Maryland free press., 1863-01-16


were driven off by n contemptuous, uncom
| promising policy, must be brought back Th,
restoration of the whole Union will be only
the work of time, with such an excrtion O
! power as can be put forth without ncedlessl, /,
sacfiticingf the life, and treasures ct che Nortl
in e bloody Gtf"c ila-nitous contest. We
must not wear out the lines of our soldiers
nor exhaust the earnings of labor by war fol
uncertain ends or to carry out vague theories
determination means not only destruction O.
lives and property in the South, but also q
waste of the blood and treasure of the North
The cxertion of the armed power must be ac
companied by firm and conciliatory policy
to restore our Union with the least possible
! injury to both section.
The Government concludes:
"At this moment the fortunes of our country
ara influenced by ,the Tesuts ii fattlcss DHI
army in the field must be supported. All
constitutional demands of our General Gov
ernmcnt must be promptly responded to. I'm
der no circumstances can n division of the
Union be conceded. We will put forth every
exertiOn of power. We will nsc every policy
81 CANCELLATION. We will hold out every in
d0cehnGnt TO the people .6f-ths Soirth tg ret tHn
to their allegiance, consistent with h nor
We will guarantee them every right, every
consideration demanded by the Constitution,
and by that fratcrnal regard which must pre-
vail in common country. But we can never
Union, of these States or the destruction OF
the CStstithticn."
THE MosT ExTR AvAGxN WOMAN IN THE
WoRLD.--rhc Empress of France is probably
the most extravagant woman living. Nor is
this all; she has been the cause of ruinous ex-
travagance in. the families of her husbands
subjects, and in all countries where the cost
ly fashions she has set have found favor. NJ
Fould, the Elnperer,s Minister of Finance,
threatens to resign his Office unless her enor-
nous drafts upon the treasury arc curtailed
So costly has she made the toilette in Paris,
that fashionable ladies are utterly unable to
settle their bills for dress, and it is stated by
the English press that it is as much as many
of them can do to pay the interest on the largo
debts which, following the imperial modes
has caused them to incur. The world owes
crinolinc to the fair Eugcnie; and the rougher
half of its civilized population does not feel,
bX. a4qH manner of means, grateful to her for
the iatrcdictibh of the articles. She has made
her apartments in the Tuilleries as magnifi
cent as the palaces one reads about in the ori-
entail fables.
Tho doors of her boudoir are of ivory, in
laid with gold. The furniture is of rosewood.
inlaid with mirrors, gold, ivory, and is uphol;
sterGd with pale rcd silk. Smyrnian car
petipg of the heaviest texture covers the floor
and ths, ceiling is splendidly frcscocd The
desks and portfolios are of tortoise shell, ara
besqued with gold, and the most valuable
paintings # the old masters ornament tho
walls. The beautiful woman who has, s,ir-
rounded herself with these luxuries spends an
almost fabulous amount annually in rare laccs
and all the most expensive articles of female
costume, besides subscribing unheard-of sums
in aid of certain vast political schemes, for she
rs withal an intriguing politician The En-
press is thiftv six yeats of age, and therefore
c,d enough to have learned prudence; vet she
is more prodigal now than in the heyday of her
youth and beauty. The Queen of Louis XyI
was as extravagant and as fond Of mcdding
in State affairs as Engcnic, and her fool of
husband suffered her to lead him by the nose.
Qne day they .loSt their heads, poor things
Would it not be Well,fo Louis Napoleon to
take the warning to hcart'