Show TIlE LAST lUTES A twlemn SCene at he Obsequies of lie Late JcfTcrsoii DatN AN ORATION BY BISHOP GAL LAHER One of the tranJesl Funeral Cor lego Frer 11 Incited In > cn Orleans MEMORIAL SCRVICCSTHROUCH OUT THE SOUTH Lxmisw tornraeuioralltc j of the IiiAusnratloii of Americas First President Dr Ititf sh to the NEWCI O TIlE riMii The finely of Jrtrerson IlntU I JIM III ih TeiC aeir OIIIEOS Dec 11 Hi unlvinal rwjucst Jell uoll Dais was given a funeral In full accost with his rank as a military ofllctr in addition to which numerous civic and other organisations ronibluvil to rcndir the curtrga lodiy in all niccls mofct Imposing not only with reference to numbers but in the pomp Slut drcunitance of its elaborate haracUr There jinrtlci patrol In the olxtquics of UIB father of the Conrsderaty besides veterans of the lrt Cause who have once again been called upon to clo cup c-up their ilctimated nnks man gallant soldiers Mliou uullluchm valor lotly was ontfsteil dbplajol fltld 9 on In glory mimircui and vletorv ID Hin I clew nut 1 cfcttM cc n Tho funiral ceremony rasto be comminced at 11m Iut long rcious to that time the great square immtdiatily fronUng the Cili Hill was choked with an unwieldy un-wieldy mSS of hutiiamt According to the progronimt the Square was to be rnserved exclu ive I li I for the military Ill the enforcement enforce-ment of this Injunction however lie large lilt bj no means adequate Tolce force on duty experienced in lumerable olftcltnnd it was with tilt greatest Uilficult TIlE SWAYING JltlTITll uas kept l > c oud the preserilHil environments en-vironments L cry available place from which either an unob > tnieted or a partial lieu could be had of the portico of the municipal building ia croH lIed almost to Miflbcation During all this time the air wru laden with lunenl dirges the Mil emu refjulem of bell > was heard on every hand and loud and deafening were theFouud of the minute ttlliS lint at intervals thundered forth their ieej > niouUied tribute to the dead The body iiolvrilhitaiidmg thee the-e warm nntl excertiouill op ire Ie either of the past w eel was rennrkabli ellpresereJ At 1 ± 1U the casket sync convcitd from lie memo 11 room to tliu iniro d1 catafalque in the centre of Uie portico who e massive plll1S were entwined w ilh n 11VU lon of crape Over the casket was thrown the wf bids of a fcilkcn lljj of the Jot Catie and ghtteniig faber with which the dead Mildier had uarved fame and honor for himself and glorious victory for his country ou lie ReLic of Chipiittcpec and Mon Chellutep mt terry Immcdiatily Irun lug hecnlUnuercthccletg and armed intrltB they being the only per MEt admitted to n place on the jor ico during the wrvicts Kehtivcs of the deceased were assigned to feats In the Mayors lerlor from the windows of which they were en tblcd to itueSs the ceremonj Till OISIUU irrctxmducied bv KMiop Gallaher acistee1 by five olliciatiug clergymen of various denomination Ihen wire altogether twenty mrpliced nmister Unities the attendance of numbers of tilL clergy of dilferent denominations from various Southern South-ern btatcs Asurpllced choir of fcl voice accomtcnled bj an organ anR the anUicm Through the Vallej of the Shadow of Death after which HWiop Gallther made W g Sn iddresb He raid in rurt The end of a long and lofty life IIan come and a moving volume of luman history has been elo ed and clasped The ttrange and sudden iciiitj of deatli wliirJi his Kin added to the fine and resolute dig sIlty of the living man who in his person and hiitory s mbolied the ok mn convictions and tragic fail rts of millions of men canrot jn s into tile gloom that gathers around without a token from thesurcharged hooms of HIOM whom he leaves behind be-hInd I am not here to stir by 1 breath the emlnrsofettleil strife to peak one word unworthy of him mid of the hour or of what is writien In the worlds memory and tile xx > ks of God but I am here to say tor our help and inspiration that this man as 1 Christian and a hurchman was 1 lover of all high anti rightful tilings as a citizen nasa nas-a > ill th9 old faithful tip asa as-a soldier was marked and tted for lore than fame The Lord God laving ft on him the Mai of the liberty of man gracious and gentle even to the lowliest nay especially to them tender as lie was lire he deserved to w u all the love StInt followed him FEARLESS OD uOFJJII ho could not well escape the lfe long rouOict which he committed III c Greatly andstrangelj misconceived lIe bore injustice wiUi the calnine befitting Ills place He ufTered many and grievous wrong guOtred the sake others and io t for ske other Ind those there will remember his u nil incline incli-ne fidelity with deepening grati I ude while the Iotomac seeks the ht apeake or the Mississippi weeps bj Ilrierficld on its way to the Mexican Sea Following Bishop Gallahcr HeR Dr Markham read a lestou while vMortin repeated a psalm the Rev Dlakewell e vehicles and lice Thompson the creed and thus ended the services at the City Hall which although simple > and brief were wonderfully eAt e-At the conclusion of the religious ervices the casket was borne bj a detachment of soldiers to a hand tome decorated caisson on which I was convej ed to the cemetery The caissonwas covered with a canopy upported bj bronze cannons and musket draped with United States Iag The casket n > ted on a slight elevation and the caisson W drawn by fcix black hordes each le by a soldier in uniform With marvelous precision the battalions wheeled into line preceded by a de achment of city police and fol cil JIc I owetl bj the cJergj pill bearers and fo on until theT mammoth procession pro-cession formed The precession after leaving the City Hall pr cvcded up fcL Charles to Calliope from Calllojie into Camp thence to Jhartrcs to St Louis to Royal and Canal in direct HOCTE T TIlE CKUnTFJU The honorary palllearers wire tIt ioTornors I lcll of JjonlJnca xwrie of MiviiKIppI Ituckner of ifc entuck > Gordon Citurgla Rich rdton of South Carolina Fowlu of North Carolina Ilcmming of Flo Ida I end Eagle of Arkansas Tie isllbeatera were General George V ft Jones of Iowa Hon tai > ta-i I enner of JxiuiJam Sawyer Hay Ward of Mississippi and Hon Thomas I Watts of Alabama n member inet of 1resideut Davis Cab inetThe The procession was an hour and ten minutes nattlm a given poiu o r As the grand funiral cortege Ira creed tha street from tile turret or every church a knell tolled WillIe dirges blended with the booming or minute guns The parts of the city not directly located on the line of march were literally I depopulated li hrl When tile progreM of the procession proces-sion finally brought the military l to tho monument the police and so ditrs were drawn up in a circle The caisson was stopped at the foot of tile monument anl a detail of honor from Battery B boru the casket ket up the accent to the foot of tile Jackson monument beneath wlilcl It was to 0 placed The VcteraJ Association chorhlL clergymen pallbearers clc had already taken positions and the family and intl lowed mate friends of the bereaved fol J15101 7Jl03lN TIIJS liSTened tile ceremonies bj reading he first iiortion of tho Fpiscopal ser M lpl 1 vice Thin Private Sappington of Company B Xiuetcenth United States Infantry sounded taps 01 lie bugle and Bishop Galleher read ha ecoutl portion the ritual I con cigningthobedyto the crave An anthem was sung by the chorister and Bbhop Thompson recited tile ho Ixirds Prai er Then tile hi mn Stock or Agit was rendered and lie rilifious rites were over anti I tishop GalLaher ga o the signal for J cLeL WM 1 le from the tier nnti HilJier bearing It on their shoulders irarcheil around to tin doorway at the back of the monument 1 lie casket was laced in the mddlc vault the elali cn tight dud tile dead j had found a emporary ntticgplacij > in the tomb of tin Army of > orthcrn Vlrgiim An artillery saluto was fired anti the funeral was over mMULM SKiums ATLANTA Gt Dec 11MeIllo ml CM ices were held today in almost al-most eVirJ town inGeorgia during the hour of tile ilttleral of Davis In Atlanta the eriC were held at the Slab Capitol which was pro fuMh draped In nioiiruliis The iroctvjlon to the capitol to the mu icof a dirge > was a mile long the Confederate rtirvivors of the city leading Over n thousand fchool ehlldrcu tho military and I the fire department with ajiparatus draped in iiioiiruing were in line Business Vas generally mspended during morning WlM llliHTlt VaDcelIhiells tulletl > starts were closed and bui i ne s vas sjicuiled during tho memorial cr l i = IsciinLno 3 Dec 1 Memorial services were held in all the KpKcojnl churches or the city at noon and tho bells tolled KALllell C Dec 11All tlie Slate olllcfs were closed and business suspended during the hour of the funeral of JetTer > ou Davis Elaborate ni morial services > were heldO1StYbStttA OuitMuiA fv rl Icrl1 The Iti held memorial nr lesMaturc today hell memoril Ir vices in Ilbno of Jclleron Davis At the saute time mother memorial service took jlaceal tile City Hall No such manifestation has occurred in theSoutlt Ince CalliounNdentil OIHJIJM Ya Dec 11Itusi ness was Hipended in Xorfolk Iortf mouth and mrrounding torn t Ili l today and tho pcopo turned out ec masse to attend the services In honor of Jellerson Davis > ASlllIlf Dee 11 Memorial services In honor Jeflerwn Davis were held in this city at noon and in every Ut town Tnn ant hamlet in middle un A MONfMKNT TO HIS JlEMOn XFVV OIL > Dec 11A moss nietingof confiilerato veterans was hold tonight ant resolutions adopted loumiiig the death of Davis and pledging themselves to provido a iiud for the Tamil of the dCfc antI to raise a monument to hL memory Mosx OMi3l Ala Dec 1 loutgomei lswlBlled In emblems of mourning and rorrow Djring tile hours of the funeral the bells of tile city were tolled minute guns I tired from CapItol Hill and nppr irlato memorial icrviccs held and largely attended AtGtsTA Ga De llIlusl ness was generally susroided t 1 Red the entire eity joincl inlaying in-laying tribute to the memory of e residcnt Davis A military nUt Ivil procession including several lunured confederate survivors oraiJcd to the opera house vhere oJr ublic i xrcises were held IticiiMOMi Va Dec 11Bush noEs was general suspended today and stores and dwelling houses raped In black Among the mot conspictious places decorated was tile lilte House home I of r during the war AH the street carlInes car-lInes had their cars draped with mourning I Memorial services were iild in several ehurehes and were weU attended CIIARLKSTOS W Va D 11 emorial services were held hereto here-to in memory of Jeflerson Davis Sr louis Dec 11A large umber of exConfederates asstm bled tonight at the rooms of the e Confederate Historical and Believe lent AsKocIatlou U > express their love and res > ect for the memory of eflerson Davis JlesoluUons of ympathy and eulogy were adoj ted declaring among otlii t things that whelo time history of the Late stnfe is rual in time light of calm judgment tilere will be a few names found to b immortal and among these will be found the name and memory of eflerson Davis CHARLOTTE X C Dec 11 Grtnt meetings ere held today in memory of Jell DavE Colonel llliam UohiLton who vras with Davis here when the latter received the telegram announcing tile ISKU uatiou of Lincoln was the speaker Colonel Johnston raid Davis remarked marked That is 1 a very cxtraord illary communicaUon Colonel ohuston said a gloomy sensation pervaded the assemblage and there was no cheering from anybody who was close enough to him to have icard the dispatch read Colonel ohnson made this statement > to con ndlct the assertion that Davis of tie crowd expressed exultation at eaination receiving the news of Lincolns n |