The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-06
POLITICAL JOTTINGs.

FIX Governor William A. Newell was recently
| nominated as the Union candidate for Congress
| in the Second District OF New Jersey. The dis
tIict is now represented by Hon. George Middleton
| lDem J, who was elected in 1862 by a vote of
l2,lS3 against TO- S34 for Vim. L. Brown (Union) .
majority. l340. In 1860, the vote was For
majority 2l57. Mr.. Newell resides IN Freehold.
| Monmouth county, and is very popular Mr.
| Middleton has been nominated for reelection.
The Unionists Of West Virginia have nomi-
na!ea ne following ticket For Governor,
| Arthur j. Boreman, of Wood county. For Scare
tary Of state Granville II. Hall, Of Harrison
county For Auditor, Campbell Tarr, of Brooke
county. For Attorney General, Ephraim b.
nall, Ot Marion county. For Congress, g. II.
Hubbard, Of Ohio county. For Presidential
Electors at Large, Ellery II. Hall, of Marion
county, and W. +. Stevenson, OF Wood county.
The soldiers stationed at Memphis have been
voting (iniormally) on the Presidential question
The result may be inferred from the suDioined
returns :-ll3th Illinois, for Lincoln $40, for Nc.
Clellan 81 8th Iowa, for Lincoln 43S, for Me-
Clellan 22 Washington Hospital, for Lincoln 2i7,
Tor Mcclellan 10. Total for Lincoln, 1904; for
Mcclellan, l2S. Lincolns majority, 876.
The inmates Of Hospital No. 2, located at
Chattanooga, Tenn, recently voted for Pres-
dent. The vote was as follows Lincoln, 700;
Mcclellan, 73; Fremont, Is; Lincoln over Nc
Clellan, 647. The vote In a Rebel ward attached
TO the hospital was for Lincoln, 3 for Mcclellan
81. The bounty. Jumpers imprisoned in the hos.
pitals recorded 80 votes for Mcclellan, 10 for
"A vote for President was lately taken among
the inmates of the United States General HospitaL
at York, Penn. The result is appended -
EOr lAncon. '.''''''. .s..'.. 1910
For Mcclellan '..,,,,...,........,.... 1868
Lincoln's majority ty.............,,...., $40
Every county in Pennsylvania that voted in
favor Of Governor Curtin (Unon) in 1863, voted
also for the soldiers right of suffrage while every
county voting against the soldiers right of suffrage
voted against the Governor last year.
senator McDougall, of California, recently
spoke in Logan county, ILL.,, in favor of the cleo
tion of Mcclellan and Peudleton His colleague
Hon. John Conness "a War Democrat), will soon
take the stump in California for Lincoln and
The 53d Kentucky Regiment on their way
through Frankfort recently, cheered the Union
candidate for President till they could cheer no
longer. The soldiers OF Kentucky are almost
unanimous for Lincoln and Johnson.
Hon. Theodore Little is the Union candidate
for Congress in the Fourth District of New Jer- |
sey (now represented by Hon A. A. Rogers |
Peace Democratc). Democratic majority, 1862, |
3lS7.
Rev. Robert j. Breckenridge, OF Kentucky, |
has taken the stump in Ohio for the Union Ma |
tonal and State nominees lie recently addressed |
q large and enthusiastic auditory in Pixies Opera
House, Cincinnati.
The officers Of the 18th Regiment Of New
jersey Volunteers, now with General Grant,
were given for Lincoln and two for Mcclellan.
1t is stated that Hon. George Williams
the newly elected (UniOn) Unted States Senator
from Oregon, Is a native of the town of Pompev
OnondaSa county, N. Y.
Ex-Governor Clifford, Of Massachusetts,
hitherto an opponent of the Republican party, is
now out for Lincoln and Johnson, and will speak
in their behalf.
The soldiers belonging to Battery 3, lst Ohio
volunteers, recently voted for President, when
every one Zone hundred and fifty in ALL declared
for the reelection Of President Lincoln.
The LIST Pennsylvania Cavalry lately held sn
informal election on the Presidential question,
when l79 votes were thrown for Lincoln and q
for Mcclellan.
Hon. Roscoe Conkling has taken the stump
in Oneida this own county, New York. State
Senator Bailey is also on the stump. Oneida
county will give an increased Union majority
next month.
The Maine soldiers are to vote at the NoyeDl-
Der election. The "Pine-Tree" State win then
give Union majority twice rs large as that just
recorded for Governor Cony.
The Tenth Regiment Of Connecticut Volun-
teers recently voted for President and ViCe-Presi-
dent. Lincoln and johnson polled over four-6fths
Of all the votes cast.
Company b, Engineers and Mechanics Regi-
ment of Michigan, voted on the Presidential queg-
tion few weeks ago, when Lincoln received l01
out of l09 votes.