The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-06-13
Two Interesting women.
ruE OLD swEErnEARTs or SENATOR MATT
CARPENTER AND Ex PRESIDENT JEFFERSON
DAVIS


IAuTFeSponuent AJttEol NHlon.l
Many writer's have devoted themselves
to telling US about the wives Of great men.
We know something Of most Of them,
Their pecuarities and domestic virtues are
recorded and safely preserved. But who
will tell us Of their sweet hearts VIII, nev-
er became their wives2 OF the girls whose
beauty filled their boyish hearts with adlni-
ration and uaselfsh love; love far purer,
better and hoer than that which accom-
panied them to the altar in later years.
Few men marry their first love at all. The
man who airts till thirty cannot love. At
least, he cannot love as boy loves.
Not long since | met lady who was for
years the bethrothed Of Senator Matt Car
panter. She loved him with woman's de-
votion. She watched every movement Of
his life with an intense anxiety. She was
keenly sensitive to any reprodch cast upon
him as if she bore his name and shared his
life. And yet he had broken his vows apd
married another. He had held her heart
in thral until she felt that it was
worthless TO any one but him, and then
flung il away as a discarded thing. He
wrote her after bis marriage aud received
her forgiveness and her blessing. He car
ries with him still her fondest, sweetest
thoughts. When he speaks to the Senate
there is an ear listening for every word !;
and when he receives the paudits Of men
he thinks, perhaps, Of one whose smile is
worth more than all praises, who will smile
when Others frown, and will be true when
all else is false.
There is liyingin Detroit Il venerable and
respected lady, who TO those who know
her, Is the heorine Of a strange story Sbe
may be seen almost any day on the streets
hurrying from her tour Of shopping back to
her pleasant little home over her needle
and thread her fancies have full play and
her memory is supreme.
She is woman Of rare intellect and
great cultivation, a charming conversation
alist, and an exemplary Christian. Sue has
been twice married and twice widow, and
now as time is drawing his silver tracings
through her hair, she moves alone. The
loved ones Of the past are gone. Her in
terests and her affections draw her toward
the world Of spirits
She was 10 her young days the betrothed
Of Jefferson Davis. Why they never mar
ried is not known. She treasures too deep
ly the casket Of the past to open it 20 other
eyes. II may be that to her near and dear
ones she tells the story. | am not among
them, and Do not know i.
1t i certain, however, whatever may
have prevented the cons ummation Of their
early plans, she and the rebel President
have never lost their regard for. each other.
They still exchange letters, and witch over
each Others welfare. Two such lives run
ming in such different channels, and yet
having the sympathy Of heart and interest
must have much to attract each other His
has been a life Of splendid achievements
and noble faiures--full Of excitement and
thrilling episodes. Hers having its own
vicissitndes, born like woman, has been
quiet and unobtrusiye, but perhaps, az won,
derful as his. When ! pass her on the
street, or see her in church, | feel like run
ming to her and asking for her story. The
sweetheart Of Jefferson Davis Who would
not like to go back of his plottings for
power and his struggle in behalf of the
South, and learn something Of his boy
hood, and how he acted when in love
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Laws of Mississippi.