There was not carriage of any descrip-
tion in the procession. Those who par
tiai NJ nA M onoI,apa anA oil r11
except the carriers and mounted cavalry
and officers in armOr. The train left for
Atlanta at 11:30 o'clock. There was no
cheering except as the train left, when
calls for Miss Winnie Davis were made.
She appeared on the rear platform and
the veterans could not restrain themselves
and gave their pent-up feelings express
sion.
The local cavalry, mounted and with
sabers at salute, were drawn up little
distance from the side of the track. A
solid wall of ladies and children lined the
road for about $50 yards. Back Of them
stood the men in line. To the left of these
stood another long row of about 200 young
girls dressed in gray homespun Jackets
and skirts, with military caps and red
and white ribbons on their breasts. Be
yond them again a large fsctory had
turned out its operatives and the men and
women barred their heads. The people
stood in solid blocks, making neither
sound nor movement, but testifying every
mark of respect.
Some of the veterans report the de-
meanor of the colored people as perfectly
respectful and in two or three cases some
Of the old colored folks cried. Oneof Mr..
Davis body servants is on the train, fol-
lowing his old master to his last resting
place.
voLLEYs FIRED AT NEWMAN.
At Newman the local infantry fired vol
ley after volley as the train swept by.
Here also was the same outpouring of the
people.
At West Point Gov. Northen of Georgia
and his staff boarded the train and then q
high speed was kept up till reaching At
lanta, the funeral train rolling into the
Union depot shortly after 80 o'clock.
wAYsIDE Tributes.
Atlanta, Ga, May 29,-Gov. Jones and
staff accompanied the Davis funeral cor
tege from Montgomery to the Alabama
state line AS the train drew out the in
fantry saluted and the cannon fired. The
artillery service throughout at MOntgom-
cry was excellent. A few miles out the
wayside tributes began. The first was
quaint enough A colored woman rushed
out of her cabin with a child at each side
and frantically waved her handkerchief,
while the young ones cheered shrilly.
AT Cheraw there was slight stop
Every head was uncovered, and the ladies
pleaded 50 piteously for leave to enter the
funeral cdr that the guards relented and
allowed them to pass through. A few
miles farther about 100 men were drawn
up in line with shotguns and rifles
and the moment the funeral car
passed them rafting hle
fire cracked down the line.
1t was a small station and evidently these
men had rendezvoused there by agreement
to give a salute.
At Opelika fully 800 people were at
the station The ladies' had quantities of
floral emblems and the veterans were
drawn up in line with heads bare and the
colors saluting. The people clustered in
dense mass about the funeral car. A
heart of roses and floral shields from the
ladies and from the confederate veterans
of Lee county, Alabama, were put on
board.
At West Point the crowd was denser, if
possible, than at Opelika. Children had
The day here. Every boy and girl had
magnolia or cape iesSamine, which they
passed up to the veterans. The Indies
handed up more elaborate offerings. Those
on the outer circles of the crowd passed
them on to those in front.
AT LaGrange cannon doomed as the
train whizzed by
REMAINS OF HIS SON.
Richmond, Va, May 29.--The remains
of William Fl. Davis, son of Jefferson
Davis, and of jefferson Davis Hayes, his
grandson, arrived here to-day from Mem
phis, Tenn, and were placed in a vault
until the interment of Hon. jefferson
Davis remains, when they will he laid ut
rest in the Davis section.