The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-04

our national birth Gay. Young America claim
| tbe early morning hours as exclusively theirs,
making the air reecho with reverberations of
| pistol and cannon. At daylight older heads
play the same game with church bells and
heavier cannon At six o'clock the fantasies
will claim the streets headed by the Union
Band of Ferry Village, and from the Eastern
Promenade, the place of rendezvous, will trav-
erse the following streets:-Congress to Wash
ington, Washington to Cumberland, Cumber-
land to Smith, Smith to Congress, Congress to
Chestnut, Chestnut to Oxford, Oxford to Elm,
Elm to Congress, Congress to New High,
Deerng, New and Old State to Gray. Gray to
Bracket, Bracket to Danforth, Danforth to
Park, Park to Pleasant Pleasant to High,
Free and Middle to Franklin, Franklin to Lin
coin, where the parade will be dismissed.
At9a M, the rowing regatta will come off
| in the front harbor The boats will come into
line at 81 o'clock.
| For the first race, for four cared boats, the
distance is wo miles, first prize 800; second
$40. The following are the entries
The Orient Boat Club. cedar shell 81 F.
Grimshaw" pulled by Charles Fuller, stroke
James S. Morris, G. Q. Bislow, Stephen Crock
er, bow. Colors yellow and green. -,
The Emeralds enter cedar shell'tP. z. DAVIS
pulled by T. f. Donahue, stroke; Edmund
Brady, Thomas Walsh, A. II. Larkln DOW.
| Colors green and white.
| Cedar shell, Unknown, pulled by j. G, Hav
| erty bow; +. Shannon, +. Green, Ihonlas
| Ball stroke. Colors white
William Logue pine shell, independent
| crew e. A. Henry, stroke, q. IL. ingalls,, Ii.
| O'Conuell, G. d. Loring, bow. Colors white
p. O'Donnell, Long Shore ctew, NJ. Burnest,
al How'll N IL
| ors blue.
Emeralds, pine shell, Modoc, B. G. Donahqe
| stroke, A f. Stewart, r. N. Parker E. j.
Sisk. bow Colors blue and yellow.
| The second race is for single SOULS, distance
two miles, first prize $50, second $40, third SIS.
The following boats are entered:
Orient, cedar shell; John Frazier. Colors
white.
| Shorty, cedar shell, Thomas j. Welsh Col
ors white aud blue.
Oracle, cedar shell, C. NJ Henry. Colors
| dark white.
Spurwink Clam Shell, G. D. Loring Colors
lemon.
English Blonde, paper shell, H. P. Ladd
Celors light blue.
Scout, ce lar shell, j. O'Donnell. Colors
| gray and white
Rose. cedar shell, b. c. D ahue. Coors
pale blne.
| AT ten o'clock a base ball h will come
off in Deering on the ball grounds, for purse
of $75 The following clubs will contest; the
Resolutes and Dirigos. In the afternoon at q
p. m., the Harvards and Resolutes will play a
friendly game.
At IL o'clock grand floral concert will be
given on State street by one thousand children
from the public schools under the direction OF
Mr.. w. L. Fitz. They will sing the Red
White and Blue; o Native Land Marseilles
| Hymn; Star Spangled Banner, closing with tbs
following grand old Hymn in which the entire
audience will join:
| "AMERIcA."
My country, it's of thee,
| Sweet land ot liberty,
| Of thee sing;
| Land OF the pilgrims pride;
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring.
Ny native country, thee
Land Of the noble free,
Thy name love;
| | We thy rocks and rills;
Thy woods and implied hills;
My hear. with rapture thrills,
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedoms song;
Let mortal tongues awake,
Let all that breathe partaGe.
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong
| At two p. m the sailing regatta takes place
in the front harbor' The five classes of yachts
are entered:
First Class.-Ethel. Ray, Sparkle and
Alarm.
Second Class-Clarence, Spy, Whisper, Mel
lie and Emily.
Third Class-Edda, Ripple, Della, Gannett
| Chemical tooly ID
| Frolic, Matte and Sprite.
Fourth Class-Sea Breeze, Edith, Shoe Fly
| Little Hattie, Dollie Warden, Eva.
Steam Yachts-Maggie and Sassacus.
At $50 p. M. the military will form in Mar
ket Square under command of Col. G. P. Mat
tocks and staff, consisting of the Portland Me
chanic Blues, Portland Light Infantry, Port
land Cadets, Montgomery Guards, Sheridan
Cadets and Mcclellan Cadets. The Blues ant
Infontry will wear their new regulation uni
form.
At p. m the parade and review will take
place on the Western Promenade.
The ascent of the balloon 'City of Sensation
), with the skllful aeronaut, Prof. Parker Welle'
OF Lynn, will be made on the Western Prom
enade at 5 p. m. This will be one of the mos
attractive features of the day.
In the evening there will be band concer
by the Portland and Union Brass Bands OF
Lincoln Park and display of fire works. The
railroads. or at least several of them will trans
port passengers to and from the city for one fare
During the day the Gazele and Express will
make frequent trips to the islands, and from
these boats fine view of the regatta can be oh
tanned At Music Hall the Wilkinson dra
matic company will give performances day ant
| evening.