The Portland daily press., 1877-03-23

merely mean Stupid Archaeological but
expressive. In 1890, it appears from the jour.
nal, the traveller could live in Pennsylvania
for half dollar day, whiskey and horse hire
included-a statement which caused cloud OF
regret for the good old times to pass over the
| iovial faces of some of the spect ators. The
journal was written by one of DR.. Hills an
cestors. In those days, as it appears
| by this chronicle, it was a crime
to 'distil Democratic principles into Negro
The peculiar felicity of the verb will be at
| once observed.
| Mr.. u. X. Harmon submitted the roll of
Maine soldiers in 1872 which he has prepared
| for the State. The roll embraces the name of
| every man who served in the Maine quota, in
| regular service or State militia 1t is to- be
deposited in the Office ofthe Adjutant General.
| Names contingent embraced forty regiments
of infantry and eleven battalons of artillery
| and cavalry.
| Mr.. futile made few remarks concerning
| the Georges monument in the Parish Church
| in England, for the repair of which contribu-
| tions are solicited. A committee to raise
| funds was constituted.
Mr.. r. X. Sewall suggested that the rext
field day be held in August, at Wiscassett
| The President appointed as the committee
| on local names: j. M. Brown, DR.. Wheeler,
r. X. Sewall, Joseph W. Williamson and
| W. B. Lapham. The meeting then adjourned
| until evening.
EVENING SESSION.
At Intervening session Mr.. WIN. Goold read a
paper on The Military Services of Col. Arthur
Noble of Georgetown, in the French war He
had the command of the Cumberland County
| regiment of the beseging army at Louisburg
in 1855. Soon after his return he was appoint
ed to the command of 1000 Provincial troops
from Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New
Hampshire, raised for the purpose of driving
force of Frepch and Indians from Canada
under De Remsay from Nova Scotia, who were
corruptiDg the Acadians and trying to lure
them from their oath of fidelity to the English.
This force left Canada to join large land and
naval armament which left France in 1746, in
20 ships under the command of the Duke
D'Anyille. His orders were to retake and dis
mantle Louisburg, take and garrison Annapo-
lis, Nova Scotia, and then destroy Boston. The
news of the sailing of this fleet caused great
CONSERVATION throughout New England and the
Notifications on the coast were strengthened.
Boston was filled with troops from the
country. By storms and sickness the fleet was
so much disabled on its arrival at Chebucto,
now Halifax, that the disappointment in not
being able to do anything that season was so
great that D'Anville died of apoplexy four
days after bis arrival at Chebucto. This threw
the Wire Admiral into dali md In
paroxysm he fell on his own sword which pierre
ed his body and caused his death. The fleet re-
turned to France without accomplishing any
thing. De Rsmsay with his Canadians and
Indians remained in Nova Scotia, and to dis
lodge him, Col. Mobiles expedition was plan
ned. By various accidents the Rhode Island and
New Hampshire troops did not join him, and
being unable to reach Minos by the Bay of
Fundy he landed his troops in December and
marched through deep snow to Minos in eight
days, where his force, by order of the Cover
nor, were quartered scatteringly among the
Acadians. The enemy being 100 miles off by
land and the snow deep, asurprise was thought
impossible. But by march of three weeks on
snow-shoes the Canadian and Indian force of
600 surprised Col. Noble in snow storm in the
night, and when his 500 troops were scattered
over settlement extending II miles
Col. Noble was twice wounded but refused to
yield, when he was shot through the head in
his quarters. His brother Ensign Noble, was
also killed with him. Seventy men were killed
on the Provincials-many in their beds The
English force finally capitulated saving their
arms and ammunition, and marched out from
Annapolis with the honors of war. 1t has not
been known even by his descendants that Col.
Noble was an inhabitant of Maine, but on In
vestigation Of the registry of deeds in York
county and the military records of Massachus-
etis, it was sscertained that he owned a farm at
Fidler's Reach, Kennebec river, where he resided
and large tract of land reaching to Casco Bay.
Nobleboro was named in his honor. Judge
Lithgrow's wife was the only daughter of Col.
Noble, and he had one son Arthur, who lived
at Damariscotta and Boston. Col. Noble has
many descendants of various names-Judge
Charles Devens of Boston, now Attorney Gem
eral of the United States, is his great grand
son. In his paper Mr.. Goold goes deeply into
the history of the French war and military op-
erations in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton His
paper was illustrated by maps of the localities
mentioned in it.