Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-06-04

From london 'fii'es. Ma III

American expenditure w. alNays reek-
less. and American la'iies hsd repu'atIoh,
even before the war. tor iudnlgln. and pan
pcring every passion Of tasie, touch, sight
smell or hearing bal sine. flin var 'hcs
have spent al i pace which Las t'soii AVA
the breath of even haise horn Americans
and Broadway has stood III amazrh"ht al
itself but il hss sufleiaa ssfh seeih.'
been hro,lyht nom. to tlu islni aud consci
en.e Of American iadies that this cAtin'i
.,an. luxury Is not only highly nnbeconing,
hu, that il an Obvious source OF the extra
ordinary and iuinous. demand Tor gold. III
cotr~, their resolution has at once been
taken. and il has even surpassed the aisie-
cation which could haye heel c1pected OF
them. Tney have not Only determined TO
diminish thor imu9rtel iIxurics but TO
ABANDON thesn al;ose,ier. Their patriotism
N. sho, NJ INTO one irresistible blaze, which
consumes very shred Of iereisn !axary anu
self.lnd,ieene-. We must leave the \.
;.oy!a to describe this rush Of feminine pa
fr oti -.n in II following sensation headings
which d. II more than Justice 10 tbs cnthu-
sias.ic lang8svc OF the ladies' :: No more
Foreign G,of.s Formation Of Ladies
Covenant. flora SlctIimSey 20 be put in
eoycAtry. Hon. Nrs Saed y in Aew
psess. "a imported .few-llv, diamonds,
S;.6,. ups.sa G!eak i.aees, or Loves 81 bon
nets What IS a,hel e tn Men. ilie La
,iic, de.ua.l: tina; the, s'arll -iveup Import
ed Wines, Liquors and olga. the social
Revolution. l.aaie, 10 dfnk Catnip Tea
AID the Men Jersey Lightning. French
Boots and i'aii, l.ap-dog, . be kie.ad OH
together
addison give, humorous account Of =
Tory squire whom he me, BY chance III a
country ride and Who maintained over 9
bowl O! punch, 10 which he Was evidently
addicted. that England would do very well
if II would content itself with its own pro
iucfion- aud moi depend upon i)reigncrs.-
Addison reminded Inn tn his great discoin-
iiture that Of the iayo....e drink he VAS en-
loving the water WAS the only Constituent
part Of Engl il production, and that tin.
brandy, ii lemon, the spice and t.ie sugar
were nj. foreigners The american ladies,
ard still more the imerican gentlemen, will
O. :,nagius. be in very much the same pre-
diraEieat ~ the SPUR. We shall wait with
some anxiety % sec the sequel Of this hereie
resolution. ~ waether it has any at all. A.
la Is the ,sen are eonecraed, We are qult,
certain taat merchants may continue 10 iil
port cisius. liquors., and wines without III.
slightest alteration. Au American without
hs cigar IS about as possible ihetamorpho
SIS a, IN Eli o. ean vi II white skin and
tho probability Of an abandonment Of i'm
ported wines may IA. Judged from the fact
that IN lis l,sc defeat s,en Banks lost hi,
baggage aafl champagne When Gene.al
III a tlil.iculf Ia ieh ostr a hostile country
'ni c.itn.,asa.a necessary addition 10 then
baggage TIE chance Of ! Now York mer
chant abandoning imported wine, must be
infinite siml Il il to h feared tl,. habits
al the ladltS vii II the sane way prove tou
s's0ag iar t6ein. american taste will be 70
ilia. ~ PM i, jersey Lightning" t,
tognae, aud viii stand the same chance
agaiie. i. Ii il were possible, though, ON,
woald be g..li To see the experiment; wei
tried for the sake Of its very absur,tity -
There Is something hike a barlespue il til,
notion Of the principal ladies' Of the s,nar,
est nation under the ,un carrying out il
broad daylight f'lc muIdle headed iaucv o
country squire Of George rs tire II il
were possible to forget the terrible sacrifice
OF human HE ti.at is involved in the s.rue
gle. and the great is>ncs 20 history which
hang upon It., results. one would y. DISPOSED
In treat the whole scene as pantomiine
where the only object IS TO OUTAGE absu,,!i-
". and we should await with the easy cx-
ctenent Of spectators the anticipated and
intended crash