The Portland daily press., 1868-02-18

The Kentucky election case has Just been
disposed of, both the claimants to the seat be-
ing rejected. On the question of admitting
Mr.. Smith, the Republican candidate, who re-
ceived less number of 70 ties than Brown, re-
iected for disloyalty, there was considerable
discussion, Messrs. Blaine and Peters OF this
State taking opposite sides. Peters favored
and Mr.. Blaine opposed Smiths admission
The vacancy will be filed by a special cleo
ton. ra.t
Perley" of the Boston journal says that
Mr. Bingham has framed new supplementary
Reconstruction bin which win be reported
early this week. There is, however, a growing
opposition on the part OF several leading Re-
publicans to the admission of any of the. South
ern States at present. They fear that the
whites, after the admission of those States,
would manage to again obtain the ascendancy
Within the next ten days the President pro-
misses to make nominations for all the various
foreign MISSIONS and the office OF Commission.
er of Patents.
An independent candidate tor Sheriff. in
Kentucky, puts forward as his chief claim, the
fact that he once slept with Andrew jackson
Rumor says that Burlingame gets salary of
$4,000 from the Chinese Government. Ii it is
true, cargoes of politicians may be expected to
take their departure for China every month
Several promising cues are said to have been
started already by aspirants for Oriental en-
ployment.
Gen. Sherman has telegraphed to three or
four different persons protesting against his
appointment to the rank of Brevee General
There is no doubt that his nomination viii be
rejected by the Senate, and it is said that when
action of the matter is taken by that body, a
resolution eulogistic of his conduct will be
passed.
During furious copperhead harangue in
the House, few days since, some one said
70 Ihad. Stevens Il wonder what that angry
Democrat wants?" "Why," said the old man,
Win quiet smile, "what he wants most is
brains"
tionbie with Mr.. Perry, his Secretary of
L2gation,is said to be the reason of MI, Hale's
abandonment Of tae Spanish mission. The
former announced to the Spanish government
tho success of the Cuban cable. witbnut can
sulting Mr.. Hale.
General Meade has written au Ohio editor
who nominated him for the Vice prasida,,o,
that he "has not the slightest desire TO tilI th.t
high office"
1t was Senator Salisbury, instead of Sena-
tor Yates who recently appeared lin undress
at the breakfast table at Wizards
Mr.. Donnelly, representative from Minneso-
ia, one of the best speakers of the Northwest
and Mr. Maynard of Tennessee, are among the
Republican speakers in New Hampshire.
Inc secretary of the Republican Congress
slohal executive committee has received dis
pa'cn from Alabama, giving unofficial returns
from all but fourteen counties of that State,
AMI expressing the belief that the new consti-
ton has after all been ratified BIZ small ma
iority; only four hundred votes are Thus far re-
ported against the adoption.
A bill has been introduced into the NIi,ua
sofa Legislature to change the name of ANDY
johnson county to Ben Butler county.
A good Democrat at the water cure estab-
Iishments in Columbus, Ohio, remarked the
other day to Radical boarder that in his
opinion "a man that had more Angl0-Jackson
tiool IN his veins than African or. to vote