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XII. time to come for ever and ever It speaks well for the intelligence, enterprise and character of our WelshAmerican people that so many of them are found successfully engaged in the various professions, and not a few of them by intellectual ability and force of character have attained to distinc. tion and honor in law and medicine as well as in the Christian ministry. Among the large number so distinguished in the legal profession, we are glad to mention the name of Mr. David Davis, Cincinnati, O., and to present to the readers of THE CAMBRIAN his portrait together with a brief sketch of his career. Mr. Davis is the son of Daniel Ly and Elizabeth Davis, Perry township, Gallia Co., O. His father, who is still living and quite active, was born May, 1815, and came to America in 1837. His mother born in 1819 came to America in 1840, Both his parents were natives of Cardigan shire, Wales, and both of them also settled in Perry township, commonly called Ty'n Rhos settlement, Gallia Co., O., where they were married in 1850. Mr. Davies, the subject of this sketch, was born February 27, 1851, and is the eldest of seven children born in the family. Two died in their infancy. One brother, Richard, died from the effects of an accident at the age of 27 years. Two brothers and two sisters are still living, and reside at Cincinnati, O., except Mr. Lot Davies who resides at Ironton, O., and is serving his second term as Probate Judge of Lawrence Co. His parents being industrious farmers, Mr. Davis was also brought up in the same occupation-doing all kinds of manual labor. At the age of 19 he entered the Gallia Academy at Gallipolis, O., where he studied nearly three years, teaching school, however, in the winters. In 1874, he pursued a commercial course of study at the National Normal School, Lebanon, O., graduating therefrom in August of the same year. March 13, 1875, Mr. Davis entered the law office of Judge James Tripp, Jackson, O., and was admitted to the bar Sept. 16, 1876, but owing to sickness he did not commence practice until February, 1877. He was then greatly at a disadvantage, as he had spent all his money in preparation. He received in cash the first six months $30, and about $150 the first year. The second year proved better by several hundred dollars, and the third year proved considerably more than self-sustaining. And it was not long thereafter until he was engaged on one side or other of nearly every important case in Jackson Co., courts. His practice becoming very lucrative, he moved to Cincinnati, O., September, 1885, where he has received his full share of the legal business, devoting his time almost exclusively to + civil practice; occasionally, however, In the winter of 1884, Mr. Davis "At 9.05 David Davis rose on behalf of the State and delivered one of the most brilliant, touching and impressive arguments that ever resounded in this Court House. At 10.30 he closed as follows: 'We ask a verdict of murder in the first degree. We want nothing else. If he is not guilty of this, he is guilty of nothing. Turn him lose and let him breathe free air and enjoy American liberty. If he is guilty, bring in your verdict, which shall be a warning to others as well as a warning for him to make peace with his God.' His argument was throughout indicative of great legal talent and a careful study of the case he was prosecuting." Stevens paid the death penalty May, 1884, at Waverly, O. In politics, Mr. Davis is an earnest and enthusiastic Republican. He has been an active worker in the party, and taken prominent part in behalf of the Republican cause on the stump in various parts of the State of Ohio. Mr. Davis was married January 13, 1880, to Miss Alice E. Sutherland, daughter of T. P. Sutherland, Esq., President of the Iron Bank, Jackson, O. They have two children-pretty little girls-who enliven their charming and pleasant home at Norwood, one of the many beautiful suburbs of Cincinnati. Mr. Davies takes an active AMERICA DISCOVERED BY THE WELSH. interest in Christian work, and is a member of The Official Board of the Ivanhoe M. E. Church, which office he has filled for several years, enjoying the highest respect of the community in which he lives, and of a large circle of friends and acquaintances throughout scuthern Ohio. AMERICA DISCOVERED BY THE WELSH. BY THE HON. THOMAS L. JAMES, EX-POSTMASTER-GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES. (From the New York Independent,) Since our school days we have been in the habit of proudly and loudly affirming that "America was discovered in the year 1492 by Christopher Columbus, a native of Genoa, Italy." At this late day, more especially at this particular epoch of our country's progress, when we are about celebrating this event with which the great Italian navigator's name is connected, it would not do to "disturb the harmony of the proceedings" by saying that he did not. All I desire to do is to call attention to certain claims which scholarly Welshmen have, from time to time, made to the effect that the first voyagers from across the Atlantic to land upon these shores were natives of Wales. It is quite natural for me to do this, not because, I am a historian, but because I am a Welshman, always eager to claim all the honors I can for my fellow-countrymen. The evidence and arguments in favor of this proposition have been set forth in obscure books, magazines and pamphlets from time to time, for many years past. About twenty years ago the Rev. Benjamin F. Bowen gathered together and published the most of what had been written on this subject. Being a work of a special character I supposed it to be read prin 323 cipally by historical students who take a special interest in such subjects. While acknowledging the scholarly services which Mr. Bowen has rendered in this matter, I desire, in this article, to present this evidence in as popular form as possible for the benefit of the general reader. The first argument in favor of the proposition that America was discovered by the Welsh is that, from the very earliest period their language indicates that the race has been very extensively spread over the earth. Caucasus is derived from two Welsh words-cau,to shut up, to fence in; and cas, separated, insulated. A mountain chain has borne this name from the earliest human records. Crimea comes from the Welsh word crimu, which, means to bend or curve. The Cymric, or Welsh race, preceded all other races in moving from the Eastern countries to the west. In their migrations some of the colonies settled on the banks of the Elbe, and their descendants at the present day speak a slightly corrupted Welsh language. Bautzen, in Bavaria, and Glogau, in Prussia, are old Cymric towns, and ancient Cymric relics are to be found in the museums of Dresden and Berlin. The origen of the name Berlin is plainly Cymric, and is derived from ber, a curve, and lin, a river. The striking resemblance between the ancient Cymric laws and the institutes of Menu have led some scholars to conclude that one branch of the Cymric race traveled eastward into India. The word Menu, according to the Pandits, means intelligent; the word menu in Welsh means the seat of intelligence. It would not be surpris ing if, in their westward wanderings, owning to the bitter persecutions of the northern hordes, a portion of the Cymri were driven still further in the same direction and found their way to this part of the world. The American continent was known |