, 1861-06-21

full OF both sexes Of the colored people, who
held their music and hymn books both.
write. The negro Is abnnd1e of muslc, and
strange commi1ture ofsong and sorrow. But |
had never heard sueh, sing to the strains OF |
the orgnn In q well conducted church. The |
minister Wss negro, and preached from care
fully written notes, very sensible, aud at |
YVES no shouting, or swaying to and fro, In |
any Of the services. They would have done
credit to any white congregation. This is q |
hopeful fact In the history of the improvement |
Of This lA1ga and abused class. ]. ". B.
ADOwN EAST LETTER.
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Military Affairs In the State OF Ma1ne.
Correspondence OF the Chicago Tribune:l
Your Boston correspondent finds himself
still onto the wing" as the above date will |
show. sent you equib from New Hamp-
shirc last week, and now, en- route for home,
cannot forbear 10 give you short scraw1 from
this charming town, 60 well known by Its
soubrfquet Of The Forest City"
Portland, as you well know, has various
and commanding claims to distinction. It Is
celebrated as having N. Dow ed ian old Joke
but good one) the State, the country and hu-
manity with that f1rstling Of prohibitory tom
perance Legislation, the Maine Liquor Law.
did no, come, much to the disgust Of the In
habitants, but greatly to their benefit, II one
may Judge from the trail Of misfortune and
bad luck. which has followed in the
wake Of that illfatcd monster steamship
A cheriFhed souvenir of the city "a sort Of
Offset to the. vexatlon attendant upon the
G.eat Eastezn's non-appea1nnee,) is the visit
Of the Prince Of Wales, who chose this as his
port of emba1kation on his return to the
bosom Of his classical and mathematical func
tions at Oxford. In this souvenir the Prince,
sooth to sny, is not the most prominent fea-
ture. For he, nnkind scion Of royalty, fitted
the contemplation Of natural beauties, ,animate
end inanimate, which might we'll have con-
sumed as many days. But the officers OF his
squadron did better, and passed several days
in this harbor and city enjoying the hospitall-
Highness' arrival And the reciprocal cordial
tiles were such in those few days ito judge
from the glowing narrtive of Portland ladies)
that, If Great Britain persists In assuming
hostile attitude towards our Government, she
would do III for her own interests to send the
any purposes Of capture OF blockade. This Is
the day when oh1ceIa sEesye from their alle-
glance, and without breath of imputation
upon the loyalty Of these officers, past remi-
niscences might be too much for them.
D9enee e. he Ssaa aE Z Ras hs heh
its commercial destinies. 1t hiss, thus far sig
nally failed to respond to the high hopes which
beat In the bosoms OF its citizens when that
grand thoronghfare was first opened to the
public. It is a great misfortune to the city
that this enterprise has been 60 mismanaged
been one Of eztraraganc CO aud continuedsquan-
dering on the part Of It's officials. The result
to. day Of this miemanagement Is that the road
Is nsolvent, its credit utterly gone, and al Its
available assets under attachment. It's Eng
]ish creditors, Messrs. Barring and others, who
have held it up from the start are tired Of the
burden Of bearing {no joke SO overgrown q
calf, and hnve quietly slipped their shoulders
from under tho yoke The result Is that the
| road Is unable to do more than maintain q
quasi existence; and although there Is plenty
Of business for II to do, 1t cannot accept the
good fortune willing to flow 10, for. the reason
that fts rolling stock Is unequal to the convey
aDce Of the freight that offers. It is deeply in
| debt to the Portland Company, manufacturers
Of ca1s and locomotives; ard over one hun
dred transportation cars, made for this road,
Portland Comrapy's Works to see the
color Of Grand Trunk money, Untt1
they do SEQ It transportation languishes,
and IT bids fair to lauguish still more since the
| disabling ct the Baltimore and Ohio Road by
tie 1ebel Tandalisms il Yiiginia: To add to
| CompaDy, the directors Of the Canadian por.
ton have resigned their posts. This is said
| to be political move, aud is explained by the
| fact that the directors In question are pfomi
cent members Of the Canadian Government; :;
and as new subsidy Is about to be asked for
| the Rcad, Its friends desire to avoid too much
| appearance Of y community Of interest be-
| tween tho petitioners and the Executive heads
of the province. This avoidance is especially
| important Just now, as the Opposition party
In Parliament is hard up for political issues,
and would be likely to seize with ayidity upon
any oIe upon which they eoH1d hold even By
tlei, teeth. In making thesestatements about
the Grand Trunk, but repeat the common
currt Mt ot conversation In this city, md there
certainly does not seem TO be any doubt of the
facte. It has been regarded as CREST piece Of
| good fortune to the original stockholders OF
the American half Of this road, that the Cana
dian company leased 1t and paid them six per
cent. upon their Investment. So 1t has been
thus far, md SO 1t Will be Us long rs their fute-
| rest is promptly paid; but there may be Pc:
cnlar conjunction of circumstances which
will lead them to wish that they had held on
TO the property and managed it themselves
| Portland ragged high with the fever Of loyalty
and patriotism yesterday. The day was faY
orable from Its associations - we'll ns from the
| glorious June sky aud air which was spread
above and around. The Seventeenth of ,Juno
and lovely day, may well excite emotions
i
stirring times, eYen Without the presence OF
any additional element faVor1ug Development
inths same line But yesterday appealed In q
more e1traordiba1y degree to, the patriotic ar-
! dor Of the SONS OF Maine, from the aet that the
| Fourth Regiment Of State Volunteers passed
Har This Regiment, numerically The Fourth
In State rolls, Is also the Fourth to be muster
cd into actual service. It u from the centre
o1 me sta1e, Tepres sentlng the counties Of Lin
coin and Waldo chiefly. Like the thres other
regiments already sent, Il ts eminently calcu-
End there is no fear, that the elegant banners
| which It bears Will fall by any dlscredltable
means into rebel11ous hn .is. A nottoupon one
flag informed the spectators that tho Regt-
ment 1:' ca9e " 81 isom the home Of Kuox, and the
ore'e mind Tie Idea that the Kao1 they give
the enemy wtn be hard knocks. The regiment
arrived n the city at O'Clock P. m., by the
steamer Ddnaa Reoaer from Rockland They
were reee1yed g at The wharf bY detachment
I and great and Enthusiastic concouIse Of peo::
pie assisted At the debaskatioa and. crowded
| along the Gne at march The regiment took
up It's quarters In the city last. night, .ana
started for B9ston . At O'Clock this morning:
~, Of Rockland, named hero as an e1pa'
r1euced ind efficient officer. Let Us trust
Eo, and for the mem, let rs fervcntly hops tha.
.oe1oro the1r return to the1I, homes they may
receive no other berry: al than that signiaed IL
his benetlcent command. r..
The fiith Regiment Is eucamped near this
city, At Camp Preble, 1ta uniforms and equip
ments are not Jet ready, but few dAy5 more
tewM tinieh them, and then. they wIn, be: pre-,
pared for start: They are progressing
rapidly In dEn, aud mean to deserve com.
pl}ment equal TO Tint paid to- the First Malne
regiment In Warrington, Of bcing one. oi
the most Thoroughly drilled Of the volunteer
regiments that have presented themselves
from any. State. This Regiment Is recruited
from the counties of YorE, Cumherlaud, and
Oxford chiefly: The First Regiment Was naln.
I y from the city and vicinity; the Second
from the Penobaeot region; the Third from
he Kennehec Yalley. Tho Fourth and the
sIlh haye tust spoken Of; and the Sixth L
being formed In the extreme eastern and
northern paris Of the state-Hancock, Wa,h
fngton and Aroostook counties. Maine /.
certainly entitled to crow for the promptness
asd efficiency Of her citizen aoldiery.
| Fort Freble, commanding the approaches *