The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-11

TIE report that General Ames had declared
his intention of forcibly Interfering with the
Mississippi election is pointedly denied by the
general.
The New York World permits its cores
pordents to call the members ofthe drana
Army of the Republic-the men who fougns
for and saved the Union-"a set OF scalawass'
DIR. &c. Aver, of Lowell, is spoken OF as
candidate for Congress from the Seventh Dls
,r;ct The New York Sun calls this putting
on Ayers" Not at all; the doctor is one OF the
nr;ncinal pliers of the Commonwealth.
The Albany Evening Journal of Friday
states that Hon. Horace Greeley has signifed
his acceptance of the nomination of the Comp
troller of the State, rendered him by the Re-
publican Convention.
the New York Republican State Committee
have nominated General Sigel fer Secretary of
State, and it is understood he has accepted.
VIM. B. Taylor of Oneida county was nomi-
mated for Engineer and Surveyor, and Horace
Greeley for Comptroller.
2. TURNER, who was elected speaker Of the
Virginia house on Wednesday, is a lawyer
about sixty years old, aud one of the first ad
yocates of the reconstruction acts in the State.
He was an old Wing, changed to Douglas
Democrat in 1860, and was shortly after de-
feated as Union candidate for the Lecsla-
ture.
REV. B. +. CLARK of Chelmsford, Mass, has
issued pamphlet in which he announces him.
self as candidate for the State Senate for the
Lowell District. He says he likes the Western
aud Southern system, where candidates an
nounce themselves, and if the citizens don't
want services they need not vote for him. He
will run on the License Law platform.
THE Washington Chronicle of Saturday has
a strong editorial critlcizing severely those Re-
pubcans in Texas who support Hamilton tor
Governor, aud says they must hereafter be
reckoned among the enemies of the Republi-
can party. 1t is confidently claimed that
Davis is sure of being elected ever both the
other candidates.
A DESPATCH to the N. Y. Evening Post says
that Attorney General Hoar is very promi-
emily connected with the vacant judgeship on
the Supreme Bench, and his friends say that
he will not be averse to leaving the Cabinet for
this position. Much influence is brought to bear
in private manner to have Judge Hoar ap-
pointed, although it is likely there will be a
strong opposition If there are any indications
of his probable success Southern politicians
especially will oppose him, and endeavor to Sc.
cure the appointment OF some one from the
South
The latest news from Tennessee says Gov.
Senter's action in Withholding his message pro.
vOkaa nd Ha
reputation vigorously and urges the payment
of the State bonds and interest The Legsla.
lature has passed to first reading several bills
for repeating certain laws distasteful to the
rebels, and a violent and vindictive spirit is &C
tive. The contest for United States Senator i.
settling down to a trial of purses, creating thu
| feeling that johnson is the likeliest to win-
The ex-Presidert says he meets nothing blu
guerilla warfare. Etheridge declares that i
the thing is decided in caucus he is certain o
election.
The contest for the Tennessee Senatorshil
is more exciting than ever. johnson has his
headquarters at the Maxwell House, the two
finest rooms in the establishment-the brida
chambers being appropriated to his use. HI
electioneers with as much vim as be ever die
in his palmiest days. Alter legislative hour!
members begin to drop in, and in the evening
it is not unusual to see scores of Senators and
Representatives standing round long table
while the ex-President, with animation ant
earnestness, lays down the laws and defends
his policy. Etheridge holds forth at the City
Hotel. He exhibits remarkable conve rsation
al powers, albeit he is often very indiscreet il
his utterances. His slurs about East Tenne
ssee have lost him votes from that section
johnson is certainly the more willy and polite
of the two. Each has hosts of jealous friends
who are working as if the fate of the Republic
depended upon the result. Viewing the whole
matter from an impartial standpoint, it may
be stated that Andy is still in the lead