Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-05

The Chicago Ne,cs says \ cocrie of Re.
| publican politicians and office holders in Hi
nols held conference here the other day
ana decided 10 organize II movement in fu.
vor of IA presidential ticket in 1884 composed
of Edmunds Of Vermont and Wilson OF
Iowa.
On st. Thomas day December 81, George
Herbert Bailey was ordninci lclcon in Grace
church, Sheldon, by the Rt Rev. W. ii. A.
Bissell, ID. D., Bishop OF Vermont Mr.
Bailey is son Of Rev. DR. Bailey of Shell
don, aud has done good service already as IA
lay reader in charge of the Richfcrd Mission
Of which he has been in charge for several
months past
The late Admiral Bailey, who was diucd
at the Astor llonsc after the capture Of New
Orleans, ''eXplaiucd' that battle us follows:
"Mr. President and gentlemen-hcm-
thank yc.' And then, after long pause,
well, l suppose you want 10 lear about
that New Orleans affair" YES, yes"
echoed through the hall. swell, dye see,
this was the way of it," resumed the orator,
hitching up his trousers. ave were laying
down the river below the forts, and Far
raSut he-he sisualed us to 90 in and take
en- Being us were already hove short, it
don't take much lime TO get under way, so
that wasn't so much of a job as you seem to
think; and then The engineers they run the
ships, SO all we had 10 do was to blaze away
when We got up to the forts. aud take EN-,
according TO orders. That's just all there
was about it," And the concise narrator.
feeling that he had accomplished everything
demanded Of him, sat down in the midst OF
thunders of applause.
The illness Of All ,rt b. IIerrick, Esq, was
of but four days duration. lie attended the an
nual dinner Of the New England society Fri
day evening, Dec. 22d, when he was detail
ed by the president of the society to 60 to
General Grants house and cscolt the express
ident to the dinner. lie had severe cold at
the time, and the exposure on that occasion
developed pneumonia. lie was able to be in
court on Monday or Tuesday, and died the
following Thursday.
Tie late Albert b. lIcrrick was native of
this city and was Lorn on September 10.
1876 After being graduated at Yale College
in 1866, he entered as student the law Of
flee of Senator Edmunds, was graduated
from the Albany Law school in 1868, and
was admitted to the bar. A few months at
ter graduation he went to England, where he
remained for nearly five years. lie wrote II
series of letters for this paper over the sigma
ture of "Quis Quis' lie finished the course
Of study pursued by those who are admitted
To tue practice Oh INV III Eilslinu. htluru-
ing to New York he resumed the practice of
law, and in 1876 was appointed by George
Bliss, then United States District Attorney,
as one of his assistants. lie has continued
in the Office ever since, and was at the time
of his death the senior Assistant District At
torney The New York Tribune says OF
him: He was regarded as exceptionally sue
cessful in the prosecution of cases. Among
the prominent cases of which he had charge
as the representative Of the Government were
those against the National Steamship com
pany, Whalen against General Sheridan,
Schneider against Barney, :and Hilton against
Merritt, IN all of which large amounts of
money were involved. lie was offered by
Collector Merritt the office of Deputy Coec-
tor in charge of the law department of the
Custom House, and by District Attorney
Rollins position ~ one OF his assistants
but he refused both offers. MIR. lleIrick was
well known in society and was member of
the Union League Club, the Bar Association,
the New England Society, the Saturday
Night Club, aud other societies.
The funeral services in New York were
conducted by Rev, DIR, John p. Newman
and consisted OF prayer. reading of the scrip
lures and brief address The parlors, hall
and stairs were filed with friends and many
were unable TO gain admittaIce TO the house.
The body lay in the parlor in coffin which
was hidden by the numerous floral tributes
from friends and from Mr.. Helrick's asso-
ciates in the district attorneys office. The
legal profession was largely represented aud
so were the Union League, the Union, Man
haitian, Century and Saturday Night Clubs,