Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-05-31
FINAL RESTING PLACE.
Davis Remains Reinterred
This Afternoon.
THE CEREMONIES AT RICHMOND
The Confederate Capital the Scenes of I'M
posing Ceremonies Over the Ashes of
tho HoDored Decentralization of the
Burial Spot in Hollywood Cemetery.

posing Ceremonies Over the Ashes OF
tho HoDored Rehabilitation of the
Burial Spot in Hollywood Cemetery.
RICHMOND, Va, May 31-This 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 IL o'clock last night The
remains were taken to the rotunda 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 grand concourse of
Confederate Veteran camps, military or
CARNATIONS and civic associations will
join the parade
Gen. Jno. B. Gordon, U. S. Senator
from Georgia, the Commander in chief
of the United Confederate Veterans, will
be the Chief Marshal, and his staff will be
composed of the most noted living ex- 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 and the vehicle
will be draped in flowers and Confeder-
black trappings and black MEETINGS reach
ing to the ground will draw the caisson;
besides 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. Paurs
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 Memorial 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.
PauPs Church and the friend and spiritual
| adviser OF the Confederate President
while lie lived i'll 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, 00O
|
| pies level plane upon an abrupt slope in
full view of the James which dashes over
| 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 a we'll swarded
| background. In the center of this sub
plateau Mr.. Davis will be buried. The
grave will be in a 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 is 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 Of
United Confederate Veterans in New
Orleans, in April last year, for the
| Southern States each to award Mrs
Davis an annual pension was taken W
by several legislatures, but the questio1
of the constitutionality of such an &C
abandoned rather than create an I'M
pleasant public discussion of delicat,
subject.
| Mrs. Davis has made little out of he
book and her income from the ''Brier
field" and other plantation property i
merely nominal Fortunately it is sait
| that she derives an income of So 900 PEE
year from bonds which have in some wa,
been secured to her.