Death of David Jenkins.
COLUMBUS, September 13. – The death of David Jenkins, a former well-known colored politician of this city, was announced for the first time here today, though it occurred at Canton, Mississippi, on the 5th inst. He was well known for many years as an active worker in the old Abolition Society, and did much before attaining his citizenship toward securing separate educational privileges for the blacks. Four or five years ago he removed to Mississippi, and was a member of the Legislature of that State at the time of his death.