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The Wife Of Seven Husbands.


fitted by them. now found some hole
to pick im, and in plain and pithv
English they called her murderrss.
While this was going on without
Mrs Alice's doors, another kind of
scene was taking place within. The
sheriff had been readily y admitted, and
WIS followed not only by the posse
Of the country, but by posse of the
yenur Ito use, believe, n strictly
lawful phrase,) consisting OF all sorts
Of people. who either had or thought
they should Like - have some con-
Germ in the business. They found
the widow by the bedside of her de-
parted husband she not only did
not fly from. but courted investig ga
tion, and accordingly the body was
Investigated, bat not the slightest
signs Of violence was found apon it.:
no trace of steel or poison--all was
RS right and IT'S unaccountable us it
ought To. have been. There were
isotue present who pretended to u
great knowledge Of human nature,
and who STRICTLY watched Mrs. Alice
duriDiss thu whole transaction, and
their evldsuce went still further to
clear her from the i1nputation it was
sought to attiX upon her :: tor they
said her conduct was 50 thoroughly
natural-she seemed between inytig-
nation at the charge brought against
, her, and grief ior the cause thereof
and yet there was no ovuractinm in
her grief, ii seemed just what she
would be likely to feel .or the loss Of
such husband. and to be rather ::or-
row for the spell that appeared TO DC
upon her. than for the man himself
| i The sheriff and his friends, therefore
wh:@ever thes ,aigl,t have thought o,
wished, found themselves, forced tt
declare her guiltless; and after par
taking OF u slight rejection, consis
tug OF boiled beef, suet puddings
aausages and ale, left the widow t,
her solitude. His declaration of he
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window, looking becomingly down
.G..l I

window, looking becomingly down.
cast and sorrowful. t
..Be she what she may" exclaimed
my young merchant, "by the pillars
of ST.. Hercules, she is lovely
wench and steps out like an empera-
trice."
"a witch, Master Martyn,," re-
piled one, the Oldest Of his compan-
ions, ga wicked which is she, take an
honest mans word for it,, who should
know something's" !
"He is married to a shrew," said
another, in an audible under tone,
which produced heavy laugh
against the former speaker in this
however, Master Lessomour did not
join, nor with his companions who re-
sumed their places round the well
stared table, but drawing stool into
fthe window recess, and taking Il tan
kard of ale with him, he sat him down,
intending, he said, to have another
glimpse of the fair widow as she
Eshould return from the church; mean
while, he requested the company to
tell him something more about her
as they seemed to know so much, and
he nothing, having been so long away
from home-and accordingly, Master
Andrews Qhe who had boasted of his
knowledge Of such things, and was
indeed reputed the most gar1ulous
gossip in the parish with the assis-
tance and interruption of his COM
panions, when they thought he had
not made enough of good point,
went through relation Of Mrs AL
ices life and adventures land, which
relation, divested Of considerable
share Of fiction with which Master
Andrews had laden it, and put to-
gether, it is humbly hoped, in some
thing Of more coherent manner. cor
responded very nearly with that
which has already been laid before
the reader. During all this while,
Martvn Lessomour spoke not :, word,
and when at length the narration
was ended, he slapped his hand lust
lily Oh the windowsill, ana cried out,
BY the 1ven stars, and they are
: ruling ones now casting up his eyes
: TO the sign over the door, ''but it. is
Il strange tale-and whether trae or
false l will soon know-tof if the
mind of man hold good within me
four-and-twentv hours, [ viii some
how or other scrapc kno" edge with
this said witcl,ing widow
At this observation, there was a
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! "
there was not one Of the party, with.
the exception of Master .Lessomour,
who was too merry to. get drunk;
and Of Master Andrews, on whom
EliquOr had ns more effect than on a
sponge. only making him heavy 3,
with these exceptions, there was not
lone who did not turn. himself under
the table. '"
/ Meft5yFadfeaHaea- al night Of the
lovely widow, and rose next morning,
lat the first break Of dawn, and be
ltimes to visit the widow. In due
time they were married and lived
VERY happily.
i 1t chanced, hosxsrer, that, as. they
Were sitting together silently one even
ing upon low stool or settle lin
shape something like a modern set
tee, only with quantity carved frame
and elbows, gazing upon the dying
embers Of a wood-tire,. that ad.been
|piled up between the brazen dogs on.
the brick hearth, that Mrs Alice
fetched a sigh. r.
''Why dost sigh, sweetheartl'' said
Eher husband !. art not happy?"
Il knew not why sighed, dear Mar
ltyn," she said, "Certes, it was not for
lack Of happiness, for L am sight hap
|py."
II am glad to hear thee say So.
and think thou sayest sooth-if l
may at ;dljudge from mine own heart
for am happier than I ever yet
have been"
for am happy now; and, indeed,
| never knew happiness till thee
"Nay, now thou art surely cajoling,
me, sweetest. Meanest thou, thou
vert never happy ere nowH'
81 say, till l knew thee. never
never!'' AS she said this with great
stress on the word never. Maltyn,
whose arm was girtlling her felt her
shudder strongly and he shook too.
After short pause, he resumed,
; ''Didst thou, then, not loxe thy other
husbands, Alice %
.sLove them No, Ma,tyn-no :.
hated them-hated them with
deadly hate" And at these words
her face grew lividiy pale, and her
eyes fixed on her husbands with a
strange and snake-like gIistening,
that his marrow thrilled again, and
his heart beat thick. He spoke to
l her, however, in meek voice, and
? said
: "Why aidst thou hate them so ;,
and, therefore, We're it possible thou
, shoulttst be such, l should even so
: hate thee. much, very much as I do
now love thee" She uttered these
words III Il tone OF deep tenderness,
and fell weeping on his neck.
, He stTnvt, both by caresses and
assurances, to soothe her but it
f was sometime before he could do So
Tue conversation was not resumed,
. and they retired to bed. But Mar
tvn's mind continued Very restless,
f and he lay awake long after his Wife
! had Gosn to, sleep; he could not
. dismiss her words from his brain, nor
} ottAce the impression they had lnade
, thereon; and, after turning the mat
: ter over a great many times, he came
= to the resolution thai he would see
! a little nore into the matter. AE
( last he fell asleep, but it WAS only
\ to wake soon from a Wild dream
t He thought l.nn and Ills wifr weIa
: still setting on tie low settle, as
; they had brpn that evening and
y that 1Acir faces We're lii up, Us they
:, then had been, lv the htfu! g.i:l-
J nering OF he dying emhcrs-that
. hers wore The same livid hue. and
e and her eyes g!iStened in the same
E9.n,l,, Ill a ,,.,rr,,r that had tEa,, = n
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-25
The ''Barlicade,, OF Charleston EIasSSr
BxRua.

va IhuTscay last sn increase in the number Of
vessels Oh this harbOr was noticed On Friday
morning noS less than twenty three sail, Of ali
classes, were In sight As well could be judged,
using sPygass ct distance Of three or four miles
there were come four gun boats one large steamer.
apparently frigate, and the rest seemed to be
mostly sailing vessels. One of thss steamers was
stationed st the northeast Of the Bar near the Rat
tlesnaks Shos and the remainder Of their aeet Wa
near old Ship Bar. During Thursday night and
Friday morning, with the weather calm, the sea
smooth and q moonlight night they succeeded In
sinking some seven hulk5, consisting Of two ships
and five banks, in one Of the channels Later the
day. the enemy sunk eightmOre Of the "stone setD
making fifteen in all From appearances, il il in
ferred that all their hulks which have been brought
here up 70 this tina have been made use Of and
that those now outside are bLOckEders-
This is the first step in the fsRdish Yankee pros
grsmme Of permanently barricsding and running,
if they can, the noble hsrbor Of Charleston. The
hulks lay on their sides, with list aport some Of
them having already been stripped Of their canvas
and others having their sails flying loose. A small
steamer, Of very light draught, was seen moving
actively about. She was supposed 20 be the tug
used to place the vessels in position on the shoals
previous TO sinking. The fifteen old vessels, if
placed in single file, and allowing the large space
Of TIVE hundred feet OostructiBg capacity 10 each
Vesss 2Sould blockade about three Thousand f ss.
| Charleston HarbOr has 4 water frsnt-fr0n The
RGttlesnake shoal to Folly Island beach Of about
six miles, with numerous passages 70 and from
the ses. On the occurrence Of the first heavy
nerthe asier, after the sinking Of the wreck the
force Of the wind, the hesYe Of the les and the
action of the quick sands, WILL according 70 all
previous experience, dissipAte the Yankee osStEuc-
tons with rspidity nearly great that Of tns
late terrible confederation. We have known neW
aud first class ships, Of nearly one thousasd tons
capacity, loaded with railroad iron, stop on the
Bar, in mid channel, and in few weeks there
would hardly be . trace Of them. and what could
be found had worked upon the shallow part OF the
Bar. TIE permanent closing Of Charleston harhor
BY sinking vessels st the entrance We consider an
impossibility and nothing but government mad
with folly and revenge would attempt il. This at
tempt of the Yankees, however, will have one good
effect in tending to quiet the nerves of any excl
table citizens who may have supposed that the
Lincolnites intended an attack sur city from the
sea
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three weeks more. Il would take longer time to
capture the citadel Of Quebec but still time would
de the work. In this invasion we should be aided
BY large portion Of the inhabitants two thirds Of
whom are in favor Of annexation to the United
States. The press Of the country may have led to
contrary opinion but the press BY no means repre-
SCENTS the general feeling on the subject
In very short time, We could, if required, brinx
. million Of men in the field to SCI IRE the CONQUEST
And what resistance out Of Q1sbec could the
British Government offer to the tide Of invasion
None that could not be easily overcome, even by q
fraction of the force we should bring into opera
ton. Her army in all North America is insigni-
heart, her fortifcations few and far between and
her frontier totally uDguarded. Canada would.
therefore, be at our mercy from the day of our
crossing tina boundary line.
Meanwhile, in view of the possible rupture with
Great Britain, let Congress abolish our treaties
with Canada, from which she has been deriving
such great commercial advantages, and let rs $50
late ourselves from the province without delay.
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HALIFAX, Dec. 10, 1e61.-The European ne VS.
caused great excitement In this city for time; but
the unanimous feeling was that England's demands
fr Mason and SlidelI could rot be listened to for
moment. The sober second thoughts that our gov.
eminent SHOULD be firm but conciliatory; but if the
alternative is give up the commissioners or fight,
then fight.
MONTREAL, Dec. 16 lssla-The news from England
BY the Europa and CffRDf Washington creates much
excitement. There is- q strong British feeling
throughout the province
TORONTO, Dec. 16.-The English news causes in
tense excitement, and the action Of the home gov
eminent is strongly approved.
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Subtitle Richmond Whig is informed that the
water at the Salt Works in Smythe county, Va, is
abundant for the production of salt enough to sup
ply the world, and at 8 cost not exceeding twenty>
five or thirty cents per busheL This is matter Of
tso vital importance to the whole Southern Confed
erscy to be neglected and if private capitalists do
not take hold of the matter at once, the State of
Virginia or the Confederate States should give
such encouragement as will insure a material in
in the production of salt at that place. By
prompt and vigorous action the capacity Of the
Wsrks may be increased in very short time to
supply al our wants.
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The London Chroaicls declares all classes IN Eng
land aad France determined that the United Ssafss
shall wage war according to civilized lava
Germany was much excited. Cotton FOods were
advancing and Mills stopping.
The Msgdelens, at Lisbon from Rio, Nov. s,h.
reports the coffee shipments for the preYoas month
$50 bags, mostly 70 Channel. Stock lis GOO baes
Good first 6H400 to 6B00.
Captain Seymour, the Queens messenger, accom-
panied by Mr.. CuDard was reesiTed By the consult
At New York and Boston. No Americans were
present The line is already drawn between the
two nationa
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8ceatfund realized for our people who have suf
fered from Yankee davaataHOns, and who are
IN pressing need Of the compensation due for their
losses. But cur sequsstraton law ID 50 tame and
imbecle that not an acre Of ground can be touched
nor cent OF money paid to these many thousand
sufferers from Yankee Vandalism while the law
remains in Its present shape. The time has come
for abort work and earnest work with these Yam
KEGS, and it is in this very matter of confscAtion
that they are most sensitive and Venerable.
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No PAPER To MoRRow-Todsy being Christmas,
and general holiday among printers, viii be OBJ
served as such by the employees Of the UNION AND
AMERICAN Office, consequently we shall ilsue no
paper tomorrow.
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The News in the North Generally.

PHILADELPHIA, Disc. G, IS6l.-The money article
of the Bulletin Of this city says:
The foreign news caused 3 feverish and excited
stock market to-day, with a downward tender G.,
particularly in "fGlcies" Reading declined one
per cent The better class Of securities sympsthze
with this downward movement but in the absence
of transactions, prices are entirely nominal The
best bids for State loans are one per cent. below
saturdays prices. In monetary circles there is
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Exciting News from England!
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rHB rtAsON.sI1DELL ArrA1H.
The News I'm Canada.

What Is Thought at the North or the
News from England.
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DesIrable COsnITY Bs
WETg have for sale . desirahls b
from tbe cry conta,ning IS
Il 4 Esll Inproysd End conFsnisntiy
dec2i-sf
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Our RoWlIng Green Correrpon dence.

Eedsral and Confederate Movemsns-he decisive sugga
rear at FEDERAL force South of Green RverAn hr
Cumberland Ford samped35OO0 Yankees at Gresn River
-SEnsh near Observation-Disclosures ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ing Iederelt taken In and cared r-Arrvs from Hender,
lon~ oEtttenden moving on HOPkInEVille, de-, Sc.
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In the event of England, in her folly, declaring
war against the United States the annexation of the
Britsh Moth American possessions, to which Mr..
Seward looked forward in his speeches made before
the present administration came into ofice win To-
eVitably follow. Between Vermont and Minnesota
we could pour hundred aud fifty thousand troops
into Canada in week, and overrun the province in
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-03-14
Tsse Esess Fed.

OF the eight pounds which man eats
and drinks in day, it is thought that not
less than FIVE pounds leave his body through
the skin And Of these five pounds a
considerable percentage escapes during
the night while he Is in bed. The larger
part OF this is water, but in addition there
is much eiIcte and poisonous matter
This being in great part gaseous in form,
permeates every part OF the bed Thus
all parts of the bed, mattress, blankets, as
well as sheets, soon become foul and need
puriication.
The mattress needs this renovation
quite as much as the sheets. To allow
the sheets to be used without washing or
changing three or six months, would be
regarded as bad housekeeping; but | in
sist that il thin sheet can absorb enough
of he poisonous excretions of the body to
make it unfit for use in a few days, thick
mattress which can absorb and retain a
thousand times as much OF these poisonous
excretions needs to be purified as often
certainly as once in three months.
4 sheet can be washed, mattress can
not be renovated IN this way. Indeed
there is no other way OF cleansing u mat
tress but by steaming it, or picking it to
pieces and thus in fragments exposing it
to the direct rays of the sun. As these
processes are scarcely practicable with any
of the ordinary mattresses, [ am decided
ly of the opinion that the good old fash
ioncd straw bed, which can every three
months be changed for fresh straw, and
the tick be washed, is the sweetest and
healthiest of beds.
II in the winter season the porousness
of the straw bed makes it little uncom-
Portable, spread over it comforter or two
wooden blankets, which should be washed
as often as every two weeks. With this
arrangement, if you wash all the bed COW
eYing as often as once intwo or three weeks
you will have delightful, healthy bed.
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CHURCHES, MINISTERS, sc.

Presbyterian D. HARRISON, Pastor
Preaching every Sabbath morning at l03
o'clock, and in the evening at 3 O'Clock. Sab
bath School at l o'clock, \. II. Prayer meet
ing every Thursday evening at clock.
Hstt3dist Episcopal Ctureh-REy. J. SEANE,
Preacher in charge. Rev E. II. BAIRD, As
ssant. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
At I85 O'Clock in the morning, or in the
evening. Sabbath School at O'Clock, A. u.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at I
o'clock.
Wlch L1dependent-REv- Ii. r. POWELL,
Plstor.-Preaching every Sabbath morning t
10 o'clock, and in the eycniEg at O'Clock.
Sa5bath School at l O'Clock, 2. NJ. Prayer
meeting on the first Monday evening of each
month; and on every Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday evening, excepting The first week
in each month.
Cdoiaisiic Ne todi5t-REv. JOHN W L.tAMs.
Pastor.-Prelchiug every Sabbath evening at
aud o'clock. Sabbath School ut 0 O'Clock,
4. VI. Prayer meeting every Friday evep ng
a. o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
at o'clock.
Dseipiss-REv. WM. LLOYD, Pastor-Preach-
ing every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
Particular Baptiste-REv. DAVID JEYEINs,
Pastor.-PFeaching every Sabbath evening at
o'clock. Sabbath School at o'clock. P. N.
CttboGc-REv. VI. J. MITCHELL, Pastor -
Services every Sabbath morniug al l04 o'clock
sad Vespers al 4 o'clock in the evening.