The Portland daily press., 1862-07-07


one of our earliest dead, of whom when the
sad tdings OF his decease was officially an
nounced, it was said 1--WE mourn the gentle
man, who united with culture and strong in
teiiect and manly virtue, the graces of charac-
TER which ensure respect and affection. We
mourn the soldier, whose galantry in the face
oil the enemy, gave credit to his native State,
and whose skill and prudence in these trying
times cannot well be spared"
vi HEATH, the accomplished Lieut.. Col. of
the 9TH regiment, who was killed in the recent
Dattle near Richmond, one of our most prom
fsing young officers, and one of Names noblest
sons. man OF great capacity, energy and de-
termination, nun that patriotism which seeks
death rather than the country should suffer-
Brave spirit, receive our sad farewell!
Of Capt EDWIN NJ. SMITH of Wiscasset, who
declined the appointment of Major in his regi-
ment, that he might accept a position on the
staff of his neighbor and friend, Gen. Berry.
Dung, ardent, generous, a true gentleman,
an able soldier, genuine patriot, he was
ready, as he said in his will made on the eve
OF BATTLE ito offer my life in vindicating the
cause OIL my country, and sustaining govern
ment the most mild and bencficent the world
has ever known" He fell on the bloody field
of Fair Oaks, Mt the head of Michigan regi-
ment, which he was CALAMITY leading into bat
tie. His name and memory are of the treas
to guard the sacred trust
OF Capt JONES, of the I'd regiment, an ex-
cellent officer and most respectable citizen,
one of the first men in the State to enlist for
the war, one of the first to give his life to his
country
sOf Capt HANscoM of the Sd regiment, of
whom the Chaplain writes me in these words:
capt. Hanscom, who fought, though sick, lat
the battle of Fair Oaks, and would not leave
the regiment the next day, because expecting
to be called out again, has at last been taken
from us by fever. He was a MAN, and he
never shrank from his duty" Let this be his
epitaph-
OF Lieut. WEST. of the 18th regiment, who
was killed at the Seven Pines, fighting brave
ly among the foremost of that devoted band,
and whose grave is nearer Richmond than that
of any officer who fell at the battle of Fair
Oaks
OF RICHARDSON, DEERISG, CLAIMING,
CUSHING and others, Of whom cannot speak
in detail but who died as brave men should wish
in the service of their country. Died, did /
say? They do not die who fall in sucha cause
as this; their bodies sleep in earth, but their
memory lives in affectionate and generous
hearts. Their names may fade indeed from
the knowledge of men, but the patriotic spirit
which animated them, and the influence of
their great example will survive, and be felt
from generation to generation as long as re-
Pubicanism shall have votary upon the
earth.
s'IIow sleep the brave who sink to rest
BY all their country's wishes blest ~
When Spring, with dewy fingers cold,
Returns to deck their hailowed mould,
She there shall dress sweeter sod
Than fancy's feet have ever trod.
By fairy hands their knell is rung;
BY forms unseen their dirge is sung;
There honor comes, pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf that wraps their clay;
And freedom shall awhile repair.
To dwell weeping hermit tlere"'
l know that in the opinion Of the highest
authority, but one more effort is required to
end the war. To make this speedily will save
lie and treasure. That it may be so made
more troops are called for. and Maine is re-
quested to furnish her quota. She can give
blt one answer, that which duty, interest and
patriotism requires. She who has done SO
much in the past, though she has made no great
parade about it, will not, know, now that the
end approaches, and one resoute Fortrard on
ly is needed to bring the war to an immediate
and glorious issue, hesitate to respond prompt
ly and with her whole heart to this new call
upon her patriotism.
But word more and am DONE The ar-
thon of the Rejected Stone" relates an Incl
dent and improves upon it:
"A mother fed from Moscow in sledge
drawn by an Arab steed. Ather breast, folded
warm from the cold of the bitter night, she
held her babe. Then came the wolf upon her
track, with its terrible howl. Fast and faster
sped the sledge over the frozen snow; but the
hungry wolf gained ON her. Piece by piece
size cast behind all the provision she had; the
wosf devoured each, but with hunger only
whetted rushed onward after the mother and
her child. And now. when it was close upon
her, she unwrapped the babe that nestled near
her heart, and east il to TIE wolfy
Unnatural mOfherf would IL NOT have been
better than thus, to have purchased for thyself
life of shame, to have turned thyself to Crap
pie with the wolf, and committed thy babe to
the Arab steed and to God?
lis but picture of America, with hungry
slavery bowling after her. Swift and relent-
less it has pursued her. To it she has cast ter
ritory after territory: to it she has cast her
treasures and much of her best blood. She
has seized from weaker nations around her that
with which she thought to satiate the monster,
she has sie&ed the painting fugitive there, with
the halo of divinity about him, and torn him
from the horns of Gods altar to cast to the
Welt Unsuitable; it presses nearer, and pre-
pares for the final leap.
And now, the question is, Shall America
cast to the wolf her sacred child-Liberty?
No.
O, my brothers. thousand times, No,
And how nobly has the question been an
swered BY the people. Let all else perish. II
need be, but let the holy child, Liberty, sur
vive! And in this divine abnegation, in this
spirit of sublime sacrifice, Is the victory, is the
glory. Liberty and her chosen guardians
the Constitution and Union--are saved. May
they be immortal!
At the close Of His Excellency's speech the
audience We're requested to join in singing the
Doxology, which was done with solemn effect,
the band of the 18th assisting in accompani-
ment.
We are under obligations to STEPHEN BIER
BY, ESQ, Secretary Of the Com. of Judges,
for the following very reliable account of the
Regatta -
REGATTA.
The 4rH-REGATTA.--In the first race for
wherries, six boats were entered-and the
wind blowing freshly at the time, the water was
qgite rough, notwithstanding the sheltered
position of Back Cove Harbor, in consequence
OF which four wherries declined to pull. The
first prize was awarded to shell boat Ella, of
Portland, pulled by Joseph Z. Weber; time,
22-30: prize, SIS.
The second prize, $40, was awarded to shell
boat Naiad of Portland, pulled by Frank c.
Gould: time, 23-05.
In the second race, the first prize was award
ed to lap-streak boat Alpha, pulled by men,
bers of the Alpha Boat Club, as follows: A.
ii. Gale, c. o. Cole, J. Burnham, I. S. Willis.
Z. I. Gale, w. Robinson-six oars; time, 16-