The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-28

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This caisson will pass the procession in
review and diverge from the line of
I march when the military escort will
again take the lead to the place of burial.
The line of march will pass the old con-
| Tolerate white house and St Paul's Epis-
copal church, where Mr.. Davis attended
! services. and both these buildings will be
dressed in mOurni ing by the Ladies' HOl-
! lywOOd Memorial Association. The cere-
monies viii be very impressive and will
blend with those in celebration of cOnfed-
/ crate Memorial day, which is always
great solemnic display in Richmond.
1t was the original intention to have
| the reintcrment on May 30. confederate
! Memorial day, but in order to give OppOr-
| tuntics TO the cities on the route to pay
/ their tribute of respect to the memory of
| the confederate president, both ceremO-
/ MICS were postponed. A large number of
/ organizations and individuals from this
and other states have accepted the invita-
! tiOn of the committee TO be present.
The spot in Hollywood selected by Mrs.
! Davis for the repose Of her husband and
! family is one of the most beautiful in
! that famous city of the dead, where be-
! sides many distinguished men lie nearly
/ 10000 confederate killed The burial plot
occupies a level plane upon an abrupt
! slope in full view of the James which
! dashes over a bed of immense. powders
and gives a wild and picturesque setting
/ TO the quiet of this rather secluded spot.
Rising to a greater hight behind is Il well
| swarded back ground. In the center of
! this subplateau 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.
When the city of Richmond offered to
Mrs. Davis place of burial for her hus-
band it was understood that il included
m re ia " oh
| be removed to the spot and reinforced a
few days after the ceremonies over their
father. There are four children to be re-
moved one from Washington, two from
Memphis and little Joe, already lying in
Hollywood, whose tragic death by falling
from the rear balcony of the confederate
| white house is one of the saddest memo
ries of that time.
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 refusal to accept any
of the many offers of aid made to him.
Mrs. Davis shared this feeling with her
husband and these delicate considerations
make it impossible to retrieve her fort
unes as they would like to do.
A suggestion made by the meeting of
United Confederate Veterans in New Or
leans, in April last year, for the southern
states each to award Mrs. Davis an an
nual pension was taken up by several leg
islatures, but the question of the eOnsti-
tutiOnality of such an act by state was
raised and the project abandoned rather
than create an unpleasant public discus
sion of a delicate subject.
Mrs. Davis has made little out of her
book and her income from the "Brier-
field and other plantation property is
merely nominal. Fortunately it is said
that she derives an income of $1,000 per
year from bonds which have in some way
been secured to her
In this connection may be told an inter
esting story how Mr. Davis property was
saved from cOntscatiOn.
After the war the freedman's bureau
attempted to levy upon and contiscate his
magnificent plantation Brierfield, and an
other one lower down the Mississippi
10 Davis, who always managed the bust
ness affairs of Mr.. Davis, took no part in
the war on account of his advanced age,
and the titles of the eX-presidents landed
property were vested in his name. When,
therefore, Gen. O. O. Howard, chief of
of the freedman's bureau, claimed the
property as abandoned lands, 10 Davis
came forward, showed the title deeds
recorded in his own name and laid claim
to them. This claim being indisputable
was at once allowed and so they reverted
to 10 Davis and the property was
thereby saved from confiscation. AS the
ex-president was sole executor of his
brothers estate he was once more left in
control OF his own property and individ-
ually managed his plantation up to the
time of his death. In fact it was while
On q nm al T1 N
cent Brierfield plantation to look after
his crops that he contracted the cold
which. assuming finally the form of a
congestive chill ended his remarkable
life.
Rev. Charles Minnigerode, D. D., rec
tor emeritus of st. Paul's church, in an
address in that church at the time of Mr.
Davis death, in giving brief sketch of
his life, said.
The first time 1 ever saw jefferson
| Davis was when as president of the con-
| federate states he arrived in Richmond
| and held his first reception at the Spots
wood hotel.
| The last time I saw him was few years
ago when we met at Atlanta, Ga | was
| going there to pay visit to one of my
! sons not knowing or remembering that
| the day of my arrival was the time when,
ON the occasion of the unwilling of the
statue of Ben Hill, Mr.. Davis was to de-
| liver the Grafton.
After dinner | went to call on him at
Mr.. HIPS where he was staying AL
though resting at the time and excused to
| visitors, upon seeing my name on the card
the kind lady took me to his room.
As | entered the door and ne looked up
| from the sofa where he was reclining, he
| rose and, rushing upon me ClaspCd me in
his arms and there locked in each others
| embrace, tears testified the depth o. our