The Portland daily press., 1868-07-31
Political Notes.

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Mr.. Henry M. Watts of Philadelphia, the
new Minister to Austria, is man of fine at
tachments and large wealth, who has not re-
Gently taken an active part in politics
The New Orleans Crescent of the 10th in
slant contains the following instructive para
graph: "We were astonished yesterday morn
ing to see'the Stars and Bars-the flag of the
late Southern Confederaey floating proudly
from the jack staff of one of our Red River
packets. We must confess that the sight of it
caused the blood to course quickly through
our veins, as it carried us back to scenes far
different from those now presented to our
gaze" The Crescent flies the Seymour and
Blair flag. NJ
The Hon. w. Greene, prominent Indian
apolis Democrat, repudates Seymour and
Blair, and comes out for Grant and Colfax.
The Western Republicans are circulating
photographs of Frank Blair as Republican
campaign documents. ' ~
The Republicans OF Gold Hill, Nevada,
elected their full ticket in the hardest fought
election ever held in that city. The News
promises 800 for Grant and ,Colfax
"Our soldiers run well this year," was the
sneering remark made by Seymour after Sc
ries of reyerses in 1862. On which the New
burg Journal comments: "They will run
well this year. too, and are already after his
Himble Exeellency with sharp stick" he
The President in answer to inquiries on the
subject says that he shall not sign the funding
bill. a-
The reception of Senator Morton on his re-
turn to indianapolis was the finest that ever
occurred in Indiana. .r-af ,a..ll.u. -..... ..
The Shellbyville (Tenn.) Union dominates
Andrew johnson for Governor of Tennessee,
and the Nashville Gazette indorses the nomn-
alton. The election will nat be held until Au-
gust, 1869, and the Union says it is certain that
Mr.. johnson would accept the position. m
Blair" said a cautious but incorrieible
Democrat the other day, +" is good as far as be
goes, but he goes too far!" '""
1t is little singular that Gen. Hancock
letter should find its way to the public through
the columns of the Louisville Courier. a paper
which after doing all in its power to involve
Kentucky in the maelstrom of secession, final
ly packed up and skedaddled along with its
editors across the lines.
+t Western paper says d. w. Voorhees, has
been making a great fuss about taxation, and
he made so much fuss about it that the matter
was looked into, and it was found that his tax
amounted to eighty and half cents in five
years. Voorhees, is not the only one
Some of the Chicago Democrats would like
to run young Robert Lincoln for Congress if
they could get him, but they can't.
While General Franklin is getting ready to
demolish the reputation of the General of the
Army, perhaps, the Richmond Dispatch, in
another part of the field, is peppering away at
the Admiral. 1t generously asks: ali.
Shall we never have done with that old
hnmbug, Admiral Farragut, as he is called
We suppose that there have been twenty thou
sand collars worth of kilograms sent over the
Atiantlc Gable concerning his whereabouts
and his doings. He is certainly making the
most of his little victories. 1t is as CARLYLE
says: The word will have its heroes: and If
there are no real ones, it worships sham ones !"
Farragut is the nearest approach to a hero
that the Federal Navy turned out during the
late war; and so he has to stand for the genu-
inc article. TT
The genuine article" we suppose, is
Semmes.
Inc New York Commercial Advertiser says:
1t is rumored that two of the most promi-
nent Major Generals who took mart in the Sol
diers and Sailors gathering held in this CITY
during the Democratic Convention orc ML;oL
ing IN the traces, and are only held bacl, nv
very powerful influences, from DECLARING for
Grant and Colfax. The gallant soldiers Who fb
lead the armies of the republic to victory tnu
the Union do not feel at home in the Seymour
ranks. There are other weak spots in the enc
mys lines that will show themselves soon
The Southern States have been made par
takers of the bounty of the Government by an
extension to them of the act donating public
lands for the establishment of agricultural COL
leges.
Santa Fe has new daily paper, the Daily
New Mexican, printed in English and Span
ish, and strongly supporting Grant and Col
fax.