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/.SEE A, / i/'-s OUR PREMIUM | > - t» t -> Offer. T lol'.iHC 10. f ' 'ST. 22SK 1 ' ~D T 'J - - V' it™ I 4 i» r*«• vir\iial.*-i lJi i >ni i JEFFERSfIi DAVIS Mi. ; I SEAT CONFEDERATE CHIEFTAIN DIXIE MOURNS HER LOSS.! si u!«>r\!n;n uv his i amii.v - 111 PASSKV) QUI-TI.V OMR y Tin; HIVKU I 8 111 Nnv Orleau, on 'Mic f»tli Inst,^ jtl i' 2:.(5 it. in. '1 he beloved Ex-President Davis® of th S uthern Confederacy, passeda jiiiftiv away. He was buried in£ New Orleans on the 11th inst. I lon. Jefferson Davis, the soldier.! the statesman, the beloved chieftainE of the memorable Southern Confed-j i riicy, was born June '-Srd, 1808, inl that part of Christian county, Ken I tu» k\ ,which now forms Todd county.! Soon after iiis birth his father re-g jj moved to Mississippi, and settled? near Woodyille, Williamson county. .Jellerson Davis received an ac-ide-l mical education and was sent to® Transylvania College, Kentucky.~ " 9 \\hu hhe lett 111 having beeiijj ai']M>inted bv President Monroe a'' ! „ "... fl cadet m the military academy a! 2 Wot l'oint, where lie graduated inl IS-JS. He remained in the army! seven years and served as a stalls officer on the northwestern frontier! [in the Black Hawk war of 1 SI>I aiul| • >'l. In ls.W he was made a lieuten-| ant of dragoons, in which he was employed in 1834 in various? expeditions against, the Comanches,g Pawnees, and other Indian tribes.g He resigned his commission Junes 20, 1835, and having married the! daughter of Gen. Zachary Taylor.! afterwards President of the Uniteda States, he returned to Mississippi* and became a cotton planter. I In 1813 Mr. Davis began to takei an active par! in politics on the? Democratic side-, and in 1844 one of the presidential electors ol'S Mississippi to vote for Polk and| Dallas. In 18io he was elected to! Congress and he bore a part that session in the discussions* on the tariff, on the Oregon ques-? tion ami on the measure and piepa-1 rations of war against Mexico.? While he was yet in Congress, in| .July. 184>. tho first regiment off? Mississippi volunteers, then for service in Mexico, elected hinil their colonel, and he at once over § took the regiment at New Orleans* and led it to re-enforce the army otg (len. Taylor on the Bio" (iraude.E He served gallantly and took active } «art in the attack and storming of Monterey in Sept» mber of that \ear: he distinguished himself in the bat tle of lhiena Vista, Feb. *23, 1547. and though severely w« muled and lighting against heavy odds, he re mained in the saddle until the close ot the action. While on his way l ome. on his arrival in New Orleans, he r« ceive 1 from President Polk a commission of Brigadeir General of volunteers, which he declined on the grouml that the constitution re serves to the States resp ctivelv the appointment of the ollicers of the militia, and that consequently the appointment was in violation of the rights of the States. In 1847 he \\a> appointed b\ the Governor of Mis issippi United States Senator and was unanimously elected to the same office by the- legislature in I s I s ; re-elected in 18f»0. In ISol t e was nominated by the Democrats for Governor in o; position to Henr\ S. Foete. the candidate of the Union party. He resigned his seat in the Senate, but was beaten fcrGovernoi by votes In 18.18 he was ap ] ointed b\ President Pierce, secreta ry of war. which position he tilled Uil the inauguration of Buchannan Press mtft Carolinian. lin 1807. It has been conceded that? Mr. Davis was the finest and mo-tl brilliant Minister of War that this? country has had. On his he re entered the Senate and be-P came conspicuous in many leadings debates and in ISoO he became theS leader of his party lithe Senate. * u At the convention for the nominal B tion of a Democratic candidates | for pre ident he r many votes, although he anuounced | that he could not take the nomiua-g Lincoln was elected in November.fc gISOO. and peace was no longer pos 0 gssible. It is said that w! en some one«S ajasked Lincoln if it would not behests Mto let the South go, he replied : "Let;.sj lithe South go ! Where, then, shall! 3we get our revenue !" This is very different from the! ■clear and pure patiotism of Mr. Dap S v is, who, on the verge of the volcano! jfiof war, still strove to avert its hor G jarors. Even Horace Greeley gjthat he "hoped never to live in a B«-§ ■public where one section is pinned?* |Bto another by bayonets:" and that ' k if| the Declaration of Imlopendeee jus ® fa:ities th 4l secession of 3.000,000 colo | gjnists in 1770. it should justify theg of .",.000.000 in ISGI .** | M Mississippi seceded January oth.K ()n the *24Ui, being officiallvS ffliiiformed thereof, Mr. Davis jgto his home, but before he the news came to him that Lw£j rahad been appointed bv the conveu ffltif»n commander in chief of thearmyi] ®of Mississippi. On February g«li8(>l, the Confederate congress metgj Sa it Montgomery and organized a pro b government for the seced-g States, and on the oth, by aunan-| aiinousvote, elected Jefferson Davist a"President of the Confederate States! Sj-:f America " He arrived at Mont | on the l('»th and was inau-S Si> - urated ou the 18th. The seat of J Hgovernmer.it was transferred to Ixich | ffimond on the 20th of May, 18(51. | H Ifc is needless here, to speak of gDavis' administration. That isß Klvuown, and everything that the be-l and revered ex-President ofl gOonfederacy did will always be greenS PSin memory. It is enough to wavE he did his duty. Mr. Glad h jSstone once said that "Mr. deffersoup yDavis has created a nation." Ger-ij Stain it is that he guided that nations ||through four years of war againstfi Hfearful odds, adding to the lists ofl world's deeds victories that out-1 Hshine Mar«ngo and Waterloo. Hep a genius for leadership!] Swhnt has not been equaled since thejg radav ot Napoleon g i To iiis splendid leadership the no-fi gb!e tribute has been paid by ang jggEnglish ])oet : e m "No nation rose so vvhiti* mnl fjiir: £ Non»' f»-ll so jiur>' of ciiiiif." a Much has been said an 1 writteuO llabout disagreements. It is com-P Hforting, now that the chief has fol 13 Slowed that greatest of Christians Mknights. (if*n. Hobert E Lee, to thefi Stiver beyond which he and Jackson! yj"rest in ttie shade of the trees," tog ■learn that there was never any disa-1 ■"lgieement between them. They were! ■always united in their plans. "If we» ■disagree as to any one plan. ' saidH ■ Mr. Ds«.vis at the unveiling of theS Sjl.ee monument, "a conference al a Hwavs brought our minds together "| There are three names that wiliß ■make history's page brighter! the revolving centuries--! HDavis, Lee, Jackson. They were asS ■one in love, mutual respect, and ini B'.he tierce energies c>f war. After the long imprisonment ing ■Fortress Monroe and his release.§ ■with accusation silenced. Mr. Davis Hretired to I:is home at Peiuvior. PjMis.-.. where he has since lived, with ■occasional v»sits to Hriertields. his ■plantation on the Miss.-sip.p-i river. ■it was at Briertieid> that he wa ■taken sick, as had happened on al Smost all of his recent visits to that ■place, the air be ng unhealthy. His life at Heauvnir his been very ■secluded and spent with his wife Bind Miss Winnie, his daughter. 9-vhose devotion to him has beer giuarvelously loya. and sweet. He 3'Uis seldom left the quiet of hi> plfiome. but he has looked after hi jdplantation and sought solace from M'he detraction ol enemies iii L.is ylibrary at 4 vl in affectionate coires l;)ondt nce with his friends. He lived for hi> country a'.id d.ed ■as did the faithful. Bf ■ ii;s part iu ii«*uvrii, .il.' .u Ibichorvi, IHortb Carolina, December 12. tS3C». Honor to Whom Honor i* Due. Tlie news of the death of Ex Presi-1 'lent Davis, when received in city, caused a great amount of sad-j? ness and to render honor to 'thej brave and magnanimous soul th«tg ha- crossed the dark abyss to enters upon its heavenly career, the Mayor.ij of our city on last Monday the fo.lowing : g Mu'Og's )ffice, Hickory, N. C.. Dec. 'BO / | In compliance with the Proclania 1 tion of His Excellency, Dan'l G | Fowle, Governor of North Carolina, | asking that memorial services be? held throughout the State in com i memoration of the life and charae S rer of E\-President Jellerson who has now fallen, and is to be \ mined at New Orleans on the 11th. j and whereas I revere the memory of t the past, and blieve our people de \ -ire an opportunity to express their ! appreciation of the "exalted charat [ lav and distinguished services" oil the deceased, now therefore, I call al public meeting to be held at Shu I ford's Hall, Tuesday evening, theE 10di lust., at 7:30 ocioCr, to takeE action suitable to the occasion. 1 J. G Hall, Mayor. | In accordance with the above the! citiz'-ns met iu the city-hall Tuesday! eveuing last to hold a memorial ser-g vice in honor of the late JeffersonE Davis. On motion of J. 11. Brims,! Esq , A. A. Shuford was maJe chair fl man and acknowledged the honor! conferred in appropriate words. H | V. Murrill and E. B. Cline were! elected secretaries. The liev. Dr.i Ingohl delivered the opening prayer,? after which Maj. J. G. Ha'l offered! the following resolution for adop | tion, supporting them in a high trib | •:ito to Mr. Davis as a soldier, States man. Christian, for his devotion to duty and principle: WaEHEAS, Almighty God, has iu His Providence laid His hand of at diction upon His people, in that Jefferson Davis, a cherished leader ot| the Southland, and Ex President of! the Confederate States, has gone to! his rest; and Where vs, Tn the people of thel land he loved, and to which he gave® his brilliant talents, his eminent! statesmanship, and his lifes labor,! are moved with a deep sense of affec-i tion for and in behalf of one who soj nob y and devotedly bore the con-f dieting elements of a strong andl eventful life, and never swer ela liom the line of what id nuu duty, now therefore, be it lusnlmJ, By the citizens of Hick-I ory, Catawba Co.. N. C., and others! m meeting assembled, 1. That in the death of Mr. Da-| vis we recognize not only the end! of a great leader of southern thoughts and action, for near half a century.! but also one who in honesty of hisu; couvictions, and in the integrity! of his actions, however much ad » verse criticism may have been cast! upon him in the light of past events.® was one who in the vigor, earnest-! ness and purity and patriotic mo 1 fives of a long life loved his people,! and in all things sought the best iu S terest of his ccmntrv. 2 That we would cherish in our| memories, and in the minds of oui£ children, the many eminent traits ofg chat acter exemplified in the life ofS one w hose record is now a part of! the history of our nation, and to£ whom the future historian of thisfi :and will award that honor which i-1 his lasting heritage. ■ 3. That we deeply sympathize! with his immediate famiiy in theirß ber» aveiiK nt. and unite with thou-B -ai is. in the prater, that tuey m t;. K bt c: mforted. g 4. That as a spe-ial mark of ourl participation in sorrowing of ag people, we will on the 11th inst. atp 12 o'clock, ii j .. Fuspend our ordinary I avocations, ami ciose the doors o!B our business houses and factori* « for one hour duriug which time ttie church bells be toiled in recognition of the tuneial obsequies at that hour in progress in the city of New )rleans. o That a copy of these resolu tions be sent to his Excellency Dan. (i. Fowle. (iov. of N. C . and aiso to the faiubv of the deceased it their home in ihe South, ami to each of the county } a per.- for publi cation. Mr. J. F. Murrill folio.ved audi (pointed to the dead leader as a maul of bright chatacier and a Christians hero. Col. C. A. Cilley read an ablel paper containing a glowing descrip-B St ion of the >tiniug sceue of battleS 5 iiul his conception of the idea whichE ginade the man, refeiring also to Mr.l leadership since the the war.l 8 Mr. F. L. Clme in a few well chos-l Sen wor Is hoped the great awould be buried in le l aiiev J as. A. Weston was ineii caliedß ■upon and delivered a mostS ■earnest and eloquent o rati on m 3He spoke ot Jefferson. Davis as oneH Staithful to every tiust, whose lifeS 3was pure and open and would bearPJ ■the closest scrutiny. Said that iieg Bcame up to thegreat Jefferson's stan-B gdard and was etpial to the greatest] ■living statesman, Gladstone. InK aprivate life he was manly and, likeß aWellington, was tender because heH | vas manly: equally great in adversi-H Sty ami prosperitj. in bearing andw fcsutlering as in doing. In everyS ■sense he was a man. Moved to adopt resolutiousg ■carried. After the benediction byß J. C. Moser, the meeting ad S Bjofrued. A. A. Shi'ford, Ch'r'm. 9 H. A. Murrill, > c .- s EB. CLINK, j j|'rhe I*rixt» Awarded. | we offeied a }>rize of® gs.) for the best article on CatawbaH R'ounty and also So for the best ar g raricle on Hickor\; the articles to b« P jv in by the Ist ot Deccm b i r. In all, three articles were handedfi K iu. Two of these were han«led in one |the2nd inst. but the ihinl was§ ■placed on our tab e unknown to u.-g S—on tiie -)oth ult. This article wasß ■misplaced and we 'veio not aware oIR gthe fact that it had been handed i:ij| hi ill after our iast week's issue. This! ■article, c;f course, deserved the pre I gmium, but to do justice to the oth S I er contestants the f/trc' articles were! c submitted to competent judges wing | awarded the prize to Mr. Ed. B. Ciim® I for th-j best written article on Cataw gba county. We gladly announce Sthis and gladly pay the prize. Condition. U London. Dec. G.—A di-patch from g Zanzibar announces that Emin y Pasha has met with a probably fatal ! accident. Being near-sighted, he I walked out of a window by mistakt Hand fell on his head, fiacturing his ■skull. He now lies at Bagamoyo in 9a critical condition. S The Ladies' Guild of the Episco 9pal Church will hold thtir markets Bon Th ursday evening, Dec. 10th, at® HShuford's Hall. Refreshments will! ybe served and many us(*ful articles^ ■ will be on sale that will make hand S ilsome (.'hristmas pia sei.ts for }oungL 3 An entertainment will be givenß ■consisting of a Punch and Judyß §-how for tl;e little folk*- - , a doll drill.® arableaux, duets and solos. A smallß Hadmission of ten cents will beß charged at the door. 50 2t E M. Andiew*-, the larg'e furni ture dea.er. of ( t ro lotte, f»ccu;uedn whole page in the Chronicle on iast Sunday's ls-ue. He also h'.s an ad in this paper. Mr. Andrews knows how and where to advertise ■md is doing a big business. | Married in Hickory, on \N ednes -Bday evening. Dec. 4lh, 1880. by S E. Kiilian. Esq., al the residence of Ma'cti" Setzer. Mr. Junia Keese and Mi-s Lu. Setzer. A iaige crowd uas present and a fine supper was en joyed by all. S-gnor Sebastian will be at Shu r foid s Hflil. on Thur lav evening,fl Dec. 10th. with his Punch and Jud\ Bfchow, this ib for tLe little folks. CD YOUR, fe 9 Subscription rv f J ) 4 . 11 x i i r»" A :h tiio ' " • V aft»*r your cs MB Hoi .pemcEKs. Come to the free iunch next Tues day. The senior editor is in Columbia, S. C. Read E. M. Andrews' nm adver tisement. Coi. G N. I'olk \\;i> in the cltv Tuesday. Host »N: Co. :tre improving their beef market. Wait for the market. Dec. 1»111, at Shuford's Hall. 5 »'-!t Agitate the free bridge matter. Kw-p the bail rol l A *g- Mrs. J- A. Martin and daughter are visiting in Wilson. Fill the st- •kuiifs from the White Front Clothing Emporium. Greatest variety of ,si!k handwer cliiets ut the \\ liite Front. * I)r. infold will preach in the Re formed eh are h next Sa:. iay. See the doll diill at Shu foul's Hall, lhursduN evening, Dee. l'.Mh. 1 Select your Chri-vmas gifts *i un Holster A: .Martin s show windjws. Ten eeuts is all it costs to go to Shuford's Hal!. Thuisduy evening, Dec. llkh. ">0 'it. (iive your minister for a Christ mas gift one of Uoysti i A. Martiu s clerical suits. * Give your boy a sl.oO suit or a S'i.oO overcoat f->r a CI ristm-»s pres ent, Koyster A: Martin. The ""Ten Times-One society gave m oyster supper in Elliot's Opera House last Tuesday night. Next week we will publish the eu logies of Jeller on Davis by Rev. J. A. Weston and Col. C. A. Cilley. Mr. Charley Chase, who lias been foi some time at Rochester, N. Y , returned to the city iast Tuesday. Silk hats, line umbrellas and walking canes f r Christmas pres ents on sale at Koyster A: Martin's. A fight in Newton some days ago resulted in Vr. A. P. Lynch getting cut by J. C. Toinlinson, of Maiden. A tight occourred here la.->t Satur day between Fayette Icard and Char ley Campbell, in which Icard got an uglv lick with a stick. r %/ Lost on cotton platform, one g'>M horse shoe scarf pin set with pearls. Suitable reward will be given for re !turn of same to E. L Shuford. The cotton crop may be short, but A A. SLuford ha-; bought more than lie has any previous \ear. His pur chases so tar, approach ii .>O,OOO It--. The senior editor returns thanks to IVi is. S. L. Peterson for some very fine Japanese pel simmons Some of them measured 7.1 inches in cir cumference. On Wednesday in cil\ all business wa> suspended during the I hour of tLe funeral c: .KtYeison Da vis. Ihe cuurch beiis were tjJed for the time also. Mr. R. X. Linny panned through Hickorv on Monday en route for the Washington Territory n a ing tour. Mr. Linny an able man and would be H gr» it gam to i new State and a io.-> to North Carolina. On next Tuesday Mr. H. S. C .ase will sel : a large etock o! goods at auction. The auction commences at •J o'clock, a. :n. a?jd continues UG till 12 o'clock, at which t.me Mr. Chase will serve a fiee lunch o: crackers and cheese. Hon W. A Graham vwil speak on Alliance ma'ters ut Penelope Acade my on iK-xt Monday, Dec., 10th, and everybody is invited to hear Lirn. He is fresh from the National Con vention in St. Louis and will have ail the news, Ac. fltumbcr 30.
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