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The Wilson Advance OSEl'HUS nml J. C, O AS I KLS, Cdllors and I'roprietor. rWTTi Advance endeavors rr do an fion Mt. faithful n'l Impartial chronicler of the new. ilevolluir special attention to the section n which It Is uiillshed. It Is Kemocratic to the corn an.1 wl,l stmrn neither frieml or foe who Is la hostility to Dcmociatio success. It twllcvea tha best interest of tho Na tlon anl tho Blato imperatively demands thn retention of tho Democratic Barty nowerutii! ii wtupiraru uuvuuii iu uuuumiiimii that rextili. i! will seek to promote tho in dustrial ili-.i lupinent of tho state and section nd will tiiku niiturn in doinir whatever lies tn Its power to i-.i.l tlio farmers and laboring Ben In their efforts to better their condition very honest sou of toil will find in the Au tahci a sincere friend. Kvery effort looking to the establishment of more and better edu cational Institutions will receive our hearty o-otoraiion and endorsement. The Advance circulates largely in every Bounty East of Raleitfh, rnc! is therefore Dlendtd advertising medium. Kates liberal. A first-class Jobollixi is run In connection with theiMDer&nd wo will be pleased to re- aetve orders. Ourbllice is one of the best saulDDcd In this section of the State for com merclal work and wo will do as good work and at as low nirures as anybody. Entered lr. the Post Olllce at Wilson, N. C I second class mail matter. WILSON, N. 0., December 12, 1889 JEFFEESOH DAVIS- return of malaria. ; aDDreciation of Alter death the fare of the j character and deceased, tnouu iookiiiif slight-; services, I enjoin upon the peo ly emaciated, showed no trace ! ple of this State, laying aside of suffering, the face more j all business, to assemble at .o: MCUP.3.I1T& FOP, THE LEA33ESOP THE liCST CAUSE- Tho Details cr the acenes av-ww Deatttbsi in New Orleans Ar- rangorasnts for the Obsequies All" fee Southern States Eepre ssnted at the Funeral Yesterday A Resume of Mr- Davis' Event ful Career- . . In the death of Jefferson Da vis has disappeared one of the landmarks of American His tory. Around him as the cen tral figure will" forever cluster the achievements of the South ern Confederacy. An ardent believer in the right of secession, lie was one of the last to adopt it as a final resort against the spirit o ihe North, wh'ch insisted in overriding- tVjillitd of tho States. It was With sorrow that he contemplated the disruption of the Union of . which he had been a gallant and distinguish ed soldier, and not until his own State had passed an ordi nance of secession and he felt that his supreme" allegiance was dae to her, did he sorrow fully withdraw from the Senate - of the United States and cast his lot with the seceded States. He knew the power and re sources of the North and re garded the establishment of the Confederate States as a dif ficult if not an impossible at tempt, and it was not until the splendid genius of Lee and Jackson, at the h?ad of our raw Southern troops, had won the brilliant victories of the first year of the war, that he allow ed himself to believe that sue cess would crown the effort to establish a new nation. But having entered into the contest he w,as the. last to yield. His tenacity of purpose and his determination to resist to the last extremity provoked, at the time, much unfavorable com ment, as the struggle grow to wards the close and the end could be foreseen. He had thrown away the scabbard and not even com - plete defeat could subdue the determined and invincible fi.ir it which possessed him. After the war he made no apology for the part he had taken. lie died unreconstructed, and bear ing in his own person the ha tred which was heaped, on the i cause of which he was the head. That he was a great man the world already bears wit ness, ana tune, as it sweeps away the obscuring mists of passion and prejudice, wi!l one day give him his proper rank as one of the greatest men that America has yet produced- But it was not as a distin guished soldier and accomplish ed statesman that!1 he won the affections ot the Southern peo pie. iney admired nis genius and his commanding intellect and were proud of his achieve men ts, but it was only iu'de feat and suffering that their love for him grew into a pas sion. They saw him arrested and imprisoned on a charge of treas on and confined id a dungeon by a tyrannical government that did not dare to bring him to trial, and that was at last compelled lo discharge. They saw him suffering for their sakes the hatred and fecaru of the millions of the North, and he became a martyr in the eyes of the South. lhey resented every attempt to humiliate him, and as they saw the majesty of soul with which he endured the unmerited and venomous abuse of little minds, all hearts went out to mm, ana amia oia age and poverty and suffering, tho love of his people comforted him.. - He lay in state in the city of New Orleans, clothed in his suit of Confederate Grey, and Northern and Southern soldiers united to do honor to his mem ory. May we not hope that his life of toil for what he believed right, that his stern adheronca to principle, that hiapure aud elevated character, may. incite the youth of the South to emulation? i an eany nour yes dug. when he play Dr. Foy's Resignation.. "Rev. Joseph II. Foy, D. DM an nounces his resignation as pastor of the Fourth Christian churcii, which has materially strengthened in numbers, aud in Alienor) under his ministry. He goes to Colum bia, Mo., to take charge of the Christian congregation in that. city. Dr. Foy has spent lfi yeais of h ministerial life in this city, and leaven mauy friends behind him. He is president oi the Christian Ministerial Association oi the city, and was a member until Thursday .of the Board of Chanty Commis sioners. Mayor, Nooman expressed regret at the necessity of his re signation, and appointed Mr; J. M. Battle to till tho vacancy. "Dr. Foy leaves for Columbia this morning aud willpieaeh there to-morrow. His place will be Oiled by ltev. J. II. Garrieon tomorrow. An effort will be made to M'cuiej Rev. J. J. Iladley for the vacancy in tho Fourth Church. Dr. Foy's people gave him unmistakable evi dence of tin ir love and apprecia tion on Ti.ir :Viy evening. The protracted me. ii g in progress at the church v . ;! 0 on under the leadership of Uv, Mr. Bartholomew of the First Church." Dr. F-y is a native (1 V. :ster North CiroHtu, and h;i wann ineuds here. The om oKnrwI int cnwwB in liis new Lii ! of labor. St. Louis Republican. i New Orleans, Dec. 6. Mr Jefferson Davis died this morn ing at fifteen minutes before one o'clock, at the beantif ul home of Mr. J. H. Payne, corner of First and Camp streets, where he has received every attention durinir his sickness From the beginning of his fatal illness Mr.- Davis had in sisted that his -'case was quite hopeless, though the dread of pain or the fear of death never appeared to take the slightest hold upon his spirits, which were brave and even buoyant from the beginning of the attack. Jn vain did his doctor strive to impress upon him that his health was improving. He stsadi! insisted that there was no improvement, ; but with Christian resignation -he was content to accept whatever Providence had in store for him. Only once did he ' waver in his belief that his case showed no Imnrovement : and that was at terday mor: f ullv remarfse-d to Mr. Payne, r ani afiac that T shall be compelled to attree with the doctors for -brice, and admi that .1 am a little better." Al day long the favorable symp toms continued, arid late in the afternoon, as late as 4 o?clock, Mrs. Davis sent such a cheering lage to Mrs. Stamps and Mrs. Farrar, that they decided for the; first time since Mr. Davis lias been taken ill to at tend, the French opera at b o'clock. 1 , i . Last evening, without, any viable cause, mr. .uavis was seizad with a congestive chill, which seemed to absolutely crush tho vitality out of his already enfeebled body. So weak was Mr. Davis that tne violence of the assault sooii subsided for lack of vitality udoi which to prey. From that moment to the morning of his d ath the history of his case was a', trradual 1 sinking. At o'clock Mrs: Davis administer ed t-ome medicine, but the ex- PreskVnt declined to receive the wholes She urged upon him the necessity of taking the remainder, but putting it aside with the gentlest, of gestures. he whispered, "Fray, excuse me." These were his last words. Gradually he grew weaker and weaker, but never for an instant seemed to lose con sciousness. Lying peacefully upon his bed and without a trace of. pain i" his look, he remained for hours. Silently claspiog his.wife's hand, with an undaunted Christian spirit he awaited the end. From the moment of the 'deadful assault of the conges tive chill those gathered around his bedside, who had been watching and noting with painful interest every change of symptom for the past month, knew well that the dread mes sage was even at the door. bout half past ten o'clock, Justice Fenner went to the French Opera House to call to Mr, Davis' bedside, .Mr. and Mrs.' Farrar and Mrs. Stamps. As soon as the message reached them they hurried to the bed side of the dying ex-President. By half past 11 o'clock, there were assembled in the death chamber, Mrs. Davi?, Messrs. Chaille and Bickham, Assistant Justice and Mrs. Fennel : Mr3 Nannie Smith, grand niece of the dying ex-PresLdent,and Mr. and Mrs. E. EL Farrar. . 1 main j that Mr. Davis was breathing 'somewhat heavily as he lay somewhat upen his neck the doctors assisted him to luru upon his right side, with his neck ur.oa bisritiht hand lik1 a setting .nfant, and with his lea haud- dropping acrosd his chest, ne lay lor some fifteen in inn test breathing sojttly but faintiy. More and mjnre feeble bejama his respira tions, till they passed into silence, and then the watchers kiiiew that the silver cord had been loosed! and the golden bdwl broken!. The Father of the Confederacy had passed away. ''.:! ''As calmly as to nighl'd repose Ortlowers at set of sun." nearly resembling that of a peaceful sleeper than of the dead. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. Mayor Shakespheare was roused from his bed about 3 o'clock, and proceeded at. once to the house where Mr. Davis body lay. and there, in consul tation with the family, orew up his proclamation announc ing to the public Mr. Davis' death, and appointing a com mittee of prominent citizens to arrange for the funeral. At an early hour this morning a con ference of the committee was held at the City Hall. It had been at (first determined; that the funeral should take place on Sunday, but before the con ference was over telegrams be gantopour in from all por tions, of the South, asking for the date of the funeral and announcing that a number of persons" desired to te present, and suggesting that time be allowed for them to get here. This induced the conference t J postpone the funeral until Wednesday noon. As soon as an "agreement was reached Mayor Shakesphear ? telegraph ed to all the Southern Gov enors. notifying ihem of the arrangements made and invit ing them to take part in the Juneral ceremonies. The question of the place of burial was alsj discussed. The Davis family burying ground is the Briarfield homestead, just below Vicksburg. Here Mr. Davis elder; brother, Joseph Davis, was buried, and here the ex-President's remains will ultimately lie ; but as it was impossible to hold funeral ceremonies at Briarfield, it was determined to place ihe re mains temporarily in the tomb of the Confederate Veteran Association of the Army of Northern Virginia here. The body will be removed to the City Hall, to lie iu state there in the Council Chamber until the fuueral. THE SOUTH MOURNING. The news of Mr. Davis' death was promptly telegraphed to i all the leading cities of the South, and many messages ex pressive of respect for the dead Confederate and sympathy with Mrs. Davis have been re ceived. Everywhere in the South there were public mani festations of sorrow. Flags were at half-mast oo the State Houses in Atlanta, Montgom ery, Richmond, Jackson, Ral eigh, Nashville and Columbia,! and other publis buildings in many other cities. A fund was started iu Atlanta to erect a monument, Montgomery sent in an appeal to Mrs. Davis to have the remains buried there under the Confederate monu ment, the corner stone of which is to be ornamented with "a life size bronze statue of Mr. Davis. Memphis, Richmond, Jackson, Miss., Atlanta and Macon made similar requests. The Legislature of South Caro lina adopted . resolutions of sympathy with Mrs. Davis, al luding to her husband as the inost distinguished statesman of the South and as "our- of the aolest and purest the ouutry has ever had.' The Virginia Legislature also appointed a committee to draft resolutions. The Coafederata Survivors' Association at Auustia aud the! their respective places of wor ship at the time to be appoint ed for the funeral by Mrs Davis and to join in services suitable to the occasion." The flags on the capitol and public buildings were placed at half-mast and the public build ings and many stores appro priately draped in mourning in memory of Mr. Jcrson Davis. That night at a special meeting over which Governor Fowle presided, a committee of citi zens was appointed to attend the j funeral. Mij. Eugene Harrel, of the First .Regiment, aud the officers of the Govern or's Guard left on Monday. THE PRESS. The Advance has no excuse to offer for publishing the en tire editorial of the New York Sun on Mr. Divis' death. It is an admirable pioduotion and coming from such a source must be highly appreciated by the entire Soith. It says : The dqath of Jefferson Davis at the age of eighty-one is one the most memorable events' of a memorable year. A veter au in arms and statesmanship, it could not t e said of him that he lagged superfluous on the public stage, it was well fcr him. and well for. a reunited country, that the 'years of the chief organizer of secession should have been prolonged beyond the normal limit of three score and ten. ' Had he died twenty, or even ten, years ago the embers of fratricidal passion might havo been raked anew into baleful fires over his gravb. as it is, mere is no one to revile, and there are many to honor, or at all events to re speet, his memory. ' He has outlived sectional enmity and personal detraction. He has lived long enough to see the political atmosphere purged of prejudice aud rancor, and to forecast in thi candid attitude of Northern contemporaries the sober and unbiased judg ment of prosperity. It was with a fine prescience of what was due to the nation's magnanimity and to tha in grained honesty of the arch rebel, that Horace Greeley set his hand to the bail bond that delivered Jefferson Davis from imprisonment and from the jeopardy of a trial for high treason. Seldom has a gracious act provoked at the moment more reproach and indignation, and seldom has any been more fully sanctioned in the end by the softened heart and enlightened conscience of a people. Not ouly laws, but . rightful estimates of principles and motives, are un asserted or unheeded aiiatd the shoc of arms. Many years of peace and of dispassionate re trospect have been required to convince, the men who fought and suffered for the Uai on, that in his disruptive viewl of the Constitution and the reserved rights of Slates, Jefferson Davis was entirely sincere and power fully fortified by teaching and example. The air, bvt with hatred and dense with smoke of battlefields, needed to be cooled and clarified before all of us could recognize that the ill starred President of South ern Confederacy did but carry to their foreseen conclusion doctrines notj only formulated by John C. Calhoun, but avowed his exalted ! self-excalpation or self-re- distinguished proach. Failure had brought Sorrow, nnt. tin AmTinntmn Amid irreparable disaster, D; F r'u:l Jefferson Davis by a serene consciousness that he had done a man's work ac cording to his lights aud that while unable to command suc- ndvpcates ' anions Gen. Pierce's special friends iu levr England, and he received Ihe vote of Gen. of Massachusetts on was sustained I v.1,ri-,?.0.wr'r , ryV'? ' v! UtC uuiini.i :il nil! iruMiauv io- 4ional i;oiivciiiion at Charlenton, cess, he had striven to deserv- or the Confederate States at Baltimore arraued for memo rial meetings in those cities. Meetings of citizens were ar ranged for in other cities. At Augusta, Charleston, Raleigh, Lynchburg, Norfolk, Sayannah, Memphis, Jackson, Miss., Columbus, Ga., and elsewhere shops were draped in black and bells were tolled. , Governor the Governors Gordon ed Southern States, that the day of the proclaimed a. day mouruiug. Tho North and South telegraph of all the suggesting funeral be of I'ubiic Governor of Carolinx and Despite the fact that the end had come slowly and peaceful ly, and after she had been face to face for hours with the dread reality, the Mow fel witlTcrushing force upon the afflicted 1 widow. As long as there had been work for either' head or hands she had borne up bravely, and not until the sweet uses, for her tender min istrations were lost did she seemed to realize the terrible force of . the blow that had fallen upon her. Knowing of her predisposition to hart af fection, the doctors were at once gnavely alarmed fbr fear. hjmptiy administered a ing. draught, aud at-a ir this morning she was quietly. believed'that the founda tion of the exPresident's last illness was malaria, complicat ed wiUihaeuto bronchitis. Care ful !.;uisiiig and skilled medical att !''!! had mastered the latUf", t; Li i t is supposed thit the congestive chill, which was ther immediate1 cause of the neatli. was attributable to the They i com?)OH late ho resting It is Society of the Army and Navy J and advocated by such steady representatives of jsew Eng land feeling as Timothy Picker ing and Josiah Quincy. Mr. Davis lived long enough, how ever, to hear thoughtful men acknowledge that truth is veri ly a gem of many facets, and that he whose gaze is fastened on one of its aspects is not to be judged harshy because, to oth ers.circumstances give another point of view. By no argument, but by the inexorable logic of events, were the upholders of the right of secession d'slodged from their position. From the hour that the. Louisana pur chase gave to the United States me Mississippi valley, it was written in the book of fate that their Union should be unbrok en. Thomas Jefferson himself was blind to the consolidating purport of bis great achieve ment, and for two generations no man at the South or at the North not even Daniel Web ster. dieciphered tie irrevo cable decree of destiny. In his conviction of the jus tice of tha cause with which his name is inseparably asso ciated Mr. Davis navor wavered. Iu affirming the right of a State to resume its sovereignty he believed himself warranted by indisputable precedents and by sound reasoning, and in living up to the faith that was in him he believed that he did his duty. To that faith he clung as firmly in his last hour aa when, nearly thirty years ago, he went forth from the United States Senate with a full ap preciation of the significance of his solemn leave-taking. His powers of intellect were undimned to the end.J-ind their latest exercise was a vindica tion of the principles for whiuh he bad risked his life. It is only a week since, from what we now know to have been his deathbed.he penned an impres sive letter to be read at the commemoration of the tardy adoption of the Federal Consti tution . by North Carolina. In that letter, to which the date of its composition lends a pa thetic interest, the grounds of fact and argnment on which the right of secession was as serted are set forth with in comparable clearness and co gency, as if, on the eve of ex tinction the writer's mind had summoned all its forces for an outgush of extraordinary fervor. From him came no accent of it. Even among those wl- looked upon him with least sympathy it was felt that this man bore defeat and humilia tion in the high Roman fash ion, and that of him in his loyalty to a lost cause it might be said, as of another majestic soul at Utica, that By the victor's side the Gods abide, bat by the victims,Cato. CAREER OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. Jeffersou Davis wan boro on Jane 3, 1808, iu what wa then part of Christian county, but is now Todd county, Kentucky. Elis lather was a planter, who had served nerved as a !. Georgia officer in the Revolutionary war and afterward eettled in Kentucky whence he agiin moved, while Jef ferson was a boy, to Wilkinson county in Mipsiaaippi which "a then still a Territory. The hny received some academic education at home.and then went to Trans il vania University to hi native State. At 1C he rece ved a Wont Point appointment and enter rd the Military Academy in the name class with Robert K. Lee aud Albert-Sidney Johnston. Graduii tng in 1828, hor-" assigned to the Infantry, and three years later. win sach distinction as a xtaiT oflicer in the Hlack Hjwk war that he was promoted in 183:) to the ruk of Frst Lieutenant and adjutant iu a new regiment ol uragoou. This gave him two yeais ot active ser vice on the froutier in expeditious against the Pawnees and other hostile Indians. Mr. Davis had a taste for mili tary life and appeared likely to make a good record in the arm, bat he was ambitions of distinction in civil life, and aeordiufily, a fret seven years of service, he reigiied his commission iu the' suniuo-r of 1835. A love affair had its influ ence also, for shortly frer leaving the field he married the daughter of Zachary Taylor, then a t 'o'oncl in the army anil later President. Keturuiug to Mississippi, he be came a cotton plauter, a few miles from Vicksburg, and lived for eight years in retirement, devotii'g much of bis time to careful study witn reierence to a pm ic cireer His first appearance iu politics was a delegate to the Democratic State Convention of 1843, aud he at onct enrolled himself as a follower of Calhoun. air. uavis made swut progress in politic. In 1S44 he was cbo-en a Presidential elector on the Polk and Dallas ticket, and in 18-4.3 he was elected Representative in Congress, lie heartily approved tne Mexican war. and be made in May, 184G, a strong speech in fa vor of a lesolation of thank to his father-in-law and the officers aud men of Gen. Tavlors army I wo months later he joined that army, being elected in Julv Colonel ol the Frs Regimeut ot Mississip pi, volunteers, ue promptly re signed bis seat, overtook bis com mand at New Orleans, and was soon at the seat of war He led his troops g.illantly in the sto-mi ing of Monterey in the following beptember, being compli mented by Gen. Taylor with a pi ice on tne cormnissiou appointed to arrauge tli terms of (Mpiiul i tiou aud he especially distinguish ed bimoelt at the battle of liu.n.i Vista, 1M, 23, 1847, where he vs severely wounded. The year for which cis regime nt bad eiui.ted haying expired. Hie Hero of Htiena Vlsia,'' as his ad mirers had styled Col. Davis re turned to bis Mississippi Lome in July 1847 enc untering a lound of congratulatory receptions on the way. Within two i"m!ih. tl.e death of one of M;s- ; ' Sen ators opened the way tor . ; ;.-tu: n to Congress. The Gowmor in August appointed him to till 'the vacancy, and iu the follow. ng January the Legisla'ure eleied him for the remainder of the teiui expiring in March, 1H51 giving him the rare suphment of a unan imous vote. In 1850 he was C, in April IKCM, along with ho.-e ono or two other . delega tes. He heart ilv nippirted the Breckinridge aud Line ticket in the qia'riUteral contest which culminated in the election f Li--colli and ilioilm. Mr. D.ivis was one of the special committee of thirteen Senators ap pointed in Peceralwr, 18C0. to makf h lat a'ternpt for peacea ble scttltMiient wr the now threaten ing sec'ional controversy, which considered the Crittendeu Com promise but the last day of the year reported their inability to agree uou any plan of ad tust ment. South Carolina had already seceded on the 20ru of December, and early in Janurry Mr. Davis was made Chairman of an executive com mittee of tbree appointed bv a secret caucus ;f Senators irom seven other Southern S'a'es to erlect th cheme ol reh- l!i n. It uutil the 21st of the month then on the 21t of January 18C1 Mr. D ins made his farewell speech He returned to his plantation, and promptly appointed to thi com mand ol Mississippi's militia, with the rank of Mnjrtr.Oenrnal. Ile tore lie coald assume this tiaie m ceiled met at Montgomery. Ala, Feb.. 4, to form a provisional Oov ernin.nr, adapted a Constitution the A'U. and on the 9"h the Con gress of the Coufe.lt-ratr- States of America, bv a nn-uiiwom vot elected Jftl' r-.i DivN V: --i.'e-.t with AlexiMd-" I!. S"i.'s :i of Georgia lor Vire.lierd.-nf . From this ti ne oti J If DavN, t he was common I v railed, fo the North the living em bod In ent of the Rebellion. Ahhouih la'cr in the sfracil strong orpoa'tion oeve!:pid, his nnanircr"s leef.on as President by the Provisional Congress onlv ratified the popular choice, which recognized bim as ! MX "l!-! Mississippi have already issued proclamations in accordance with this suggestion. A meet ing of Mississippians In Wash ington, presided over by L. Q. C Lamar,8 telegraphed resolu tions to Mrs. Davis, describing her husband's career as "bril liant, eventful, and without parallel in our annals," and himself as Vthe vicarious suf ferer for us and his people in defeat,"' and expressing the belief that "the historian of after years, looking down the perspective of the past, will see Jefferson Davis the colossal figure of his times." IX NORTH CAROLINA. After the brilliant ceremonies at Fayett'iville week before last, the patriotic fires are still burning too brightly to let our people be behind in payintr their tribute to the memory of the South's dead chieftain. ' .11 j. ri i . x' rum an over tne sia,te comes the news of meetings being held, bells being tolled and memorial exercises being con ducted. Last Friday, Governor Fowle sent the following tele gram : Executive Office. Mrs. Jefferson Davis : North Carolina mourns with you the death of the greatest and best beloved son of our South-land. He also issued this memorial proclamation : "Whereas, Almitrhty God, by his providence, has removed from this world tbe trusted leader of the people of the State of North Caroliua, in the four darkest years of her. history ; and "Whereas our entire people regard his memory with feel ings of the highest respect, esteem and affection ; now, for the purpose of manifesting their re-elected for the full term years. He soon became pr; in debate, ei-pecially opon affairs, and in 1843 v .. Cbairmain of tho Mil.. .i .. . mittee. Mr. Davis had not b.-en long in the Senate before he became con spicuous as an extreme advocate of the State's doctrine. In the Presidential election of 1S4S he opposed bi3 own father -in law because although Gen. Taylor was a Southerner, he did not come out 'flat footed" for the extreme Southern view. In 1S50 Senator Davis bitterly fought Clay 's famous compromise measure in Coupress, and when it was passed he resolv ed to continue the fight at the polls. He then-fore helped or ganize a State's rights parry, pledged to resistance, In Mississip pi, and when its first nominee for Goveror declined he accepted the nomination, in September. 1851. ane resigned bis seat in tbe Senate His opponent, as the candidate ot the Union or Compromise, was the other Mississippi Senator. Ue .rvS. Foote. The resnlt wai a defeat of the State's Kights party, Foote receving the odd majority of 999 votes, bnt it was also something ot a personal liium ph for! Mr. Davis as he ran ahead of his ticket, and greatly reduced the majority of 7,500 which the FjDion party had secured at an election held a J weeks earlier- . Mr. Davis was thus again left m retirement, where he remained un til the Presidential canvass of 1852 opened. At tun Democratic Oouveutiou of that year he rtceiv ed a few votes for Vice-President. He took the stump for Pierce in Mississippi, Locsiana and Ten. uessee, and in March 1853, was appointed by the new President Secretary of War in a Cabinet uniuue in our hisftiry for baviug lasted a fall four yairs without a single change. While still Secretary of War, Mr Davis was again elected to the. Senate !or a full ieim, and he took bis seat in December, 1857. He was especially active in all sec tional controversies, and by the beginning ol the last, (Jou in joucnanan's term he w ntzed as the leader ol the cratic prty in the Senate, ireuueuuj oeen "mentioneir' in connection wi'h the Presidential' nomination, having ecma he Mastei'a Spirit in tbe great, movement. He whs inaugurated it h simple ceremonies oo Feb , 18, when he delivered a temperate address. Mr. Davis constituted hl Cabinet as follows : Secretary of State: Knbert Toomb of (ieorfi; Secretary of War, Leroy I Walker of Alabama : Secretary of Treasury Charles (1. Memmlnger ol South Carolina : Secretary of Navy, Stephen U. Mallorv of Florida; At torney. General Judab P. Benja min of Lonisana ; Postmaster General, John II. Reagan of Texas. The first few weeks of the new Uovernment a existence were passed in fruitless attemi ts at negotiation with 'he Federal authorities, and in vigorous preparations for the war which daily became more certain. At last, on April 1.1 it came in tbe attack which Gen. Iieauregard maoe npon rort sampler, in ac cordance with instructions from President Davis As Boon as war broke oat Mr. Davis advied tbe transler of the seat of Oevorument from tbe cap ltal of Alabama to that of Virginia, ami the change of bae from .Montgomery to nicimond was effected on M y 20, although tbe President did not arrive until a few days later. Mean while troops fro.n other Confederate States were pushing Into Virginia until by June 50,000 men had been gathered in tbe Northern parol tne arme unuer Gens, liean regard and Johnston. The great victory at Bull Run on Jane 24 threw the whole nection into paroxism of joy. Mr. Davis had left Richmond o. the morning of the battle to take command in person, hut Le did not reach the field until the Union Army had already been p.i to flzht. He was received with unbounded enthus isin on his return to Richmond. From this time en till Lt sur render he continued to acunnisrr the affairs of government. The load of responsibility lay heavily upon birr.; and he was accused of blunders that time has proven him inr.oct-nt ol. He did his het-t against ten times the force ft his comm in.l lor four weary years. How he conducted himself are matters of history that we are all acquainted with. Oa the mnrninir of Sunday, April 2, 18C4, while he was attend ing service in St. Paal'i Charch, Richmond, Mr. Davis u eel ved a i..- r-"t tie War Department, -a ins iti. Lee hud been defeated ::..d advised preparations for the eucuatioii of the cily during the night. He initio dia'ely left tjie church, and in tbe evening, with his pn.-oi! 1 st. IV -.snd Cabinet, started by rail Southward, his fami ly having pre. c! d luui bv several days. Reaching Danville, Vi., the next morning, he at'empted to set op his Government in that city, and on April 3. issuetl a proc'ama . lion on tte situation. Admitting the injury to their cau-e by the loss of Richmond, he sought to encourage the people by the claim that Lee's ai my, relieved from the necessity or guarding special Kint-, would be free to move from point to point and strike the enemy in detail tar from his base. Within a week, however, Lee surrendered and tbe Governmtnt took passage by rail for Greens boro, 3. (J. Hero Mr. Davis met Gens. Johnaton aud Beauregard, aud sought toimbu tbem with his own resolution, but found both un willing to fight hrnger. While Sherman sud Jobcs'.ou jrere en gaged in their fruitless negotia tions, Mr. Davis Hud Lis party proceeded in ainl,iil;iiices or horseback to Charlotte, Ji. O.. where he was staying ben news came ol L:ncu!uV assassination, soon followed by the proclamation from Washington recusing bim or instigating tbe crime and offering a reward of 100.000 for bis am st eii aiier Johnstons tturreudr, Mr. Davis cherished a lingering hope or continuing the war beyond the Mississippi, here he pUtined to re-enforce Jvirbv Smith's army with such of Johnson's old spMiers as tet ill had any srom-ch l.u fight iug. Bnt as he m:hi i,u way bv horse through South Caroiin-i Ins originally large caviiry PCort steadily fell to pieces, uutil when he reachtd Washington, u., but a lew stragglers remained faithful. Still bent on crossing to Miss.s. eippi. Mr. Davis resolved first to eee his family, who bad preceded u.uj .u m nKui. ie Jjiurd them iu n camo to the interesting" question bow tbe Confederate leader arrayed. The first re;ort sent North rep resented tbar. wten the teut was captured. Mi. Davis Hied to smuggle her Lubnd out v( tl.e camp digni-d in jHrtticoats, morning dress, woolen i loA, aud hood drawn losely ovi-r the l-rad. but tbe mau's Uxits aroused sus picion and caust-d In arret. The Confedr rate verini is ih' Mr. Davis had been hlnyiiit in A l wrapwr. aud t ! tt 1 t:e ; leav ing the tent his i'er iu ! w tUn-w i a nb-tu I over h in d. j He was t ikm l- K.r'res Jloi ro, whtre he arti.e.l My I'J, and was ooiifi.'x-d rfiiuu! t o rar. Ua May 10, lo7, he wa renir.nl to RichuioiHl, arrvtied in Ihe United States District Oau uion Ihe charge of treason, ad at'initied 10 bail l:i U.oOf 1 1 one Grtelrv beadlog the lit t-f iHiad-Tien. Toe charge of ro'iiphrii) in Ihe aaf nation lof I.inr..I.i a . pp'd lor lac if ideuc. Anr brief UV it. R:cbtii -'!!. Mr. Dvl went to Canada, ""'p;iin2 over in Nrw j York on the w ay. la the hummer of 1.V.S an If r c-r a partnership, ! without u-' ti? any r-tpital, in aj LiveriMMil tirai ihn him to Kng j land, boj l e s,,Uil d not f. ac cept it. n I Per a buef riit to France he letu.ned. At the tirxt December term of court a noble ; proepii w;i -nrrt d by th Gov eiuninit, and be was di-chargf-d, wnde he w.i tncoide.1 in Ihe gen- j eral amneiy procl-inj itioti of the followng Christmas. Mr. Davis m-tiled in Memphis, and berime President of a li'e in surance eonp.iny. but after some t v is i T Mines! life be retired lo , a c-ii:! 't.itd estate presented by mi arde nt sidmirer at Ueovoir, ou MisxUKipi S 'ii it.l. Here he baa ; -! i'-l ao, spending tnocb of his time in iu ly, and only oc caf.u.il'v isiiii 2 forth to d:Vf d and-' r 'If "!ost raie.n l IS., uo pus.! lie I :u rlatiorate work enti'led flo Ri-eand Fall of ihe Confederacy." in which he. sought to lav i i.r id.i:ne of If falf ree!y e G. n. Johnston and other mil tary coinuunder.1. Mr. DavU Brut wife did isct he long, and in 1S.1T be married Miss Verina Hoaell, iar.ddauliter ol (lor. Howell, of New Jerev, and of Revolutionarv fme. who survive bim. 1SS9 1 Ss 1) J c HAD LEY DKALKU IN- !l)rv f mmmIs. Hals, I5uiS. Mum -. - (rom to. J'tiniKmi i lr. A FULL NEW STOCK. EXTRAORDINARY 'LOW PRICES. Cnif ar.d be continoij that we i?l rll . ff4 fil I . ever. J.r.HAKM.l. (.'ornrr llrne At TarWo stt. t.. a lit tit t'i WILSON MARKET. JOHN C. HADLEY, ni Hrtail ttr.ler la f U. ptt p-nni. Sl"lijrt. prt pmtui . 3 E r. prr doiea Iinl. pc pmttti . It 'l". dry. ri pmnl IW .WAX. prr pwoi ... I m Ml Will II r Jolted to !: Full Line oi (;...! cc,i i X) MHI'IHTV ;il! (l 1 1 1 iiif -ttt-i Notice. II-i isz nialifiel .lmini.lra tor rihe--lat4 cl W. II. W'r'if, , deceased, before the I'm!" Jndf e ! ol W tl rr.uu'J , totii-e as i f ely t.iven lo all pefnou tndeUi d Jo the j estate of said deft-axed to itiske t luiP-ediate pa merit, and lo ati - j on having claims a?ainl the le- ; rcad tit pie-eot lom lr tJ- nieut on or t-efore ttr Tth dsj I j Drctmtur 1S'J9. T this i.olue ni l In- p'ead in bar of Ibeir lecoref y. IL W. WI5STKAD. AdoiV. F. A. & S. . WiKDAf.t, dec 12 Ct Attorney.. AH drj.ntlttietiH let i,d r i m m r 1 '"I l addi-d tonk.' ik'Ct'- br-n:lit ot. furnih IX MKMOKIAM. Died, on Friday, the 6th day cf December, 1SS9, in the fityofNcw it leans, I ji:fh:k MIX DA VIS. F.i president cif 1. C!au,M the vihlicr and statesman, "TIjc (innJ old Man of the Sjuth." Ujrn in Kentucky, Jjne .;r"i. be scrol to a.Tection. He ivo In jearc, as in ar, country with loyalty and .1 ft l.vcd an ct- etnplar t his fellow men, and . clicd ntle tlc faithful. I eaihcamc to hint in Uevol old age. In the early morn- ing. hdt the scr.vm 1 1 siarssiill waulicd a- Ikjvc h:irt. iIjc brave and n ! 1c old chief tain slept unto tlca'.Ii, to wake at the rc;'3c of i eternity lued. honored, 'm-l his tncru-Ty dt-t-j ly ai.d .nTcc tionately er.shrinci sn the li-Mrts i.f our soiitlnrn jn;lc. I'eucc. hWfuJ jacc, to tJut proud frm which j;avc jae and earthly Vviiihlancc f tlut nyL'e M'ul whw.h owed within its romru'-s. l'ra and mag P.nimoni s-jul ! Soirit cf honor anl on! Heaven direct, thou ha-t crossed tlic aru an.l awj-.ii gulf which hedges in mor- ai.tv iron immortaiitv: lo thv mmiv.i tribute would we brin. an I weavinz word of prai-c as 'twere fl jwcrv girlands, scatter thy tnw rc-tinj plare the lla-cl dead Hill a U . I. . . . I .1 . i iic uc4in 01 inc 1 1 vi h:om 25 CETST0 S23 With n t tat.,Ld J i , , . t ! RKUAIUUTY. d , ellc-f H-im c. -t.it. yr-t, v . In-re mr re ur ou: ,,,. ed to ce rt ifc-iiii 1. 1 . OflKV.t. To our IlieOd. at.d c ti''.. , would ay Tttie and 0. L Willi;:: A mi FACTS - r'K THK HRISTMflg HOLIDAYS. I I'ACT I. Yoi tnat bur ' 01a tiovd tu a bort b;-c j FACT 2. Yon wnt tot I cbeip l-cio-e time La j FACT 3. Yon want 11 e i IcfcjM-t ii it- town. FACT 4. Yon tiiOt tore of Bovkiii& tl:. II, d t them above in tuken tlut lives in me I- near Irwuisville. ti . a, ri-e.( Mo CZJ nK ut on Jlay as recog- 10. he was mmr auii an.i . J. Ie.no- ' bv a (or r it; r. , UT . He ha.i 1 . .nt i'..i . " .r" . nnder ' . icuii tju . 1 runnai ii .. !.,, t ' i h- 1 1. vaairv Accouau 'of Btroug event, differ widelyT eeian" 0B9t CROAK! BUY FOR CASH AN I) SKLL for CASH, and CASH only. Have one pi ice to all and h-t thin he-the lonest, then yoa will iin.1 one of yt ur dollars buying as n.nch as two used to nnder the ol e aie petting in our CROAK! Ml 1 and Rio ,1 Cal! l-r pi n e. And the prii-ea are AW'AY DOWN, hun we would not have . jou get it into your head that our j;cxxl are common ecau-e our pricea nie i-o lew 1 kn..w it is hard to make yoa uuuerManu me value of Ca.-h .-uj.uk, nui 11 you win icok at line of d plan. j v Yy in our F INK f)LU.MI G" oi h DreHMiiiic , Pin-h Wo k 1 Such ns IVn l'!uh A.lciu.v v "Cash Catches The Raicain." H e are selling a Plusb I)-ebiDg O-ee for ?3 40, worth 00; Mush Al bums for f.Ott . won li 1 .-. . 1 . 1 ... ui wc, worm 82(11 I) .11 it .i.,uu 1 .. at jusl a!out one-half theVr VV.aVaToe ' ; c muii 1 neu 10. t m .... v- boy. ' Jav.. M v i , I kmh -" 1 tnaJlefct titt to ue largest! I to do -o, wp i wt- under- To fitid Hn- Lii.f--t, f i. ti1 ln jjei.t fit r . STAPLE AND FAfiCT GROCERIES. TOYS, CANDIES AUD XMAS GOODS. Kver (lereil tr a1e in il. V1m.4. W'f Irep (fti-' a , ,i .: tiar.d a fo'l line of Cain-I . Kitrac-:, -'- and rv- " '- , fociti.l iq a fir.t Ha, i . ' cety S ..r. I'. ,- i. iLe 1' ! . -e h j.ut lu uU t;.jjJ1jt .i nieut 4 IXUalaS AMI T4IVS Ol t-verr il-r-tipf, th.t - llitit ll.e r 1: lien'- I., a.t- I - f Ihc-.' d . 1.4 We ; i ' 'i at all limeit a .u;wti..f uA I -I "Upidy ul lul lU 1 1111 :iitticv That c mr . t It" c' . Just Received, Tl.e" Lnekt asMirl itietat 1 ..!' t ver 1,ok 111 H iIm ii, i-:.; every h- 1 't lliat e ti.ii -t rue and eel luig.ii. Ycuim ree-t Jullv. Iloffliitt V o Notice. '" C riliti-w 11 HMIoll j JiirtU- i We man liee. n,i we gaarantee to fuderseli K. l:ru.k. t TM7d, t, 1,1,., iK,Terirt-l "'' 3 . I Li, . t.t ill .i.t, f ,- .,.,, r 1.1 z.i to. it r . .is I ci r Mil Jj. al hi. ,,1,, ,a u "umiifllk.l.ji.a,! ul JM,, I -rp Itw- .i. f.n.ii i im-u t, III T., , ,J, tt,Uf t0ir p,,,, ,, j, tir.il Wri.l' J. 1 III. Z1 4i . Mv. ' J.w . i.,r Jl. lit-. I 1 : C. It. AVc'in K.l'iainl! Ati 1. i.r- ..l,mrm mn4 . t I S.i .nhii.i.f,u,ih. ,,,.. I uf .tit.,r I '.. CUf It..- wii ; j 1 ! in umu i. rii..: I The Casl Hacket Store, WILSON. N. 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The Wilson Advance (Wilson, N.C.)
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