Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-11-26
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Letter from Maine,

PORTLAND, Nov. IL, 1910.
RaiIross 10 / Portsmouth, NJ Portland Jsreniie
IYhig Rejo ieings-Intersstimg Triai-Appiica
ton o. Nars COBB for Dirorce from her Hus-
band, Col. &c 'bb.
DEAR SIR,-A regular down easterly gale which
has been blowing and raining, with very little inter-
mission, for the Ia st fourteen days, is combining
to house that We uld do credit to any city in the
United States-she Cumberland House, recently
leased to Capt. J. n. Dunlap, whose social urbani-
ty, politeness and attention TO the comfort Of his
inmates bid fair send the reputation of his house
abroad and enable hi m to retire at distant date
from the arduous dsti IS Of his situation.
Mr. Bennett, you AaS e travelled north, you have
travelled south and w,est-now pray let me invite
you next summer to szlcs trip down east with your
interesting lady and raythsr guess you will be
both delighted and surprised. Are you aware that
this good city of Portlan in Maine contains near
20 900 inhabitants-that it has almost score of
churches, among the sesel lies of which may be
the standard OF yesr ssvs rte church the Cros, Of
ed Just now near 200 sail of coasing vessels driven
in for the shelter il - ca able OF aording, by the
late long continued f.,.s r nsr whasvss, sh,p,,
West India and other prsAacc; and nj her ship ards
the numerous vessels Of An s7 pairing and build
and ruin TO which we have o long been ted this
| unhappy country Was iass neving
Portland ess boastef s.perb Exchange, with a
FACADE Of eight bsaniisl ,:S,e columns which would
| table Court House, and 4eite number Of elegant
Streets with Mansions calculated for the residences
chants. The sun aeeidens.ly shining for few hemrs
Yesterday, gave chance % forming faint idea
Of what the beauties Of The varied scenery wo,d be
in the summer as viewed from the favsrite preue-
made of the inhabitants, hin On which their osser-
vatory is located On ore side, the distant Aslaa-
tic, laundering its awful breakers the ron-bs
shores Of Cape Elizabeth, =. whish Portland Light
is situate made sAuddsr for the peris to wAish
our brave mariners coetiRually subected on an
other the placid and extensive bay Of Ca caes, BOT
ted with its thousand isles sad islets tire thes
wav through which were q couple Of sc hoonsys,
having in the hull OF new krst class brig, gaily
decorated with flags, brsaght from the ship yayds
forests OF Maine to sSd another to the IN
| ereasing mercantile navy Of this great country.
Spread out at our feet, was the good city Of Port
| land, with its noble harbor the hand, and .
beautiful pond on the other, combining TO make the
Peninsula on hich IL is built, all bat an island. Be-
hind this splendid rolling country, hill and dale,
here covered with cnriching woods, and there clear
ed away 10 make room for farms and pleasant vilag
es, wound up far in the distance by the looming Of
the cloud capt hills OF the Granite State the White
| Mountains of New Hsmf shire eombned to form q
tout ensemble that wsuld make one forget for a few
moments the sublimities Of Niagara.
A line Of teamboats in the summer season keep
mp al almost daily communication between Boston,
Portland and Bangor, but lately the heavy gales
have almost broken IL up. On reaching Boston, we
found a British steamer about facing the storms Of
the Atlantic usdaunted, the North America for st.
Johns: bat the Portland, from her different con
strueton compelled 10 lay by. How long are
to remain thus stignauzedf may We not hope that
our new presidents reign may be eommemorated
| by the building Of not few American ocean steam
which will be equally willing TO faunt the stars
and the stripes to Neptunes softest breeze fer.
eest gael As il we had to take the rail TO
| Portsmt uth-cars, which for comfort, elegance,
led, north, south, or west. We started frsm BIOS.
ton at noon, passing through Lynn Salem, Ipswich,
and Newburyport, and at . r. nj. we found our
selves sixty miles on eur journey at Portsmonrh,
| N H., passing the elegant nsnsion TO which the
| Hon. Levi Woodbury. IL shortly doomed to retire,
and il all the rest Of the present cabinet are equally
| well provided, one would think that they would ali
| be longing for the 18th March, 1S4I. A number Of
idlers were copyrighted around the inn, notwith-
standing the rain which falling in torrents, and
we observed the stores were closed. We soon
| red the reason when we came TO be seated
| at a table on which was smoking New England
| thanksgiving dinner; after which, however, our
| pleasure was considerably damped by nine of
being inside mail stage, calculated for six
| passengers, and not a little more, when abonttvo
hours AFTER two cutsides, who had got thorough
| ly drenched, came tumblingi H. Rsnonstranee with
the driver only brourh insults and abuse so we had
| to put mp with 1t. One Of eur new inmates was q
happy anti-tsmperance sailor, who had been attempt
TO counteract the effects Of the ran on his exte-
| rior, by pouring into his interior. He was
about over, and his dry repartees and inno
cent bic erngs with whole hog. fifteen gallon man,
kept us in good hnmor with our Situation I'll two
o'clock in the moroing, whep arrived al the Cum
berland House, Portlsnd. On the next day we found
the Superior Court sitting, but usual, merely
noyina Jurors end Witnesses by iscessant aceommo-
dat'ons to gentlemen atthe bar. Sometimes one side
was ready, sometimes the other; but almost never
both, so that the day fritered of in doing mo-
| thing
At night the city was enlivescd and Enlightened
by the aid Of q large band OF Juvenile Whigs,-tar
barrels, torches, banners, and drums and not few
hard elder songs and chorusses; buth all acted
some who came under our notice, we rather think
there was talk than cider. One worthy old o.
fee seeking captain came iuts our bar room, FOL
lowed by aumber Of boys, and for cons siderable
time amused himself and some Of the company by
shouting away in your friend Joe Hoxies best style,
occasionally winding up by taking drink and treat
ing his iuvaniie friends to anything but hard cider
The pscr Iecofoccs in the house and in the city be-
haved rcosarkably we'll, considering the manner IN
which they insul,ed, but doubt all this viii
help nerve them mp for future contests.
While waiting In court to-day, middle aged hard
but firm looking man NOT unlike the ortrsits Of Gen
eral Hsrrison-walked up TO the witness box, ae-
oompsnied By female, sppsrsstly his vile and two
young ladies': che a trim yankee girl, not parteu.
ary beautiful but smart ard good looking. With =
pair of rowing eyes, which seemed 20 say they
would not be afraid Of the stoutest whaer IN Nan
tuckst. Her name was by and bye called out as Mics
Louisa Cobb; beside her was an interesting Madonna
like beauty, with regular Crectsn features. lovely
open forehead, dark hair, pesavo eyes, aud one cf
the sweetestmouths, with ssch lips as yosng man
could look sghing-alas tina, all this beau.
~ had been bat the source of misrryto her Ad3 10
all this that she claimed ycur svorite III MARY
and YOU may form some faint ides ofthe lovely libel.
liant in suit for divorce which has already excited
considerable attentios. II skertly appeared frorn
her ocsnsel Mr.. y o Saith "a plain uaassurn nS.
bat sraart lawyer late Mp for Gun Der ard district
that this was Miss Mary Cobb. who, shout year
since, had applied 20 the Legislature OF Nsipe Ray
ing FOR a divorce from her husbssd. Col COBB,
man Of large property 10 the peghboarhood ~ Pert,
! ,-o,.,+ ~ M,;,s r. that Court she now appssle5