The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-08-14

Gen. Sigel has been falsely represented as a
Democrat. He is President of Grant Club.
The Cincinnati Gazette says the reason why
Mr.. Seymour's letter of acceptance was so
long in appearing was that, convinced that he
could not be elected, he mad been endeavoring
to arrange for withdrawal of his name and
the substitution of Chief Justice Chase as the
head of the Democratic ticket. The Gazette
says the arrangement would have been made
but for the opposition made to it by some
members of the Ohio delegation. "Veteran
Observer" writes to the New York Times from
Ohio that he had heard of the same thing, and
that some of the Democrats were quite SAN
guine in regard to effecting the change
The uncertainty in regard TO the political
status of the younger Adams is causing the
Massachusetts Democrats the keenest anxiety.
Bogy, ex-Indian commissioner, lately made
speech in Missouri at Democratic State
convention, where he declared that the pros
poets for the success of the party were to his
mind, darker than at any time during the war.
The New York Sun counts up 1874 electoral
votes for Grant, IS for Seymour, and So doubt
full The Grant States are Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Florida, Illinois, indiana Iowa, Kansas,
Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts,, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina
Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee Vermont. West
Virginia and Wisconsin. The States reckon
ed for Seymour are California, Connecticut,
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey,
New York and Oregon. Georgia and Penn
sylvania are considered doubtful, and Missis-
sippi, Texas and Virginia will not vote.
The Boston Post says Mr.. Seymour is the
only man who grasps the whole situation He
is a pretty good grasper General Hancock
says so, and adds the Choctaw word "Dammn,"
for commentary on which, see the generals
letter from Newport.
The landlord of hotel in New-Rochelle has
nailed to the front of his building large pla-
card containing pictures of the Tammany can
didates and the acknowledgements and
Blair. Democrats arouse" A gentleman rid
ing by, a few mornings ago, was struck with
the righteousness and decided propriety of the
exhortation to Democrats to "arouse." as d.
rectly under it were two of the "unterrified"
dead drunk.
b The Democratic papers have tried all sorts of
means to ruin Grants reputation, and now
tney are trying to make people believe that he
TOOK breakfast with Frank Blair the other dav
at Leavenworth.
The New York Citizen, edited bv the late
General Charles G. Halpine, has the following:
REMEMBER. - Irishmeu! remember that
when the noblest representative of yonr race
lay dead in the house of his stricken family
Horace Greeley strove to secure the emolnn,,
ments of the vacant office which he held to
his widow and orphan children. Remember
that every Republican journal in this city en-
dorsed the proposal, and that the only sheet
which opposed it was the World.
Somebody at Washington takes the pains to
telegraph to the New York World that the
capital is full of "rumors" about the with
drawal OF General Grant by the Republicans
and the substitution of Gen. Sherman. That
man evidently has keen scent for "rumorsn
The Boston Post disgraces itself, as it is not
accustomed to do, by malignant attack upon
Thaddeus Stevens. But it is natural. Steven,
founded the common school system of Penn
sylvania, the free schools of the District of
Columbia and was all his life stanch friend
ot the aboring classes. That is sufficient foun-
ua.ion for Democratic calumny.
newspaper correspondent has been to see
brigham Young and has found out that he is
neutral in his politics