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Then .ay, should time. ere next We meet,
Steal youths fresh tin, away,
Wit thou again those VOWS repeat,
That thou hast sworn to day?
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break to you what has long occupied
my mind, namely: the necessity for re-
trcnchmont, Unwilling to annoy you,
for some time permitted Il style Of
living so far exceeding my means, as to
make II longer continuance Of it, alike
impossible and dishonest, Poor Mrs
Williams. 1t was evidently no rusc OF
her husbands to punish her, there was
ac0lm gravity about him which alarmed
her, and Shc burst into tears,
"And what are we to do! | do not
SEQ how we are to lower the cost OF
living--'what are we to do without"
"Thore are n number cf luXurios, my
dear, in which we Indulge, which we
can easily give up, and be quite rs hap.
py rs we are now; but do you know
Mrs, Philips" ?"
Mrs. Williams answered in the afllr-
mitivc, and her husband then went ON
to inform her Of the conversation with
his friend, explaining also the necessity
for economy, and, at the same time,
giving her sOmc ofhiS friends views OF
married life, Shortly after this, VII
liams took his wife to visit Mrs Phil
lipS the families became intimate, and
Mrs. ", learned the important secret,
that moderate, yea, even rigid economy
is by no means inconsistent with the en-
joymcnt Of all the eIcgancics sand refine
mcnts Of HE.
Five years had passed, and Williams
still! occupied the same house, but in
stead Of renting it he owned it. His
friends had perceived no change in his
mode of living but he had felt Il mark
cd difference in its cost--hc was Il hap
py and prosperous man.
"Alicr," said he one day, on reaching
home, "herc is something to buy u
..u,;,,, ,l,,nro,v, >
'P'',5 '''''''' ''''
"Dcar Charles, YOU don't suppose |
,,, ,,o;n, +, ,,,orL fn, L,,Iors r,r q
bonnet, do your
"And yet remember the time when
douhIc mat amount would not satisfy
| Won ut this sruSon"
g. t'H' ""' pray, ha'lcN' whose
! fault was that lfmrn choose to treat
u,,i, ,,.,..,,i,,,l,.l,,Il. ,...,.n,.,,,
for pluythings-ihcy must not he rs
lonishcd that they do not fulfill lbpn
,,.uo mission "
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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06

GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE HORRORS OF
THE RETREAT FROM MosCow.-The horrors of
the winter retreat of Napoleon from Moscow
have never been more simply and powerfully
described than by Sir Robert Wilson, the
British Minister, who was at that time
resident in Russia, and accompanied the
allied armies, after the passage of the Bere-
sina, through Poland and Germany. He
speaks of the retaliative cruelty of the Rus
siaus, who buried their prisoners alive, or,
stripping them of all their clothing, forced
them to march, sometimes in columns of 700
or 800, over the hard diamond-like snow, and
through the cutting wind, while the savage
peasant women, on one occasion, beat sixty
naked victims over the head,with sticks, in
accompaniment to a national air, while the
sufferers necessarily cried for death, death,
DEATH" '
He describes, as with painters pencil,
the frozen circles of dead men found sitting
every morning round the biyouac fires, the
dogs cfouching over the dead bodies of their
masters and bowling piteously-the young,
| beautiful French mother writhing in the
| snow, red with her blood, clothed only with
| her long, black, shining hair, and frantically
crying, fGive me my child, p Git was nearly
born) Amid all this, not one complaint
was heard against the Emperor OF the
army of invasion, about $4,000 returned
l25,600 persisted in combat 100000 were
captured; 100000 destroyed by cold, hunger
and disease-while forty-eight Generals and
1900 officers remained prisoners. ....
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Something More About the MnrOnites-
Their Relation to the Druses.


The Ma -onites, though under Turkish
sway have enjoyed considerable religious
liberty until the recent massacres Indeed,
their temporal rulers felt obliged to allow
them as many concessions as their spiritual
master and they were the only Christians
under the sway of Mussulmans who were
allowed to indulge in religious professions,
with crosses and banners, outside of their
churches. This federation was unpalatable
to the Druses, though they enjoyed as many
privileges; for the Druse faith is as far re-
moved from that of the strict followers of
Mohammed as the MarOnite is from the pre-
else line of duty marked out for devout
members of the Roman Catholic Church.
Pagan superstitions are oddly intermixed
with Mussulman dogmas, and it is char
acter of the religion Of these Druses to ac-
commodate itself to any circumstances.
Lamartine has described the home of the
Maronites, showing that, like the Waldenses,
thew have "hed like bird to the mountains" I"
40 avoid the constant prosecutions they have
been subject to. The nights where they live
are almost inaccessible, and the naked rock
everywhere pierces through the mountain
side But the indefatigable activity Of the
people whose only safe asylum for their relig-
ION was behind these peaks and precipices,
| has rendered even the very rocks fertile.
| Stage by stage, up to the topmost crests as
/ lar as tne eternal SHOWS, Jhey nave con-
structed with blocks of stone the walls OF
! terraces, up to which they have carried the
/ small quantity of vegetable earth which the
waters had deposited in the ravines, and
| have converted the whole of Lebanon into O
| garden covered with fg-trees, mulberry
| ees, olives and corn.
! The traveller is often astonished when, af
ter having climbed for whole days along the
| peaked buttress of mountains which are
nothing but enormous blocks of rock, he
suddenly finds in the hollow of an elevated
gorge, or on the plain of pyramid of mount
ain, a handsome village built of white stone
inhabited by rich and numerous popula
tion, with Moorish castle in the midst or
monastery in the distance torrent which
| rolls its foam at the foot of the village, anC
all around horizon of vegetation and yer
dure in which pines, chestnut and mulberry
trees support the vines or shade the fields o
maize and wheat. These villages are som
times almost perpendicularly suspended owe
each other, so that you may throw a stoE
from one to the other, or converse from tb
walls with the people Of another town.
l. 1t is the Maronites which the Druses hop
4 to exterminate. The presence of Fuad Pash
for awhile restrained their fury, but it ha
burst forth again, and the renewal of tn
massacres can not but lead to some defnit
action on the part of the European Powers
regard to Syria. Her nominal but impor
ant sway over Lebanon threatens again
be the cause of the downfall of Turkey.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06
Fashions of Men and Women in Britain.

n ldJG hOhuOh lObbOA
The fancy of the fashionable world is get
ting very Tococo and middle-aged. The girls
work tapestry, as did the good girls of the
time when the gallants were at the crusades;
and they embellish books in the missal FASH
ion; but, bless you, they are not for the
study or the decoration of the house, for
next week you will-see them at fancy fair,
putting up their handiwork to the highest
bidder, tugging at you per tail of the coat,
or holding fast by a button, until you consent
10 put down a sovereign as a subscriber in
the scheme of fleeing made agreeable. The
girls have taken Immensely to wearing gold
rings. They hang all over the person; they
loop up skirts; fall from the net that holds
helhair; they are pendant from the ear, or
around the waist; and they would gladly, all
of them, of course, place plain gold one on
the left hand finger. 0lrlr'
The males are not without their fancy, for
there is war against the white choker, which
make men look like walters, and which have
certainly been carried to an egregious ex-
cess. 1t is supposed that this is stiff
English aversion, but the real sinners were
| Croats, who wore white leather throat
| covering. The first time the French caught
| sight of a regiment of Oroats they were SC
pleased with the effect that they introduced
the white choker into cavalry regiment
and from this to the line was quick step
| till the whole army, as may be seen in old
costume books, affected it. When the army
| left it off, it was taken up by good society,
which is not usually fond of good things
and walters, who are initiative gentlemen,
| received the white choker with the cast-of
things of their patrons, and adopted them.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06
A HIgh.hHnded Measure on the Rivera
Steamboat Captain Displaced and tire
Command Assumed by the Bnaineer..

Steamboat Captain Displaced RBd the
Command Assumed by the Ensiueer..
1t was recently announced, says the Mem
phis EVening Argus, that Capt e. +. Dill,
steamboat agent in this city, and Jack Nor
ment, a well-known steamboatman, had to-
gether purchased the steamer Milton, which
has since been doing thriving business. IL
is now stated that Norment promptly paid
for his half, and went security for that of
Dill. Dill, in the meantime, sold the bar of
the boat for $500, and raised some means
which, together with a portion Of the earn
ings Of the boat, he paid his first instalment
for his half. This was said to be the state of
the case when the Meteor made her trip
down. At New Orleans, it was said, Nor
ment took advice and was advised to get
Capt. Dill off the boat, and take possession.
This he determined to do.
The Meteor, on her last trip down, had
lot of horses. One of these jumped overheard
and escaped. On coming up, Norment in
sisted that Capt. Dill, and his son William,
who is first clerk, should go ashore and en-
deaHor to find the missing horse, this they
consented to do, and forthwith the Captain
and his son left for the woods. After they
had been gone few minutes, Norment
went on the upper deck and backed the boat
off. He then went to the officer, and with a
drawn pistol, demanded of Walter Dill, first
clerk, the money and papers belonging to
the boat. He then proceeded to this city,
where he took out papers as captain, dis
charged the old crew, paid them off then re-
engaged them, and went on to st. Louis.
Yesterday morning, Capt. Dill and his son
reached this city, but finding the boat gone,
he left for Cairo by railroad yesterday morn
ing, where he expected to join the Meteor,
now no longer his. The result of that meet
ing can be very readily imagined, if violence
| is attempted.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06

ADRoIT ESCAPE OF Two FEMALE Con-
yIcTs FROM THE Ono PENITRNTIARY.-Two
female eonvicts, says the State Journal by
adroit management, effected their escape
from the Penitentiary on Thursday evening.
Before they were turnedi nto their cells, and
while the guards were at supper, they got
the lock off the door of the female prison,
and got out into the yard. By means of
boxes and a step-ladder, which they
found in the yard, they mounted to the
outer-wall, and walked along on it to a
guard-house. To this they fastened roll of
muslin, which they brought with them from
the prison, and let themselves down on the
outside. Not understanding very perfectly
the art of sliding down in this manner, they
blistered the inside of their hands, and
bruised themselves against the wall. They
directed their course northward, on foot.
They were found by officers of the Peniten-
tiary, early yesterday morning. in Worth
ingion, and brought back to their old domi-
Gil
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06

STRANGE LIGHTS FROM A SANCTUM VIM
Dow.-The sanctum of the editor and pro-
prietor of the Huntsman's Echo a sheet
printed in Nebraska, presents some times
strange sights "Last week." the editor
saws, 7'upon two occasions, from our Office,
we witnessed the playful pranks of several
antelopes, and again a sprightly red fox
came up near the Enclosure, but cut and run
when dTowser' came in sight; nice race
they had, and both made time, but Reynard
three large wolves hove in sight and played
around on the prairie at a safe distance; the
same chaps, probably, that made a tender
meal from a good-sized calf of ours that had
been running out. The buffalo have taken
our caution, and for two weeks have not
troubled u.s.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06
Musings of n NIaiden-ReveIings of a
HaDpy Fancy.

As the beautiful heroine sat at her window
dreaming says the writer of late romance,
she saw the green sea Of foliage tossing in
billowy unrest, and sparkling with my riad
flowers, and foaming in the beds of its un-
easy abysses with sheeted bloom. Out upon
that beautiful sea all her sensbilities pushed
their sails, to dance and float and fly, under
the light of the great slumberous sun.
What rare sea-birds were those that piled
their ceaseless wings and sang their marvel
lous songs among the waves!-orioles, like
Goals of fire, plunging in, and coming out
unquenched; automatic humming birds,
stopping here and there and slipping and
sliding away with whirr, as if revolving
upon and following, an invisible wire;
chimneys-swallows paying out from:imper-
ceptible reels broad nets of music to catch
flies with; bobolinks, diving into the sway
ing masses of green, and coming out with a
thousand tough bubbles. bursting in their
metallic throats; broad-winged hawks,
slowly sailing above all, far up in the breath
less ether, ripening their feathery silver in
the sun, and watching the play beneath !
And then what musical spray of insect life
swept through the balmy atmosphere l-bees
sprinkling themselves upon the fresh blush
roses at the door, or humming by, loaded
with plunder; flies industriousiy doing moth
| ing; whole generations of notes sliding up
and down shadow-piercing sunbeamsl into
this beautiful scene, and half-creating it
went Fanny's happy fancy, dreaming, and
dreaming, and dreaming, through hours o
| intoXiCation.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06

ExTRAoRDINARY SUCCESSION OF CoINcI-
pENcEs.-Coincidence seem to attend all the
movements of the Prince of Wales. He left
this city on the first Of October, the one hun
dredth anniversary of the death of his ances-
tor, George II; he arrived at Boston on the
nth of October the eighty-third anniversary
of the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga
ninth anniversary of the surrender of Lord
Cornwallis at Yorktown. The fleet which
took him home arrived at Portland on the
10th ult the eighty-ffth anniversary of the
bombaIdpent Of the place by British
sGuadTon
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06

MANNER AND CHARACTER OF SOUTHERN
TRAvELERs.-Bayard Taylor sketches two
classes of Southern tourists, and it is easy to
know which of the two is fearfully in the
minority. He says;
There are two classes of Southern tourists.
The first, which you occasionally meet ex-
hibits rare refinement of character. The
gentleman of this class is quiet, cultivated,
earnest-a little exacting, perhaps-and a
specimen of that genuine good breeding,
which is natural and unconscious, and hence
never makes mistake. The other variety,
which is very common, is marked by bold,
swsggering air, neglects no opportunity OF
assertion, and is morbidly alert to discover
some ground of offense. 1t is curious fact
that, during this trip, whenever have heard
loud and coarse conversation in railroad cars
swearing at hotel tables, or impertinent and
offensive criticism of the place or country
the parties proved, in every instance, to bt
| Southernersl If the feature of the Southern
| tourist did not proclaim his nativity, hi
| voice did at once betray him,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06
Gone like q wind that blew
A Thousand years ago.n
A WAee1gH CoMEpIAN BURLngQ

A WAeGisH COMEDIAN BURIEsoUErNG
SENr1MENT.-This story is told of Charles
Salisbury, the comedian, BY Boston cor
respondent; s4a
In Portland, the other day, horse and
cart ran over little pig. The squeals of the
dying pig brought together crowd of peo-
pie, including several medical men. There
was considerable anxiety respecting the un-
fortunate pig, and whether he had any rela-
tions. just then, Salisbury came rushing
out of the house without his hat, while his
hair was "tossed by the wind '''Make way
there, gentlemIen-tor Heavens Heavens sake sake, make axe
crowd respectfully divided, and Salisbury
approached theSspot where the pig was suf-
fering the agonies of death. He kneit down
reverentially, wiped a tear from his eye,
and, as the poor sainted little pig gave his
| last gasp, the comedian exclaimed, in a ten
der and impressive manner-"Lst me kis'
| him for his TlotherP
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06

A HORROR OF ORDINARY PTAKo-FoRTE
PLAYING The Bostonian "Quilp' has a
mortal hatred of piano-fortes, and resists all
attempts Of his family to get one into MIs fne
Ouiip. at is not question of music" re-
plies the incorrigible husband. 81 like
music, but science is delicious compared with
discords and disagreeable noises generally.
Good playing is Charming, but 'practicing
Is excfuciating. Think how much wretched,
ear-torturing practice poor parent must
bear before the best of his five girls has made
her playing tolerable even to herself. Who
wants to make Babel of his house under
pretense of loving music2 Its delusion, q
humbug, a device of the enemy and Pll none
oft" Peiae Forte et DuTe.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06

MORE ABOUT THE LATELY-SEIzED MEXICAN
CoYDUoTA.-Private Tampico letters state
that S4O0, 900 of the Mexican specie eonducta,
some time since seized by Gen. Degollado,
has been recovered and deposited in the
bands of the British Consul at San Luis
Potosi The balance of the s., 200, ,O0Ois still
in the hands of Degollado. 1t is also stated
that several embassies, from the Constitu-
tional Government, owners Of the money
and foreign eonsulates, are on the way to
Degollado, with orders to deliver up the bali
anee to the rightful owners.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06

SKETCH OF CHILD's SoHooL.-The chill
dren sang songs; they repeated long pass
ages of poetry in concert they went through
the multiplication table to the tune. OF
iYankee Doodle" !" they answered with the
shrill, sing-song voice Of parrots all sorts OF
ages of Scripture; they gave an account OF
the creation of the world and of the Ameri-
can Revolution; they told the story Of the
birth of Christ and spelled words Of six
syllables; they added, they multiplied, they
subtracted, they divided, they told what
hemisphere, what continent, what country
what state, what county, what town they
Presidents of the United States and the
Governors of the Commonwealth; they acted
a little drama of Moses in the bulrushes; ant
they did many other things, till, all through
the audience, astonishment grew into de
light, and delight grew into rapture.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06

REPRESENTATIVES. OF the Pass IN THE
SoUTH CAROLINA LEGIsIATURE.-The fourth
estate viii be pretty well represented
in the approaching South Carolina Leg 8,
| Yeadon, the veteran editorof the Charles
lton Courier; Colonel r. Barnweh Rhett,
of the MefeTy; Colonel John Cnn-
nipgham. of the EesHiRs ResOs; and Mt Da-
viz, editoE Of the AbheYille Baaner. Gharlsay
ton, certainly apprehension representatives
Of the prses.I IVY uYA a1dIo aHIg.
I last7Iga = tgHtA 'lsa'ai =. /. /.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06

SINGULAR DIVORCE CASE IN New ENGLAND.
There is singular divorce case in progress
at Hartford, Conn. The grounds on9which
the divorce is asked by the Lady petitioner,
are summoned up in the testimony of her
sister. She ayerred that respondent was not
very attentive to his wife in her sickness,
but was rather disposed to ignore her all
ments, and make her do the work OF a
healthy housewife; that he did not admin
lister to her comfort as he should have done;
that he treated her brutally on many occa-
sions; that he drew knife across her hand in
January last, and cut her; that he once
kicked her badly; that he had turned her
sugar and gin in her sickness, because he
thought rum was better; that he had in vari-
GUS ways refused to administer to her com
fort; that he struck the food from her mouth
at one time, " hen she wanted TO eat; that hf
| said her child wasn't his, but 'bloody
| Irishman's;n and that respondent "threW
| brother Harry Miller at his spouse.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06

THE PoLITICAB FEVER IN VIRGINIA TEOo
Females Initiating the ChiOalry.-Political
excitement must be raging high in Virginia,
The Richmond correspondent of the Peters,
burg Express tells the following incident;
The fairer portion, of creation now mani
fest as much or more interest than the males,
and on Saturday afternoon last a couple of
ladies residing in the same building on Sec
ond-street, became so much excited that
they got to blows. One declared that her
husband should not vote for Mr.. BelIif there
was not another man in the United States to
fill the place, and this declaration so nettled
the young lady with whom the conversation
was held, that she struck the great admirer
of Breckinridge across the noddle with her
| fan, breaking head-ornament to pieces, and
arousng all the terrible passions of her an
tagonist's nature. At it they went, and for
while, silks, satins, laces, feathers, founces,
and ribbons flew about in wild confusion.
! The disgraceful scene was only terminated
on the arrival of gentleman from a distant
part of the house, who, hearing the noise
| hastened to the spot and thus probably
saved the life of one or both.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-06

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