The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-20

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eept on che occasion, shortly before
the ran of Richmond. when Mr.. Davis
Seut MN with Mrs. Davis and the
enl1oren, together with about s13.-
Voo,eoo, to Charlotte, \. c. After TAX
ing Mrs; Davis and the children there.
ne nauied the money around in a
IrelSnt car, he says, from place to
place through the South until he
was relieved of his charge by Capt.
Parker, near Washington, Ga.
After he had been relieved of his
charge in Washington, Ga, he re-
turned with all haste to Richmond,
where he helped President Davis pre-
pare for n last fight. They fled
from the fallen Confederate capital
together, generally travelling by night.
Mr.. Davis and his servant encanped
on the night of May 8, 1865, not far
from lrwinsville, Ga. h next morn
ing when breaking camp, Jones pack
er Mr.. Davis cane, which Mr.. Davis
was going to abandon, though he car
RED 1T through the war. When they
were captured in I~rwinsville, May 10,
Jones managed to keep the cane and
carried it with him to Fort Monroe
where both were imprisoned.
When he was released from the
prison n took the cane to Mrs.
Davis. He continued to visit Mr..
Davis until the latter's release from
Fort Monroe, about two years later.
Shortly before Mr.. Davis death Jones
served him for some time at his last
home, in B%eauvoir, Miss, leaving his
service later.
When president Davis body was
carried in state from Beauvoir to
Richmond, Jones drove h hearse
through the principal cities en- route
at which places services were conduct
ed in the lead leaders honor. He
also drove the hearse in the Holly
wood cemetery funeral at Richmond.
Shortly after the funeral Mrs. Davis
presented him with the cane, which
he had saved. The cane, with the
handle bound with a thick silver band,
bearing the inscription, ITO James Il.
Jones, in recognition Of his faithful
service. from Mrs. Jefferson Davis, {"
h still treasures. He Shove it to
the writer, who visited him yesterday
at the home of his son, DR.. Willis
Wharton Jones, a graduate Of Howard
University, who lives at Fifty-eighth
| street, Paramount Heights, northeast.
Could Find the Seal.
IF I could tell the hiding place of
the great Confederate SEAL said
Jones yesterday, without violating
the confidence reposed in me by Mr..
Davis 1 would be very glad to see the
seal of the Co~nfederacy in some mu-
scum in Richmond or Raleigh. n. c.
No money consideration, however,
| could for a moment influence me IL,
this matter. No, sir, / love the mem
| ory Of Mr.. Davis and his family too
devotedly to think of any such trans
action. I am not made out or that
kind Of material, and was raised oy
white people who abhOrred dishOnor-
| able principles. I have in my veins a
| good streak of Indian blood, and, you
know an Indian detestS a liar and a
| thief. I would be nothing less than
Doth did l do otherwise than 1 am do
ing. It does not matter how many
offers are made, or how large the
amounts, James Jones Will never en-
terrain them"
DO you believe that you could re-
! cover the seal today?' he was asked.
II feel entirely satisfied that l can
but I never will. I never did deceive
Mr.. Davis and now that he is dead
am sure / shall remain true TO the
implicit confidence he always placed
in me, almost from the first day l en-
tered his employ.
IT am satisfied that no duplicate
was ever made Of this last great sea-
of the Confederacy,' he continued
used before the last one reached
used before the last one reaching
Richmond from England-the one
which Mr.. Davis ~intrusted to my care
I have been tOld that tne HISt sea
used in the ~Confederacy was engraved
on q niece Of lockwood in MOntgom-
erv. | think hat is a matter of his
tory.
Other Seals Duplicated.
'"The second seal Of which dupll-
Gates were made, was the one manu-.
featured in either Baltimore or Wash.
ington. I assisted in ~unpacking tht
box in which it came to Richmond
There was a splendid flag in the DO
also. My recollection is that this wa:
in 1862, in the early part Of the year
This seal did not weigh more than
one pound, and I know that while MI
Davis and his cabinet were pleased
with the workmanship, the seal dlt
not. in some way, meet their eXpecta
tons.