The Portland daily press., 1873-09-09
'ERMS 500 PER iNNUM In ADVANCE.

painted white with black letters. The Brit
ish love OF official houors is shown by ostenta
tious Inscriptions on both stone aud wood.
Members OF Her Majestys Council are
very numerous; their own houo 5 are record
ell In the inscriptions Ofther wives and chill
dren. This vanity extends down through all
the minor officers. On wooden plank six
feet hi h is the following: ''Sacred to the
memory OF John Parninter first clerk to His
Maiestys lreening-ylrd-Gepart this l. q
Oct 1795. Aged 33 year. The letters were
painted black and the weather has wIrn tine
wood away leaving the letters ,tanding out in
relief. The ''slab is of oak and near,v sound
after standing IS years.
III the soldiers burying ground ia anothcr
official inscription OH tai pine bpard. ''Sa
cred to the memory of James Gardiner, late
naster-cordwainer OF his Mdjesty's 34th regi-
ment, who departed this life on the IL OF Jan.
1881 Aged 20 years" This Board is erected
by few friends who enjoyed the pleasure of
his acquaintance In the 34tl. Regiment
Near by is a high marble monument 10 the
chaplain of the regiment-he who cared for
their immortal souls, and he who looked after
the s'les OF their shoes are alike honored by
monuments, bI not Of tn same material.
The coffins of the dead are covered with
black clot1, the edge, beius bould witch thin
strips of some black metal. The pa es on
a die OF which there are various figures;
some of these plates are fifteen irches long,
le.tered with hlac paint.
in the sodi rs buryng ground is an ele-
CANT monument with elegant armora bear
iEgs, over the tounb of Sir John and l. dy
Harvey. Sir John died in 1852 He was
Governor of New Brunswick during the
roostook war in 1889; he met Gen. Scott at
WoodstOck, aud they agreed to joint Occu-
pancy of the disputed territory until the set
tlement of the boundary.
A short distance from the cemetery is the
public garden, of eig 1t acres, Including the
pond with a ten feet Jet OF water ami the
usual assortment OF swans, geese and ducks;
the garden is handsomely laid out and well
Kept. IL is owned by lde city.
Good water IS conveyed to every part of
the city, even to the top Of the citadel, from
Spruce Lake, nine miles distant.
The Halifax hotel is the principal one Of
the city. 1t is well kept, aud the charges are
much less than for the same fare in The States.
The sailing of the falmouth is quite an
event-her pier is crowded fer an hour pre-
vious to her depal ture.
Conspicuous in the crowd, and on the boat
are the red coats of the non commissioned Of
ficers of the S7th regiment looking tor desert
ers. The soldiers go on board in all kinds of
disguises and conceal themselves below. The
20 the officers OF the boat.
Thursday the 14th was fine while violent
north east storm prevailed from Maine to the
Potomac.
Alter leaving Sanbro light the fog prevent
ed our seeing the coast The boat was head
ed for cape Sable when was passed without
seeing the light. On Sable Island the Hun
garian was wrecked in 1860, on her passage
from Liverpool TO Portland, aud all hands
lost No land or lights were SEEN until the
tog whistle on Cape Elizabeth was heard, and
by that Portland har5or was entered alter a
passage of SO hours.
They have a new kind of ''log'' to indi-
cate tn speed OF the boat; it is sci like cl 1ck
at some well known headland, and towed
astern from the end of long side boom, to
keep it out Of the wake of the wheels If the
vessel runs into the fog the log is hauled n
and opened and oB dial the band marks the
number of miles run, very correctly. 1t is a
brass machiBe, like screw propeller, which
turns n the wafer and moves the works with
in; they may be seen at Senters. w. G.
Aug. &c.