Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-26
Correspondence Of the FREE PREss. ]
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, DC, June Is, 6.

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1t is very suggestivey hot here now dont
blame the grave and reverend Senator's forwishing
to return to their rural districts There are very
few clerks, reporters, &c, who do not begin to
80, for lodge in some vast wilderness - but
the most Of US owe for so many other things we
cannot stop work to @ there.
At last Woolley has te,u re'elsel His last,
statement was this-IIe got tight, had his money
handed over to a coniviyal friend and lodged n
the safe Of the Metropolitan Hotel This Is sworn
to by the hotel keeper The money Is brought
forward to prove the correctness of the statement.
If l were betting man l would venture trife
that the money thus brought from the hotel safe
was deposited there just tao days 5etore Il 'ros
sio,cA the committee, and that Woolley had been
furnished with a schedule of the numbers of the
bills and all about them, that if asked hecould
describe them. This fourth statement was taken
fer what it was worth, and Woolley released. He
is to have an appointment that viii compensate
him. and besides have his name recorded among
50 the Great Defenders Of the President Think
Of this-Chase, Stanbery, Evarts. Wo5Iley.
Groesbeck and Nelson mention them IN their
order as shown by the gratitude Of the Johnson
ian party.
On Monday Gen. Logan Of Illinois introduced
a resolution To remove the capitol Of the United
States On account Of ''the continued disloyaltyof
the people Of Washington 1t has created no
little excitement among those seoes-ioni>t- who
want to damn the Government, but save the pro-
fits of living at the capitol
Washington to-day is much more Ii-Ioy,. ,haa
Richmond The most outrageous threats are
made, and the most open expressions Of oi-,ayal-
ty are heard everywhere. The other day in the
Patent office clerk exclaimed in the presence Of
an Old Union man from Mobile, Alabama, That
if Congress didn't mind its own business the
Democrats would rise and put them out Of their
seats The old man said, 8. You infamous
scoundrel, you talk ofauother rebellion-you who
are eating the bread Of the Government while
better men are starving you. you sueaking
hound, talk Of rebellion I'll report You at
once, sir And So he did Wei, whatwas the
result, Why the olI gentleman with his heart
swelling with Indignation, was considered a very
good joke, and was laughed at fas his palms,
The Democrats fully expect TO have the Gov
ernmeut patronage To aid them this fall. #
johnson is not nominated he wiIIfceI less Ike aiI-
ing them
The best man the Democrats could take up
would be Gr>1 CtLB Cr-ulSG. He le- been
in public life some T. years and was true during
the war. REytRDY JouSroy also would 90, but
the man most likely to be nominated IS either
SANov P. CHASE OF BEAU HIcK1ly. Both have
very strong claims upon the Democratic party
Hickman would be particularly strong with the
southern gentlemen, who owe him a debt .f graz
ttuie for his long services for his country.
HEypR1cK- Of Indiana or NcGNSI- Of New
York are talked Of for the second place Another
very good candidate would be NuDpof Tortuglz
One thing is certain. The Democratic party
VIII eat dirt, take back all they havesail against
the negro greentacks and national banks. and
swallow any dose that viii give them the least
chance for success.
Last month a fierce democrat declared that he
would shed the last drop Of his blood before he
would go to the polls with "a Niger; now he says
hc don't know but universal suffrage may be
best, HHH