: .f Is it R1 1 ll :f The Wilson Advance OSLrilt s mid .'. AM;i-:- , Editors :snl Fi ojicSoi. fWTb AnvANYKon.oavor to tie tin mm est, faithful an 1 Impart ial ihrntili-h-r nf Oie news, (k'tctiuif special in t cri 1 1 hi to Oie wtmn n which il is ulilishe,!. It is Drnioertnie to the core an.t w! i siar' neither fnenl or foe who is in hostiiit v to 1 inoeuit ie success. It IxMieves tlio lust interest of the Na tion an I Iho State imp rativdr ilcman-1 the retention of llio Denmcratio party ii power.: :r ' " a I spare iKietTorl to ni-eoiiiplisn that tl'suIi . will si ik to promote the in dustrial ,.:;'!!:enl of the Mule ami fi ction anil will tu,.c p'o-.-ure in 'loitiir whatever H In its power to I t!u farmers and labor. iiff zen in thuir efforts to tiett-r their condition. Every honest son of toil will tinl in the Au- tasce a sincere frietnl. Kvery effort lo ikin to the es'atilishmeiit of more uii'l better edu cational institutions will receive our nearly oo-opcration and endorsement. The Advance eireuluies larirely in every Otintv East of lfaleih. pin! is therefore a BDlendid ailverlisiinr medium. Itatos liberal A first-class job o:!i o is run In connection with the pHPcrand we will bo pleased to re ceive orders, ourollice Is one of tlio best eaulpned in this section of the Stnto for com mereial work and we will do as (rood work and at as low tliruros as anvundy. Entered ii; the lVst Olllec at Wilson, N.C as second class mail inutier. WiLSON, N. C December 12, lsM JEFF3SS0IT I AVIS- In the death of Jeli'ersoii Da vis has dL-appeared one of the landmarks of American lii iory. Around him as the cen tral figure will forever cluster the achievements ot the South ern Confederacy. An ardent believer in the right at tsecessinii, he was one of the last to adopt it as a final resort against the spirit of ilte North, wii'ch insisted in overriding- t'" ';.-hts of the State,--. It was With sorrow that he contemplated the disruption of the Union of which lie 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 due to her, did he sorrow fully withdraw from the Senate of the United States and cast his iot 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 suc cess would crown the effort to establish a new nation. But having entered into the contest he was the last to yield. Ilia tenacity of purpose and his determination to resist to the last extremity provoked, at the time, much unfavorable com ment, as the striiiTtrle trow to wards the close and the could be foreseen. lie had thrown away end the scabbard and not even com plete defeat could subdue the determined and invincible t :r it which po.-sessed him. After ths war lie made no apology for the part he had taken. He died unreconstructed, and bear ing in his own person the ha tred which was heaped on the cause of which he was the head. That he was a great man the world already bears wit ness, and time, as it sweeps away the obscuring mists of passion and prejudice, will 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 aud accomplish ed statesman that he won the affections ot the Southern peo ple. They admired his genius and his commanding intellect and were proud of his achieve ments, but it was only in 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 in a dungeon by a tyrannical government that did not dare to bring him to trial, an.l that was at !ast compelled to discharge. They saw him swift-ring for their sakes the hatred and t-c rn of the millions of the North, and he became a martyr in the eyes of the South, ihey resented every attempt to humiliate him, and as they saw the majesty of soul with which he endured the unmerited and venomous abusa of little minds, all hearts went out to him, and amid old age and poverty and suffering, the 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 i right, that his stern adherent1,' to principle, that his pure and elevated character, may incite the youth cf the South to emu lation '? Dr. Fey': Hesitation "Itev. Joscp'i II. Foy, I). 1),, an nounees hi lesignatlon as pastor of the Fmulli Christian church, which has in Heiially strengthened in numbers, ami iulIue-nce iu;i, i his ministry, lie goes to bia, .Mo., to take charge Christian congregation in tl; Dr. Foy has spent 1! e.iis ('oluiii of r i citv. of Ins ministerial lile in this city, ami leaven many friends behind liun. He is president oi the Christim Ministerial Association ol the city, and was a member until Tliursilay of the Jioanl of Charity Onnm.s eioners. Mayor Xooman xjnessci! regret at the necessity of his re signation, and appointed Mr. J. M. Hatrle to li'l the vacancy. "Dr. Foy l.-avey f'r 'o!u;;ib'i? this morning and willpicach thi ie to-morrow. li s place will lie !iiled by Kev. J. 11. (ian ion tniini: io . . An effort will be made to m cuic Eev. J, J. Hadley for the vacain in the Fourth Church. Dr. Fo's people gave him uumistakabl evi dence ot t l.i ii love and apprecia tion on j - :r protracted int the church v leadership of of the Fu; C Dr. Fjv North ' 0(,!i : : . i-vf rung. i lie H; piegioS at .:: j.o on u mler tlio ieV. .M I . IhU iholOMI W ;';rcb." iiaiive i I '! !( ?' :.. ;il.d In' warm '; mis ht te. Thej . abundant success in his new L cflabor. St. Louis Republican. m iiin si f -.0:- i::u?.:::i2- ros the leader of Ti-D 3:t.iils cf tha Scenes at tho D::.thcd in New Orleans Ar- "ar."inor.ts f:r iha Obsecuies All th3 Srathora States Hepro c::v.ci at the Funeral Yesterday. A Kcs-mo cf Mr. Bavis' Event fv.l Career- Nkw Oki.kans, Dec. C Mr Jefferson Davis died this morn- in ir at fifteen minutes before one o'eloc k, at the beautiful home nf Mr .1 II. Pavne. corner of First and Camp streets, where he has received every attention (lurlm? his sickness. From the beginning of his fatal illness Mr. Davis had in sist. lkt his case was quite Impel ss. though the dread of P in or the fear of death never aweaml to take the slightest hold noon his spirits, which were brave and even buoyant from ili beginning of the atti.;-k. In vain did his doctor strive to impress upon him that his health was improving, lie sl. a ii'.i insisted that there was no improvement, but with Christian resignation he was content to accept whatever Provid ii ;:e ha 1 in store for him. Oiiiy once did he waver in his belief that his case .showed no improvement ; and that was at an early hour yes terday morning, when he play fully remarked to Mr. Payne, "I am afraid that I shall be compelled to agree with the doctors for once, and admit that lama little better." All day long the favorable symp toms continued, aud late in the afternoon, as late as 4 o'clock, Mrs. Davis sent such a cheering message to Mrs. Stamps and Mr.-. Farrar, that they decided for the first time since Mr. Davi- has been taKen ill to at tend th-J French opera at G oVlork. La.-t evening, without, any vi- ibl'j cause, Mr. Davis was seiz d with a congestive chill, which seemed to absolutely cru-di the vitality out of his already enfeebled body. So weak was Mr. Davis that the vinlr-n sulil upon that I.' d was a oVh -el ed si-!. Presi" of the assault soou . i for lack of vitality which to prey. From to merit to the morning, of nth the history of his case gradual :: sinking. At 7 ; Mrs. Davis administer i medicine, but the ex-:-i;t declined to receive the whole Sne urged upon him the necessity of taking the reni.-tin hn-, but putting it aside with the gentlest of gestures, he whispered, "Pray, excase me." These were his last words. (Jradnallv he grew weaker and weaker, but never for an instant seemed to lose con sciousriess. Lying peacefully upon his bed and without a trace of pain i his look, he remained for hours. Silently el.-?.?ping his wife's hand, with an uiid.i anted Christian spirit he aw aited the end. From the moment of the dead fu! a-sault of the conges tive chill those gathered around his badside, who had been watching and noting with painful interest every change of symptom for the past month, knesv well that the dread mes sage was even at the door. ' About half past ten o'clock, Justice Feuner 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. IJy half past 11 o'clock, there were assembled in the death chamber, Mrs. Davij, Messrs. Chaille and Ihckhain, Assistaut iu.-iictf ana Mrs. rennei; Mrs. Nannie Smith, grand niece of the dy ing ey-Presideot,and Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Farrar. Finding that Mr. Davis was breathing somewhat heavily as he lay somewhat upen Lis neck the doctors assisted him to (urn upon his right side, with his ne' k upon his right hand lik- h. s " ;;;g ufant. and with and dropping across his !.i.,:. he lay tor sume fifteen r;i miles, breathing softly but laintiy. More and ni"i e iVeb'o !e, vim. Ids respira tions, tii! they pissed into silence, and then the watchers knew that the silver cord had btfen loo.-td and tli golden tiowl broken. The Father of tii1.' Confederacy Lad passed a.v.-.?y. 'As calmly as to night's repose Or ll.iwi t s at set of sun." Despite the fact that the end .had come slowly and peaceful ly, and after she had been face to far- for hours with the dread reality, the Slow full with crushing force upon the af!!ie!ed widow. As long as there had been work for either held or hands she had borne up bravely, and not until the sweet u t s 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 hc-r pr. disposition to heart af fection, the doctors were at i.nt'i.' gravely alarmed for fear. Th; y prompt iy administered a composing draught, and at a hit - hour this morning she was resting quietly. It is beiieved that the founda tion of the exPresident's last illness was malaria, complicat ed wit!; n.-ul bronchitis. Care fa! i",'i:r: ;.:;d skilled medical at! had mastered the U A- t is supposed thit th.- i on festive chill, which was the immediate cause of the f.ealh, was attributable to the return of malaria. After death the face of the deceased, though looking slight ly emaciated, s-duAvvd no trace of suffering, the face more nearly resembling that of aj peaceful sleeper than of tho ! dead. j FUNERAL AUn.YNOr.MENTS. 1 Mayor Shakespheare was I roused from his bed about 3 ! o'clock, and proceeded at once i to the house where Mr. Davis' j body lay, and there, in consul- ; tatiou with the f unity, drew up his proclamation aiiiouuc-j ing to the public Mr. Davis'! death, and appointing a com-! mittea 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 gan to pour in from all por tions of the South, asking for the date of the funeral and announcing that a number of persons desired to lo present, and suggesting that time be allowed for them to get here. This induced the conference t) postpone the funeral until) Wednesday noon. As soon as an agreement w a reached Mayor Shakesphear ; telegraph ed to all the Southern Conv enors, notifying iheui of the arrangements made hu.1 invit ing them to tike part in iuneral ceremonies. Hi-' The question of the plice nf burial was alsj discussed. The Davis family burying ground is the Driarfield 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 Driarfield. it was determined to place the re mains temporarily in the tomb of the Confederate Veteran Association of the Army of Northern Virginia here. The bodv will be removed to the City Hall, to lie in state there in the Council Chamber until the funeral. THE Sol TlI M rr.NI.NO. The news of Mr. DaviV death was promptly telegraphed to all the leading cities of the South, and many messages ex pressive of respect for the dead Confederate aud sympathy with Mrs. Davis have been re ceived. Everywhere in the South there were public mani festations of sorrow. Flags were at half-m ist on the State Houses in Atlanta, Montgom ery, Richmond, Jackson, ltal eigh, Nashville and Columbia, and other public buildings in many other cities. A fund was started in 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 siz3 bronze statue of Mr. Davis. Memphis, Richmond, Jackson, Mi?s., Atlanta and Macon made similar reque-ts. The Legislature of South Caro lina adopted res ilutions of sympathy with Mrs. Davis, al luding to her husband as the most distinguished st I'.- nan of the South and as "on of the ardest and pure:-t the : mntrv has ever had." The Virginia Legislature also appointed a committee to draft re- diition. The Confederate Survivors' Association at Asuustia and ;hs Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States at Baltimore amused 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, (ia., and elsewhere shops were draped in black and bells were tolled. (Jovernor Gordon, of Georgia, telegraph-1 ed the Governors Southern Sates, of all the ing he suggest funeral of 1-;;: that the day of the proclaimed a day mourning. The G ) Vti'lKu North and South Carolim nnd j Mississippi have already issued proclamations in accordance! with this suggestion. A meet-! ing of Mississippiins in V.'ash-j ington, presided over by L. )J U Lamar, telegraphed resolu tions to Mrs. Davis, describing her husband's career as "bnl liant, eventful, and without parallel; in our annals," and himself as "the vicarious .suf ferer for us and his peop'a in defeat,'" and expressing the beiiei that "the historian of after years, looking down the perspective of the past, will see Jefferson Davis the colossal figure of his times." IN NORTH ( ARoMNA. After the brilliant ceremonies at Fayettn-i!!e week before last, the patriotic lires are still burning too brightly to let our people be behind in paying their tribute to the memory of the Smith's dead chieftain. From all over the State comes the news of iiiecUu;s lieing held, bells being tolled and memorial exercises being con ducted. La-t Friday, Governor l-owie sent tne tui lowing tele gram : Exi: i tivi-: On n i;. Mrs. Jefferson Davis: North Carolina mourns wiih yon the death of the greatest and l.-e.-t-beloved son of our Souih-h.ud. He also issued this mem .rial proclamation : "Whereas, Almighty Cod, by his provid jnr-, has removed from this world the trusted leader of the people of l he; Stale of North Carolina, in the four darkest years of her history; and 'Whereas uur entire people regard his memory with feel ings of the highest respect, esteem and affection; now, for the purpose of manifesting their I appreciation of his exalted character and distinguished services, I enjoin upon the peo ple of this State, laying aside all business, to assemble at their respective places of wor ship at the time to be appoint ed for the funeral by Mrs Davis and to join iu services suitable to the occasion." The flags on the capitol and pu lie buildings were placed at half-mast and the public build ings and many stores appro priately draped in mourning in memory of Mr. JcITrson Davis. That night at a special meeting over which (Jovernor Fowle ' presided, a committee of citi- zens was appointed to attend j the funeral. Mij. Eugene ! Harrel, of the First Regiment, I aud the officers of the Govern or's Guard left on Monday. THE I'F.SS. The Advance has co excuse to offer for publishing the en tire editorial of the New York Sun on Mr. Divia' death. It is an admirable pioduotiou and coming from such a source must be highly appreciated by the mlire South. It says : The death of Jefferson Davis at the ago of eighty one is one most memorable events of a memorable year. A veter an in arms and statesmanship, it coula not be said of him that he lagged superfluous on the public stage. It was well fcr him. aud well tor a reunited country, that the years of the of secession ut organizer should have been prolonged beyond the normal limit of three score aud ten. Had he died twenty, or even ten, years ago the embers of fratricidal passion might havo been raked auew into baleful fires over his grave, as it is, there is no one to revile, and there are many to honor, or at all events to re spect, his memory. lie has outlived sectional enmity and personal detraction. He has lived long enough to see the j political atmosphere purged of I prejudice and rancor, aud to forecast in thn candid attitude of Northern contemporaries the ober and unbiased judg ment of prosperity. It was with a fine prescience of what was due to the nation's magiianiui'ty and to the in grained honesty of the arch rebel, that Horace Greeley set his hand to the bail boud 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, ! aud seldom has auy been more ; fully sanctioned in the end by : the softened hjart and enlightened conscience of a people. Not only laws, but rightful estimates of principles and motives, are un ' asserted or unheeded amid the j shook of arms. Many years of ! peace ana ot dispassionate re- ; trospect have been required to convince the men who fought ( and suffered for the Uaion, that in his disruptive view of the Constitution and the reserved ! rights of States, Jefferson Davis : was entirely sincere and power fully fortified by teaching and ; example. The air, hot 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 and advocated by such steady representatives of New Eng land feeling as Timothy Picker ing and Josiah Quincy. Mr. Davis lived long enough, how ever, to lo-ar thoughtful men acknowledge that truth is veri ly a gem of many facets, and thai he whose gaze is fastened on one of its aspects is not to be judged harshy because, to other-, circumstances give another point of view. Py no argument, but by the inexorable logic of its, were the upholders of the right of secession dslodged from their position. From the hour that the Louisana pur chase gave to the United States the Mississippi Valley, it was written in the book of fate that their Union should be unbrok en. Th imas Jefferson himself was blind to the consolidating purport of his great achieve ment, and for two generations no man at the South or at the North not even Daniel Web ster. deciphered 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 nsver wavered. In affirming the right of a State to resume its sovereignty he believed himself warranted by indisputable precedents and by sound reasoning, aud iu 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 as wnen, nearly tuiriy 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 undimnea to the end "and their latest exercise was a vindica tion of the principles for which he had 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 argument on which the right of secession was as serted are set forth with in comparable clearness and co gency, as it, on tne 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 self-exculpation or self - re - croach. Failnra had brought sorrow, but no compunction. Amid irreparable disaster, Jefferson Davis was sustained by a serene consciousness that he had done a man's work ac cording to his lights and that while unable to command suc cess, he had striven to deserv 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, but by the victims,Cato, CAREEtt OF JEFFEKSON DAVIS. Jefferson Davis was boru on June .'5, 1S08, in what was then part ot Uanstiau county, but is now Todd county, Kentucky. II is lather was a planter, who had served nerved as a : Georgia otner in the Revolutionary war and afterwardsettled.in Kentucky whence he again moved, while Jef ferson was a boy, to Wilkinson county iu Mississippi which was then still a Territory. The boy received borne academic education at home, aud then went to Transyl vania University iu his native State. At 1G he rece ved a West Point appointment and filtered the Military Academy in the same class with Robert E. Lee and Al bert Sidney Johnston. Graduai- ing in 182S, h'VxVas assigns! to the Infantry, and three years 1 iter won such distinction as a stall" officer in the Black 11-iwk war that he was promoted in 18o.' to the rmik of Frst Lieutcnatit and adjutant iu a new regiment ot dragoons. A his gave him two jeais of active ser vice on the frontier in xnedn ions against the Pawnees and other hostile Indians. Mr. Davis had a taste for mili tary life and appeared hkelv to make a good record in the arm. but he was ambitions of distinction in civil life, and aconlinsly, afrei seven ears of service, lie ie-igf ,l his commission ia the summer of 1835. A love affair had its iutlu ctice also, for shortly Per leaving the field he mar ried the daughter of Z ictiary Taylor, then a o'onel in the army and later President. Returning to Mississippi, he be came a cotton plauter, a few miles from Vicksburg, and lived for eight years iu retirement, devotivg much of his time to careful study with reference to a pub ic cireer Ilia first appearance iu poliiics was a delegate to the Democratic State Convention of IS 4-3, and he at onci enrolled himself as a follower of Calhoun. Mr. Davis made swift, progress in politics. In 1844 he was cho-en a Presidential elector on the Polk and Dallas ticket, and in 18-1.1 he was elected Representative in Congress. lie heartily approved the Mexican war. and he made in MaJt 1340, a strong speech in fa vor of a lesolution of thanks to his father-in-law and the officers and men of Gen. Ta.Gors army. Two months later he joined that army, beiugelected in July Colonel ol the Frsf Regiment of .Mississip pi. Volunteers. He promptly re signed his seat, overtook his com mand at New Orleans, and was soon at the seat of war He led his troops g dlantly in the sto rm ing of Monterey in the following September, being compli mented by Gen. Taylor with a pi ice on the commission appointed to arrange the terms il eipiiul i tiou aud he especially di-:inguK!;-eil biiiieli at the ban I,- ot Jin-n a Vista, F.-b, :, 1847, where he vs severely oiindc!. The ear for which his regimmt had enostei! Inning expired, the ' Hero of Puena Vlsi,t,'' ts his ad mirers had styled C', Divi.s le tinned to Ins .Mississippi home in July 1817 enc untermg a lound nf congratulatory receptions on the way. Within two Ii - the death of one of M;s-..- " Sen ators opened the way lor . .,-i;i;n to Congress. The Gov, uor in August appointed him to fill t he vacancy, and in the follow. tig January the Legisla'ure elefed him for the remainder of the tcitn expiring in M;irch, ls.ll giv im him the rare suplonent of a un m- linons vote. iu lSio he was reelected lor the lull tenn !' six years. He soon became pr. tu n: in debate, especially npon y affairs, and in 1X4;) v . .: Chairmain of the Mi!...: , . :. . ... mirtee. Mr. Davis had not been loiur in the Senate before he became coti- sp:cuous as an e&treme advocate of the State's doctrine. In the Presidential election of 1X4S he opposed his own faiher-in law because although Geu. Taylor was a Southerner, he did not come ouc 'Hat footetl" for the extreme Southern view. In 1S.10 Senator Davis bitterly fought Clay's famous compromise measure in Conpress, and when it was passed he resolv ed to continue the light at the pollu. Lie therefore helped or ganize a State's rights party, pledged to resistance, Iu Mississp pi, and when i's first nominee for Goveror declined lie accepted the nomination, in September. 1J5.11. ane resigned bis t-eat in the Senate His oppoueut, as the candidate ot the Uuion or mpromist, was the other Mississippi Senator. He.rvS. Foote. The result, wax I a defeat of the State's Rights party, Foote rcceving the odd majority of 0:)i votes, but it was also something of a personal iiiuni pli for Mr. Davis as he ran ahead of his ticket, aud greatly reduced the majority of 7,500 which the Union party h id secured at an election held a h weeks earli er. Mr. Davis was thus again left in retirement, where he remained uh- ti! the Presidential canva-s of 1852 opened. At the Deninciatic (Jon ventiou of that year he receiv ed a lew votes for Vice-President. He tooL the stump for Tierce iu Mississippi, Lousiana and Ten. tiessee, ami in March 18.1:5, was appointed by the new President Secretary of War in a Cibinet uniuue in our history for having lasteil a full four years without a single change. While still Secretary of War, Mr Davis was aain elVcied to the Seuale !or a full o no. and he took his seat in Dcci inner, 18.17. He was especially active in all sec tional controversies, ami by the beginning ot the last Congress j in Buchanan's term he was recog-1 nized as the leader ot the Pi cratic perty in the Senate. He had frequently been "mentioned"' in connection wi'di the Presidential' nomination, having sima strong' Pierce's England, and he received the vote of Gen. I'. F. Ruder of Massachusetts on every one of the litty-sereu abor tive bo! lots at the Democratic Na lioual uonv.-nlion at Chaileston, '. C , in April ISr.'J, along with lio.-e one or two other delega tes. He heart ilv nupp'jrted the Breckinridge aud Lane ticket iu the quadrilateral contest which culminated in the election of Lin coln and Hamlm. Mr. Davis was one of the special committee of thirteen Senators ap pointed iu Decem'oor, 18G0, to mak- a last af'.empr for a peacea ble settlement uf'ttie now threaten ing seciona! controversy, which considered the Crittenden Com promise but the l ist day of the year reported their inability to aa;ree upon auy plan of adjustment. South Carolina had already seceded on the 20-h of December, aud early in Jantirry Mr. Davis was made Chairman of an executive com mittee of three appointed bv a secret caucus .f Senators from seven other Southern Scare to perfect the scheme of reh- l!i n. It until the 2 1st of the month then on the 21st of January 18G1 Mr. Dans made his farewell speech He returned to his plantation, and promptly appointed to the com-' man i ot Mississippi s militia, with the rank of Ma jnr.Genrnal. Be fore he could assume this time se ceded met at Montgomery. Ala, Feb. l, to form a provisional Gov ernmenr, adopted a Constitution the S:h. and on the !Mi the Con gress of the Confederate States of America, bv a unanimous vote elected Jell' r -a liv:s p.- 'P :if with Alexin1,-' !l. ; -:is (!t Georgia for Viee.Pie--'li-n'. From this Man- on Jeff D.ivN, it he was comtnonlv caded, ws to tho North the living embodiment of the Rebellion. Ahhoiiih la'cr in the srruri!e a strong oj pos'tion ilevei .jsi-d, his nnaniwns election as President by the Provisional Congress only ratified the popular choice, which recognized him as the Master. Spirit in the great rnovemen. He was inaugurated with simple ceremonies on Feb , 18, when he delivered a temperate address. Mr. Davis constituted hi Cabinet as follows : Secretary of State; Robert Toombs of (ieorga; Secretary of War, Leroy P. Walker of Alabama ; Secretary of Treasury Charles (1. Memiuinger ot South Carolina ; Secretary of Navy, Stephen R. Mallorv of Florida; At torney. General Judah P. Benja min of Louisana ; Postmaster General, John II. Reagan of Texas. The first few weeks of the new Government's existence were passed in fruitless attemt 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 the attack which Gen. Beauregard made upon Fort Sutnpfer, in ac cordance with instructions from President Davis. As soon as war broke out Mr. Davis advised the transler of the seat of Oevornment from the cap ital of Alabama to that of Virginia, and the change of base from Montgomery to Ric iiiioiid was effected on May 20, although the President did not arrive until a a few days later. Mean while troops from other Confederate States were pushing into Virginia until by June .10,000 men had been gathered in the Northern parol" the State under Gens. Bean regard and Johns-on. The great victory at Bull Run on June 24 threw the whole section into a paroxism ofjoy. Mr. Davis had left Richmond Oi tho morning of the baffle to take command in person, but l.e did not teach rhe lield until the Union Army had already been p,p to fi-ht. He was received with unbounded enthus ism on his return to Richmond. From this time on till L"t "s sur render he continued to a.nninisrer the affairs of govern merit. The load of responsibility lay heavily upon hin-; and he was accused of blunders that time has proven him innocent of. He did his best against ten tunes the force at his command .or lour weary years. How h conducted li'insell are matters of history that we are all acquainted w Itli. Oa the morning of Sunday, April 2, ISf.-l, while he was attend ing service iu St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Mr. Davis nceived a i '.' f-'n the War Department, -! Lee had been defeated l a.lvisid preparations for the ett nation of the ci!y during the mht. He immediately left the chinch, and in the evening, with his pi imjit 1 st. tv ,md Cabinet, started by rati Soethwaid, Ins fami ly having pr c- d, d him by several days. Reaching D,tnille, Va., the next morning, he at' erupted to set up his Government in that city, and on April o, issued a prociama. noil on the situation. Admitting the injury to t heir cnu-e by the h'ss of Richmond, he sought to encourage the people by the claim that Lee's ai my, relieved from the necessity of guarding special point,, would he free to move fum point to point and strike the enemy in detail tar from his base. Within a week, however, Lee surrendered aud the Government took passage by rail for Greens boro, 3.C. Hero .Mr. Davis met Geti3. Johuaton and Beauregard, and sought to i mini? them with his ouri resolution, but found both un willing to fi;ht longer. While Sherman and Johnston ,vere en gaged in their fruitless nejrotia- tious, Mr. Davis -aud his p,rt , j. ,i in fiui'.ii.iinces or on I horseback to Charlotte. C where he was staging when news' came of L'nculu's assassination, soou followed by the proclamation from Washington .accusing him of rnstigatiug the crime and offering a reward of !? 100.000 for his arrest. Even a per Johnston's hurreudrtr! Mr. Davis cherished a lingering hope ot continuing the war beyond the Mississippi, w here he planned to re-enforce Kuby Smith's army with such of Johnson's oh! soldier's as still had any .vo-v eh h.i tiht ing. But as he made his wav bv horse through South Caiolinn h-s originally large cavairy .serf steadily lell to pieces, until when he rcaclnd Washington, i., but a lew stragglers remained faithful. Still bent on crossing to Miss s sippi, Mr. Davis resolved first to see his family, who had preceded him in the fight. He j lined them in a camp near Irwnosviin. n . where just before daylight on May 10, he was surprised and capnre(j .i niiTO ui union or. .-a rv i.,u Lieut Col. Pritchaiuui the Fourth Michigan v. a airy. Aceaunts of this, like "Jduj anotuer bistorie event, differ widely, efpeeially as j advocates amons Gen, . special f.ieuds iu New to the interesting question how the Confederate leader was arrayed. The first reports sent. North rep resented that, when tho teut was captured. Mrs. Davis tried to smuggle her husband out of the camp disguised in petticoats, morning dreas, woolen cloak, and hood drawn closely over the heat!, but the man's boots aroused sus picion and caused his arref. The Confederate version is that Mr. Davis had been sleeping in a li-o-e f wrapper, and r!i::t as he was leav- ing the tent Ids sis'er in-b-w threw j a shawl over hs he id. j He was taken to Fortress Mo:i roe, whtre he aiiio-d May li), and was confined almost, two years. On May 10. 1807, he was removal to Richmond, arraigned in the United States District Court upon the charge of treason, and admitted to bail in 100,000, Horace Grtelev heading the list of bondsmen. Trie charge of complicity m the assassi nation of Lincoln was diopp?d for lack of evidence. After a brief stay i: Richmond. Mr. Davis weut to Canada, stepping over in New York on the way. la the summer cf 18..8 an ( If r of a partnership, wiihout t n-' n any capital, in n Liverpool firm drew lum to Eng laid, but he (one'ul.-d not to ac cept if. an 1 al'er a brief visit to France he ieti.i ued. At the next December term of court a noble prosetpii was enter d by the Gov ernment, and he was discharged, wiide he was included in the gen eral amnesty proclamation of the following Christmas. Mr. Davis settled in Memphis, and became President of a h'e in surance company, but after some t t f" inisiiH-sa life he retired to a c-.aifort.ible estate presented by an ardent admirer at Beauvoir, on Mississippi S'.uiud. Here he has p is ..,! n!d ae, spending much of his time in study, and only oc c i -ioiialfy isMih: g forth to h :Vr s -id -ir- -l.e "lost cau-e." Iu a-s81, lie ptii.l shed an elaborate work enti led -The Riband Fall of the Conlederaev." in which he sought to lay the blame of its ''fall" largely o- -i n. Johnston and other mil tary commander.. Mr. Davis' first wife tlid net bee long, and in 18.17 he married .Miss Verina Ho. veil, tar.ddaughter o! Gov. Howell, of New Jersey, and nf Revolutionary fume, who survives him. 5 ; -i IX MEMOllIAM. Died, on Friday, the 6th day of December, i SS9. in the city of New Orleans.La. 1 1 : 1" F i : R- SO DA VIS. F.x IVesident of '-The Lot Cause," the soldier and statesman. ''The Grand Old Man of the South," born in Kentucky, June rd, i-oS. In peace, a:; in war, he served his country with loyalty and affection. He lived an ex emplar to his i"e 1 1 o w men, and died as tl ie the faithful. I eath came to him in blessed old age. In the early morn ing, whilst the sentinel s t a r s s t i 1 1 watched a- bove him, the brave - and noble old chief tain s 1 e j ) t unto death, to wake at the reviile of eternity loved, honored, and his memory deeply and affectionately enshrined in the hearts of our southern people. Peace, blissful peace, to that proud form which gave spate and earthly semblance to that noble soul which owed within its compass. Frave and ma-- ul, ninions soul . Spirit of honor and devo n ! 1 leaven direct, thou hast rrosa tl... ti. ".UK and awful milt" t,l ality lroai immortality tribute would we bring, and weaving words of praise as 'twere flowery garlands, scatter them above thy mortal resting place, in token tint the beio.e 1 dead still lives in the hearts of the 1 i t" y CROAK! 1UY FOR CASH AND SKLL JL tor CASH, and CASH only. Have one price to all and let that be the lowest, then you will iid one of y, in dollars bujing as much as two used to under the old plan. We aie getting in our And the prices are AWaY DOWN, bu'; we would not have you get "it into jour head that our goods ate coinui.-n fecau-e our prices roe so lew 1 know it is hard tomak.Mou understand the value of Cash" iu buying, but if you will look at our line of F INF. jpLUsll G" Oils' Such as pln-h Dressing , Flush A. ban, s, Pin-!, v k i;,lXl.. &c.. mi h.I! liui ,!lat t!1,!v' "Gash Catches The Laigaitis " H'e are selling a l'lu.di n-in,, .; for s:?.lo VJ"M nuiiu gutm; l'Ush bumsl,.,r coj, wor!h ?1 2- . l ) Ai- Do. mm boods ioi j.u., worth s:0l D.n iIl0,es fp.m ,. at ntst. ;.,,.,f ,.,....! Iroin tho . - -l ""'i toeir ri dar ocn : cetion t sell lor C ,st. buy. wc guarantee to The Cash J,i 1889 !)rv (mmmIs, Hals, EXTRAORDINARY 0W PRICES. Coj-e and bo convinced that we will f ell von good goods hc;) e i ever. ' J. V. HADLKV. Corner IJarnes & Tarboro Sts., to x-, to Ii i; fist Cinn ,. WELSON MARKET. Corrected Every Wednesday I'y JOHN C. HADLEY, Wholesale ami Kctail Dealer iu enera Merchandise. Cotton, per pound, !'? Corn, per bushel 00 Han.?, per pound 12,V'' 15 Si-Vs, per pound K, up sides, llacon, per pound ! Sh'.uMers, per pound 0 Shoulders, Ilacon, per pound 8 V Peanuts, per bushel 1 00 Potatoes, per buslieH 10 Ks, per dozen vj Chickens, per air 2.u.10 Tallow, per pound . 8 Lard, per pound ... pi Hide?, dry. pet pound 5 Ilerswax. tier pound 20 Notice. Having qualified as administra tor of the estate of W. H. Wells, deceased, before the Probate Judge of Wilson couury, notice is In re by given to all persons indel.M i! to the estate of said deceased to make lini'-ediare payment, ami lo ali per sons having claims against the de ceast tl to pie-eut them tor pay ment on or before the Till day of December 18!)U. or this notice wid be plead in bar of their recovery. R. Wr. Winstkad, Adm'i, F. A. irv S. A. WOODARD, decl2-t;t Attorneys. which hedges in m.r. lo ihv mpmr.. i v i n g , CROAK! smallest sue to tLo largest value We must live, and fudersell to H8 do so, we v.e uuder- 3 ncket Store, W1LSOX, N. C. 1 r J I &3 DEALER IN Bu4s. Shoes. 1! Ij JEW STOCK. 1 1 is returned tV'-tn the ' Ciths. having purchased , Full Li ii Ol Goods snifal 1 r All depm intents Compe:t latest goods yet imported, stork is added to weekly as t, signs aio brought out. W furnish HATS FKOM 25 CETSJ0 S2i With an f stablished chut ,-,, UFLIAHJLITY. an.l a si,,,-, experience of twenty ,e.its. , i,.. lieve we sire unusually well . ;, ,. ed to give satisfaction I'm r . , ' of ISS'.r. To our friends ami custom. would say "come and see."' iit A m FACTS - FOB THE HRISTMAjg LID AYS. FACT 1. Vou mast buy Fhr::- mas Goods in a short while. FACT 1'. You want to buy cheap because times are hanf FACT 3. You want ti:e 1- 1 a:;.! cheapest in the town. FACT 4. Yon must come to ;;c store of vlciii & To find the L truest, Fitshi-s-, K and Cheapest line ol STAPLE APJD FANCY GROCERIES. TOYS, CANDIFS AND X&3AS GOODS. Ever offered for sale in the t vn ! Wilson. We keep consta;, ! nil hand a fu'l line of Canned C .ok Extracts, c:c., and eve" ' ,. ! found in a first class ' ' cei S nr.-. ,.,: ir t!,t. i,',,;,,! , we have put in an elegant av.-i:-rnent of SHHj&iS aso toys Ol i-vet v ! set -iptio::, that ; i .i: li:.'ht the e. aidien's h:-:li!s ; d; f'y the old foilis. We keep " h-t:rl sit ail times a ."superior an.l i ' , -h mipply oi R oys'tei's d I. ' ; i id 112 SO c Thai e tnt.ot he im-c Just Received, i i;e tine.sL assort iiient i ! ever showt: in Wilson, . Jav,:. M. Hue. lii o. f.imi'r. I'.. i ;d i and Call for Kio of every tlesei; pi ;ces. Snls, ApDles, Oran?es, and Binanr In I ir-e 1 us that we imi-i ;- I Come and get bargain -, Yours respectfully. 2otf;it tV o. Fiotice. I'll S. Hon j 1 am K. Tiie ,1,1,. a I li:t a sun;;, as isMK .l ;; iy of D.--.. .Ill-tieeof ii ' aroiina t, ., enty th,-,.,. V Nti,-i-,,r.- iii'.t jil, re natiicl 'I '..-j in tin- III n- .-! 'J "!-! Slli-l ill I". I!-! I i "I' r K'll l,y .1. v. I :, l'ui.-i.' ,,(' w j,-, ,n , ill sum nf i,n.- ln!ii .1-, leliars utnl I wi re 1 1 a with ii,t, ilay of .iiiiiimry l fine, v. -! . i , -1 1 .u',,1 r, si mi tin, mn.- I -"T. due I In, sin i i , ii in in, i-t-i i u ,r. Sai'l J;.;-j,... lit 1N i,lll,-u it) V i.- eouiity on Hi,- Ktii ,l,i,- 0r .laninn v I mul win re !!! ,1, fVii,niiit is n -j u ' i", -I aiel answer or ,1, iniir to the com . ;i : ti-lii-f ,!,-ii:iiii,l,-.l viil ! ifrautcl. 1 Ins Ja ol Dee. s.i J.W. I.ANCA ,, , .1 list !,- ot !,, t. H. A Ci k;k, l'laintitl s Att'y. vinston Houso UVsl ill) ilui, HO S ELM A, . Mrs- O. j. ( ritOrKlETKESS.
