The Portland Gazette

Military.—On Saturday the 12th inst. the Portland Rifle Company, under the command of Capt. Thomas Chadwick, celebrated their 8th Anniversary. The weather proving unfavorable, this well disciplined corps was denied an opportunity of displaying in public, that excellence of practice, and superiority of military skill, for which it has been long and justly distinguished—While we remember with pleasure the martial appearance—the spirit and energy of movement, which form at once, the life and beauty of military evolutions, heretofore displayed by this soldier-like body, we rest assured it still supports an unsullied reputation.

At 2 o'clock the company partook of an excellent dinner at Col. Burnham's Hotel—Social feeling presided, and conviviality winged the hours.

TOASTS.

1. Our Anniversary—May there ever be, a well filled, well disciplined patriotic and valiant corps of Riflemen, to welcome the arrival of the day we celebrate.

2. The President of the United States—By his wisdom, patriotism and political integrity, he has won the esteem of an enlightened nation—In his Administration, may party rancour find an oblivion.

3. His Excellency the Governor of Massachusetts.—Our political soil will never become barren, while it is watered by the Brooks of Medford.

4. The Patriot Washington—His is no monument of earthly fame—He lives on the marble of memory.

5. General Morgan—The invincible leader of our Revolutionary Riflemen—His name glitters in the same firmament with Washington's.

6. The Founders of our Independence—The Temple of our National Glory, bears their names on its corner stone—Their memories live in the bosom of every American.

7. Our Navy—Ever ready to present its "Ironsides" to the enemy.

8. The United States Army—The gallant support of our INDEPENDENCE.

9. Freedom of Opinion—It tells the soul, the full value of liberty—insures the advancement of National mind, and swells the flow of Patriotic feeling.

10. The protection of Commerce and Agriculture—The Nile to our National Soil.

11. The Origin of Wine—From the birth of time, the water of Friendship—coloured by the kiss of Beauty and inspired by Love.

12. American Literature—Increasing like our rivers in their course—While it rolls on to the ocean of intellect—may the weeds of pedantry, that float upon its surface, be slayed by the "boom" of common sense.

13. The Ladies of Maine—In virtue firm, as our mountains—in purity, spotless as our snows.

VOLUNTEERS.

By Capt. Chadwick—Col. J. W. Atherton—The first commander of the Portland Rifle Company.

By Col. J. L. Storer—The Militia—May they justly appreciate the value of Freedom and ever be ready to defend it.

By Col. C. S. Davies—Maine—If destined to form a new star in the American Constellation, with an influence, it may be hoped propitious to the welfare the Rifle brightest rays—Long may it continue to sparkle, in our horizon—and may its evening beam be as beautiful, as its morning has been fine, and its meridian is brilliant.

By Maj. J. Warren—Individual prosperity and Federal unanimity, to the Portland Rifle Company.

By Lieut. A. W. Tinkham—Commodore Oliver H. Perry on his passage from the Lawrence to the Niagara in the memorable action of the 10th Sept. 1813—in the breast of a single Hero, lives the spirit of a host.

By Lieut. G. W. Storer, of U. S. Navy—The Portland Rifle Company—May they ever cherish correct principles of discipline and patriotism.

By Lieut. C. Pierce of U. S. Army—The memory of those who fell in the war of 1812.

The District of Maine—In separating from Massachusetts, may she look out for five ninths of the Homestead.

The Fair Sky of National Happiness—When darkened by the cloud of War—may a thundering artillery crush the foe, and a showering infantry lay the dust of invasion.

Virous Fermentation—Most saccharine and operative, at the convivial board.