The Portland daily press., 1864-10-25
Monuments of Burrows, Blythe and Waters.

Monuments of Burrows, Blythe and Waters
The city are doing good work in restor
ing the monuments of Burrows, Blythe and
Waters, in the Eastern Cemetery, which had
become greatly dilapidated, as is the case with
great number of others. These monuments
have been erected over fifty years; one, by
Silas E. Burrows of New York, relative Oh
the commander of the victorious Enterprise
Blythe's by the surviving officers and crew OF
the Boxer to their gallant young cnlel' WHO
fell in the sharp engagement; ana tnat 10
Waters by the young men OF Portland.
The occasion has been improved by Joseph
Batchelder, who placed the flag in the room
of the Natural History Society, to deposit be-
meath the monument of Barrows a bottle con-
tanning fragment of the flag, which waved
at masthead during the triumphant conflict,
and which covered the remains of the brave
Burrows as he was borne through the CITY TO
his last resting place. Mr.. Bachelor has also
procured from Mr.. Willis and deposited in the
bottle a brief narrative of the funeral process
sion and the ceremonies Of the occasion, from
which we gather the following facts
The procession was formed at the Court
house at 9 O'Clock in the morning of Sept. 8,
1873; it consisted of military escort of the
three uniformed companies in town, the Rife
corps, and the two infantry companies com
manded by Capt. Shaw and Capt. Smith, all
under the command of Capt. A. W. Atherton
OF the rifles; the town authorities; Sheriff Of
the county and the clergy followed; then came
first the corpse of Burrows, attended by pail
bearers; second, the corpse of Blythe and
pail bearers. The chief mourners next in or.
der were Commodore Hull, officers of the En-
terprise, officers of the Boxer, officers of the
Navy, crew of the Enterprise, Ship Masters
and Mates, Marshal of Maine. Then followed
the Navy agent, Collector and Surveyor OF
the Port, Judges, members of Congress and
OF the State Legislature, various civil officers.
and citizens generally.
The procession was long, solemn and i'm
posing, and was accompanied by music from
bands playing plaintive dirges. The bodies
were landed from their shattered vessels In
barges of 10 oars each, rowed by Masters
and Mates at minute strokes, accompanied by
numerous barges and boats in the harbor.
During the landing of the bodies at Union
wharf from the vessels, minute guns were
fred alternately from the Enterprise and Box
or; and also during the progress of the pro-
cession through the streets, minute guns
were fired by the two artillery companies
commanded by Captains Bird and Varnum,
stationed on Mupjoy's Hill, and from Forts
Preble and Scanned. The procession took
the bodies at Union wharf, and proceeded
through Fore, Pleasant, High, Congress and
Middle streets, to the meeting house OF the
Second Parish, where the burial service was
performed with appropriate aud solemn mu-
sic, and thence to the place of interment.
1t was one OF the most solemn and impos-
ing spectacles ever witnessed in town, and
connected with the signal victory SO impor-
tant in our contest with England, the occasion
made deep impression in this community.
Business was suspended during the NOV
ing of the procession, and all the services
were Of solemn and interesting character.
The procession was formed by Robert Ills
ley and Levi Cutter assisted by twelve Mar
shals. Daniel Tucker, chairman of the select
men. superintendent the ceremonies.
The young men who erected the monu-
ment to Lieut.. Waters had assiduously watch
ed over him dnriDg his painful sickness, and
attended his obsequies when he died. The
monument was the expression Of their con-
slant interest and sympathy in the noble
young man.