The Portland daily press., 1868-06-23
Political Notes,


A young girl who works in shop in Man
chester, N H., at one dollar day, and whose
brother was at work in Worcester, Mass, at
the time of the last election, wrote him to be
sure and come home to vote, as she feared the
Democrats would carry the day. The day before
election, taking the cars for Nashua and
thence to Worcester, she started after him, as
he did not appear, found him and came back
with him.
Throughout the West Republican clubs
called True Lights are forming. In all but
name they bear a close resemblance to the
Wide Awakes of eight years ago, and are
characterized by the same enthusiasm.
Through the efforts of George Wilkes the
unpleasant relations which have for long
time existed between General Grant and Gen.
eral Butler have been explained away, and the
two gentlemen making mutual retractions and
concessions are now said to be friends.
The new national currency bill which has
passed the Senate and will soon be taken up
by the House will not secure to the West so
much of the $20,000O00 of currency to b. with.
drawn from Northern banks as has been ex-
pected. Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and
4hiuuCoOea Will hob SCb d cluSiO Wullt
Iowa will receive but about $4,000; Wisconsin
rather over 100000 and Missouri not quite
100000, the remaining $18,000O0O and over
going to the South.
A New York paper says that Hon. Dick
Busted has returned from Alabama to give
our citizens his political views He is very
severe on the Southern States, and says he
would keep them out in the cold till their
teeth chartered to the music of the Union"
The Tribune still insists that Butler would
make the best possible Commissioner of Intern
al Revenue and regrets that he cannot receive
the appointment and would not accept it from
A. j. if he could.
Washington dispatch says that the SYM
pathizers with the rebellion oppose the issue Of
q general proclamation of amnesty by Presi-
dent johnson on the 4th of July. 1t is under
stood that there are not over a hundred South
erners who have not already been pardoned,
either by special pardons or by the amnesty
proclamat ton.
One OF the facts that prove truth stranger
than fiction is that so many Democrats in
this district are willing to accept a nominal
ton for Congress. Among them are L. III.
Hubbard, E. r. Wiggin, H. X. Bradbury
Charles A. Shaw and Ira T. Drew.
A meeting of the Soldiers and Sailors Ma
tional Republican Committee, appointed at
the Chicago Convention, has been called for
the twenty-seventh of June, at the Astor
House, New York. The call says that the
purpose of this meeting is to select the Sub
Committee and State Central Committees de-
termined upon at the Chicago Convention
and generally to devise plan for the most
effective organization of the soldiers and sal
Tors for the Presidential campaign
The Presidents Washington friends predict
that he will receive the largest vote on the
first ballot at the New York convention. and
that within three four days he will make
some official demonstration that will entitle
him to the nomination. They claim that Mr..
Johnson's gallant stand for the Constitution
entities him to the gratitude and favor of the
Conservative party, and that some bold stroke
OF policy is all that is needed to secure it,
Hence they say that important events are
near at hand.