The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-31

Davis Remains Reinterred
This Afternoon.
The CEREMONIES At RICHMOND

The Confederate Capital the Scenes Of I'M
posing Ceremonies Ovor the Ashes Of
the Honored Ex- chief Location of the
Burial Spot in Hollywood Cemetery,
RICHMOND, Va, May 81.-Thi- after
noon, with impressive ceremonies, the re
mains OF jefferson Davis will be reinterred
at Hollywood Cemetery
The train arrived from New Orleans
shortly before p o'clock last night. The
remains were taken to the rotunJa of the
Capitol, where they are now lying In
state preparatory to the reinterment this
afternoon
This ceremony will be conducted with
great solemnity, and a grand concourse Of
Confederate Veteran camps, military or
gauizations and civic associations will
join the parade
Gen. Jno B. Gordon, U. s. Senator
from Georgia, the Commauder-in-chiei
Of the United Confederate Veterans, will
be the Chief Marshal, and his staff will be
composed of the most noted liyinge Con
federates.
The remains of Mr. Davis will be
borne upon a caisson from the Rich.
mond Howitzer battery A catafalque
is built upon the rear chest of the
caisson for this purpose, aud the vehicle
will be draped in flowers and COnfeder-
ate colors Six pure white horses with
black trappings and black nettings reach
ing to the ground will draw the caisson;
besides n driver to each pair of horses a
guide will march at the head Of each ami
NAL.
The caisson will pass the procession in
review and diverge from the line of march
when the military escort will again take
the lead to the place Of burial.
The line of march will pass the old Con
federate White House and St. Paups
Episcopal Church where Mr.. Davis at
tended services, and both these buildings
are dressed in mourning by the Ladies
| Hollywood Memorial Association. The
ceremonies will be very impressive and
will blend with those in celebration Of
Confederate Memerii Day, which is always
great solemnic display in Richmond,
The ceremonies at the grave will be
conducted by the Venerable Rev Charles
Minnigerode D. D., who was pastor Of St.
Pauls Church and the friend and spiritual
adviser of the Confederate President
while he lived in Richmond
Mrs. Davis arrived from New York at
10 p. m.
The spot in Hollywood selected by Mrs
Davis for the repose of her husband and
family is one of the most beautiful in this
famous city of the dead, where besides
many distinguished men lie nearly 20, 600
| Confederate killed The burial plot occu-
pies a level plane upon an abrupt slope in
full view of the James which dashes over
a bed of immense boulders and gives a
wild and picturesque setting to the quiet
of this rather secluded spot. Rising to a
| greater height behind is we'll swarded
! background. In the center of this sub
! plateau Mr. Davis will be buried The
| grave will be in circular plot and will be
| bricked up. His children will be buried
! around him.
With the settlement forever of the hon
ors to be conferred upon the memory of the
Confederate President, the Southern mind
turns naturally to the future of his family.
| This / a question which the friends of Mr.
Davis would have settled in a way that
would have relieved them of all anxiety
for the future but for his steady refused tC
accept any of the many offers of aid made
to him. Mrs Davis shared this feeling
with her husband, and these delicate con
siderations make it impossible to retrieve
her fortunes as they would like to do.
A suggestion made by the meeting O
United Confederate Veterans in New
Orleans in April last year. for TIN
Southern States each to award Mrs
Davis an annual pension was taken vi
by several legislatures, but the question
of the constitutionality of such an ac
by State was raised and the projec
abandoned rather than create au un
pleasant public discussion of delicat
subject.
Mrs. Davis has made little out of he
? book and her income from the "Brier
3 field' and other plantation property
merely nominal Fortunately it is sai
that she derives an income of $4,000 pc
year from bonds which have in some wa
been secured to her.