The Portland daily press., 1868-08-13

Senator Howe of Wisconsin is at his old
home at Livermore in this State " s
Mr.. Burlingame says that the Chinese EN-
bassy came for business and not pleasure and
that they will accept the hospitalities of Bos-
Ton .aply---- f5.-s+t
railroad where it passes the Sierra Nevada
mountains is being denuded of irs forests to
obtain timber to build snow sheds over the
track. Forty miles will have to be covered in
this way and each mile will REQUIRE 100000
feet of lumber. -ai ait 3. .l bra1
The American Association for the advance
ment of science is in session at Chicago. In
the account OF the proceedings of the first two
days we find that DIR. N. L. True of Bethel. Me
presented paper on "Phases of Glacial
Action in Maine at the Close of the Drift
"eriod." His theory, which was drawn from
observation of the remarkable formations
known as horse backs" which are to be found
in every part of the State, is sunsmed up in a
continental elevation, followed by ice, then a
subsistence, followed by heat, and the melting
OF the ice. This paper gave riseto an ANNA
ted discussion in which some upheld the views
of DR.. True, and others as strongly combatted
them. fla Frrr
The Herald's Washington dispatch says it is
reported that the French minister has express
ed the opinion that Russia and Prussia will
not be the only countries which will receive
the Burlingame Embassy with welcome. In
conversation the other night Mr. Bertbemv
said that he knew no reason why the French
Government should not make a treaty with
China quite as liberal as that effected with the
United States. He added that he believed the
Embassy would be respectfully received by
all the European governments
1t is stated that the great peach orchards on
the East shore of Lake Michigan are loaded
with fine fruit, which will begin to reach the
market next week, and continue to supply it
for two months. The peach yield this year
will be at least double that of any previous
year The quantity is variously estimated
between halfa million and a million of bas-
kets. s-.i -s--r,.6a
The whole State of Vera Cruz is in rebellion
against Juarez. An attack upon the city of
Vera Cruz is momentarily expected.
Nearly nine hundred Mormons arrived in
New York on the ship Emerald Isle from Liv-
erpool ON Tuesday. There were thirty-seven
ucdbu anu tWtuty-tuTee UlrtuS On the passage,
The good effect of reducing the whiskey tax
to fifty cents per gallon is already seen. Last
week the receipts from this source were 81 $780,
900, alsum greater than that realized during tn
two months previous. AETnTm0E +
The unprecedented drought in England will
greatly enhance the value of our crops. There
will, it is supposed, be great demand for hay,
which has not hitherto been exported. AL
ready several large vessels have sailed from
New York loaded with hay, and others will
lhiuheulately IoHoW. GN
Woman's rights received decided impetus
in Washington a few days ago. A lady
from Boston, Mrs. E. L. Daniels, having
applied to the Government through a patent
attorney for patent for an invention of her
own, the application was twice rejected. On
Friday last she appeared there in person, took
charge of the case, and appealed to the exam
ers-in-chief. The Board ofAppeal listened to
her argument on Saturday, and Tuesday the
claim was allowed and the patent ordered to
issue. s- "a 2A-+ FRVs
General Grants present visit to Galena is
the third he has made since he went into the
army in 1861. so2 Eka H.tr4
The number of divorces in Indiana is said
to be about ten thousand yearly.