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ill ' ( i ill i ' if tff nm n hi ¥ if in hirtf salisbury n c monday april 22 1807 xo 16 whole no l759 vol 2 third series terms wi.iki.v i y.'.'i $ l nil .. ii months .' 1 • r u hit i ll'l.lll ■rates of advertising 0»l square fapacooflu lines aral insertion sl 00 o.i b(l un i i'li insertion nanh u " i'm mill additional publication s3 from peterson'i magaslns little pearl iiv t i 11 a 0 a ii 11 i sou j ,, n li s . - o:n •— i was bitterly discontontod thai morn ing and there was no den ing ll discon tented with my in me my husband nnd my baby i remember the i nlng well it waa gray and cloudy with a low drag in_r mint i lint chilled ouo lo tho bones and hung tlm trees with rooking moisture tho black mud about the door of onr western home was thick and deep nnd the hare flow of our one room was badly stained and soiled by the careless feet of tho rough-shod workingnion 1 had boon cleaning up all the morning but ihe in ne i cleaned the worse matters seem ed tn grow soap and and only bervod to render tho black lout-murks more vis ible uud whoii a sudden puff of wind whirled tho smoke and ashes do"wn the pipe of my cooking stove covering the books and tahlca i had jn-l taken bo ranch pains in dusting off i threw myi self in the rocklngchuir and burst into a passion of despaii ing tears wo brought the rocking chair with us ned and i when we loft lhe c ttago il the outskirts of the city and journeyed westward it was a pretty cottage my eyes lili with tears even now ut the thought of it with it low hie zy win down through which lhe odor of roses floated the livelougaummcr and its clean woi laddered rooms and adorned with charming iiselom 1 1 it lu toys that go so iar towards making a home pleasant and attractive lt waa my aral home aftei mv marriage and a woman always loves that in tne betlei lhan any other we wore v ery l ap j , ned and i as c i and comfortable a iw i ins iu llu ho irl ol a um un r apph tree n d « ns a clerk but wilh a g i salary and some little additions flowing in now and thon from other sources and w lieu our ba by ciimc i llio 1 bl i a u c c .... 1 her on huppine - wus c tuple o bill iil'ler a while this in rapi nro i - gall to cool and a utile i'ea i llo deepened aud expanded n i bog i i cast nl ut him in a sago u i fai manner wc inu.-t do lhe best w i can for lii 1 ' ai l mike dell that was the opening remark a di biireol his plan followed llo bad ca ghi the western fever westward the star of empire makes bis way ned qu ded with tolling emphasis addii .-. wo musl follow hell and build up ii name and a home for little l'earl !" i atse o tod aa 1 always did to nod's ihu though in my secret soul 1 fel tl ii tbe movement wa j bud oue w | hold our pretty collage ami furniture at a ,• msiderable -■-• i itice ni i li his clei k hip and tho novomber alter little i'.-iirl's birth found us in nr wostoril homo ned had orgod me t i hi ing out onr servants but in a fit of high-strung he roism i do tor mi nod to be ui.iid of all w..rk myself nod would have to sacrifice his case uud comfort — i would liol bo be hind him i was comparatively light in tbo beginning when only n d and myself were to provide foi ; i'.t after awhile the hired in n cam ; and baby required more attention every day — the fall rains bet iu converting the spon gy goil into black adhering mud i worked late and early bul inini i it im possible to take euro of my babo and keep our rude home in anytbiug like onler i bore up as long as i could but at hiht my strength utterly failed and bitting down into the rocking chair 1 foi bed like a little child i thought of my old homo with ith well ordered apartment of the hours of pleasant leit ure and social enjoy men i to which i had boon nccustomod und then with a fresh gush of tears i looked out at tbe low nailing mint und around the small un tidy room in which i was imprisoned ll was wrong in ned to bring me lo uch a place und against tny will too i thought bitterly at that moment 1 hoard tho voiooof tho sick hired man calling for watnr and qatohing up the pitcher i brushed away my tears and run up to ihe tiide loft whoio be lay a i reached the bt d i taw l,y the sun that it was almost noon and dinner waa to be got for ned and the hired men giving the invalid bin water i pansed a moment t mixaj draught of medicine my thoughts full of the smoking stove and dlstastoful duties that awaited me bolow und just then hhi ill and clear came little poarl's cry i throw down iho dose 1 war mixing exclaiming iilmoht angrily it is do use i can i gel along l ml ler how hard i strive whal shall 1 do now ; oh dear ! 1 do wish 1 had no baby aly vory finger tips thrilled with lei ror tho instant the nnwomanly wish passed my lips anil clearing the stops at two or three bound ] riii-bed to the cornor when hor orlb stood eager to clin-p her ltd mv i in and pour onl my remorse i in toure and kissos i snatched aside tho curtain tbe crib was there bo was the snowy pillow boorl rig the damp impress ofherhead but little pearl was gone for a moment i hi on dumb and almost bonsoless then a quick thought came to my relief ned inul btoloti iter to frighten me i erled and rushing out i soarchod ov rywhore io ind him but in vain the mist was thickening into ruin i know woi enough thud be was too caro fill of her to expose her in such a mans oer yet 1 clung to the belief thai lie had btolen her as i clung t my life there wore fresh foot-priuls in the black mud nl ut the door leading oui toward the wood lot where ned and the men wore ut work i followed ihetn my head tin covered unmindful of tho shrill wind itii.l driving rain plunging anklo docp into the v folding soil al ovory itop about half way i baw something in tho |, nth li t lort mo it mu n little oriuibon stocking i my heart leaped for joy ned had btolen her and she had kicked it from hor foot tt the wn ; it was cruel iu him tu frighten mo bo 1 wondered if ho bad heard that billy wish of mine ! huh u in lo from ilo house i mot him and tho nion coming h nno to dinner — lie started forward the moment ho caught sight nf in oh bill ! whit lb matlor 1 lit tle l'earl alck '■" ono glance al hia white startled face convinced me thai tny h po was vain yet i ri ioii i nt augrily yon vo got the child n.il nn 1 you know you have don't tors tnif mo any longer " r lie h inn do j ou ■loan '" she's gone little pearl vou stole hor ned to l'i ightcn um i * no on my soul i - then biic'b goni ; god lias granted me my wish < h my bab i my baby i i was rushing past him but bo caught and in !•! mo fast comamliug me to tell him all and i did and thou his after words tin illctl mv ven - ml with horror tin indiana ! llio ind tins boys !" ho ci icd tin y passed u . . m know the in t have atoh n her . ino 1 1 followed him « ilioul a word - in i - . ilol i . ivir tho spongy prairio ! in id iho chill wind nn i li iving rain beating it r i ices tin nigh di nse cl ri j ping woods down to lhe shore ol tho i ■v er hn we woro to i into the last ca : ■, ii moored on llie opposite bhore ond bu ■granted ino my wish i had no baby i ilo pearl could not bo found nl i our vl '!-* were ceaseless i lor ii rctnaiuod in the cornor with an im press of her lioad on its pillow bill llio little laughing face that looked tip al ns n tn depth ol tho oo oi inl was goue fori i or i had ample time to perform all in v household labors thon no little quivering cry to detaiu me when i wn bus ; no clinging bauds holding mine and keopiug them idle my wiah was granted me i h id no baby i the desolate iu solable borrow of the days thai ; llowed no toneo can por tray tiic tender longing tho sharp sting ing roinorso hut we lived and worked for lifo and labor must go on no matter bow bore an i weary our hearts may be at thu inl of live years ned looked arotiud him on tho i iue fruition ol hia mosi sanguiue hopes tie had built him not only n homo but n namo in this now country we had pleasant rooms and luxurious furnituro and birds and sow ers and all the attribute thai go to n ake up a bappy homo all didlanyl nol nil wo were childless little i earl had never como back and god had given no her child to till let place but wo de sired in other our grief for her loss bo ing dearer and none sacred thau any tiew love could ev have heen poor nod ! lhat unl'orgottcn borrow together wilh his arduous duties made him an old mini bl vie his time llie ail j ver threads were thick on his tomplos and the furrows on his forehead deeply out when we went back on a visit to out i.l.l house the friends of his youth did nol recognize bim iii life had lost its impelling aim nnd motive one light in tllogroal cltv wo were returning from the opera when a voice startled ns 1'1,-a-e t-ii'v it baid a penny to buy a loaf it was mid win.er llio pavements were glazed with ice and tho countless btars overhead glittered in tho eold blue bky like bo many points of stool i « as dreaming of my home in the fur west and longing for the hour of my return o , to a btrango fooling of tondernoas bound mn tt tho i-poi where i bad lost mv little l'earl 1 could nol bear to bo away from it because of n foolish fear thai alio might come back and i nol be there to welcome hoi the oleinlei pleading voice broko in upon my reverie and glancing nt at tho oarriago window 1 baw n small childish lignro and a tiny band blue and stiff with cold slop tho oarriago nod i shan't close 1 1 1 v oyob to night ii we pass that child my husband started up from his half doze and obeyed mo what do you want ho asked kindly bending over and taking tho ohild'a hand in hia a penny please nil , to buy a loaf foi granny hlm's hick nod took ll silver piece i'l oil his pock et but i caught his arm before he had dropped it into the little wailing liainl something in the soft blue eyes looking up so pleadingly in tho winter starlight ihrillod my heart to its inmost con i yearned to clasp tho little shivering form to illy breast to stroke back the tangled golden hair from the pallid wiinl-pinched face take hor up nod i ontro rod ; hho'll freeze if wo loavo her hero wu can pnt hor out wherever alio lives and good naturod ned who never do nied mo a tiling in bis life compiled ■- i down dark and unfieqiieutod street into one of the lowest haunts of vice and poverty then the girded lis up along night of stairs into aoheotiesb attic an old woman lay upon a benj ,,| draw her face wearing that cold grayish hue which is tho unmistakable procii or ol luntli have you como '." hhe quo lionod eagerly as wo entered gp mo lhe loaf the child ran lo horside and began to stroke back her gray hair a g 1 lady and gentleman's come r-ln lisped softly i'm glad yo'r como she said ad dressing ned i'm going you see and me ne oiigbter look aner her point itig to the bliild she's a good little thing i've had ber wi tne alx yours come next winter she ain'l mino though i got hor from a squad o injuns when tny old inaii run a ll.itb.at down the mississippi they'd btolo her from some one and lining hor by our cabin and she witb hitch a purty little thing lhat iho . old man an mo struck a trade tor her — i i alters kept her clothes thi o alio had on in caso her friends might know her if they ever turned up ; but tbey didn't now i'm goin sho'il bo left to herself vou might look arter her ma'am couldn't ' yer i where aro the clothes bhe had on ?'' asked ned and i eagerly and iu the samo breath she looked into my face it qntr'nglj . and then pointed lo an old trunk .\ oil broke it opeu 1 hero tbey were in a 1'adi d heap ; lhe daintily embroider d slip ihe tiny pinafore uud one crimson blocking its fi ii • lay in tbo bottom ■i tbo lira . er in my w stern i e t ib nod :'" i ci o-l she is litilu l'e.ti i and o she was we ha : : ii . ul ia our baby our dot lii ;. letter prom washington correspondence ol r nond dispal < i rvativ s hopeful pla - ; i '• i paign ra lit al papt rs t • bt started all over the south th indi an troubles rejection of • ■- v n uor stockton etc wasiiinoton april 10 1867 leading conservatives here aro more lhan ever hopeful within tbo past dsy or two of l decided fe icli"ti ill the politi cal affairs of tbo north tho cause for that feeling being contained in recounts recoivod from public men at the north and wi expressive of a great change in the feelings of tho people which hap been i rollgbt about by tile p ilicy of congress in its unlimited advancetnont hut for tbo fact that the s nth : r i ow the great field of interest and tbepnb-i lie eve is uiriied almost entirely to thai section lor political movements much more would bo thought of the few r c nl elections in which the conservatives have triumphed than really is at present at tbe same time the opponents ol rtid ioalistn do not mean to be idly ; but ub iln re i a long time now before any 0 00 tions f great moment are to occur and the days uro comparatively few befor tho whole south will bo stirred it is em plain to perceive that the greater oner ties are to be t xorcised in that bee lion the radicals express very great confidence in their ability to regulate matters in tho states n iw under military law ; but at tho same lime the r lenders idvi c.itu ucli ui they are now m re certain of llie south lhan of the north but it ia only becnuso tin bavo control of the corner and intend to legislate in every way t cany their points one among tbo various bciiciucs to insure safety is the tbtublishntoiit of lir*-t clss radical newspapers in all tho prominent c lie and in the proper lime give them the government patmungo now be»tow od upon tbo stmill conuorns that have boon advocating univorsal suffrage s ei al equality etc nee tbe teriniiiation o tbe war in tlio biuitlioru states it is said lhat a 1 i i.l i.'.l journal of prominence or under the auspices i pram nenl mem in'is of the ], oty is to be established . iu riobmond shortly not yet has the government rocoivod in any quarter official information in re oanl to tho reported massacre at t'oi i duford and owing to the fact that thore is nothing positive and reliable on the gnbjeot ibero is great iinonsinoss much of which isbhnrod by oflicors nf tbe ar my aud others who bavo friends on tbe frontier it is the opini f prominent jnl-uiy ollifers belt th il all oxlclisivo ln 1 diiin war is inevitable the rejection of ex-sooate stockton as minister to austria wan not unexpected it will be rocolloctod thai ho was last es nion expelled ou tho ground of informal ty iu his olection lt appears aa hereto f,,ro stated that it is the detoriniuation . nf the beituto not to allow the position ol ■mr mot ly to be lili d by any of the , president's l'i lends tho hi oioi-s in tbi di ill irl uro uiiik i tig extern vo preparations to celebrate ib anniversary ol tbeir emancipation on ilm 1'jth instant they will bo joined by several t'olored associations from other cities assist in i bi cr inry of tl o tro u nry ( vim i ler still continues qu to unwell — 1 1 is illno i is no ilonh t w ing to i ■ere application of the duties ol hisoluco i wa report d ilmt bo would resign i ii the ' first of thi - month ; but ii now sp out thai il.e secretary is very unwilling ol pm t with his son ices at present und iioiild his health permit hu will proba bly it'iu tin hen illllil allout llio nnd lie of next month some of bis friend strongly favor bim for lhe ii p in tin onl us minister to austria timo.n - . a . 0drc0l611ed citizens : a few montlib since we were almost alone in our adrooaey of equal rights lor colore i men now bow changed — now wale hampton the rebel general win fought so bravely t . keep-t he corner ioi i the oonfodoracy in its propel place addresses their meetings in a , friendly i-piiit of political equality — our exchanges l the southern typo , itoo now speak in most respectful terms . of iho freedin /,, ' and hud you been in ; that curiosity oi a convention at hal i oigb y nt could lave been n bight that . barnuiu oould noi rival that man — i the pervading spirit ol tho whites in the i i convention whoso landmark but re | cotttly wa iiioj ia tied opposition t , what is called negro-suffrage " now i binding in bis patronizing way ou those i colored geull tn n who allowed them -, selves to im enveigled in'o that den — i and there too whs tbo redoubtable ; sc iggin i . i harris sud w d jones , who but a few days since votol to do i ' y t . coloro i men the rvht to testi y | iu .. ,, , ur ita if j .- i.'e now how ii*h | i ihe inooii g bow lovingly ihoy | rm -.- lhe ' black man do the io ii hi • ix '■■■i n i f tlio col ; ..■ed penp'o to thu in o'-i bi i o ty mid loo i l'i ng uboi ioiii-t u - . . ■i il .. ■',' i goo i for i u colored i otoi . his vote :- io , i '. y thus 1 slnyal men : '. i •■■vole und ihey would o.i 1 by his vote 1 1 .■is a voter by th nol ol god and i ngr iss and let i nn 6'u id upon i i '■and fear t o-o u h i now begin to flatlet ni earn --. watch i ,■--.- mi n -• bo v we 1 th v tv oioi leuvo i ■lliito il llie b llot wi re given you ; ivh swon tl ey never would vnte aguin il the nigger voted such nu ii one ived and i ioted on the the toil of the vive and now thej would i ..- ■the vote of tbe fret incnto extricate themselves from tlie odium ol treason the colored in in is tint nt keen as wo . redit him with if he allows himself to become iho dupe i f b icli 1 men ; shrink . otn their c ress i—greens boro union register radio descriptive and pointed tbe r , i.'h'ii i examiner pp . ks of tho military reconstruction laws as the late acts of congress for the establish nioiit of the to ui lican party in tlie southern s ntes 1 ie ricliinond whig rocoguiz n : v il negro suffrage is now h fuel in ti e s ititltcrn stul s - tys : it luniii •- n t to ns therefor bow soon or i v n'lint no an — whether by the vote ol tli people or by another con gressiomd m liiary bill it becomes a fuel u tbe nt i i stati -. i pun the princ pie that misery loves company wo would i i baps i atl er s io it intro i tic 1 at the north — . . . i y ai other military bill mr barnaul's unrivalled collection of cm iositi - i - s i to receive nn iutoi • resting addition by way of imi itiuga poruiunoul and pleasing reti ut he im order i a sori s of wax tigu iiiiiing striking incidents in tlio lifo of the editor of llie // ral i w ho thus take 1 plact ntnong iho moral monsters of the museum and becomi - a coin pan ■:; lo tho learned i-.il and boa con strictor i e of owe nes i r i j slo in r vv ; i - mi e ii in it e nour the :- , , , creek po'ih ment gotilng track of ( wi n : ui-ue 1 hint nnd indni siiirendor owens wis brought hereby dr s ,. ill mr c i lo i f 11 i mi price charloti i our mailers will remember thai this man owens was charged with the mur d r nl mr with rs lie is in jiti i ing hi dial ... kfigl i can 0 li odillg ovt i i nature llio stars li tan to spar o in thu bl i i-i in 1 ! •■bo . ■im aeonu •' '" in v lu i e — , w hen i sailed lort tin i | n posi 8 i l di nth l .. a r.i.v ' n iioit aighl met an uu lilliolj dentil i a writi r dccl ires that under tbe pi c . eat sv8tem of femulo edneation daugh :.■becoming olegaut a pliers — a figure of speech im i.v tin discoveries in belgium a n ; rt to tho 1 lelginn m ini tor ol the im .; by me ibi -. van lienedon and duponl furnishes additional information regard i tho curious rusenrchoa in the priiiio i lii itory of llio liiiiiinii family i mil io occupy bo 1 i ilon of the attenl m of tho bcienlillc world j hese . cull win iur o long i on ioi od in tho pn lit lu ■o n i i'arded by the di ■. cry of what may bo c mi iderod a modi i en o dwelling oi iho bank of the ri ■li o i is t ci ibed as well lighted traversed by a sprii -.-. on ■, to ac cos . und ii situation nm i picturesque — in short po -" ing oi ry r ntn'sito ol ti desirable family u tu ion i troglodytre ance in the evidenc of occ ipnti m | itod by ibe cavern ato most iinnioroii im oiintit tho materials uf tho t nrions t-no implcmenl - found in imiucii iiuiu bors fragments uf mineral . l ni shark's teeth i&c sli iw thai tho inl ants must have enj iyod cxton i i co raercial relationi w irli portions of europe 1 iitlglng from tl ■• quantity of bones found in th '■i i ii princi ol : of the cave dwellers must have been horse flesh as tin '■il li of m n o t tin ty hoieos were found the bones i . water ral badger hare boar shox that variety in diet n us udied the foi en in of an elephant or uiamoth found in lio ■atiie dwelling is regarded by thediscov ni rather as a let ish or idolatrous charm placi i in the hearth in tbo same maiinor as still practiced by some african un tions the worked hints in vatious l - ages of manufacture collected auy more than 30,0u i the cave nppcara to h ivo 0 o i abandoned bo suddenly that ho in i habitants loft behind ihem iheir i ornaments and the remains of their in according to mr dupont's theory this ' mii-t have arisen from the approach of : tho unb ion inundation which covered ] tho whole of belgium and nor france and swept away tbo generation ] of the cave people immediately nfter ' they left it the roof and sides of ibe cave l fell in the pieces detached covoi ing tho ' floor and thus preserving tho rem from the a u of tho water undistu bod ' ■.. i isday the wriloi reconstructs from iho materials at hand whose evidence seems incontrovertible a striking picture \ of the condition and habits of the eai ly race of men in belgium n state that : to have prevail 1 over n greater ' pai i ..:' i irope tho remain nsetl led point . i investigation is tin ancestral re lation hold by these primitive popula tions to the present race of man it will need more extensive discoveries than bavo yol been made for its liual settle ment nation o 1 nm'tltcm woman's erperienoe in tin negri ■nt i.i di fl r coire pond i . •• of tbo i'lii ' '; ' , i a , ; min march 1scj7 — 1 have lived ono veiir in tho south and no words can tell the cnntempl uoit6 uianni r in which ii oi l heats a northern lady when she meets her alll ■-_■', wo live in n thickly popnlati i disti ict yet ail mv fam ' * li n o boon soi iou.-ly ill at one time in :. ' one vi hito person has como near us although the wh ■'■■noighb ir hood wi ■• aw at o of otn in ipl -- condi tion taken all ■_ r " th . i r i lhe no groi b i i happy race bill they di poor -' : iks i mir uipei int ent's wifu required the si i • iocs of n young : '. h hile • ninny here with tu lo to 1 th in at home vet biio .- ul i not g il th i p mi sion ol the parents of any of them lo take ot i simply i ■cause their ch id c ild with po ir wl ito lb ks 1 wottl i .: , sil i relic he mi : of th people of tbo i ni the miserable c md [ ki ow ii ■b icli all work ; it is only i leave tho c its bill | ■l hiding on i walks i.i groit - « ith notlrng to n i ,( ittlc 111 lo a win 1 ' for all ou plan ■c mil . iuso i ntul i c110cod1le sylli igism amongst oilier fain - ai lie problems is the n hich is framed the ncutei -- 1 oytieivn being prob ibly nnsiii 1 it called s may bo thus stn od : an i playing on tho bank of a tiver , d by a cr itig i cries rushed to its in ber tearful entreat es o m tho crocod lo wh > - iy of tho highest intollig n would bim trill whal would lni this the mo rlt il • : ioi •• ) oil '" '" " i bo crocod ih answers to thi i have spoken truly i cam the child without destroy ing tin your asset lion if von hu o ly 1 cannot give back the child h - yon have nol fulfilled tbo n therefore i cnnnoi give il baofi i i you liavo spokon truly or falsely the mothor retorted if i have spo ken truly you niii-l give back ihe child • by ■ii tutj of 3 our agreement if i hav i fal oly that can only be when ■given bach tho child so that whether i have spoken truly or falsely i lie child milt i be given back lli tor is silent as to the issue of this i puto i ii uv in reply to tho argument thai n man who had sworn to support il ' i litution oould not vote tinder an ■utional acl of < lon*j rn - wiihout o perjury the new vork tin , \\ ■cannot boo lhat their taking un oath to npport the constitution has any ', hatovor to do h ith ihis q lestion i 1 . tl oath does nut forbid iheir ob ng au unconstitutional law — though it might forbid their making one they lind a certain law in force — they aro in no wise responsible for ii ihey ha i nothing to d , wiih making i ley aro merely tin parties upon whom il is to take effect i'liey avail themselvos of power which it ioi iu tboir bands for their own protec tion again i othei n il clothes with llio line power i requires very sharp optics to detect in this anything like per jury oo we think the lincoln league—impor tant disclosure wc have but recently received infor million that tho union league of this boction hold n meeting prior to the 87th march for tho purpose of appointing n delegate to represent tho league in tho v convention 1 1 was suggested we learn that mr iloldon would no doubt represent them faithfully if appointed as their repre sentative delegate but tho league do termined lhat they could not repose con fidonce in him tor when the question was put only two voted for mr iloblen so that it ooius tlio colored men of lin coln county are much more intelligent than some may have supposed they were evidenced by their prompt rejection of the name of the gentleman proposed but we must not close this brief notice without mentioning the fact as stated to ns that the chairman oflhe meeting de livered a sound and appropriate as well as touching address to the league which if lie has llo objection and will placo ill . nr iniiiil for publication we will insert in tin courit r free of charge ii.,1 ii has been represented to us tho speaker mr ii really entertains tho views ho expressed ho is a reliable . n i deserves tho well done of the entire community wo hope his ifluenoo ive a happy effect upon the newly franchised class — lincoln courier decidedly rich iii new vork times referring to the mongrel assemblage recently convened . . sigh remarks : information has been received hero v in north carolina that the recent so culled liiion meeting hold nt raleigh ild out to the rebels of the ten ■'."",. tl as committee on res -. nin ■could not take the oath re i by law it was not a delegate con vi ii tion and only fifty-three of the nine counties in the state were ted the members were seloc tt , i ... it ivern r iloldon aud n few of bis ,' ends with mi regard to political ns oilier than that they wore g to i nd irse the policy ofthe etol ' ■. a convention of the uncom li th mil wltito and black unionists will i and there will bo two • : .: deh gati •- to the c institutional t i to bo organ iz id tinder tho . ui bill lie of the iiol i the other of the unionist ll may not beg nornlly known by onr ■, espe hilly y the colored pu . . :, lhat a number of lhe men ilo c uumittoe in the . iferred to ab i e were wo i bl infoi med before g the war regul ir nil > r > . kadi rs . i nl he shavers ii mcr were n ■•• ays buisy in buying ing men and women and re parei cs or marital rela ii3 w il ins from ev ol cuff's tie irry i off to m ississippi . -. . . , to sell again on mla i'b are the pers ins who ■■n the . .'/ iur '.''.' . /■, or sistt r . , to y on thoy arc entitled to \ ■pros ntativo men lit 1 no l in i al i car noth ■■: ■-. ioi llinois and ( thi - ' i - tlio legisln f tboso states composed of tine ■- rail ol itinl one-fourth 1 eino i i ition to amend the con btitution of tho respoctive s itos - * ns to porinit negroes to vote was defeated less than half the rad als voting for it i do not want tlio negro to vo e and ibey submit i tho southern states to let negiocs t believe the ni ut will bo i'l i.'d ca i i '
Object Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1867-04-22 |
Month | 04 |
Day | 22 |
Year | 1867 |
Volume | 2 Third Series |
Issue | 16- Whole No.1759 |
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Creator | J. J. Bruner |
Date Digital | 2008-11-13 |
Publisher | J. J. Bruner |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Monday, April 22, 1867 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601557271 |
Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1867-04-22 |
Month | 04 |
Day | 22 |
Year | 1867 |
Volume | 2 Third Series |
Issue | 16- Whole No.1759 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 2474553 Bytes |
FileName | sacw09_1759_18670422-img00001.jp2 |
Creator | J. J. Bruner |
Date Digital | 2008-11-13 |
Publisher | J. J. Bruner |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Monday, April 22, 1867 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
FullText | ill ' ( i ill i ' if tff nm n hi ¥ if in hirtf salisbury n c monday april 22 1807 xo 16 whole no l759 vol 2 third series terms wi.iki.v i y.'.'i $ l nil .. ii months .' 1 • r u hit i ll'l.lll ■rates of advertising 0»l square fapacooflu lines aral insertion sl 00 o.i b(l un i i'li insertion nanh u " i'm mill additional publication s3 from peterson'i magaslns little pearl iiv t i 11 a 0 a ii 11 i sou j ,, n li s . - o:n •— i was bitterly discontontod thai morn ing and there was no den ing ll discon tented with my in me my husband nnd my baby i remember the i nlng well it waa gray and cloudy with a low drag in_r mint i lint chilled ouo lo tho bones and hung tlm trees with rooking moisture tho black mud about the door of onr western home was thick and deep nnd the hare flow of our one room was badly stained and soiled by the careless feet of tho rough-shod workingnion 1 had boon cleaning up all the morning but ihe in ne i cleaned the worse matters seem ed tn grow soap and and only bervod to render tho black lout-murks more vis ible uud whoii a sudden puff of wind whirled tho smoke and ashes do"wn the pipe of my cooking stove covering the books and tahlca i had jn-l taken bo ranch pains in dusting off i threw myi self in the rocklngchuir and burst into a passion of despaii ing tears wo brought the rocking chair with us ned and i when we loft lhe c ttago il the outskirts of the city and journeyed westward it was a pretty cottage my eyes lili with tears even now ut the thought of it with it low hie zy win down through which lhe odor of roses floated the livelougaummcr and its clean woi laddered rooms and adorned with charming iiselom 1 1 it lu toys that go so iar towards making a home pleasant and attractive lt waa my aral home aftei mv marriage and a woman always loves that in tne betlei lhan any other we wore v ery l ap j , ned and i as c i and comfortable a iw i ins iu llu ho irl ol a um un r apph tree n d « ns a clerk but wilh a g i salary and some little additions flowing in now and thon from other sources and w lieu our ba by ciimc i llio 1 bl i a u c c .... 1 her on huppine - wus c tuple o bill iil'ler a while this in rapi nro i - gall to cool and a utile i'ea i llo deepened aud expanded n i bog i i cast nl ut him in a sago u i fai manner wc inu.-t do lhe best w i can for lii 1 ' ai l mike dell that was the opening remark a di biireol his plan followed llo bad ca ghi the western fever westward the star of empire makes bis way ned qu ded with tolling emphasis addii .-. wo musl follow hell and build up ii name and a home for little l'earl !" i atse o tod aa 1 always did to nod's ihu though in my secret soul 1 fel tl ii tbe movement wa j bud oue w | hold our pretty collage ami furniture at a ,• msiderable -■-• i itice ni i li his clei k hip and tho novomber alter little i'.-iirl's birth found us in nr wostoril homo ned had orgod me t i hi ing out onr servants but in a fit of high-strung he roism i do tor mi nod to be ui.iid of all w..rk myself nod would have to sacrifice his case uud comfort — i would liol bo be hind him i was comparatively light in tbo beginning when only n d and myself were to provide foi ; i'.t after awhile the hired in n cam ; and baby required more attention every day — the fall rains bet iu converting the spon gy goil into black adhering mud i worked late and early bul inini i it im possible to take euro of my babo and keep our rude home in anytbiug like onler i bore up as long as i could but at hiht my strength utterly failed and bitting down into the rocking chair 1 foi bed like a little child i thought of my old homo with ith well ordered apartment of the hours of pleasant leit ure and social enjoy men i to which i had boon nccustomod und then with a fresh gush of tears i looked out at tbe low nailing mint und around the small un tidy room in which i was imprisoned ll was wrong in ned to bring me lo uch a place und against tny will too i thought bitterly at that moment 1 hoard tho voiooof tho sick hired man calling for watnr and qatohing up the pitcher i brushed away my tears and run up to ihe tiide loft whoio be lay a i reached the bt d i taw l,y the sun that it was almost noon and dinner waa to be got for ned and the hired men giving the invalid bin water i pansed a moment t mixaj draught of medicine my thoughts full of the smoking stove and dlstastoful duties that awaited me bolow und just then hhi ill and clear came little poarl's cry i throw down iho dose 1 war mixing exclaiming iilmoht angrily it is do use i can i gel along l ml ler how hard i strive whal shall 1 do now ; oh dear ! 1 do wish 1 had no baby aly vory finger tips thrilled with lei ror tho instant the nnwomanly wish passed my lips anil clearing the stops at two or three bound ] riii-bed to the cornor when hor orlb stood eager to clin-p her ltd mv i in and pour onl my remorse i in toure and kissos i snatched aside tho curtain tbe crib was there bo was the snowy pillow boorl rig the damp impress ofherhead but little pearl was gone for a moment i hi on dumb and almost bonsoless then a quick thought came to my relief ned inul btoloti iter to frighten me i erled and rushing out i soarchod ov rywhore io ind him but in vain the mist was thickening into ruin i know woi enough thud be was too caro fill of her to expose her in such a mans oer yet 1 clung to the belief thai lie had btolen her as i clung t my life there wore fresh foot-priuls in the black mud nl ut the door leading oui toward the wood lot where ned and the men wore ut work i followed ihetn my head tin covered unmindful of tho shrill wind itii.l driving rain plunging anklo docp into the v folding soil al ovory itop about half way i baw something in tho |, nth li t lort mo it mu n little oriuibon stocking i my heart leaped for joy ned had btolen her and she had kicked it from hor foot tt the wn ; it was cruel iu him tu frighten mo bo 1 wondered if ho bad heard that billy wish of mine ! huh u in lo from ilo house i mot him and tho nion coming h nno to dinner — lie started forward the moment ho caught sight nf in oh bill ! whit lb matlor 1 lit tle l'earl alck '■" ono glance al hia white startled face convinced me thai tny h po was vain yet i ri ioii i nt augrily yon vo got the child n.il nn 1 you know you have don't tors tnif mo any longer " r lie h inn do j ou ■loan '" she's gone little pearl vou stole hor ned to l'i ightcn um i * no on my soul i - then biic'b goni ; god lias granted me my wish < h my bab i my baby i i was rushing past him but bo caught and in !•! mo fast comamliug me to tell him all and i did and thou his after words tin illctl mv ven - ml with horror tin indiana ! llio ind tins boys !" ho ci icd tin y passed u . . m know the in t have atoh n her . ino 1 1 followed him « ilioul a word - in i - . ilol i . ivir tho spongy prairio ! in id iho chill wind nn i li iving rain beating it r i ices tin nigh di nse cl ri j ping woods down to lhe shore ol tho i ■v er hn we woro to i into the last ca : ■, ii moored on llie opposite bhore ond bu ■granted ino my wish i had no baby i ilo pearl could not bo found nl i our vl '!-* were ceaseless i lor ii rctnaiuod in the cornor with an im press of her lioad on its pillow bill llio little laughing face that looked tip al ns n tn depth ol tho oo oi inl was goue fori i or i had ample time to perform all in v household labors thon no little quivering cry to detaiu me when i wn bus ; no clinging bauds holding mine and keopiug them idle my wiah was granted me i h id no baby i the desolate iu solable borrow of the days thai ; llowed no toneo can por tray tiic tender longing tho sharp sting ing roinorso hut we lived and worked for lifo and labor must go on no matter bow bore an i weary our hearts may be at thu inl of live years ned looked arotiud him on tho i iue fruition ol hia mosi sanguiue hopes tie had built him not only n homo but n namo in this now country we had pleasant rooms and luxurious furnituro and birds and sow ers and all the attribute thai go to n ake up a bappy homo all didlanyl nol nil wo were childless little i earl had never como back and god had given no her child to till let place but wo de sired in other our grief for her loss bo ing dearer and none sacred thau any tiew love could ev have heen poor nod ! lhat unl'orgottcn borrow together wilh his arduous duties made him an old mini bl vie his time llie ail j ver threads were thick on his tomplos and the furrows on his forehead deeply out when we went back on a visit to out i.l.l house the friends of his youth did nol recognize bim iii life had lost its impelling aim nnd motive one light in tllogroal cltv wo were returning from the opera when a voice startled ns 1'1,-a-e t-ii'v it baid a penny to buy a loaf it was mid win.er llio pavements were glazed with ice and tho countless btars overhead glittered in tho eold blue bky like bo many points of stool i « as dreaming of my home in the fur west and longing for the hour of my return o , to a btrango fooling of tondernoas bound mn tt tho i-poi where i bad lost mv little l'earl 1 could nol bear to bo away from it because of n foolish fear thai alio might come back and i nol be there to welcome hoi the oleinlei pleading voice broko in upon my reverie and glancing nt at tho oarriago window 1 baw n small childish lignro and a tiny band blue and stiff with cold slop tho oarriago nod i shan't close 1 1 1 v oyob to night ii we pass that child my husband started up from his half doze and obeyed mo what do you want ho asked kindly bending over and taking tho ohild'a hand in hia a penny please nil , to buy a loaf foi granny hlm's hick nod took ll silver piece i'l oil his pock et but i caught his arm before he had dropped it into the little wailing liainl something in the soft blue eyes looking up so pleadingly in tho winter starlight ihrillod my heart to its inmost con i yearned to clasp tho little shivering form to illy breast to stroke back the tangled golden hair from the pallid wiinl-pinched face take hor up nod i ontro rod ; hho'll freeze if wo loavo her hero wu can pnt hor out wherever alio lives and good naturod ned who never do nied mo a tiling in bis life compiled ■- i down dark and unfieqiieutod street into one of the lowest haunts of vice and poverty then the girded lis up along night of stairs into aoheotiesb attic an old woman lay upon a benj ,,| draw her face wearing that cold grayish hue which is tho unmistakable procii or ol luntli have you como '." hhe quo lionod eagerly as wo entered gp mo lhe loaf the child ran lo horside and began to stroke back her gray hair a g 1 lady and gentleman's come r-ln lisped softly i'm glad yo'r como she said ad dressing ned i'm going you see and me ne oiigbter look aner her point itig to the bliild she's a good little thing i've had ber wi tne alx yours come next winter she ain'l mino though i got hor from a squad o injuns when tny old inaii run a ll.itb.at down the mississippi they'd btolo her from some one and lining hor by our cabin and she witb hitch a purty little thing lhat iho . old man an mo struck a trade tor her — i i alters kept her clothes thi o alio had on in caso her friends might know her if they ever turned up ; but tbey didn't now i'm goin sho'il bo left to herself vou might look arter her ma'am couldn't ' yer i where aro the clothes bhe had on ?'' asked ned and i eagerly and iu the samo breath she looked into my face it qntr'nglj . and then pointed lo an old trunk .\ oil broke it opeu 1 hero tbey were in a 1'adi d heap ; lhe daintily embroider d slip ihe tiny pinafore uud one crimson blocking its fi ii • lay in tbo bottom ■i tbo lira . er in my w stern i e t ib nod :'" i ci o-l she is litilu l'e.ti i and o she was we ha : : ii . ul ia our baby our dot lii ;. letter prom washington correspondence ol r nond dispal < i rvativ s hopeful pla - ; i '• i paign ra lit al papt rs t • bt started all over the south th indi an troubles rejection of • ■- v n uor stockton etc wasiiinoton april 10 1867 leading conservatives here aro more lhan ever hopeful within tbo past dsy or two of l decided fe icli"ti ill the politi cal affairs of tbo north tho cause for that feeling being contained in recounts recoivod from public men at the north and wi expressive of a great change in the feelings of tho people which hap been i rollgbt about by tile p ilicy of congress in its unlimited advancetnont hut for tbo fact that the s nth : r i ow the great field of interest and tbepnb-i lie eve is uiriied almost entirely to thai section lor political movements much more would bo thought of the few r c nl elections in which the conservatives have triumphed than really is at present at tbe same time the opponents ol rtid ioalistn do not mean to be idly ; but ub iln re i a long time now before any 0 00 tions f great moment are to occur and the days uro comparatively few befor tho whole south will bo stirred it is em plain to perceive that the greater oner ties are to be t xorcised in that bee lion the radicals express very great confidence in their ability to regulate matters in tho states n iw under military law ; but at tho same lime the r lenders idvi c.itu ucli ui they are now m re certain of llie south lhan of the north but it ia only becnuso tin bavo control of the corner and intend to legislate in every way t cany their points one among tbo various bciiciucs to insure safety is the tbtublishntoiit of lir*-t clss radical newspapers in all tho prominent c lie and in the proper lime give them the government patmungo now be»tow od upon tbo stmill conuorns that have boon advocating univorsal suffrage s ei al equality etc nee tbe teriniiiation o tbe war in tlio biuitlioru states it is said lhat a 1 i i.l i.'.l journal of prominence or under the auspices i pram nenl mem in'is of the ], oty is to be established . iu riobmond shortly not yet has the government rocoivod in any quarter official information in re oanl to tho reported massacre at t'oi i duford and owing to the fact that thore is nothing positive and reliable on the gnbjeot ibero is great iinonsinoss much of which isbhnrod by oflicors nf tbe ar my aud others who bavo friends on tbe frontier it is the opini f prominent jnl-uiy ollifers belt th il all oxlclisivo ln 1 diiin war is inevitable the rejection of ex-sooate stockton as minister to austria wan not unexpected it will be rocolloctod thai ho was last es nion expelled ou tho ground of informal ty iu his olection lt appears aa hereto f,,ro stated that it is the detoriniuation . nf the beituto not to allow the position ol ■mr mot ly to be lili d by any of the , president's l'i lends tho hi oioi-s in tbi di ill irl uro uiiik i tig extern vo preparations to celebrate ib anniversary ol tbeir emancipation on ilm 1'jth instant they will bo joined by several t'olored associations from other cities assist in i bi cr inry of tl o tro u nry ( vim i ler still continues qu to unwell — 1 1 is illno i is no ilonh t w ing to i ■ere application of the duties ol hisoluco i wa report d ilmt bo would resign i ii the ' first of thi - month ; but ii now sp out thai il.e secretary is very unwilling ol pm t with his son ices at present und iioiild his health permit hu will proba bly it'iu tin hen illllil allout llio nnd lie of next month some of bis friend strongly favor bim for lhe ii p in tin onl us minister to austria timo.n - . a . 0drc0l611ed citizens : a few montlib since we were almost alone in our adrooaey of equal rights lor colore i men now bow changed — now wale hampton the rebel general win fought so bravely t . keep-t he corner ioi i the oonfodoracy in its propel place addresses their meetings in a , friendly i-piiit of political equality — our exchanges l the southern typo , itoo now speak in most respectful terms . of iho freedin /,, ' and hud you been in ; that curiosity oi a convention at hal i oigb y nt could lave been n bight that . barnuiu oould noi rival that man — i the pervading spirit ol tho whites in the i i convention whoso landmark but re | cotttly wa iiioj ia tied opposition t , what is called negro-suffrage " now i binding in bis patronizing way ou those i colored geull tn n who allowed them -, selves to im enveigled in'o that den — i and there too whs tbo redoubtable ; sc iggin i . i harris sud w d jones , who but a few days since votol to do i ' y t . coloro i men the rvht to testi y | iu .. ,, , ur ita if j .- i.'e now how ii*h | i ihe inooii g bow lovingly ihoy | rm -.- lhe ' black man do the io ii hi • ix '■■■i n i f tlio col ; ..■ed penp'o to thu in o'-i bi i o ty mid loo i l'i ng uboi ioiii-t u - . . ■i il .. ■',' i goo i for i u colored i otoi . his vote :- io , i '. y thus 1 slnyal men : '. i •■■vole und ihey would o.i 1 by his vote 1 1 .■is a voter by th nol ol god and i ngr iss and let i nn 6'u id upon i i '■and fear t o-o u h i now begin to flatlet ni earn --. watch i ,■--.- mi n -• bo v we 1 th v tv oioi leuvo i ■lliito il llie b llot wi re given you ; ivh swon tl ey never would vnte aguin il the nigger voted such nu ii one ived and i ioted on the the toil of the vive and now thej would i ..- ■the vote of tbe fret incnto extricate themselves from tlie odium ol treason the colored in in is tint nt keen as wo . redit him with if he allows himself to become iho dupe i f b icli 1 men ; shrink . otn their c ress i—greens boro union register radio descriptive and pointed tbe r , i.'h'ii i examiner pp . ks of tho military reconstruction laws as the late acts of congress for the establish nioiit of the to ui lican party in tlie southern s ntes 1 ie ricliinond whig rocoguiz n : v il negro suffrage is now h fuel in ti e s ititltcrn stul s - tys : it luniii •- n t to ns therefor bow soon or i v n'lint no an — whether by the vote ol tli people or by another con gressiomd m liiary bill it becomes a fuel u tbe nt i i stati -. i pun the princ pie that misery loves company wo would i i baps i atl er s io it intro i tic 1 at the north — . . . i y ai other military bill mr barnaul's unrivalled collection of cm iositi - i - s i to receive nn iutoi • resting addition by way of imi itiuga poruiunoul and pleasing reti ut he im order i a sori s of wax tigu iiiiiing striking incidents in tlio lifo of the editor of llie // ral i w ho thus take 1 plact ntnong iho moral monsters of the museum and becomi - a coin pan ■:; lo tho learned i-.il and boa con strictor i e of owe nes i r i j slo in r vv ; i - mi e ii in it e nour the :- , , , creek po'ih ment gotilng track of ( wi n : ui-ue 1 hint nnd indni siiirendor owens wis brought hereby dr s ,. ill mr c i lo i f 11 i mi price charloti i our mailers will remember thai this man owens was charged with the mur d r nl mr with rs lie is in jiti i ing hi dial ... kfigl i can 0 li odillg ovt i i nature llio stars li tan to spar o in thu bl i i-i in 1 ! •■bo . ■im aeonu •' '" in v lu i e — , w hen i sailed lort tin i | n posi 8 i l di nth l .. a r.i.v ' n iioit aighl met an uu lilliolj dentil i a writi r dccl ires that under tbe pi c . eat sv8tem of femulo edneation daugh :.■becoming olegaut a pliers — a figure of speech im i.v tin discoveries in belgium a n ; rt to tho 1 lelginn m ini tor ol the im .; by me ibi -. van lienedon and duponl furnishes additional information regard i tho curious rusenrchoa in the priiiio i lii itory of llio liiiiiinii family i mil io occupy bo 1 i ilon of the attenl m of tho bcienlillc world j hese . cull win iur o long i on ioi od in tho pn lit lu ■o n i i'arded by the di ■. cry of what may bo c mi iderod a modi i en o dwelling oi iho bank of the ri ■li o i is t ci ibed as well lighted traversed by a sprii -.-. on ■, to ac cos . und ii situation nm i picturesque — in short po -" ing oi ry r ntn'sito ol ti desirable family u tu ion i troglodytre ance in the evidenc of occ ipnti m | itod by ibe cavern ato most iinnioroii im oiintit tho materials uf tho t nrions t-no implcmenl - found in imiucii iiuiu bors fragments uf mineral . l ni shark's teeth i&c sli iw thai tho inl ants must have enj iyod cxton i i co raercial relationi w irli portions of europe 1 iitlglng from tl ■• quantity of bones found in th '■i i ii princi ol : of the cave dwellers must have been horse flesh as tin '■il li of m n o t tin ty hoieos were found the bones i . water ral badger hare boar shox that variety in diet n us udied the foi en in of an elephant or uiamoth found in lio ■atiie dwelling is regarded by thediscov ni rather as a let ish or idolatrous charm placi i in the hearth in tbo same maiinor as still practiced by some african un tions the worked hints in vatious l - ages of manufacture collected auy more than 30,0u i the cave nppcara to h ivo 0 o i abandoned bo suddenly that ho in i habitants loft behind ihem iheir i ornaments and the remains of their in according to mr dupont's theory this ' mii-t have arisen from the approach of : tho unb ion inundation which covered ] tho whole of belgium and nor france and swept away tbo generation ] of the cave people immediately nfter ' they left it the roof and sides of ibe cave l fell in the pieces detached covoi ing tho ' floor and thus preserving tho rem from the a u of tho water undistu bod ' ■.. i isday the wriloi reconstructs from iho materials at hand whose evidence seems incontrovertible a striking picture \ of the condition and habits of the eai ly race of men in belgium n state that : to have prevail 1 over n greater ' pai i ..:' i irope tho remain nsetl led point . i investigation is tin ancestral re lation hold by these primitive popula tions to the present race of man it will need more extensive discoveries than bavo yol been made for its liual settle ment nation o 1 nm'tltcm woman's erperienoe in tin negri ■nt i.i di fl r coire pond i . •• of tbo i'lii ' '; ' , i a , ; min march 1scj7 — 1 have lived ono veiir in tho south and no words can tell the cnntempl uoit6 uianni r in which ii oi l heats a northern lady when she meets her alll ■-_■', wo live in n thickly popnlati i disti ict yet ail mv fam ' * li n o boon soi iou.-ly ill at one time in :. ' one vi hito person has como near us although the wh ■'■■noighb ir hood wi ■• aw at o of otn in ipl -- condi tion taken all ■_ r " th . i r i lhe no groi b i i happy race bill they di poor -' : iks i mir uipei int ent's wifu required the si i • iocs of n young : '. h hile • ninny here with tu lo to 1 th in at home vet biio .- ul i not g il th i p mi sion ol the parents of any of them lo take ot i simply i ■cause their ch id c ild with po ir wl ito lb ks 1 wottl i .: , sil i relic he mi : of th people of tbo i ni the miserable c md [ ki ow ii ■b icli all work ; it is only i leave tho c its bill | ■l hiding on i walks i.i groit - « ith notlrng to n i ,( ittlc 111 lo a win 1 ' for all ou plan ■c mil . iuso i ntul i c110cod1le sylli igism amongst oilier fain - ai lie problems is the n hich is framed the ncutei -- 1 oytieivn being prob ibly nnsiii 1 it called s may bo thus stn od : an i playing on tho bank of a tiver , d by a cr itig i cries rushed to its in ber tearful entreat es o m tho crocod lo wh > - iy of tho highest intollig n would bim trill whal would lni this the mo rlt il • : ioi •• ) oil '" '" " i bo crocod ih answers to thi i have spoken truly i cam the child without destroy ing tin your asset lion if von hu o ly 1 cannot give back the child h - yon have nol fulfilled tbo n therefore i cnnnoi give il baofi i i you liavo spokon truly or falsely the mothor retorted if i have spo ken truly you niii-l give back ihe child • by ■ii tutj of 3 our agreement if i hav i fal oly that can only be when ■given bach tho child so that whether i have spoken truly or falsely i lie child milt i be given back lli tor is silent as to the issue of this i puto i ii uv in reply to tho argument thai n man who had sworn to support il ' i litution oould not vote tinder an ■utional acl of < lon*j rn - wiihout o perjury the new vork tin , \\ ■cannot boo lhat their taking un oath to npport the constitution has any ', hatovor to do h ith ihis q lestion i 1 . tl oath does nut forbid iheir ob ng au unconstitutional law — though it might forbid their making one they lind a certain law in force — they aro in no wise responsible for ii ihey ha i nothing to d , wiih making i ley aro merely tin parties upon whom il is to take effect i'liey avail themselvos of power which it ioi iu tboir bands for their own protec tion again i othei n il clothes with llio line power i requires very sharp optics to detect in this anything like per jury oo we think the lincoln league—impor tant disclosure wc have but recently received infor million that tho union league of this boction hold n meeting prior to the 87th march for tho purpose of appointing n delegate to represent tho league in tho v convention 1 1 was suggested we learn that mr iloldon would no doubt represent them faithfully if appointed as their repre sentative delegate but tho league do termined lhat they could not repose con fidonce in him tor when the question was put only two voted for mr iloblen so that it ooius tlio colored men of lin coln county are much more intelligent than some may have supposed they were evidenced by their prompt rejection of the name of the gentleman proposed but we must not close this brief notice without mentioning the fact as stated to ns that the chairman oflhe meeting de livered a sound and appropriate as well as touching address to the league which if lie has llo objection and will placo ill . nr iniiiil for publication we will insert in tin courit r free of charge ii.,1 ii has been represented to us tho speaker mr ii really entertains tho views ho expressed ho is a reliable . n i deserves tho well done of the entire community wo hope his ifluenoo ive a happy effect upon the newly franchised class — lincoln courier decidedly rich iii new vork times referring to the mongrel assemblage recently convened . . sigh remarks : information has been received hero v in north carolina that the recent so culled liiion meeting hold nt raleigh ild out to the rebels of the ten ■'."",. tl as committee on res -. nin ■could not take the oath re i by law it was not a delegate con vi ii tion and only fifty-three of the nine counties in the state were ted the members were seloc tt , i ... it ivern r iloldon aud n few of bis ,' ends with mi regard to political ns oilier than that they wore g to i nd irse the policy ofthe etol ' ■. a convention of the uncom li th mil wltito and black unionists will i and there will bo two • : .: deh gati •- to the c institutional t i to bo organ iz id tinder tho . ui bill lie of the iiol i the other of the unionist ll may not beg nornlly known by onr ■, espe hilly y the colored pu . . :, lhat a number of lhe men ilo c uumittoe in the . iferred to ab i e were wo i bl infoi med before g the war regul ir nil > r > . kadi rs . i nl he shavers ii mcr were n ■•• ays buisy in buying ing men and women and re parei cs or marital rela ii3 w il ins from ev ol cuff's tie irry i off to m ississippi . -. . . , to sell again on mla i'b are the pers ins who ■■n the . .'/ iur '.''.' . /■, or sistt r . , to y on thoy arc entitled to \ ■pros ntativo men lit 1 no l in i al i car noth ■■: ■-. ioi llinois and ( thi - ' i - tlio legisln f tboso states composed of tine ■- rail ol itinl one-fourth 1 eino i i ition to amend the con btitution of tho respoctive s itos - * ns to porinit negroes to vote was defeated less than half the rad als voting for it i do not want tlio negro to vo e and ibey submit i tho southern states to let negiocs t believe the ni ut will bo i'l i.'d ca i i ' |