The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-10-26
News ltemss
In the Eeiee Islands the new trading, and

banking company, in consideration of
certain rights and privileges from King Than
ihanda bias agreed to pay the debt of $45, 900.
Many Europeans were settling in the Feiees.
A Newspaper is soon to be established and
machinery for crushing sugar cane is expected.
The reported subsistence of the southeastern
shore of the Island of Hawaii is confirmed
The Rev. Mr.. Coan states that the subsistence
is plainly shown by trees which were once on
dry land being down in the sea, and rocky
isles once five feet out of water being now sub :
merged.
The agricultural report for 1867 is now going
through the press and will be ready for deiv
cry about the time Congress meets.
The old Spanish Minister at Washington
has been recognized as the representative of
the new Provisional Government of Spain,
and will, in day or two, inform Secretary
Seward of the fact.
There was very singular death incase of
California recently, or rather of life after man
ought to have been dead. In one of the n.y.
draulic mines, "a stream of water struck man
named Edward Tyler, threw him down, and
broke his neck His body below the neck was
completely paralyzed at once, but the head liv-
ed for three days, and talked and felt as we'll
as ever. The doctors say there never was any
thing like it.
DIR. James, the superintendent of the mint at
Charlotte, thinks the gold mines of North
Carolina are.now yielding about 100000 an
unally.
A.large meeting was held in Madrid, Friday,
at which speeches were made and resolves
al
throughout the Spanish dominions.
General John B. Magruder of the Rebel ar
my and ex-Lieutenant Edwin Higgins of the
Rebel navy were arrested in New York, Fri
day, for being drunk and dsorderly, and in
sulting females in store No. 667 Broadway
Both we're locked up.
A private dispatch from San Francisco
states that the entire loss in that city from the
recent earthquake will not exceed 100000.
There is rumor from Washington, proba-
| bly, without any sort of foundation, to the-ef.
feet that movement is on foot for the contin-
uance of the Freedmen's Bureau after Janu.
airy 1st. Gen. Howard is said to dsapproye
the measure.
A complimentary dinner has been rendered
to Attorney General Evarts by many of his
promnApt associates at the New York bar
( and the distinguished gentleman has accepted
| the invitation.
The English journals are full of the young
Marquis of Butte, who has just attained his
majority, with an income of $500, 900 year
1t interests the women of this country to learn
that the young Marquis is not married, not
| even engaged, and that he is coming to the
United States on what is formally announced
| as a "tour of observation"
At the Baptist Ministers Institute which
was in session at Skowhegan last week, Rev
| DR.. Manning of Boston delivered three lee
lures upon Modern Free Thought or Infidel.
! ity"
1t is estimated that the wheat crop of Ore.
| gon will amount to 8 1000 600 bushels this year
| The imports at New York last week were
nearly 100000.
We notice that Gov. Chamberlain is embrac.
ed in the lecture course in many of the princi
pal cities in the Union.
Admiral Farragut will return to this couu-
try in about two weeks, after an absence of a
year.
| Some of the barristers who have final super.
vision OF the registry in England have refused
to strike out the names of women who have
claimed that the word "men" in the act of reg
| ulating suffrage includes them. In conse-
| quence OF this about one Thousand women, the
Daily News says, will cast their votes in the
coming parliamentary election.
The report OF the Customs Department show
that the importations for the fiscal year, so far
are not as great as last year.
Gen. Rosecrans' instructions as Minister to
Mexico require him to secure the benefit of the
provisions of the recent treaty negotiated with
that country for the settlement of the claims
of American citizens.
A letter from the city of Mexico says that in
the village o. Tayahualco, situated among the
lava fields in the valley OF Mexico some work.
men digging below one of the large lava fields
discovered n OF only we'll preserved buildings
but even dried up human bodies, which made
them believe that city had been buried there
81 milar to Herculaneum and Pompeii. A sci
entific commission is going thither to examine
the spot.
George A. Smith, a cousin of the Prophet
Joseph, has been chosen an Apostle" to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hebsr
Kimball