Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-29
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

| The Hon David DAVIS Is being surveyed
for Spring suit of clothes.
1t is an off year in politics, but the s,auncl
State of Michigan leads off with a Republi
can plurality of nearly $4,000. This will do
well enough for Ii beginning.
The Ohio Republicans count On hard
| fight in that State this year over the Gov
ernorship, but they think that they can pull
through if they can only pull together.
1t was Alexander II. Stephens who said ol
the attempt OF Memphis to re sudiate lis
debt, that every man was unanimous against
reputation but solid against paying dollar
Gen Mcikof, like most men of his race
| hr is an Armenian-looks good deal like q
jew. l!c las large nose bright, restless,
black eyes, d. genial expression, and long
whiskeIs lie Is of middle height and thin,
carrying his iifty-siX years lightly.
! August Belmont, who is the richest of the
| New York Jews, changed his name from
| SchoubcrG when he first came to this coun.
try. He has since changed his religion, and
his family attends an Episcopal church.
"Soiourner Truth" now more than one
hundred years Of age, resides ut Battle
Creek, Michigan, and is bright and full OF
zeal for the culorcd people. Last year, she
1 Nlsiltt lut lhEltlNNo III iAuH'dn. .'hS WI
soon visit Chicago, proposing to speak in one
Of the larger halls OF that city.
Abdul Aziz, late Sultan of Turkey, who
was deposed some time after the war with
Russia, was found dead one day in his pri'
son palace. 1t was given out that he had
| committed suicide with Il pair of scissors.
The report was discrcdited at the time,
and was undoubtedly untrue. Now dis
/ nl, ~ Ia, tns
have been discovered.
| The Albany Ec6niAy JOurHdi claSsica!!y
remarks that if Brady, the late Second As
sstant POslmaster-Gcneral,is is in search of IN
| epitaph To top his career with he couldn't
do better than select the old familiar sic itu,
al dstrd, which is 10y Interpretation: He
went by the Star Route.
| Some newspapers, whose motives are past
| finding out, persist i'll representing Secretary
Blaine as too Ill to attend to his official duties
| The truth is that Mr.. Blaine has not been ab-
sent from his department Il single day for the
past six weeks, nor absent from the city an
hour since he was appointed to the State De
partmcnt. lie is on the street daily, and mp
pears TO be in his usual health
Hon. Hiram Price, the new commissioner
Of Indian affairs, was asked recently by Il
lifelong friend why, at his time OF life, pos
srssing MS he does n handsome fortune, ht
had accepted the commissioncrShip of Indian
affairs Il want to win for myself page
| in the history of our country as wise friend
| of the Indians and an honest, efficient ad
minis,rator of Indian affairs. Had taken
| "a hours longer for consideration, though,
| should have rejected it 1t is pity thai
| there are not more such men in public Office
| Alexander ii. stephens in a letter defining
his position on the slavery question, says
My position ever was, at Montgomery n
| well as at Washington, that If the relation
! existing between the two races under the
| old Constitution was not the best for both
morally, politically and intellectually, oI
| could not be made SO, then this relation
should he abolished. The highest civilization
| looking to the benefit of both races always
was and still is my object
Gen Hancock replied 10 4 delegation con
sisting of the Governor and other prominent
/ citizens of Tennessee, who invited him IL
attend the Industrial Exposition at Nash
vile next month, that, taking into consider
alton the recent occurrences, he thought Il
advisable to remain in seclusion for som'
lime to come. and preferred To have othel
parties occupy the attention OF the public.
A correspondent of the Philadelphi,
Record says in regard to the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher: Ills hair is white, bu
his face is ruddv, his step elastic. his voice
strong, his health superb and the fire Of In
eyes is undimmcd. Almost seventy year
| of age, he seems to have ten or fifteen year
work in him. The endurance Of the man i
wonderful. He seems 10 have VITALITY
enough for a regiment, and of courageou
outside world has fallen away from him, bu
his congregation aud his friends still adher
to him, and Brooklyn Is devoted 10 him a
its chief"
In the Senate, Friday, Senator Morril
took the floor in denial ot what he termed
the baseless charge of corrupt bargain
which was so tlppanlly made, and whicl
Implied that Republican Senators wcIc par
ties to that bargain. As reported by th
Associated Press, he said he would he sorr.
to know any Democratic Senator should hav
such poor opinion of him. lha, denial o
that charge should he needed. So far us til
vote of the Senator from Virginia Malone
was concerned he (Mornlll had undcrstoo'
in advance that it would he cast with th
Republicans without any conditions what
ever. lie referred to what he called Ill
combined attack of the Democratic Senator
upon single Senator who had recent
taken his seat in this chamber, declaring thu
it was not chva lrous on the part of thirty
seven honorable Senators TO strike a'togcthe
at one fellow Senator. Senators were nu
to be bulldozcd. No one Senator had
right To call another TO account for votes tia
he might choose 10 give here ON any question
lie gave instances Of statesmen havin
changed their political convictions and assert
ed thut the charges made against the SENATE
from Virginia, 10y those who were willing
wound but afraid To strike, were rs unfoun'
ed and culumnious us thosc madr asain'
Henry Clay.