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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03
What Nerve Does.


regiment of hesitating men. A
little nerve, GOODNESS, pluck, and
decision have carried men safely
through difficulties insurmounta.
bic. In all probability no persons
possess nerve to a greater degree
than do bank robbers and persons
OF that class, who live not by their
labor but by their wits, and op-
erations which succeed from bold
ness. Not long since man stood
in Wall-street bank, with a bag
in his hand and containing S1O,-
900 in gold. A gentlemanly
looking man, with his hat off,
said to the one who held the gold:
"Let me hett it; I'll guess within
half an ounce of It's weight"
The person addressed mechani-
cally handed the bag to the ap-
plicant, who at once ran out doors,
and was soon lost in the crowd,
while the loser never saw it again.
On seeing him with his hat off, he
thought him a clerk in the bank.
A gentleman standing by saw the
thief remove his hat and hang it
on hook, when he too supposed
it to be some one connected with
the bank, and said nothing.
Some years since a person en-
tered the Importers and Traders
Bank, New York, in broad day
light, took off his coat, put on a
duster, stuck a pen behind his ear,
and then walked deliberately past
clerks and tellerS, and cashier land
pushing the president aside, who
stood talking with some of the d.
rectors, entered the vault, and
helped himself to the largest pack
age of money he could find, and
walked out unmolested, no one
suspecting anything was wrong
till he was off and out of sight.
A few months ago in New York
a hearse drove up to the door of
a mansion. A genteel young
man rang the bell and inquired for
the man that lived there, but he
was down town. He said the
hearse contained a coffin, in which
were the remains of the daughter
Of the occupant Of the house. who |
has just died at school in Connect. |
cut. The servants at the house |
had heard nothing of the matter, |
but helped the driver bring the |
coffin into the parlor, and, at the
of the young man, |
who said he was q teacher, sent |
one of their number to the gen.
,leman's place of business to in
form him Of the sad news. The |
.eacher remained in the house to
ell him the particulars, but when
he man arrived the teacher had
zone, and about $4,000 worth of
jewelry, kept in bureau caskets,
lad gone with him. The coffin
vas opened, and found to be filed
with beech log.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

They DoN'T CoPY.-The N. Y.
World fires this shot:
Very few radical papers copy
the story Of a family, consisting
of an old lady, her daughter, and
her grandson, who were lately
turned out of a house in Hart.
wick, VT, during a snow-storm,
for non-payment of rent, and who
were subsequently found dead in
a drift. But if it had been a
colored brother, now, booted out
of smoke-house while stealing
bacon, down in Georgia, how the
whole Radical press would have
rung with the "outrage."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

A KNoTTY QUEsTION.-Miss
Jones, Postmistress at Winterest,
Iowa, recently married Mr.. Alfred
Smith. Mrs. Smith is not known
to the department as postmistress.
Miss Jones has 40 longer a legal
existence, and things generally are
very much mixed. Smith is anx-
ious to know if he has married In
to the post office or has be married
the post Office out of the family.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03
Those Western editors have en-

Those Western editors have en-
larged ideas of language, as of
most other things. The Pueblo
Chieftain, published away out on
the Arkansas, rejoices at the ar
rival of a "tooth-carpenter" in
that delectable village. An East
ern dentist would have to think
twice before he would recognize
himself under that designation.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03
There lives near Billville, Hen

There lives near Billville, Hen
bricks county, Ind, peculiar fam
iIy-three boys and three girls
The oldest girl is about twenty
four years, weighs about two hun
dred pounds, is a very intelligent
lady, but has heavy beard, uni
nus the mustache, which is about
TIVE inches long, and of auburn
color. The next girl is seventeen
wears old, born blind, and is an
idiot; the next is a girl of four
teen, born blind. The three boys
are all intelligent young men,
The father of the family is one
of the wealthiest men in Hen
dricks county.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03
[ PROPRIETOR
VOL, XVI---NO. Is.
How "Dixie" Became the
'Marseillaise'' OF the
South During the War.
lFrom the Memphis Post. 7

In the first place the song and
chorus of "Dixie" was composed
by Dan Emmett, a member of a
travelling minstrel party, who,
while at Mobile, In the winter of
1858, heard some negro laborers
singing on the levee while loading
a steamboat with cotton. The
thought struck Dan. that, with a
little change of measure, it could
be made good song "Walk round"
which generally winds up a negro
minstrel concert. Dan. arranged
it and produced it. 1t became q
success, and was sung and played
all over the country by all the
bands.
In the spring OF 1861, Mrs. John
Wood came to New Orleans to
play an engagement at the Varie-
ties Theater. Dnring the time,
she appeared In Brougham's bur-
lesque of Pocahontas. At the first
rehearsal of the piece everything
went well till near the close of
the second act; Tom McDonough
(now agent for the EfingwellS,)
the prompter, got up a Zouave
march and drill by 22 ladies, led
by Susan Denim. Everything run
smooth, but the music for the
march could not be fixed upon.
Carlo Patti was the leader of the
orchestra and he tried several
marches, but none suited McDon-
ough-one was too slow, another
was too tame, another not enough
spirit. At length Patti struck up
the negro air of "Dixie." "That
will do, Patti-the very thing"
said Tom. and "Dixie was played,
and the march gone through with,
and the chorus by all the charac-
ters. Atnight it received a double
encore, and POcahontas had a
''run," and from that time out the
streets and parlOrs rang with
"Dixie." The war broke out that
spring; and the military bands
took it up, and "Dixie" became to
the South what the Marseillaise
Hymn was to the French. And
that's how "Dixie" became the
popular war song of the South,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

The following advertisement ap
peared recently:
ga father wants to find school
for his son where a useful educa
ton will be given him, and where
the teachers do not fill the heads
of their pupils with humbug Sto
ries about nations that died and
were buried thousands of centu
ries ago, not a citizen of which
could run a steamboat or keep a
hotel.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03
At Mount Clemens, Mich.

At Mount Clemens, Mich,. a.
boat seven years ago, two sisters
in-law got into a dispute over a
baking which they were engaged
in and vowed never to speak to
each other again. They have
lived in the same house since then,
eating at the same table, and en-
gagged in work side by side; but
they have never once addressed a
remark to each other, or in any way
recognized each others presence.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03
An amateur violinist lately gave

An amateur violinist lately gave
the dancers of Butterton, Me-, as
much latitude in the choice of
tunes as the proverbial Hobsor
used to give in horses. He re-
marked as he rose with his bow
-"Wall, boys, l can't play but
one tune; now which'll you hev p
Which they all thought they
would.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

A cave in Lookout Mountain,
Ga, has lately been explored for a
distance of eight miles, and is said
to far surpass the Mammoth Cave
of Kentucky in variety and splen-
dor. 1t was partially occupied du-
ring the war by rebel manufacto;
ry of saltpetre.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

/ , Ds Captain D. A. Moore, of
the sixty-frst New York Regi-
ment (who lost a leg in the seven
days fight before Richmond) has
lost the postoffice at Columbia, S.
c.. TO which President Grant has
appointed Charles 81. Wilder, an
ex-slave, who is scarcely able to
read or write.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

White gun-powder is made in
Russia, TO which the explosive quail
ity is impaired only at the last mo-
ment of manufacture, and so may
be withheld until the powder is
needed for shipment,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

A Minnesota baby, only three
months old, is certified by ''many
respectable. citizens" to be "a
good plain talker" already. cit
Speaks clearly and cOherently," ac-
cording to the testimony. We
need hardly add, it is girl.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

A little boy at Troy was recent
ly hauled out of kettle of boiling
water and souzed into q pail Of ice
water, and it's an open question
whether the child was scalded OF
frozen to death.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

At East Saginaw, Michigan, "a
German woman died recently,
who had resided with her brother,
who is well to do in the world,
for many years. About two days
before she died the affectionate
brother called at a neighbor's to
borrow some joiners' tools, being
a mechanic, "for," said he, "the
girl can't live over half an hour,
and as | cannot possibly leave the
house, / might as well be at work
on her coffin in the meantime"
When she died, two days after,
her coffin was ready for her.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

A sharp old gentleman travel
ing out West, got a seat beside his
wife in crowded car, by reques-
ting the young man who sat beside
her to "p please watch that woman
while LIE went into another car,
AZ she had fits"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

Two men went to law in Angus
ia. Ca, for the possession OF q
horse, but, finding that mode OF
settlemsnt expensive, the owner
ship was settled bydrawing StraYs,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

A grindstone which was sent to
England in bale Of foreign cotton
has come back to the old planta-
ton in a cask of sugar.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03
''By Their Fruits Ye Shall
Know Them"

Theodore Tilton, of the New
York Independent, though blinded
by fanaticism in most things, sees
his Radical brethren in the Penn.
sylvania Legislature very much
as they seem to be. He says of
them:
"Never before have we seen 50
squalid an array of low-brows
grouped together in any one legis-
lative chamber, not even in Alba
ny. Solid Pennsylvanians say
freely land with many inter-
sprinkled damnations) that the
present Legislature is the most
corrupt that ever preyed upon the
bleeding Commonwealth"
Of such are the Radical leaders.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-12

ror to the same was the war in which we
were engaged; for it was then the darkest
and most hopeless period of it. To many at
that time, and especially on that long-to-De-
remembered day, the struggle for cur Liberty
seemed to be entirely hopeless, and the night
of despair settled upon them. But there
were those who took courage from the old
maxim, that the hour before the dawn was
the darkest, believing the strange and por-
tentous gloom was but the prelude to the
bright dawn of Liberty and Independence
that was soon to follow. And their faith
was strengthened and their hopes encouraged
by the bright and beautiful morning that sue
ceeded the dark and gloomy day. We have
heard severa. persons say that they never
knew more beautiful morning in the month
of May. The sky was clear, the air pure and
the sunbeams exceedingly bright. Such a
bright morning was not expected: for the
previous night was the darkest they had ever
witnessed at any season of the year.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-12

MANCHESTER. N. H. May. 10. 1859

MANCHESTER, N. H., May, lO, 1869.
To the Editor of the Press:
For an inland city this is one of the smart
est business places in New England. Cotton
is the article that they make their money on.
Thrift is everywhere apparent. The streets
are laid out with good taste and the founders,
did not forget to have breathing spots for the
people. Fountains, seats and other requi-
sites of q park are plentifully supplied.
When your proposed Portland and Roches-
ter Railroad and its connections are finished,
the supply of cotton will come via your city.
Many Of the importations of chemicals and
machinery from Europe can come by the
same route.
Five hundred Swedish emigrants passed
through this place, en- route to Chicago dur
ing last week. Hundreds of young men from
Canada arrive here daily, destined for differ
ent parts of the States? Nearly 100 freight
cars pass daily.
Most of the hay used is brought by the
cars, as the country Immediately adjoining
is not suited to its production. 1t brings a
| higher price than in Boston.
To see the inhabitants one has to be here
in the evening, as large part of them are
employed in the mills, and do not make their
appearance at any other time of day. The
legal fraternity keep their offices open in the
evening until ten o'clock, P. M.
Fifty thousand bushels of charcoal are
used from which coloring matter is ex-
tracted to be used on prints. Farmers who
are producers of hay in the lower counties
buy up large quantities of wood ashes, which
are transported by the cars, to be used on
their hay lands, and are found to be a cheap
er and better fertilizer than super phosphates.
One of the largest breweries in New Eng
land was erected here last year. 1t has most
of the barley used brought from Canada.
Two-thirds of the children born here are
of foreign descent. Not long since French
man was naturalized in the Supreme Court
who could not speak English.
Gov. Hartman, who was recently appoint
ed Naval Officer for the port of Boston, is
very popular with the masses, and he will
carry their best wishes to his new post.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-12
A tremendous Reputation.

It's pretty dull day for lawsuits that Mr..
James Fisk, il. don't sue somebody for $780,
900 in damages. And when you come to con-
slider OF it a moment, what reputation this
must have been before ever it was fired into!
In dimensions how extensive, in purity how
immaculate, in brittleness and fragility how
sensitive to the breath of suspicion Imagine
this genial creature Fisk spreading out his
moral character, like map before the coun-
try. Think OF the sprightliness with which
he jumped from his pedlar's cart into Wall
street and commenced unrolling to gaping
universe the mammoth proportions of his
personal reputation. 1t was hardly spread,
before a merit-hating, honesty-contemnin
and modesty-despising world commenced to
throw rotten oranges at it. A shot from
Springfield carried away 100000 worth OF it
in the twinklng of a bed bOst-but the great
Fisk hardly missed it. With head over his
shoulder he just said to his attorney, "bring
suitl for it," and kept on spreading himself.
From some other source-we forget what, for
we sat gaz ing so intently at the character
that we hardly noticed whence came the at
tacks-an offensive missile slammed up
against it. James merely said over his shoul-
der-sSue him for hundred thousand" and
the suit was brought Then, as the Fisk
stood with his face to the Rocky Mountains
and his back tn all the ages, inscribing in
brazen letters, "James Fisk, Jr.," across the
back bone of the continent, Mr.. G. S. Bush
nell, of New Haven, chucks some decayed
fruit at the picture, inficting damage to the
amount of another 100000; for which suit
is Immediately brought. Hardly had the pa
pers been served, when, with ker-whish,
ker-slop, the New York times let off whole
bucket-full of remarks, damaging the white
ness of the Fish character to the tune of at
least Acknowledgment for which amount
Mr.. Fisk will at some leisure moment slip in
TO court and ask to have entered in his behalf.
Well, it's rather magnificent Spectacle
1t exhibits genius, all this. For Mr.. James
Fisk, Jr., if we may trust the oath appended
to his income returns-and here we mean to
step so gently as not to spatter single cents
worth of mud upon his veracity-was not
successful in business last year. He had no
income. Under oath he says SO. Not a cent
or income. He returns one watch. That's
all. So having no mnoey, and hard luck, he
has set up this magnificent character, the lar
gest and whitest ever spread before the
American people and proposes to take his
chances for damages against the little boys
who come along rubbing against it, or throw
ing watermelon rinds at it. With an ordina-
ry degree of success he will make a very
handsome thing of it. Should he get yer
diets in his favor in the suits already begun
they will bring him in from one and a half to
two millions which will keep him through
the year very comfortably. And as people
keep throwing things at him he has a good
prospect OF making living by libel suits for
several years to come.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-12

ATRocIoUs CANT.-A religious journal con-
demns the proposed decoration OF the graves
Of our fallen soldiers with flowers and other
emblems of affection and love on the coming
30th inst, as desecration of the Sabbath day
and a violation of Gods ordinances. s'Nei-
ther John A. Logan, Commander-in-Chief,"
says the paper, "nor the Grand Army of the
Republic has right to issue any such order
conflicting with the law OF God, and civil law
for the preservation of the Sabbath day. If,
as religious papers and Christian churches, we
permit this order to pass without our most de-
cided denunciations, we shall be recreant to
Christian morals" All of which proves that
religious journals are not entirely free from
the mental diseases that sometimes affiict sec
ular journals.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-12

KTHE DARK DAY.-On the 18th of May
just so years ago this day thick darkness
spread over all New England like a funeral
pail, and thousands of people believed that
the last day had come and this world had at
last found an end. Public sentiment at that
time was strongly tinctured with supersti-
tion and men, women and children were
much alarmed. We have heard many per-
sons speak of the dark day who witnessed it.
Some of them really believed that ''the sun
had withdrawn his light and the stars had
W axed their shining" And what added ter
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-12

"DIsoRDERLY."-The Worcester Spy makes
merry over the Detroit Magistrate who COM
mitted the Maine man who had retired peace
fully to a hollow stump near that city and
came out of retirement only on physical COM
pulsion, as "a disorderly person." The Spy
thinks that if the judgment of this Dogberry
Of the West is to be regarded as a criterion,
Detroit must be one of the most quiet places
on the continent.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-12

AT hospital in Palermo recently, two as
sistants offered to have their veins opened and
their blood introduced into the system of pa
tient who was rapidly and hopelessly sinking
from a loss of the vital fluid. This treatment
was successful, and the patient recovered
Technically the process is known as the trans
fusion of blood, but it has rarely been resorted
to. If it can be successfully introduced in
common practice it will open new and rich
field not only for the medical faculty but for
the romancers, who will have splendid op-
portunity for the display of heroic devotion on
the part of lovers.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-12
Billiard Tables for Sale.

ENOR SALE-Eight good Billiard Tables-three
l. nearly new. Can be seen at Mechanics Hall.
VIII be sod very low II applied for soon. For fur
ther particulars inquire at
a16dtf 81 COMMERCIAL STRERT.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-12

A CANADIAN PICTURE OF CANADA-The
Montreal Star, speaking of the proposed visit
of Mr.. Thornton, the sh.Minister, to Can
ada, says:
Mr.. Thornton will see a country 5000 miles
from England, more tory than the strictest
conservative, and clinging to the name of q
connection which carries as much practical
significance as the Hic Jdcet on a nameless
grave; a country with the finest water-power
In the world, holding like geographical pom
till, the keys which unlock the ocean and the
inland, which open the great gates through
which pass the manufactures Of one conti-
nent, and the corn of another, and which COM
mands the great highway between Europe and
Asia. And a country which, while possessing
these treasures, like cock on dunghili,
would give them all for grain of barley. A
country where all the business Is done on
credit, where ten per cent. of its tradesmen
are insolvents annually, where for miles one
rides by depopulated farms. whose starving
inhabitants have emigrated by thousands, and
whose population is decreasing at the rate OF
10000 year per million. A co oIntry ruled BY
a government, a bank and a railway-a minis
try whose policy is self, and whose practice is
j0bbery-and mass of prominent citizens
running to a railway station after gallant
Bart with the feverish intensity of so many
ours after spaniel. Mr.. Thornton will find
all these phenomena springing from one cause
British connection.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-12
THE DAILY PRESS
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


We invite the attention of both City and
Country readers to the following list Of Port
land BUSINESS HOUSES, which are among
the most reliable establishments in the City.
Advertising Agency.
ATwELL & CO., 174 Middle Street.
Agricultural Implements & Seeds.
SAWYER q wooDFoRD, No. 11s Exchange st.
AucfiOneers.
Q. W. HOLMES, No. 800 Congress Street.
r. x. HUNT, No. s1s Congress Street.
Agency for Patents.
HAYDEN, MCCLELLAN s. CO.. 2sst Congress St.
Agents for Pafentees and MAN.
ufacturers.
PERKINS & GERRIsH, No. 25O Congress Street.
Agency for Sewing Machines.
CHAPLIN s. EATON, ss Exchange St., (wEED)
W. s. DYER. 1853 Middle St., over H. H. Hays.
Bakers.
W. G. COBB No. 12 Pearl Street,
JOHN B. MASTERToN, % Anderson Street.
ROOts, Shoes, and Rubbers.
]. W. BOUCHER & CD, No. 1858 Congress Street.
CALEB S. SMALL, No. Casco st.( One price for alD
M ,,xavILBAND, Cor. Congress end Mounttort SITS
Boots and ShOeS-Gents Custom Work
WALTER BERRY, No. 81 Federal Street.
Booksellers and StatiOmerS.
HoYT & FOGG, ss7 Con. Street (Sab. School Goods
BOOk-BinderS.
SMALL & SHACKF0RD, No. 60 Exchange Street.
Bonnet and Hat BIeachery.
II. E. UNDERWOOD, No. 3105 Congress Street.
Brush Manufacturers.
D. WHITE g. SON, No. Q Market Square.
Cabinet Furniture Manufacturers.
THEo. JOHNSON 8 CO., No. 1Sy Union Street.
Cabinet Maker.
G. H. BLAKE, Manufacturer Of Co6ips and Show-
Cases, 10 Cross st, and cor Temple and Middle SITS.
M. N. BURNS, 19a Market Square. (SHow CASES.
S. S. RICH & SON, 1873 Exchange st. (coFFINs)
Carpenters and Builders.
j. M. DOLLEY, No. II Union Street.
WHITNEY 8 MEANS, Pearl St,opposite the Park.
Counsellor at Law.
A. MERRILL, No. 81 Middle Street.
Corn. Flour and Groceries.
FREEMAN & KICKER, 80 Portland st, cor. Green
Clothing and Furnishing Goods,
0. HAWKES. s. CO., 292 Cong. st. Boys Clothing.
LEWIS g. LEWIS, No: 179 Fore Street
A. M. SMITH, Cor. Middle and Temple Streets.
ClOthiers and TaiIOrs.
E. LEVEEN & CO., No. 2S Market Square.
JOSEPH LEVY, No. 1O1 Federal Street.
M. H. REDDY, No. 1881 Federal Street.
Cement Drain Pipe, &c.
j. W. sToCKwELL s. co., 2s & 1853 Danforth St.
Confectionery.
L. BRADFORD, No. 1872 Exchange Street.
Dye House.
F.SYMONDS, India ST., (the only one in Portland.
Dentists.
DRS. EVANS & STRoUT, Clapp Block, Con. st.
JOSIAH HEALD, No. 1O5 Middle Street.
PIERCE g. FERNALD, No. 173 Middle Street.
DIR. W. R. JOHNSON, No. 1ss Free Street.
Druggist and ApOfhecary.
H. e. HILL, corner Cumberland and Myrtle SITS.
CHAS. II. MARK, Congress, corner of North st.
JOHN A. MONTGOMERY, No. 143 Congress st.
The Portland daily press., 1869-05-12

J. VIZ H. Ii. McDUFFEE, ,cer. Middle & Union SITS
G. W. WlNGATE, Nos III and 10 Middle Street.
EDWARD G. SWEET, II Middle St., Fox Block.
+. f. HILL, No. 81 Federal Street.