The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-04
WHERE JEFF DAVIS
LIVED AND! WROTE
Description Of Beauvoir, Home
Of Confederate President ii,
His Declining Years.
NOW HARBoRs OLD SOLDIERS
Fronts On Gulf Of Mexico and
Has Fine View Of Rolling
Water.
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BEAUvo1R, MISS, May 2s.--The homes
OF eminent men have been places OF in
terest from time immemorial; they are
also sources OF Inspiration. What vir-
8glnian Is not proud OF Mount Vernon
and Monticello, and who in the Caro-
Slinas does not feel his patriotic ardor
grow warmer as he approaches the
places where such mon as Davie and CAL
houn have lived For this reason the
residences OF really great men ought to
be kept intact and open to the public
at the expense OF the State.
Mississippi has produced many mon OF
power and influence-and she has such
men now living within her borders--but
she has one name that will live on
as long as the American union exists
and probably be loved and respected
the more as the years go by and that
name Is Jefferson Davis. For courage,
strength Of manly character and devo-
ton to his people and their cause through
good as we'll as ill-repute, Davis will
ever be Justly admired, And more than
this, for after the cause for which he
gave his very life failed entirely from
tho earth. he was long made the object
{ OF persecution by the hosts of his ene-
ABOUT to lay upon his shoulders the re-
sponsibility1 for its failure.
Beauvoir, Beautiful Seat.
These circumstances and many others
cause the visitor to tread with rever-s
Bencc the portals OF Beauwoir, the home
x OF his declining years. Beauvoir is an
estate OF one thousand acres from hnE
the Gulf OF Mexico; 1t is situated about
half way between Mobile and New Or
leans. a more beautiful place could not
have been found along the entire SouH,-
ern coast From Its front piazza one
sees far out over the waters Of the
gently rolling gulf; the breaking OF
the waves gainst the sloping shore goes
on forever reminding ono OF the endless
work Of nature and the brevlty OF all
that man does or can do; a cool breeze
from the southwest renders the other
wise scorching climate as ] delightful as
the heart could desire in summer, and
I In winter It's warm moist breath drives
away the chills OF the North.
Mr.. Davis was addicted all his life to
colds and neuralgia which made q resi-
#dence in northern climates almost un-
Eendurable; many times when the weight
OF. the responsibility OF tho Confederate
cause rested heavily upon him he was
from acute suffering single day when
no was organizing the Confederate Cow
eminent at Montgomery and In Richmond
when the Daily Examiner and the
Charleston Mercury were constantly
laundering their dlsapproval Of all his
acts against him he was suffering torture
from his seemingly incurable disease It
was only when the war closed and after
his two years Of shameless Imprisonment
that he was able to retire to this friend
ly shore Of Southern Mississippi and find
some y'Hconfort. The world will
not blame the x-Presldent for selecting
this far-off spot after such a stormy
llfes nor begrudge him the ease and COM
fort which he here .or short span
OF life enjoyed 2tfs
Beauvor was given to Mr., Davis by
a kind and admirlng lady friend and at
a time when his fortunes were so broken
as to make the gift doubly valuable.
though he never accepted the gift until
after the lndy's i sath, when his notes
for a purchase price. which he had inS
sisted on. were returned. Hc improved
the place somewhat. built an office In
the left corner OF the ynrd-as every
old fashioned Southern gentleman would
have done-and In the right front corner
he had summer house erected for his
oldest daughter whose husband was af-
hicted with lung disease and who was
compelled to spend his winters in the
South. With the remnants OF his family
about the year 1875, and retained his resi-
dence here until his death, in 1882.
Where Davis Lived and Wrote.
The home is built high up on brick
pillars and Is surrounded by broad We
randas after the fashion Of ante-pellum
days; 1t con tains only four large rooms,
two smaller ones and basement. It
is single stored house and much
smaller than homes Of Washington or
Jefferson In Virginia; but It was large
enough to be hospitable and its only
guest chamber and wide halls we're sci
dom empty Here Mrs, Davis enter
tained her company, ana the ex-Prosident
received the admiring officers and friends
Eof the Confederate cause who came to
talk over the stirring events OF the great
Civil War.
In this office Mr.. Davis collected a
library Of some thousand volumes most
of them treating Of American history;
others were the memoirs and remlni-
scenes OF the men who have made ,Ameri-
ca and OF those who had been In the
great fight he had led. With these ST.
lent monitors about him he wrote his
famous Rise and FALL Of tho Confederate
Government One secs to-day the desk
at which lie wrote. the plain pine book
cases near at hand, the very Ink spots
which he threw off his pen when the
sentences ola not run " Sult tll1'H' s4..ei
Like the study and bed-chamber Of the
great German poet Goethe. the work.
room OF Mr.. Davis was scrupulously plain,
unudorned. except the mantel on which
his beloved Winnie painted scenes FROM
the rolling hills and plains OF Virginia.
scenes which could never fade from the
minds OF the pavises. The simplicity
OF the place marks the greatness of the
mental life OF Its owner, It Is a re-
buke, perhaps, to our own latter-day
| love OF the gay and gaudy characterizlng
so many OF our homes,
About the house In front MS In rear are
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