The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-11
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though Il IS rather hard upon the gentleman
who cut The principa fEars IN the al ven
ture- A prominent merchant Of this citv
add benedict st that. had some prsssin,
business that called him n Louisyile-a
least he told his wife on--and. taking ! vel
stocked yalise with him. he started 6r III.
evening boat, assuring his better-haI tha
he would return in a few days. rhis o.
CURED abous ten days ago, and about TIA
time an examination Of the register took d
the bua5 Will disclose the fact shat Mr.. -
and lady were duly accommodated with
state-room letter -, in the ladies' cabin
Time passed but the gentleman did not re
turns but in his place q letter cane, with
the intelligence that business delayed him
and he would probably act he back ior !
week. Meanwhile, important letters we're
% be forwarded 70 him AZ The Louisville
Hotel
The wife, impatient Of Der lonely state,
and deemiug it al eNcellant chsncs Cor d
ilttle recreatio1. upon her own hoos, con
eluded that she would make a surprise party
OF one aud accordingly started for Louis
vile % JON her liege lord chance tock
her upOa the same boat. where meeting a
male scqualuiance, she requested Inn %
procure her room, and chsnc1 again pro
Nided that the lady was allotted the sells
same letter -, that her husband ~ q bis
eAere asa had previously Iuon0polited for
oue Right. IL 4 said thst 'musder vii oat, =
and The saying VIII spply % Peceadiloe. Of
lesser sraie-as least % vas - IN tnla u
stance, az the sequel VIII show. While
making her toilet for supper. the eyes OF
the lady were fascinated by q litle couplel
in pencil mark, written By TIE sde of the
diminutive mirror, and which read thus
Two souls with but one thought combined.
Two heslrts that beat one
The writing appeared familiar, and grew
more suspiciOusiy %. upon nearer scrutiny,
especially when underneath " i. H. the
tell-tale initials Of her husbands name,
were written, TO which were added, ''aila las
5elovea Earg."
Il Doesn't take much to awaken the de-
mOniac ingredient Of Jealousy IN q woman's
nature, and as her name wasn't Mary, and
the writing assumed nearer snd nearer the
shape Of her husbands chirography, before
she had finished that toilet, she became
pretty well satisfied, in her own mind, that
soc was an injured woman, and, With the
quick perception Of her sex, che coneocted
plan 70 find out al about It. With this
view, she first cultivated the aequaintance
Of The chsmbermaid, whose affection she
won by a small doucear. and whose reinem-
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that upon a certain trip, which tailed with
the departure Of Mr.. 81. II ," a very affec-
tomato couple occupied that identical room.
and that upon putting things 10 rights the
next morning, the cham bermaid's eye had
rested upon the aioresa d coupet, which she
thought very pretty and romantic and which
she had allowed 70 remain, in order that
she might "geI it By heart.
Here was clue, and the thread was that
evening unrayeled 10 a conclusion, f0f some
time after she informed the gentleman. 10
whose Offices she was indebted for the intro
duction into that fatal loom, that she had
reason to believe that upon a certain night
her husbands brother AID lady had taken
passage upon the same boat, add expressing
a more than ordinary earnestly 10 ascertain
if such was the case, he was induced 10 APP
ply 10 the clerk, aud there, IN the fatal reg
ister, she beheld the damning evidence u
IL. II. 3" guilt.
The stream Of love, which had previ
cusly run as smooth Is the scalp of Juuius
Browne, became suddenly ruled g. the
powerfully agi,ated Bay Of Bliscay; but we
will not attempt 70 portray the feelings Of
the injured one during the balance of the
trip, which came to q conclusion AZ 8 o.
clock the next morning, when, errviug at
the Louisville wharf, she engaged a coach
and in few minutes after she entered the
hotel, aud then her suspicious received
confirmation strong ss holy writ" in the
intelligence that Mr.. II. aud bis ia3t had
not yet arised. Imagine q liouess ruthltssiy
deprived Of her pet cub. or eoarmana
Mortified at the sight Of fayorite Ut Bic
carried of by tnievish cat, or worse still.
a shoddy contractor being bambouzled out
Of fat Government lob, and some faint idea
may be formed of the rage and dispair that
swelled the bosom of the wife, whose COM
mand 10 be Instantly shown b the guilty
room was 81 ferce and peremtory that q
was instantly complied with.
The scene that followed may be i'm
agined; We can't describe it, but the sequel
was that the erriBg benedict sud his genu-
inc wife returned ~ Cincinnati upon that
mornings mail boat, that the upward trip
did't exempify
"rso hesrtA tbs. bat o. one"
that be has ever since hsd q very sheepish
look, and that the probability IS that the
visit % Louisville has heuceforth cost him
the marital supremacy. Enquirer.
Since the end Of the rebellion the Navy
Department has exhibited great activity Ia
fitting out vessels for service IN foreign
waters. In the Mediterranean we have new
SIX vessels, carrying In all scventy-three
gans. Besides these are four now fitting
out and almost ready, with an aggregate u
forty seven guns, There are IN the Brazil
ian squsdron six vessels, carrying sixty.guns
in all, and there are one or two vessels
nearly ready 70 start The East Indian
squadron Is composed Of three vessels and
thirty seven guns. We sre represented in
the waters Of The Pacific by twenty vessels
and two hundred and twenty guns. On The
Atlantic coast We have seven vessels, with
an aggregate Of sixty three guns, besides
several light-draft steamers ior navigating
shallow rivers. Ia the Gulf squadron there
are thirteen vessels, carrying. IN all. ninety
six guns. In the Mississippi We have six
vessels, besides a number Vi irOa-clads az
Mound City, III. There are eleven vessels
belonging ~ the practice squadron at An
n0polis, Nd and twenty-five vessels that
are used Is Transports receiving-ship snd
In other duties. The total number Of yes
sells actuaily in service 81 present is one
hundred and one The total nun Der 81
guns is one thousand one hundred and ff-
teen, which gives an average OF eleven guns