that our intimacy was getting too strong; also by Mrs. Matthews. Spoke to Mrs. Ould in re ference to the matter, and she said that her husband had treated her badly, and she never intended to return to him again. Mr. Ould left for the North, I think, in the fall of IMS. Advised her to go back to Mr. Ould : that he teemed to be a good man and a kind husband.