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The Portland daily press., 1869-09-23

ELEGANCE DOES NOT MAKE A HoME.-l
never saw garment too fine for man or maid;
there was never a chair TOO good for cob
bier or cooper or king to sit in; never a house
too fine to shelter the human head These
elements about us, the gorgeous sky, the ini-
perial SUI, are not too good for the human
race. Elegance fits man But do we not vame
these tools OF housekeeping little more than
the are worth, and sometimes mortgage a
home Tor the mahogany we would bring into
ito L had rather eat my dinner off the head
OF barrel, or dress alter the fashion of John
the Baptist in the wilderness, or sit on
block allmy lie, than consume myself pe'oIe
got TO home, and take so much Pails %
with the outside that the inside was as Hohow 1ii
but beauty OF garments, house anu ,r.,iiI, I;tb
is a very tawdry ornament compared WIN
domestic love. All the elegance in the world
will not make home; and l would give
more tor spoonful of real hearty love than
fnr ehinloads of furniture, and all the gor-
geonsness that all the upholsterors in the
world could gather together.-1heodore Park
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Lancaster Hall Restaurant
READ 4 MCKAY,
ROP TO IL 3.

vvAvJNf, ,aased this well known Eating House
ii we are prepared to sustain its high reputation
for all the good things th4 delght the eye and graft
v tha taSts he propriet being practical as well
as nrofasSonaI cooks are enabled to supply Sails
Psrties and Families at short notice. and on such
terms as cannot fail to satisfy all who favor them
with their patronage. I.-.. .-..l.
Meals mt nll hours ofahe Day and Evening.
sep7dH
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THE DAILY PRESS
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

AA1A ~ all l. HMM
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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We invite the attention of both Citv 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 s. CO., ia Middle Street.
Agricultural Implements & Seeds.
SAWYER & WOODFORD, No. 119 Exchange st.
AuctiOneers.
c. W. HOLMES, No. 327 Congress Street.
Agents for Patentees and Man
uf;lcturers.
PERKINS & GERRISH, No. 250 Congress Street.
Agency for Sewing Machines.
CHAPLIN & EATON, SO Exchange Street, tweed)
W. S. DYER, 1853, Middle St , over Fl II. Hays.
Bakers.
W. G. COBB, No. 70 Pearl Street.
JOHN B MAsTERToN, % Anderson Street.
Roots, Shoes, and Esubbers.
j. W. BOUCHER & CO, No. 3jS Congress Street.
Boots and ShOcs-Gents Custom Work.
WALTER BERRY, No. 1O1 Middle Street.
Booksellers and statiOners.
HoYT FoGG s. BREED, 92 Middle Street.
BOok-Binders.
SMALL & sHACKFoRD, No. 60 Exchange Street.
Bonnet and Hat Bleachery.
H. E. UNDERWOOD, No. 31Os Congress Street.
Brush NTanrai;lc txarers.
d. WHITE & SON. No. 0 Market Square.
Cabinet Furniture Manufacturers.
THEO. JOHNSON s. CO., No. 49, Union Street.
Cabinet Maker.
G. II. BLAKE, Man,yactarer of CoGipS and Skoac-
Cases, 10 Cross ST. and cor. Temple and Middle sts
M. N. BRUINS, 19A Market Square. (SHow CAsEs.l
S. S. RICH s. SON, 1888 Exchange ST, tooFFINs)
Carpenters and Builders.
j. M. DoLLEY, No. II Union Street.
WHITNEY s. MEANS. Pearl st, opposite the Park.
Corn. Flour and Groceries.
FREEMAN s. Kicker, 90 Portland st, cor Green.
Clothing and Furnishing Goods.
o. HAWKES. s. CO., 292 Cong. st. Boys Clothing.)
LEWIS & LEWIS, No. 179 Fore Street.
A. NJ. SMITH, Cor. Middle and Temple Streets
ClOthierS and T'ailOrs. -+l
E. LEVEEN & CO.. No, % Market Square
JOSEPH LEVY, No. 101 Feleral Street
NJ H. REDDY, No. 1881 Federal Street.
Cement Drain Pipe, &c.
j. w. SToCKwELL & co., 20 & 1co- Danforth- st.
confectionery.
L. BRADFORD, No. 1872 Exchange Street. m
, .az .,.r., Dye House.
F. .SYMONDS, India ST., 1.-THE only one in Portand.)
f-tri ~hA Dentists.
DRS. EVANS IS STRoUT, s Clapp Block Con. St.
JOSIAH -HEAI4D, No. 105 Middle Street. ls
PIERCE & FERNALD No. 173 Middle Street.
DIR. W. r. JOHNSON, No, 49, Free Street.
G Car I ITyc Cfs
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New England Fair.

TUE Great New England Fair has passed off and
a did not enter my steam Esefincd TrIpe,
LOT premium for the reason that there could be no
eonpetltlon, consequently the Committee couldtony
The T1ppwever had the satisfaction of knowing that
tne thousands Of visitors apprec ated it tor it was
enough TO supply the multitude
Always enquire for Belknans, Sso,,,, u,GueJ
no other will give satisfaction '-
soused 1ripe always hand for the country trade.
Portland, Sept. 81, 1869 aa..o1i. -
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-28
STATE NEHE.

\ negro by the name Of Phil Bry-
ant killed another in Maury county on
Saturday last. Cause, jealousy.
Wilson Ewing, of Maury, was
killed on Friday last by q party of masked
men, two ofwhom have been arrested and
are now in Jail awaiting trial.
The storm at Pulaski on the 18th,
blew down trees, fences, chimneys and
destroyed the railroad saloon. Mr.. r. b.
CoX's carriage was destroyed in the street.
The Nashville American sustains
the Milan Times in the claim that the next
Legislature shall provide for the redemp-
ton of the notes issued bv the State Bank
uf Tennessee in 1861 and 1862. So does
the Memphis APPEAL.
Returns have been received at the
Secretary of States Office from all the
counties in Tennessee Except Grundy,
Putnam and Bl0unt. The vote received,
so far, is as follows: Senter. lI9,4l5:
Stokes, SO, IA; Senter's majority, 65,G4l.
The Nashville Banner IS still after
the Democratic party, and evident
" does not mean to give up its " uniVer-
sal suffrage Liberal dodge. II saws:
What a farce to talk about the invinci-
bllity of Democracy, when TO raise the
Democratic flag in any Southern State is
equivalent to defeat. Four years Of an
aEcnN ana ueSpOLlslu duLnoiisnes us lllll
We must sink party and strike hands with
those who propose TO give liberty and
peace 10 our peOple-the thing that every
n must desire at present. We had bet
ter put our own house an order before we
commence national affairs. If we could
see how it Yould pay the Southern peO-
pie 10 get on the hOuse-tOp aud shout De-
mOcracy, we would not hesitate to shout
Democracy too. But if we can't get what
We want, let Us join liberal there's the
rub men and accept the best we can
get"
The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf Of
Thursday says in an article declaring for
Andrew ohnsO for the Senate, that the
noble army of Northern Conservatives
demand his return to the Senate; the
Radical party in terror await his appear
ancei Gratitude requires his election;
State pride points to him as the man. The
young men of the State, free from party
enJanglements or personal preference de
maud him, the old line Wing, waving
party prejudice, sees in him the represen-
tative man of the enemies of Radicalism
The objections 10 him, apply with equal
force 10 Mr.. Etheridge, for who more conn.,
batiye, more indicative? We owe graft
Jude to Mr.. EthcridCe for his brilliant
campaign Of lS67, but il is a State debt
TO Mr.. Johnson we owe the gratitude of q
whole nation. The nation watches his
fdtei The nation demands his election! let
opposition tar from under, for Andrew
is the coming man.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-28


THE address of Mr.. W. B. DONOHO,
coming from n of our old mer-
chants, and with singular modesty, is
full of the valuable suggestions of a
good thinker and an active and enter
prising mind. The more we have of
such men the better. His proposal to
make an effort to procure immigrants
from the North and Northwest inter-
feres with no other plan, when our
ample country demands migration
from all the world, and especially from
the most intelligent portions of
men. The resources and ca
pacity of the South cannot well
be over estimated. For quality and
quantity we can match the richest
harvests of the temperate zone, and
for strength, durability and produc-
tiveness of soil a hardly be excelled
even by the rich lands of the tropics.
The area Of these States, so scantiIy
supplied with population, is capable
Of suppOrting in abundance and lux
ury half the population of the whole
globe. But everything depends upon
an increase of labOr-On the develop
ment Of the country. We are not
confined for production to agriculture
alone, but here is a vast field also for
accumulation Of wealth by the miner
as well as the manufacturer. Untold
wealth lies buried in our coal and iron
mountains, and all the staples for me-
chanicalindustry aboundi in %prOfusion,
and are to be had at the smallest cost.
Because of the superior quality of our
cotton, and of the greater product to
the acre, we can have the monopoly
Of il production. With tobacco and
sugar, and what else we can make for
export, we need only labor TO pour the
gold and wealth of the nations
into the lap Of the South. But,
as Mr.. DoNoHo suggests, these
great results, which the future has in
store for Us, can only be realized by
the eXertiOn of our energies, not by
any Responding or laggard spirit.
Our citizens must simply go to work.
Let them cooperate, and by uniting
slender means do something of the
great work Ofcapital in all directions.
He who proves a public b%enefactOr
now, even in a small way, in the day
of our need, weakness and infancy of
enterprise, will reap not only the hon
which such a man deserves, and
benefit the country at large, but he
will also realize for himself as an indi-
vidual man the largest results.
We understand that Mr.. D0NOHO
suggested that a pamphlet should be
up, in which should Ibe def
set forth the resources and adj
vantages Of the different counties con-
tiguous to Memphis, for the perusal of
those who may think Of removing
here. The suggestion is a good one.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-28

WE can but hope that nothing but
good will come from what's called the
Gettysburg Reunion" of Federal
and Confederate soldiers, proposed to
be held on the Gettysburg battle field.
We are nevertheless somewhat puz-
zled TO e what advantage is proba-
bly, 70 be derived from it. A meeting
at Bull Run or Fort Donelson would
be distasteful to one party or the other.
And we see already that that propos-
ed for Gettysburg is beginning to oc-
casiOn comments as to the relative
merits Of the officers and soldiers of
the two armies. Are discussions of
this sort calculated in any respect to
bring men together? Would ii not
be safer to ignore the past, to let it sink
as much as possible into oblivion, to
meet for thepurposes Of amity o COM
mon ground, whereon no unpleasant
reeOllections would be occasiOned and
revived, and to build with words or
stone no monuments for history to
commemorate what was but a dis
tressing and deplorable civil war? We
can do nothing toward intensifying
and strengthening our peace by re-
viving the ~recollections of strife.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-28

SECRETARY boutwell, in the evi.
dent interest of the bondholders, and
perhaps himself one of them, is pay
ing off the national debt with a ven.
geanee. These bonds, now redeem
able at the option of the Government,
he is paying off in gold, or in green
backs with an allowance of twenty
three per cent, premium. And the
process will cost the Government
more than three hundred millions
more than the face of the public debt.
No excuse of authority, precedent or
law can be given for thus rObbing the
people for the benefit of the bond
holders. The greenback issues for 1862
are convertible into six per cent.
bonds at the will of the holder. Yet
no citizen can send his greenbacks to
Washington and get bonds at par in
exchange. The Secretary prefers buy
ing up bonds at twenty-three per cent.
for the benefit of bondholders, to pay
ing only interest in coin, and the prin-
cipal at par for greenbacks, as the law
alone allows and requires him. If
greenbacks are what they purport to
be, legal tenders for everything x
cept interest on the fve-twenties and
import duties, what excuse can be
furnished for paying them out at less
than par for any other purposeq
Thus are the people wronged. The
Radical Government processes to alb
hor reputation, yet repudiates its
debttO the masses who hold its legal
tender issues, all for the benefit of its
bondholders, and at an additional ex-
pense of hundreds of millions to the
tax paying public, already quite
enough oppressed by taxation,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-28


ANDREW JOHNSON, in his speech
at Knoxville, shows very clearly how
he stands on the subject of the FIT
tenth Amendment. Mr.. ETHER
IDGE on similar grounds also opposes.
Both oppose on the ground that suff-
rage should be controlled by the States
in their individual capacity. But do
both propose to fix negro suffrage on
the State, by Incorporating it volunta-
rily into the State Constitution? II
so, we prefer the Fifteenth Amend
ment, and consequently, its outright
advocates. A little loss of State
rights is no great matter just now,
since we are so thoroughly used to it.
A few, more or less, added to those
already taken away, will hardly be
missed. Halfway reformatiOns
amount to nothing. Do these gentle
men favor the same negro policy by
the State which they deny to the ma
tional authority?
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-28

JUST before the election, STOKES,
boutwell, and CREswELL under
took to intimidate us with the idea of
Government interference and Fede-
raj bayOnets, BROwNLOw's militia,
Stokes cavalry, etc. But it was all
a failure. We had no bayOnets, no
militia, no cavalry, and the ferocious
bald eagle accepted the situation"
The army composed of these three
redoubtable champions was put to
rout, horse, foot and Dragons. To
the glory of Tennesseeans they stood
firm, went into the battle, saw the
terrific trio of giants in full array, and
conquered! Alas! now that we are
again in danger. STOKES is in Wash
tngton gathering up his scattered
forces, boutwell, and CREswELL,
and is preparing to deliver another
battle. The crisis is imminent and
the danger great. We must lay down
all differences, forget all animOsities,
and stand shoulder to shoulder. The
correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
%nsercial, writing from Washington,
says:
Col. Stokes gives, as his opinion,
that the Legislature just elected in
Tennessee will refuse to ratify the
Fifteenth Amendment to the COnsti-
tuition, Notwithstanding the promises
made by Gov. Senter TO the contrary.
This, however, is said TO be put out
by Stokes for the purpose of exciting
the administration against the sue
cessful party in Tennessee.
Stokes wants to create the impress
sion that the Senter party viii revOlu-
tioniZe the State, and array itself
against the general Government. 1t
is the opinion of the best informed
Radical politicians that Stokes mis-
sion here will be a fruitleSs one, so far
as his alleged object is concerned; but
Stokes says he will make an earnest
appeal to the President, when he ar
rives here next week, for interference.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-28

EX. SENATOR BROWN in his letter
to Judge DENT, of whom GRANT is
the brother-in-law, says of the situa-
ton in Mississippi: 81 do not
hesitate to give it as my opinion that
of the white element who can read
and write, and therefore understand
what is being done, a very large
majority are now for you. The
negroes will take sides as they are
led, either way" Certainly, these
men and brethren" ought to be
voters of course, fifteenth amend
meRt or no fifteenth amendment.
Tennessee ought to do itself the high
honor of diluting its own vote with
black rabble as much as possible.
After declaring that the people of
Mississippi have selected DENT, be-
cause he IA supposed to represent
the Presidents views, he also declares
the President can defeat your cleo
ton if he will, and he is the only
power on earth that can do it."
And this is scaled Republican Govern
ment in 1869!
He announces that Gen. AMEs is
seeking the office of United States
Senator, and using his military office
as the means to obtain it. Yet
AMl2S is not removed. This too is
the modern RePublicanism.
He declares that there are not
:" enough Radicals in the State to fill
the offices" hopes the President will
not sustain "sueh a mass of ignor-
ance," and adds eff he does, then
all l have to say is, he is a very in
different political tactician, however
great he may be as 4 commander of
armies.' And this appeal must be
made too in behalf of Republicanism
to a President of the United States!
with theadditiOnal information to that
officer that brains will telr' after a
while " even on the obtuse intellect
Of the negro and that "if the Presi-
dent will take US, well; il he rejects
our Overtures Of friendship, he must
not blame US if we seek society else
where" HealsO adds the declaration
eff the election in Tennessee remains
neutral, we shall have an easy time
in this State" 1t used to be consid-
cred a great crime that Executive
patronage should be brought into con-
hict with the freedom of elections.
But we now suppose it is all right,
and in addition that the military
power should be brought in for their
absolute control. This is the peace"
Of despotism, the liberty of 1869, the
Imperialism of the present day.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-28

WE have certainly intended to treat
our cOtemporary of the Nashville
Banner with all proper respect, and
we are singularly unfortunate if we
have not succeeded in doing o Yet,
if we are to judge by its Thursdays
issue, we have not succeeded in pleas
ing the editors of that journal over
much. We have spoken of them in
terms, ordinarily considered suffi-
GENTLY courteous, taken their state
ments of fact for true, and answered
their arguments. But we are met,
not by the proper argumentative re-
joinder, but by the words "old fogy,"
''illiberal SOUL" etc. We think it is
decidedly "old fogy" and "illiberal,"
indeed that it has the air of ancient
Imperialism, to meet arguments in
that way. And we hope that the
great and vital question to the State of
Tennessee, whether the negro race
shall be elevated to sovereignty and
official power over the white
race, will be decided by
more temperate arguments, and
such as have somewhat more of
force and meaning. If it is proposed
to raise a new party, to do without
any, to enlist against radicalism with
Northern conservatives, who are call
ed Democrats, or to let it alone for
the present, to oppose the fifteenth
amendment with negro suffrage, or to
establish negro suffrage for ourselves,
what great matter is it to Tennessee
whether the Banner editor has just
"laid down the sword in Dixie" or
the APPEAL editor is such an "old
fogy" as to revere the ancient practice
of wearing "spectacles?" If the Ban
Rer is really serious in using these
arguments, we should like to have a,
look at him, for we should suspect
him of being arather "phunny phel-
low" and somewhat 'happy" in his
own cOnceit. Youth has a rosy hue,
and we like TO look and admire. But
we must postpone amusements, for
business. When public questions are
in issue, and we come to their ex-
animation with the "Ieading j~OurnaT'
at the Capital of the State, we have
a right to expect serious arguments
instead of personal photographs and
episodes by way of diversion. But,
de guSti5us non est dispatoadum.
We shall not trouble the Banner
for an advertisement until we have
some assurance that it will be profit
able to us. AS we have no connection
with any n particular paper besides
the APPEAL, which we have not with
Others of the State, we are at a loss
to answer our neighbours hint that we
are " connected with a Middle Ten
nessee paper in a public printing
Ring" viii he please to explain what
he means by a "Ring?" Will he
tell US whether, if two merchants
should agree to buy up all the cotton
In Memphis and Nashville that would
be a Ring, "-and then, if so, what
of it?
We understand him now to be a
Sc Liberal" only in the sense that he
avOrs ~liberality. He wants to liber-
alise the whole South. Well, that is
all well enough, and he will find US
making no objection. If he will not
get up a new party probably the State
can do without it, and if he will not
Join the Democratic party that also
may survive. We shall have moth
ing to do with the first, and the last is
quite able to take care of itself.
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-28

OUR northern neighbors have been
suffering with heat somewhat as well
as ourselves. The DIST Of August is
mentioned as the hottest day of the
season, and in excess of this latitude.
The thermometer at Philadelphia
stood in the shade at 1O4, and at Wash
ingtOn rose to 105.