The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-05
In the aeorgia Room.

In the Georgia Room.
 (one of the spacious parlors of the Exe- utive Mansion) is the priceless collection of Mary de Renne of Savannah bequeath- and embracing an extensive library. with records. letters, maps, portraits and cab inets of the most interesting rnementoes. An object of interest to the cultured is ings by pr. volck of Baltimore. the car toons scattered among them. with their clever political hits, and unmistakable car1cature likenesses. apealing to wider public. A straw hat in one of the cabi- nets. made by girl 10 years old. recalls how Southern children shared the enthu- siastic devotion which inspired their eld- CTS, while bits of homespun from Georgia looms, napkins woven in Augusta, nan keen cotton grown on her soil and can dies from her wild rmyrtieberry tell not only of her ingenuity and enterprise du- ring the struggle, but mark her phenoxn- enal progress in the years succeeding 1t.
 Above the mantel of the second parlor,
 ssGeneral Reception Room"
 Is a life-size painting of Jefferson Davis: a picture of the petit jury empannelled to try him, with its commingling of white ana black faces, hanging below. Other noteworthy pictures are Vater-colors of of Richmond with q collection of oil paint ings by Chapman. representing
 The Siege of Charleston.
 Here, too. a valuable library is accu- muiating. an interesting fact connected with 1t being that prominent citizen of Boston is one of Its largest individual contributors. The Virginia room, form eriy used as a dining room. with its be- wildering assemblage of blood-stained.bul let-riddled memorials, comes next in or der, it's collection, covering more than seventy pages of the printed catalogue, threatening to overflow its boundaries. A few of the misceuanies are the table upy on which the Ordinance of Secession was signed; John Browns pike; portrait of Edmund Rufnn, who fired the first gun at Fort Sumter; framed copy of The Rich mond Enquirer, containing Jefferson Da- yis s inaugural address; 6 tablecloth from which Mason and SlideN diped while i'm pr1soned at Fort Warren; a, quilt made for President Davis by the women of the South; a scrap book of newspaper clip pings. telling of his life at Fortress Mon roe; Confederate valentines from the dead letter office; the shot-pierced hat in which A. P. Hill was killed. with other objects innumerable. Souvenirs of Lee. Jackson, and Stuart are preserved in separate cases. the first of which contains the mill itary coat worn by General Lee at Ap- pomattox and used by Valentine for his famous recumbent statue and afterward equestrian figure of him at the head of Franklin street. in Richmond. Here too, are his camp chest; a saddle cloth ena- broidered for him by Southern ladies; an autograph letter to General Longstreet a lock of his hair, with other noteworthy relics. In the Jackson case are the Con- federate flag which was wrapped about his casket; a handkerchief saturated with his blood "a copy of Napoleon's maxims of war found in his pocket when killed; his last dispatch, and a pair of gold spurs, pi esented to him by the ladies of Balti- more. Among the Stuart memorials are an ostrich feather, worn by him at Gettysburg; his battle flag. army saddle and camp equipments.
 The salient features of
 The Kentucky Room.
 on the second floor and immediately above the vestibule, are an oil painting of Gen. John c. BrechnTidge and a most interesting collection of mementoes of Gen. J. H. Morgan. Among these is A beautiful silver-mounted saddle. pre- scented to him by friends in Augusta, Ga, and donated by his sister. Mrs. Basil Duke of Kentucky, Here. too, Is piece of rope of plated bed ticking by which with 10 of his men) he escaped from the Ohio State penitentiary. Among those who shared lis Imprisonment was Thom- as Bullitt, now of Louisville, who, hear ing that the building was to be torn down. wrote to those in charge of the work, giving the number of his cell and de- scribing a spot in the wall where he had concealed the knife with which he had erdeavored to cut his way out. His let ter brought a reply from J. c. Laney of Columbus O., and with 1t the coveted article, both of which have been framed and occupy a conspicuous position in the apartment.
 In the Maryland Room.
 President Davis's dressing room S-I 1xwp kIaa Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States in Maryland, arrests the eye, as do his life-like etching of Jackson and inirnitable framed catoons of Butler. Here, too, are Innis Ram dolph's war scrap book; a saddle used by Col. Stuart Symington of Raltamore;. . portrait of Lee, the gift of ex-Governor Pinkney Whyte: a feather from hat presented to Jackson by the ladies of Sheppardtown; china used in the Confed- crate Hospital at Frederick and the like.
 Mrs. Davis's bedroom. in which Win nie Davis was born, and now
 The South Carolina Room.
 adjoins, a few of its distinctive miscel- lanies being a painting of the last flag which noated over Fort Sumter. donated by the Washington Light infantry of Charleston: socks knit by the mother of John c. Calhoun, "the father of seces- sion:" Gen (now Bishop) Caper's war saddle. Wade Hampton's pistol. used also by Jefferson Davis during the Mexican war; a full length painting of Gen. Stephen Elliott, the hero of Fort Sum- ter, with paintings of Pickens. the Se- cession Governor; Gen. Hampton and others; the whole forming one of the largest collections in the building.
 Above the mantsl of the
 North Carolina Rnom
 is a framed copy of the States brilliant war record. Other features are the tat tered biood-stained flag of Company A, of the 1st North Carolina regiment; the uni form in which General Fender vas killed, a flag made by the young ladies of St. Mary's School, of Raleigh, with other his toric objects, all meriting examination.
 Silver spurs. worn by General Albert Sidney Johnston at the time of his death, and made from Mexican coins, are ponted out in
 The Arkansas Room.
 as are a Hfe-size portrait of General Cle-