The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-06-13
VfHe dgdIH! dUIHe agaInI
From a foreign shore.
And oh! 1t fills our hearts with joy
IN see 0lfr friondc onna mare u

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| "Efome againi Home auaini
| from a foreign shore.
| Ana Oh! 1t fills our hearts with joy
| 10 see our friends once more"
After our long and perilous voyage along the
rock-bound coast of Maine and through the
treacherous shoals of the lovely Kennebec-
after undergoing royal Inequalities at the hands
of the residents of Harpswell Boothbay and
Bath-behold the burnt ''swells of ocean,
once more safely restored to their homes and
loving friends. Not since the days when Chris.
| topher Columbus watched with eager eyes the
signs of land, when day succeeded day and no
land hove in sight, have the signs of fair wealth
err been more eagerly sought for than by the
Portland Yacht Club only to be doomed to dis
appointment. But did their lion spirits fail
them? No. With a pluck that proved their
good old Saxon origin they ''quaffed the bitter
draught, (no allusion is meant here to Zitkov's
| lager) and pushed on in the teeth of seas that
would have frightened less hardy mariners,
| east winds and fogs that chilled one to the
bone Our worthy Commodore, grim of aspect
as some old Morse King, steadily paced his
| quarterback with his eye .keenIy attentive to
the situation, while "adOwn his long gray beard
| trickled the drops of brine"
Extremely regret that my letter from Bath
| was net received in time for your Satu day ed.
ition. Ipreierred writing to telegraphing. We
laid at anchor all day in Bath, the situation
not at all improved by the usual amount of fog
and rain but we made calls upon each other ON
board the different yachts, while many pleas.
ant attentions were shown the members of the
club by the citizens. The club received an in
vitation to spend the evening with Captain and
Mrs. Mcclellan and their friends, whose hospi-
talit'es were lavish. Conversation, music,
dancing and games "gave wings to the hours"
Capt. Mcclellan and Vice Commore Smith sang
several songs while the club Joined in the grand
chorus. To Captain and Mrs. Mcclellan the
club are indebted for the most pleasant enter
tainment ever given them, and in the Ian suage
Of Jefferson, the inimitable, "Here's health
to him and all his family, and may they I've
long and prosper"
We received orders to sail from Bath for
home at a. m. Saturday, but dii rot get ava
till 10 o'clock, in the midst OF u Trick leo. ne
ccompanied with rain arr a strong east afad.
Notwithstanding the weathas We ei.tI 5oNu
the river and put boldly e ss'.l az a; me
rendezvous oS Gov Island. Glowing or
der: Ethel, - p. %; L. 10 r.. Il. Nettle,
315 p. M; spy, ais ~ ls- 31s p. M;
Sparkle, 80 p. ni.s Csaces a. Robbins, time
not given.
Here we met IT, Sachts Whisper, Captain
Thomas, Clarence, capt. Jones, Kate, Captain
hichards, aud the steam tug Stephen Decatur, |
Capt. Conroy, or board of which were large |
number of friends. From the rendezvous the |
heet started in close order, came into the har- |
Dor in grand style, and rounding to off Custom |
House wharf about o'clock, saluted the Com
modore and were discharged from service.
Thus ended the second cruise of the Portland |
Yacht Club which, despite the weather. has /
been one of real pleasure. 1t is under trying
circumstances, like those attendant upon this
cruise, that mems characters show themselves. |
and we are happy to record that nothing has |
occurred to mar the general pleasure, that all |
have been jolly good fellows, that the fleet sur
geon is a BRICK, and that all say they had good
o1S, NhffoNE'
RIoT.-Henry Fagin and John FIaherty,
two wsll-known roushs who live in the neigh
borhood OF Browns Sugar House, have culti-
waited mutual i'll feelings for some time, and at
rafie at the foot of High street Saturday
night some trouble occurred between them
About half-past one o'clock Sunday morning
Faherty, backed by some so or 20 of his friends
started on an expedition to thrash Fagin. The
latter, supported by about halt dozen of his
a.lies, met them at the corner of Myrtle and
York streets and an awful fight at once begun.
oHicer Hanson being in the neighborhood,
went into the crowd and seized Flaherty, who
grabbed the officer and tore off his vest and
shirt. Upon this Flaherty's friends sprang
upon the officer and closed in around him SO
close that he could not reach his "blly," re-
Volver or irons. They pitched into him fnri-
'usly, and were maltreating him shamefuly,
when Mr.. Murray, the wotchman at the Sugar
House, came to his rescue armed with o big |
club, and these reinforced by Fagin and his
crew they made war upon Flaherty and his
gang. Brickbats and clubs were used freely,
aud several in the crowd were badly cut and
bruised. Hanson went for Flaherty, and
got him, the crowd meantime pressing on him
aud pounding him, and he eonld not use his
weapons The crowd had then increased to
zoo or 300 persons. Finally the officer succeed
ed in blowing his whistle calling up the police
class in that part of the town. The mob dis
persed and ran away when they saw the Off
GERS coming; but the officers succeeded in get |
ting Fa.in and Flaherty and Pat Sullivan and |
John Sullivan; and there are others yet to be
apprehended. Fagn got cut up pretty badly.
One "Conney'' had some awful cuts, and the
services of surgeon were necessary. Mr.
Hanson was badly beaten and bruised, but his
hurts are more uncomfortable than danger
Gus.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURcH.-The fifty third an
niversary of the First Baptist Sunday School
took place last evening at the church, which
was packed to overlooking with an interested
and pleased congregation, while many were
turned away from the doors unable to get in
The platform was beautifully decorated with
boquets of flowers, and was occupied by Rev.
DR.. Smaller, pastor of the church, Rev. Mr..
Monkey of New York, Rev. Mr.. Small of the
Free Street Chuch and others Tho ovaro;sas |