Carolina Watchman

              the carolina watchman f0l xi third series salisbury n c april 29 1880 k0 28 a poor max's wife my choice is made sister belle give me your approval the elder sister looked at a couple of open letters lying on the writing desk before which the speaker sat her j cold gray eyes softening a little as she replied : lw you tell me which of the two you have chosen i can answer you tl ou ought to know without being it hi stella laughed clarence of j course stella she said i'm sorry not that i bear clarence henshaw any ill wiil but child you are not suited to i be a poor man's wife remember j you are proud and have been reared in ease and comfort follow my ad j vice and marry henry lakeman stella hook her head no belle ; i wouldn't marry hen ry lakeman if he were a hundred j times richer than he is na slipped a picture into its en v.-l.ipe with a long glanee at the view ' it imaged tt is a lovely plaee she sighed and i would like to live there the sister was watching and stoop ing kissed the smooth white brow i while she said : don't be too hasty stella if you ! covet this pretty home of henry lake man's accept it but i love clarence henshaw 1 ' prefer a cottage with him to a man inn with henrv miss lawson turned to he window with a sorry look some sweet dream of her own girlhood was in her memo ry perhaps but she held it worse than foi i v to indulge in regrets love in her estimation was no bal ance in the scales with wealth stella she continued very grave ly t have acted the part ofa mother for many years ; my wish has ever been that you form a wealthy mar riage you lova luxury you enjoy display and f am not saying too much when i add that you worship beauti ful apparel henry lakeman can give you all of these clarence henshaw cannot as his wife you will be sub ject to till manner of privations be content to live iu a common way stint and manage and economize the best you can how long will that suit a girl of your tastes think well of it 1 shall let you have your own choice in regard to marriage my mind is made up stella res ponded readily she took up the view slipping a letter into its envelope while she spoke if i favored his suit i was to keep it sister belle she continued touch ing the edge of the wrapper to her rosy lips and sealing it with a heavy slap ofthe hand t do not you will observe i'll never be sorry i know she murmured turning the envelope to look at its superscription your happiness is within your own grasp stella you'll recall my words some day and with a stately gait belle lawson left her stella ran lightly up the stairs to her own room and touched the bell in great haste you will oblige me by mailing t litis at once she said to the servant who answered her call handing him this very envelope and she said smiling and blushing be careful of this putting another letter into his hand leave it with no one but the j person to whom it is addressed mind die called as he turned to obey there'll be no mistake miss and that night a pel fumed note lay ou clarence henshaw's pillow and he foolish fellow was transported to the upper heaven of delight over its con ; tents three months later they were mar ried they were a happy and hope ful couple the life upon ivhich they had entered was like a new unex plored country but clarence meant to work hard and felt little or no doubt in regard to their future he was equal to any undertaking in his own determination that would promote his wile's happiness and as to stella she would do anything to help her hus band he had been a bookkeeper for many years and had the promise of some thing a l-u*e better yet the coming season so the iir*t few months of j their married life ran smoothly they i rented a house in a pleasant part of ; the city kept a servant and stella i wore tlie pretty clothes which had i been provided ut the time of her niar ! riage and wondered why sister belle : had such funny notions about mar i rying a poor man but toward the close of the first year of their weded life his firm was said to be under heavy liabilities and the anniversary of their marriage found the house bankrupt and clar ence out ofa situation he applied at this and that place but month after months slipped by and he found no opening they mov ed out ofthe house and took cheaper rooms in another part of the cily by this time their funds began to run low and stella wanted something new for her wardrobe already she had be gun to show signs of discontent i shall find something bv and bv the husband said bravely it was at this trying time that a little spec of humanity was put into stella's arms and its feeble cry told that the responsibility of motherhood was hers i am the happiest man alive clarence exclaimed caressing wife aud child the very happiest he re peat d again kissing the baby bov let pride go to the dogs stella he added remembering that now his responsibility was greater than before fhcy waut workmen on the new city hall i'll take my hammer — it will give us bread she ought to have been contented ought to have thought with pride of the man who would thus brave the world's opinion he went out in early morning and came home late at night as other workmen did his handsome jace glow ing with love but the thought that her husband was brought down to the level ofa common laborer hurt her sister belle had said that her tastes were luxurious and she wanted a pretty home now and fine apparel for herself and baby the people ofthe world in wliich she had lived had never to count their money to know if they could buy a new dress she had never been taught to make the best of whatever circum stance you may be placed in and why should she now ? the little privations she endured worried and vexed her and in a lit tle while the sweet-tempered woman grew moody and down-hearted she became careless in her dress and in stead of the cheerful little wife he used to see he found a gloomy wo man aud disorderly house but he never complained stella is homesick he would say and the care of baby is to much for her i must make some money and his hammer rang with redoubled energy yet every day her discontent grew more apparent lhe place and the people were so repulsive to her refined and sensitive nature how can you expect me to live among such surroundings clarence was her appeal when the husband begged her to be of good cheer it's cruel in you she sobbed 1 want to be back again in my old home among my own friends the warm glow came to his face and he drew he tenderly towards him without a word but there was a look piteous to see in his handsome eyes while his resolve was to work still harder to conquer fortune however re quires sturdy strokes there came a day later a little — for some days must be dark and dreary — when it did seem that mat ters had come to a crisis the city hall was finished long ago the odd fellows building completed and the last stroke had boen given to the new church clarence must look for something new jennie who had minded freddy for two or three mouths had to go and all the household cares fell upon stella's hands they had moved from place to place sine freddy's birth hoping to find a house with which stella would be content but these people are all alike she said and i may as well be in one place as another was her reply to clarence when he suggested that they move into another block it was unwomanly in her to say j this she knew the moment the words ; escaped her lips and she thought to i to run after her husband and beg his i forgiveness but just then freddy j caught at her dress causing her to i spill the water she v\as pouring into | the tea kettle which only increased i her vexation you cross little troublesome thing she exclaimed impatiently take that laying her hand heavily on the j little bare shoulders i'm sick to death with having you always hang ing to my skirts with this she let fall the earthen pitcher she held in her hand and dropping into the nearest chair burst ': into hysterical weeping freddy with the prints of her fingers still red on his neck toddled to her side and tried to climd into her lap but she pushed him away crossly with : go play with your blocks and horses ; i don't want you near me and her hand was raised to lay on the rosy cheek don't do anything you'll be sorry for by-aud-by stella clarence said coining into the room just then something in his face stayed her hand just on the moment and she rose to her feet flushing with shame and anger 1 thought you'd gone down town she replied sharply oh dear ! if l minded sis belle i shouldn't have been here she was right i had no business to marry a poor man you're not quite yourself this morning stella and his eyes were full of unshed tears as he caught sight of the red marks on their baby's neck do you suppose i can endure every thing she cried spitefully you are nervous and tired dear come and he put out his hands to clasp her she glided from him and went into the adjoining room something wet fell on the baby's head and he pressed him closely to his bosom as he caught the sound of her sobbing i have heard of something new this morning stella and i'm going to new york by the next train ile tried to say it cheerfully you're always hearing of some thing new was her quick reply ; but what does it amount to so i am hoping for something bet ter and think i have found it now lie rocked freddy to sleep put him into his crib then weut to the door of his wife's room are you going to kiss me good-by stella he asked opening the door very softly i may be gone a day or two no she replied coldly ; you'll be back soon enough i will come as soon as i can ; but i might never return you know see if you are not back as soon as you can come with the same old story clarence turned quickly but he saw the look on his face and never forgot it she heard him cross the room and knew he bent over freddy's crib and kissed the little sleeper again and again he'll come back to me before he really goes she whispered to herself starting up and going toward thc door but a turn in the street hid him from sight when she reached the window he had gone and for the first time without kissing her good-by well we've been married long enough to be done with such non sense she said at last by way of con solation ; yet tliere was a terrible ache at her heart and she secretly wished she could throw herself into her hus band's arms and tell him how sorry she was for it all she sat quite still until freddy awoke then with a cry of terror she ran across the hall to the nearest neighbor with please come mrs wilson my baby's dying mrs wilson came for though rough of manner she was kind of heart he's in a fit she said the moment her eye rested on the little sufferer bring mc some water quick she he carolina watchman lisiiedin the vkah 1832 ■'• " ts al an i vtr ct advertising rates •'- tn l nrs 8 uu • 50 i-.iu 13.00 :.:." 3.1 . -.. i8.ik1 1.25 16.50 2600 ml mi •'-• 15 4-.t t ,...•. of her voice answering freddy and with the cry she fell poor tired inexperiened wife and mother was the ordeal ordered with thc help of a neighbor mrs wilson laid her on the bed run for the doctor she said to miss williams but you don't know — ' t do sheinterupted mrs hen shaw will have a run of nervous fe ver and whether her husband is dead or alive can't say \. hen stella opened her eyes again it was nearly night she knew no one about the bed but talked to clar ence and freddy and sister belle she was going to help her husband now she ' could earn money by teaching music or painting or might have a few pupils in dancing she added but forgive me for strik ing — ' and her arras were put up as if to clasp something when she dozed again late that evening clarence came in sight of home contrary to mrs wilson's conjecture he came by a different route he had thought to telegraph but stella won't worry he said if i am late the light faded from his eyes and his face turned ghastly when he look ed into the rooms both gone he groaned walking from the bed to the crib no no mrs wilson said com fortingly baby's better and your wife will come out of this all she needs is good nursing and that she shall have turning aside her head and drying her eyes with the corner of her apron what could we do if such as she were not stationed all along the walks of life it was painful to listen to the wild talk tf i might endure it clarence said so many times when at last stella awoke faom the terrible dream her husband was bending over her clarence she said very softly at first clarence she repeated putting her arms about his neck if you'll forgive me for striking freddy i'll kiss you oh so many times !' , foolish fellow ! he cried like a ba by listen stella he said as soou as he command his voice listen ! i did get the situation and you can have everything you want touching his lips to her cheek and forehead and you are going to have such a pretty house in brooklyn !' all i want is your love clasping him close and that freddy will get well i'm ready to be a poor man's wife !' sketches of radicalism from the salisbury examiner at the beck of political hate anil human vengeance the black waters of revolution and crime had engulfed and buried be neath tlieir angry waves and frothy surface the mortal toi ins ot a million men yet the demon spirit of ktulical malignity was not satisfied the last dying echoes of sangiutiary strife had scarcely ceased when a new war of words and deeds of bitter persecutions and cruel exactions was inaugurated against the fallen and defeated people of the south this war was prosecuted with even more delibera tion relentless a.-sidnity and remorseless diobolism than the actual conflict of arms the soldiers who engaged in this new crusade were not those who had measur ed strength with the gallant confederates they were too brave but the political bummers cowards and sneaks contrac tors and thieves who bad grown rich out of the distress calamity and blood of tlieir country these were they who de manded confiscation as the price of vic tory enforced disfranchisement and did all in their power to humiliate and de i grade our people to the level with the ne groes about this time 14th april 1865 a crazy and cowardly assassin john wilkes booth an actor of note aud son of junius brnitns booth the famous eii^-!i-li trage dian killed mr president lincoln the head-center of the radical war and this : circumstance was used to intensity tin feeling of the north against the south vice president hnsi>:i became president and among his first acts and iu which was evinced his hostility to the south was his disapproval of thc sherman-john ston convention which was formally agreed to aiid_signed by them on the i-ili of april ir'fi next he issued a so call ed peace proclamation and on the same day 29th may 6.5 he issued another proclamation as commander-in-chief of the armies of the united states appoint ing a provisional iovernor of north car olina and providing for the assemblage of n co:ne..ii u in this state to form a nev constitution under wliich the state would be recognized by them as a member of ' tbe federal union tbis convention was ; to bo chosen by certain classes of electors i under the constitution of the state as it existed vhen the war began tn the ex clusion of others no new element of constituency was introduced the same j course was adopted with regard to tho other southern states the people of north carolina and the other lately seced ed states complied with the terms requir ed of them annulled their ordinances of secession renewed their obligations to the federal union made new constitutions for their own government and also accept ed and adopted tlie thutetn'h amend ment to the constitution of the united states as a result of the war which pro vided for th pr._liil.it ion of slavery for ever in till the states they also elected senators and members to tin fede.nl congress got down ou their knees anil eat dirt fawned and slobbered over their late enemies but all to no purpose for on the assembling of the 39th congress of the t'niteil states in december 1865 thc policy thus inaugurated by mr john son was most bitterly assailed by the radical agitators thev then had a ma jority in both houses and denied to the ten late confederate states representa tion iu cither ihey insisted that the i'nion should not be restored but re constructed on a new basis of constitu ency in these ten states they went to work and forged the fourteenth amend ment more exacting than the former ; yet denied the south any voice in its adoption upon this gnat outrage against civil lib ei ty and government of consent the south looked with calm dignity nobler iu her helplessness than ever before her quiet orderly behavior however seemed to ex cite more intensely the viuilictivt-m-ss of her insatiable enemies forat the next ses sion the radicals resorted to the revolution ary course of declaring all the southern states to be inastateofn belliou,and divid ing them into live military districts and ;. military commander was placed over each all the state officials executive legisla tive and judicial iu each and iill were re moved from ollice the writ of habeas corpus was suspended in time of profound peace and near nine millions of people put under absolute military sway the men who sanctioned and defended these villainous acts are still holding office and are paid out of the taxes of the peo ple yea some of them are now seeking ti new base of powei and a continuation ; in office and have the brason effrontery — ! the impudence to ask conservatives aud democrats to support them this new war like the other was not only waged against the people of tho south but against the constitution of our ; country mr johnston vetoed the revolutionary measures of reconstruction : but thev wero passed by a two-third vote over his veto a quarrel ensued between him aud mr stanton secretary of war who defied tho president and continued to hold his place after he had been dismissed these things led to ihe impeachment of mr johnson by the radical house on tin 22d i feb ruary i-l the senate pehjt.g asa high court of impeach ment ci justice chase presiding came to a decision on tin 20th ot may when a conviction failed by a majority of one vote only thi persecution of mr johns hi wasa piece of the malignity manifested toward the south in hr the military domination of the radical revolutionary reconstructive measures new conventions wen called in the late so-called rebellious states the old constitutional constituencies of these states wen disregarded in iln for mation oi this second crop of con ven tions thousands upon thousands of the best and most intelligent citizens of the white race in all these states were disfranchis ed while unlimited suffrage was given to the late slaves and ignorant black people did ever fanaticism malice and pretend ed statesmanship stoop so ion before or assume a rob so transcendently infamous in the fall of ih another federal election took place t opposing eandi dati s nn tl radical side were gen u.i giant of illinois and schuyler colfax of indiana ' it tin democratic side horatio seymour of new york and francis 1 blair of missouri l.y fraud and \ iolence threats and in tim id ion disfranchisement and a denial on tin part of tin radical cougress :>> allow tin great states of vir ginia mississippi and texas to vote be cause the had ii'>t complied with the re coustructiou i sactiona tin result of tie election was the choice of grant aud col fax by the electoral college thej re ceived 217 of the electoral vote while seymour and blair got but 77 of the popular vote east grant and colfax re ceived 2,985,031 and seymour ami blair received 2,648,830 had th state named bc.n allowed to vote and all the disfran chised citizens in the other states not been placed under political disabilities or disqualifications,*1 ;'•' popular major ity would nn>st probably have been against tin radical ticket : ;.- i was it was onlv 330,201 lhe administration of gen grant is of two recent date and ton obnoxious generally to require recounting bere hi tact it would require a v in no to portray properly tlie usurpations of power and the many direct attacks on popular g.»v ernnient at.d individ ial liberty perpetra ted under him no words however can paint it any blacker than t say that his whole administration was thoroughly ou the liiieofriidic.il policy and as has beeu well aid y alex stephens unless the policy inaugurated aud enforced by him is arrested l.v the people at the ballot box it will nltiinutaly lead to the entire over throw of tiie federal system and the «;:'..- vi :-';. ui of iill the free institutions there by attempt d to be secured ou the amer ican contiuent m_^_^bm.j h ' .'. j.^jil rcsabaxiis tiuiit^kk i ™ 0ut1iern oa remedy tor um cure of scrof -,. s|il,il.s srr.ifulnnr taint ltheu n.tism white sm-iii.nr.liout gi.ilre i'onsnnption bronchiln nitvocs ilc i.,l uriii un i nil disease it.-_s.ng trim nn i pure condition oi the blood ss__norm-.._p cures scrofula ag awksi rgsii2_&x«is cores bhcnmatl-b-b dgett 7iy*-iiti_i-_n____i iiiywiwi-ib cure syphlils a rqs&ibilecis /"^ cores blalaria l]^'^sii_wi_l_i_cx_s t'urr<4 nervous debility e^2_^5^nr?^si______i_a cures consumption ot_he?!_z£3_5£e_e_a srosad^szis ibll he i c n every , n ana i < r ti i it exist una l_>an bxoellent blood rnrficr bosldalislsboldbyoll draggbta ' i ___.' r : z — 1 hiker's pi panacu , for kan and beast external and internal *-' t-i thh age s______-\s_2-tz i___z____2________a ibtf s fer fills ■ i : '. cathahtia twera-ft __ • xxz5t rr~2j3 fjjp epos's pss v::?e.r.b_c wori i syrup . ___._. . . .-. ise bbs ' ' 3 : ■ ' .-: ■ •■.. jouxf henry ourraxfi co ii r ;;. - ••;, , ow yorl for sale by t f klu i _ z druggist ifely i ry n.c ■ jail ■■_,! ' <_«■■»_.- . ijv_i»»s-i__!r ■__«•- t___b poi_tlt pliant horn it philadcl il . ■ born amei ii an the :. .*• , perpi ' : . t lie follow ing song of ii mother e-.lephsuit i ii i n m y t 1 bab mi .,-. baby i i drunk and i feel that up tod , .'.- ewrc li 1 my blissful state mine - fin ,:■■. mine • for you're swi - ter than a ya . -'' • i isi_rott tis i lamb . am ' lied in deep amaze you now . ill in _■ i 1 trow 8 my kipsy-wopsy wow litii.y : *•« have knocked the lart pretence ' lf ' v mine b ibv i gents i what i i'i ii ' an in done or shan't tiit ]''\ mine xatob him os the raymond scax n b s uator llill oi in re '■"■ raymond scand il n as the topic . the oapiml i i day he conspirai j v i in < teorgia im ;.'. h ime and nftei « aids combined with 1 lie woman raj mond was believe she '" from him several thousand dol ''' ' i ihr conspirators hold offices says and belong to the 1 gang lie says having failed i lie bears they are going to bim they will '•. that the only way to prevent bis duty will be to kill him efforts mad to 1 1 trap him here i who employed hand aid them in their schemes • richmond duqmich w tn learn that dr griffith hnd ll'iie to loose the bert suit of hon wednesday night bv a '" entered his house in the ab * q familv i?_trm»itrr called and help to get off his clothes.1 stella obeyed hold him so was her command putting him in the bath i will run home and get some medicine such women as you ain't fit for mothers she contined returning with her hand's full of bottles o freddy cried stella dropping on her knees if you'll only get well i will try so hard to bear everything and what trials have you to bear ?' j asked mrs wilsou you have a pretty home looking about the room if it was put in order it isn't like the house i'm used to young people don't expert to be ' gin where old folks left off they must 1 make their own homes i never understood it so sister j belle is the only mother i ever knew j and her advice was never to marry a poor man so you keep finding fault and complaining when your husband is trying in every way to make an hon j est living t is a wonder that you j haven't driven him to drink long i ag | but my husband is a good man replied stella warmly resenting the last part of the speech he has shown himself to be a good man the woman said it in good faith wrapping freddy in soft flannels and administering a quieting potion she had been watching the movement of this couple ever since they came to live in the house my baby will get well won't he was said pleadingly and the poor thing sobbed again as if her heart would break yes indeed and you will stay with me through the night forgetting that she was one of those people i'd stay with you a whole blessed week replied the true hearted mrs wilson if i could make you a wife worthy of your husband tell me what i shall do and i'll do it faithfully and willingly and without complaining all through the long night hours while feddy lay between life and death mrs wilson worked over him bravely and told the girl mother chapters in her own life experiences there were passages over which stel la wept bitterly and when morning dawued giving back the child from . danger in place of the fickle unrea i sonable woman there was one ready i to meet life's work with a firm pur pose and strong heart she tidied up each apartment and . instead of going about in a dowdy wrapper put on a fresh dress arrang ed her hair becomingly and changed | the pucker of her mouth for her own rosy lips you are a pretty little thing ■ mrs wilson told her when she had fastened a knot of blue ribbon in her blonde hair see after baby now i'll look in every now aud theu through the day and to-night will come back to you your husband will be here to-mor row morning yes replied stella with a bright look in her eyes he will be here ! by 10 o'clock i after all it was a long time to wait she thought she was so impatient to tell him — and she would kiss many times as he wished yes indeed she exclaimed joy ! fully bending over freddy's crib we'll kiss papa a hundred thousand times won't we dear t do wish clarence would come ! she kept saying next morning what detains him she continued when the clock was on the stroke of 12 what if and her heart lay like lead in her bosom as she recalled the look she last saw on his face what if he never comes back !' she mur mured going into her own room mrs wilson she called where is my husband in an instant the dear good soul was beside her resting a hand tender ly on the aching head true-hearted woman ! she shrank from sav i n it had been a dreadful ni^ht on the sound and that a steam er had collided with the xew york boat her husband travels by boat had been her conclusion stcl"a caught at her arm the sound