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The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07
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Tennyson's Songs, with Mnsic. Edited by
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmon) No
more elegant or valuable contribution to musi-
cal literature could be made than this collec-
tion of the Laureate's songs, set by some Of the
foremost of modern composers. Among the
forty-fve songs contained in this volume, there
is not one that falls below the standard of the
best English music, not one that, fails to trans
late, with genuine feeling and adequate ex-
preston, the spoken music of Tennyson's verse
into melody and harmony. 1t is exceedingly
difficultto select among the songs for purposes
of especial praise-for the range and variety of
styles is very great; and choice is matter Of
individual sympathy with the manner of one
or another composer. Mr.. Barnett's Sea-
Fairies, written for mezzo-soprano and chorus
of soprani and alt, is very effective and beauti-
fully written, with the fresh and picturesque
quality with which the sea always inspires Mr.
Barnett-a composer of admirable marine tone
pictures. Mr.. j. L. Hattons sound old Eng
lish manner is suited to the quaint song Love
that hath us in the Net. Merlin's strange
chant of rain and sui is set to music by NJ
Sailor Boy is exceedingly dramatic. Mr.. c.
Villiers Stanford's Milkmaid's Song is admir-
albeit is genuinely arch, sufficiently rustic
without the least touch of vulgarity or affecta-
ton. 1t is as fresh as daisy in green field
Mr.. Cusins scores imposngly his fine chorus
Blow Trumpet, for the World is White with
May. Mr.. Stanford's Lutte Song is exquisitely
pathetic and full of true dramatic feeling; less
known on this side of the ocean than some OF
the other composers represented in the volume,
Mr.. Stanford's name bids fair soon to be
classed among the first OF modern English
song-writers. Mr.. Macfarren's setting of the
hopeless Too Late is admirable The Beggar
Maid is a fine song by Mr.. Cusins. NJ. Raft
contributes two settings Of Tears, Idle Tears,
the first of which is the more subtle in senti-
ment, but the second more direct and effective
Sir Herbert Oakeley's Bugle Song is tuneful
and very singable; with bugle obligato, which
may, however, be represented by the piano
forte. Mr.. W. II. Cummings the tenor singer
contributes dramatic and impassioned setting
of Edith's Song, in the tragedy of Harold
Mr. Randegger's Home They Brought her
Warrior Dead, is fine song. NJ Gounod's
Ring Out Wild Bells is notable for the superb
treatment OF the accompaniment, in which by
simple means tho composer arrives at one OF
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Tie Ladies' War.

In defauli of graver themes of debate
governmentociety at Washington is busy
ing itself viii the old dispute as to the
relative precedence of the wives of Senators
AMI the yves of cabinet officers. The
special correspondents make much of the
discussionfor there is in it infinite posi-
bilities Of sossip, and gossip, as Margaret
Fullerlog ago said, is delightful to all of
US. Thy treat the contention in various
ways. ,ne speaks of it in manner de-
signedt6e that of airy contempt. Another
affects ttbreak the butterfly upon the wheel
and dscarses upon vanity in strain as
old as ths of the royal Israelitic preacher.
Yet aloter assumes to 60 into the merits
of theqHtion, and gravely argues that as
the crsat' must take precedence of the
created, sna;ors who make cabinet officers
are eItitd to the step before them-a
method oreasoning which by the way leads
tovery traordinary deductions; for if
SenatOrsaake cabinet officers, members of
State Igislatures make Senators, and,
here in Aine, Executive Councillors make
legisl,to, therefore Executive Councillors
are to baonored above all other official
men-a,nclusion which in this State at
least, w be strenuously disputed.
Blu, athese correspondents agree in one
thing, Tt the dispute grows out of eti-
quette. If that vanity were unknown, the
contenh, they assert, could have no exis-
tence. In that conclusion they err. 1t is
the wa of etiquette that has provoked the
debate. If society at Washington were, as
in all capitals of the old world, governed
by firm established rules Of prudence there
could mo question whether "Mrs. Secre-
tary'' aith should visit or receive "Mrs.
Senate Robinson at the opening of the
seasorIt would not matter which way
the worked so long as it was recog-
nized nd its recognition would save much
ill-feeg on the part of the women and
| muchscomfort on the part of the me1. 1t
| is qtion whether in riding over the
street walking the pavement it is more
convent to turn to the right or to the
The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07

THE Louisville Courier-Journal is as Sc
we're on the Maine conspiracy as it was at
the first. 1t says: Democrats who quar-
relied with us because we refused to go in
with the fusion rascality in Maine may read
in to-day's kilograms the reason why. 1t
was evident from the first that Garcelon
was all old humbug; that his party was lot
of political dead-beats, and that, bad as Jim
Blaine and his buccaneers are, honest men
could not afford to go in with the riffraff of
fools and knaves who made up the opposi-
ton. The result is as we predicted, total
victory for the Republicans
The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07

GEN. HOOPS book describing important
events of the war in which he bore part,
which is now published under the direction
of Gen. Beauregard, for the benefit of his
family, throws new light on some of the
great battles, and will prove an interesting
contribution to the history of the war. 1t
will also revive the controversy over credit
for victories won and responsibility for dis
asters. 1t contains a letter from Gen. Hood
to Gen. Longstreet, which bears out the
declaration already made that at Gettysburg
Gen. Lee ordered the assault on Round Top
which was SO disastrous to Longstreet's s
corps and to Lees army, when other officers
doubted its expediency.
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TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

have reason to congratulate itself upon the
appearance Of another strong writer OF origi-
nal fiction.
Vivian the Beauty, by Mrs. Annie Edwardes
New York: D, Appleton and Co.. Portland:
Dresser and McLellan) is new number Of the
Handy Volume Series. 1t is sketch of one of
the professional beauties which FROM season
to season appear, reign and disappear in English
society. Mrs. Edwardes' style does not i'm
prove; there is fade tone of next morning
sodawater and last nights playbills about it.
Her ingenue talks like her woman of the
world-and neither talk like women in any
world outside of a novelist's pages. The novel
is we'll meant, and certainly shows up fashiona-
BILE folly in all unattractive light, but is not q
novel that leaves the reader liking the world
any the better.
Great Singers Edited by George T. Ferris
(Appletons' Handy Volume Series; Portland:
Dresser & McLellan),> consists OF sketches OF
the great prime donne from Faustina Bordoni,
who fiourished in Handel's time, to Madame
Sontag. The volume is compiled from various
musical authorities, and is convenient and
attractive little work for the benefit Of readers
interested in the history Of the opera and its
heroines.
Messrs Harpers Franklin Square Library
offers some very attractive volumes this week:
Sir john, 4 fresh, natural and charming novel
by the author of Anne Dysart; Sweet Nelly,
my Hearts Delight, story of colonial days
prettily told by Messrs Besant and Rice; The
Greatest Heiress in England, of Mrs.
Oliphant's quiet, artistic stories: Madam de
Remusat's Memoirs, translated by Mrs. Cashel
Hoey and Mr.. John Lille, striking and vi
vid picture of the court of Napoleon; Queen
of the Meadow, most admirable pastoral nov
ell by Mr.. Charles Gibbon who has written
some of the finest and most perfectly sustained
fiction OF the present day. By means Of natu-
raj and unaffected genius, Mr.. Gibbon arrives
at effects for which such novelists as Hardy
and Blackmore strain every muscle. Another
volume of the same series is the Munster Cir
cult, volume of "reminiscences of the Irish
Bar, by j. r. O'Flanagan. Mellon and of
the Stage, is bright theatrical story by B. H.
Buxton. All the numbers of the Franklin
Square Library are for sale in Portland by
Messrs Loring, Short, & Harmon.
The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07

MR.. THURLow WEED, who, with Cardi-
nal McCloskey, is member of the "Cosmo-
American Colonization and General Emf
grafton Bureau of the United States"
thinks that Mr.. John Brights plan is the
only practical and efficient one. The only
permanent relief for Ireland, said Mr..
Weed, is change in the tenure of the land,
SO that ins cad of being held in the hands of
few it may be distributed. The great
curse of the present system is that the
masses labor for the benefit of the few, who
live in luxury abroad. Permit the large es-
tates to be cut up into small freeholds, and
the question is settled; and it cannot be
done in any other way.
The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07

THE Hartford Courant informs the world
that DR.. Garcelon is supposed to be in re-
TRACY preparing history of the mammoth
cave. The story of the cave of the conspi-
racy will be fully told by the investigating
committee. Have little patience
The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07

The exodus of negroes from the Southern
States is increasing daily. Whatever may
be considered as its cause, there is no doubt
of the fact. In some of its characteristics
it resembles che fight of negroes from dis
tricts in control of the rebels during the
closing years of the war. Then the flight
tives are moved by the expectation that they
will be enabled to enjoy privileges elsewhere
which are denied them in the places they
leave
The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07
COPARTNERSHIP.
Dissolution of Co-partnership.

yHHE copartnership heretofore existing in the rm dia
solved bv mutual consent. Parties indebted to the
late firm will please make payment at once ANY Any
one holding any charge against the SAID hrm VIII VII,
3av ali debts against the same. LENNON remains
In the same shop, 168 Federal street. and VIII Dc
happy ito see all his old customers, and many new
onts LENNON as horse shoer is second TO none.
Portland, Feb 2, 1880. Iepfui"
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MAINE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEN
PERANCE UNION.

The State W. c. T. u. will hold Mass Conven-
tion in the Methodist Church, Foss Street, Bidde-
ford,
Wednesday and Thursday, FesS,ary, 4th
and 5th.
All Auxiliary Unions are earnestly requested to
send delegates. Every Aid Society in our State is
cts will be granted on NJ. c. r. R., good from Sd
10 7th, inclusive. Homes will be assigned to
delegates and VISITORS sending name and address to
Mrs. G. N. Weymouth, Biddeford.
MRS. L. M. N. STEVENS, Pres,
MRS. C. G. HUNT, Cor. Sec.
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We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable, not necessarily for publica-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munlcatlons that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07

The young women Of Philadelphia are to
have enlarged facilities for university in
struction. There are now four lecture
rooms land probably fifth will be added
in the University of Pennsylvania to which
girls are admitted
The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07
THEi PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor. All railway, steamboat and hote managers
will confer favor upon US by demanding credentials
Of every person claiming to represent our journal
The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07

THE Boston Herald thinks Blaine will
come to the front with rush. He does
rush things when he gets started.
The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07

Hon. E. B. WAsHBURNE declares that he
is Grant man, because he believes that
Gen. Grant is the strongest man the Repub-
licans can nominate
The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07

THE New York State encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic last week
unanimously adopted a resolution denounc-
ing the Weaver bill, which proposes to make
up the difference between greenbacks and
gold to Union soldiers who were paid in the
former. The Providence Journal says:
''The statement made by Senator Cameron,
in presenting one of the petitions for the
passage of the Weaver bill for the equaliza-
ton of bountes, that he believed the sigma
lures were mainly forgeries or represented
non-existent persons, will not be surprising
to those who know something of the way in
which petitions are manufactured. Leav-
ing out of the question those which are
wholly fraudulent, made up by copying
names out of the directory or by doubling
up" as it is termed, transferring one list of
signatures to a second or several petitions,
there is altogether too much carelessness in
the way in which men attach their sigma
lures to petitions, and they might as well
sign for contradictory purposes, as they
sometimes do, for all the meaning that they
attach to the act.
The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07
THE BLACK LIST.

Here is the list in black letters of the men
who, by an unhappy accident being in
important official positions, deliberately
abused their trust, perverted the laws which
it was their sworn duty to execute justly and
impartially according to their spirit and in
tent, who sought by wicked trickery to
thwart the will of the people as expressed at
grace upon themselves but smirched the
fair fame of The State whose officials they
unfortunately were. Their names and places
should be known of all men that they
may receive the just punishment of being
regarded as Infamous by all good citizens
and that the rising generation may learn by
their example the folly of being wicked.
To this list is appended the names of such
other men as have taken offices to which
they knew they were not elected, and who
become equally guilty by taking advantage
Ol buc VllS COfuuCb VI tut
tors:
GOVERNOR,
AEONZO GsARCELON......... ....Lewiston
COUNCILLORS,
FRANK M. EOGG. Auburn
SIMON 9. BROWN Fairfield
JOHN Il. FOSTEES. Bangor
CHARLES H CMASE...... Portland
HALsEY XII. MONROE.... :. Thomaston
r. G. PARKE Fresque Isle
APPENDIX.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
wlLLIAaa h. sKILLIN..No. Yarmouth
SENATORS.
DANIEL W. TRUE. E,..............Po Portland
VILLA h. FIELD, -. Brunswick
EDWARDA. GIBBS, ,..... Esridgton
ISAAC II. HOBsON,.... .Wiscasset
IRA 9. LIBBY. ....... Limerick
JOHN Q. ID DENNETT, ....... Biddeford
RODOLPHUs p. THOMPsON,. ....Jny
JAMES IL. TAaIBOT,.... East M Hachias
REPRESENTATIVES.
LEONARD III. BEAL,.. Durham
JOHN HI. BROWN. =. .HaynesyilIe
ALFRED aIiasALFORD CUsHMAN.
Sherman
JAMES O. WHITE....... Wilton
GEORGE w. JOHNSON, Industry
JAMES FLYfs......-...... ...... .Sulllvan
JAMES w. Clarke alias j. w.
CLARKE Mas JAMES CLAEAE
alias JAMES w. CLARK, .NOblebOrO
OsGOOD BmDBURY,..... Norway
f. w. HILLalins FRANK w. HILL,
Exeter
HARPER ALEN,.. ....Smithfield
JOSHUA E.JORDAN, ......... Stockton
AARON HI. .vOODCOCK,..... Princeton
LINCOLN j. LEIGHTON. .Cherrylicld
JAMES M. M.LEEGHTON,........ Perry
sTEPHEND. LORD, Lebanon
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left in passing another. Here in Maine we
turn to the right. Over the line, in the
Dominion, they turn to the left But there
is no question of the benefit of a general
agreement upon course of action, for that
agreement promotes comfort and prevents
jostling, confusion, and perhaps quarrel.
All that, an observance of the etiquette of
the street does away with. The etiquette
of the drawing room serves as good pur-
pose, and within the bounds of its applica-
ton keeps the peace and prevents disputes
as ignoble as they are persistent. The
Ladies' War" at Washington is not the
result of the existence of social forms but of
the non-recognition of an absence of general
understanding of those forms. The vulgar
strife is an argument for etiquette, not
reason for its abolition.
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Augusta, January %, 1880.
IOcnrIA Nvr D,.~ o; H.

UOoIIOA IeOFtteTtF'
L. W. STARBIRD, Secretary
D. W. LELACHEUR, Treasurer.
Executive Committee-A. j. Chase 1st District;
Frank L. Dingley I'd District; r. W. Dunn, Sd
District; M W. Hail. 4th District; Geo. E. Brack-
ett 9th District.
Hice Presidents-Jordan Rand, Androscoggin;
b. j. Smith, Aroostook; H. A. Shorey. Cumberland;
Josiah Emory, Franklin; Reuben Rand; Hancock;
j. X. osgood, Kennebec; W. W. Perry, Knox;
james A. Hall, Lincoln; W. 7 Eustis, Oxford;
j. S. Wheelwright Penobscot; r. L. Merrill, Pts
cataquis; b. F. Tallman, Sagadahoc; Frank Ken
rick, Somerset; W. M. Wood, Waldo; N. B. Mutt,
Washington; D. B. Randall, York.
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ASSETS.

ASSETS.
Bonds and Mortgages. ............ 10,475, ,062.90
Real Estate in New York and Bos
ton and purchased under fore
closure ......................... S,ZO4, 196,OS
State Stocks, City Stocks, and
the state Of New York ...'.... 6,696o39.5s
and State and Municipal Bonds,
and Stocks authorized by the
Laws of the State of New York 1878 10000
Cash on hand in banks and other
repositories. on interest and in
transit (since received ,215, ,l34.bS
Due from Agents on account OF
Premiums. :. Observation-Disclosures. 227, ,225.7O
ss5, CSC, ,997.e2
Market value of Stocks and Bonds
erued ........................ 344342.96
Premiums due and in process of
Deferred Premiums ......... 593o25.oo
Total A..os-, Esvc. 81 ,lSy9s37. .9aA, 3 afro
TOTAL LIABILITIES, including le-
gal Reserve for reinsurance of
all existing policies ............. 2S,ool, ,4o4.oo
Total Undivided Surplus. .SS .5l5, ,407.75
OF which belongs (as computed
to Policies in general Glass;. 3,946So7.75
OF which belongs Gas compute0
to oPolicies in Tontine class o,563,o5o.oo
Risks Assumed i'm 1870, $26 ,5O2 ,541. 90.
From the undivided surplus, revisionary div
dends will be declared available on settlement OF
next annual premium, to ordinary participating
policies.
The valuation of the policies outstanding has
beeu made on the American Experience Table,
the legal standard of the State of New York.
G. W. PHILLIPS, AcrUAR1Es.
j. G. VAN CISE, -Ao1 '''-'
We, the undersigned, have, in person, caefully
examined the accounts, and counted and examined
in detail the assets of the Society, and certify that
the foregoing statement thereof Is correct.
BENNINGTON F. RANDOLPH,
JyaIEs NJ HALSTED, HENRY S, TERRELL,
THOMAS A. CUMMINs, ROBERT BLISS
Special Committee of the Board of Diretors
appointed October %. 1879, to examine the assets
and accounts at the close of the year.
JAwEs w. ALEXANDER,
Vicc-PresideM.
Medical Examiners,
E. W. LAMBERT, M. D. EDWARD CURTIS, MD.
E. w. SCOTT. Superirterdent of .4Qencies.
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MAINE STATE TEMPERANCE CON-
VENTION.
The Maine State Temperance Society will meet il
Mass Convention in
MEONIAN HALL, AUGUSTA,
Wednesday, February 11th, IS so, mt II
o'clock A. M.

Wednesday, February 11th, IS 80, at III
o'clock A. M,
and continue through Wednesday and Thursday.
The Maine State Temperance Society is composed
of members of all temperance organizations in the
State, amt is designed to be the medium through
which they can untedly act in the use of all honor
able measures for the final overthrow of the drink
ing system and the liquor traffic.
We cordially invite all friends of the temperance
cause to meet with on this OCCASION in order to
secure more perfect union; to devise measures to
educate the masses upon the drinking system; to
strengthen the moral sentiment of the people upon
the drink traffic; to advise upon the question OF
more stringent enactments for the suppression of
drinking and selling intoxicating liquors; to take
into consideration the wul neglect and refusal of
executive officers of towns, cities and counties to
enforce the laws upon the statutes OF the Slate,
prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating liquors: and
to consider any and all questions bearing upon
these subjects.
The exigencie of the times demand that we
should vote for nons but honest men and honest
officials to enforce the laws; and that obedi-
ence 70 all laws being the paramount duty of all
people, they should demand thorough, impartial
and non partisan enforcement OF law against the
dram shop as well all other laws for the protec-
ton of the people, as the only safeguard of our
institutions and homes.
The usual reduction of fare may be expected on
the railroads.
Augusta, January %, 1880.
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Messrs. Harper Brothers publish in their
handsome and practical Library Edition. the
first volume of Mr.. Justin McCarthy's History
of Our Own Times. This thoughtful and
spirited addition to the literature of contem-
poraneous history has been already reviewed
in these columns; and it is only left to the re-
viewer to recommend this new and excellent
edition of live and valuable work portland:
Loring, Short & Harmony
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have reason to congratulate itself upon the
appearance of another strong writer Of origi-
nal fiction.
The Portland daily press., 1880-02-07

"Lee was of Slow conservative, cautious
nature, without imagination or humor, always
the same, with grave dignity. l never could
see in his achievements what justifes his rep
utaton. The illusion that nothing but heavy
odds beat him will not stand the ultimate light
of history. know it is not true. Lee was a
good deal of q headquarters general-a desk
general from what 1 can hear, and from what
his officers say. He was almost too old for ac-
tive service-the best servinA in tba fsld. At
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the poetic effects which are associated with his
genius. Mr.. Arthur Sullivan's st. Agnes
Eve is fine concert air for soprano with an
admirable accompaniment. NJ Xaver Schar-
wenka-a young musician whose introduction
to hearers in this part of the country is due to
the generous zeal of Mr.. Ernst Perabo-has
set the finale from the Sleeping Beauty with
graceful and charming melody, at once tender
and naive, as BELTS the happy ending of a
fairy tale. Enough songs have been described
to give the reader an idea of the scope and
merit of this collection. In compass and diff
Guilty they are not beyond the powers of ANA
teur singers, though the beauty of words and
music render them worthy the careful study of
the foremost performers. Several part-songs
are included, where, the words seem to require
several voices for their expression. Much
credit is due to Mr.. Cusns for the fortunate
thought of arranging volume in which the
words of the poet most representative of his
century should be illuminated by the work of
the foremost musicians of his land and his
time. The volume is very elegantly bound
and decorated, the pages are of full music
sheet size, and large outline illustrations by
noted artists accompany the text and music
No choicer or more available and delightful
collection of English vocal music is in exist
enoe than this group of the songs of Alfred
Tennyson.