The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-10
Peif.tcal. "a
6x-bsnator HenuerSon has taken up his
residencein St. Louis, and intends to run for

- kPelftfcal.
Ex8snator Henaerson has taken up his
residenceDin st. Louis, ana intends to run for
Governorof Missouri.
Confederate General Basil Duke, COM
monty known all through the late war az
John Morgan's .brains,a has been elected 70
the Kentucky Legislature, in the sixth IL uis-
vile y district. by an overwhelming majority
Kentucky will be judged BY her WORKS. ana
not By her professions-and thus ]udgea, sne
mast be content with the verdict Al The
chooses guerrilla chieftains to rule her, she
must be content to be called a guerrilla State
The Philadelphia Age, a Copperhead paper,
a short time ago gave what purported to be an
account OF scene in the Supreme Court OF
the United States, in the course of which At.
torney General Hoar was sale to have made
an impertinent answer to question BY Judge
Nelson, and to have been rebubed for it and
compelled to apologize by Chief Justice Chase.
The story was not tllan generally CREDITED, and
is now denied in toto by Judge Nelson himself
The Personal and ImpeIsonar' man of the
Chicago Post is guilty Of the statement that
the worst ailmeht OF A. johnson us a cataract
in the ,ihroats' A catsract is a waterfall, and
there is no record that A. ,. has let any water
hfaliiu his throat for tha last forty wears such
a waterfall would be mofs notable than that Of
Niagara. n sdl IS astsibao9 sfassFas .gs
Colonel Thomas aOchiltree. who figured
prominently in the Confederate service, urges
the people Of Texas to adopt the Constitution,
elect Republican ticket from Governor down.
and so have peace 80.
There being too few Copperheads in Massa-
chusets to get up a fight with. The Renubl;cans
are going r pitch into each other this Fan.
The Democracy regard the isht With no inter.
est except as il affects their supply Of rum.
r. Genls. Robt. E. Lee and Beaureeard and
Ex-senator Chestnut are at White Sulphur
Springs. sGl "a a7issas .lsaa.sH san .aiIs
No very satisfactory returns have vet been
| received from Alabama, /, but the result NAV
be fairly, scheduled thus. Elected in-First
| District-Alfred n Buek len Second Dis
| trict-Chas. w. Buckley. Rep. Third Dis
| trict-R. S HefIin. Rep. Fourth District
Charles RI Rep. Fifth District-Peter
Dix. De District-wm c. sherrod,
Dem. q No4Ass~v1
The Repu of Wells have elected the
following delegate TO the County Convention
to- be holden Alfred on the 18th inst. Theo-
dore Wells. j., Charles Smith. Phendeus III
R'eker, A. Getchells Barak Maxwell Alex, B.
Maxwell and Jere G, Hall.
The Tennessee election has resulted in q
| practical Democrat triumph, produced by Re.
/ publican divisions. Mr.. Senter il Governor
with CONSERVATIVE" Legislature, led by such
well-known politicians as Baltic Peytop.
4 Representative in Congress from 1913 to 1889
afterward citizen of Louisiana and Califor-
mia. a Ben elector in 1860, an active confeder-
ate,) Emerson Etheridee, presenrativeo in
A Congress for three terms, and finally Clerk d
the House for tie Thirty-SeventhI Congress-,
and Edmund Cooper, Andrew Johnson,s pri
vate. secretary. These men, with. others q
i eqnal experience ON the same side.will Give
the Democracy command Of the position.
A number of Federal Office holders in Texas
have written letter to General Butler in.
weighing against The CONSERVATIVES Republican
OF Hamilton ticket. The so-caIled people.
ticket is supported, they say, by the Democra
! ON and few johnson office holders still. i'm Of
fee in Texas. They propose q, vigorous cam
4 pagn in favor of what thew tern, the raoulo,
| ticket of the Republican partv and ash The 90
operation Of General Butler in their efforts
4 The Democrats Of San Francisco bava ra.
! nominated McCoppin for Mayor.
"a special despatch from Helena. Montana
states that q. NJ Cavanaueh (Dsmocrat1 har
been fe-electeda Delegate 10 CONGRESS- by 20o(
majority 10 n 81 ye9ss % ,eisg isFss e rot !
4 9. A despatch to the New York Tribune saws,
late adviees from Tennessee state that tbs'
4 Hon. Bailie Peytoa. who in ,ruupip~ for III