Alexandria Gazette

The deputy marshal who is taking the census of Cincinnati says in his report of the 5th Ward—

In this Ward I found two instances of the instability of fortune. In destitute circumstances, dependents for the bread of the day, on the labors of the day, were two women, one a grand daughter of a distinguished Governor of Massachusetts, and the other a cousin of a late Governor of New Jersey, hardly less honored. Here were women brought up in habits of ease, with servants around them in early life, to perform those labors for them, which they are now doing for others. How many scenes are furnished daily to my observation, for many who cannot profit by it, which would teach impressively not only resignation and contentment, but absolute gratitude under the contrast of our condition with that of others.