Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-13
From Correspondence of the Atlas & Bee
MAsHrNeroN. Jan. 6. 1850.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 1850.
And still the weary work goes on in the
hall Of the House of Representatives, the
work of disorganzation carried on by the
! Democratic Disunionists, and the wheels of
| government are clogged, honest creditors are
| delrauded of their Just dues, the bitter see
| tional feelings of the Southern people are
daily infamed by incendlary, disunion
speeches and the pitiful spectacle of a tu
multuous, disorderly, and sometimes par
| tally inebriated crowd filed by American
legislators, is presented to the gaze OF the
country.
Hon. Frank P Blair, Jr., returned, this
morning, from St Louis. and has collected
much additional evidence to show his clear
ri hit to his seat. He has positive proof
that he actually received more than
! four hundred votes more than were re-
| turned for him. besides abundant evidence of
! ILLEGAL votes cast for Mr. Bar cit. \ recent
transaction of the President is likely to ex-
cite some attention, and as Il shows the
/ reckless conduct Of that functionary, | viii
give YOU the facts as they are reported in
! Conversational circles. There is a law IN thu
! United States which authorizes our Consuls
! in foreign countries to take testimony in
cases where the attendance of witnesses can
not be secured.
! There is a suit pending in the courts of
! California of the Alameda Mining Company
U.s. a United States government officer, ana
some OF the witnesses residing in Mexico can
not be made to 60 to San Francisco to testify.
! The cousel for the company notified the Pres
ident that they should proceed to take their
| testimony before the American Consul in
! Mexico. The President assented to this, but
when the attorney arrived at Mexico he found
! that the President and Attorney General
| Black had sent instructions TO the consul to
/ refuse to take the testimony Thus the
| companv are defrauded OF their evidence
and that too by the direct interference of the
| government. which is really the other party
to the suit Thus the President assumes ar
bitrarily to suspend the operation Of law
! of the land.
You have doubtless noticed the gas that
! has been let out on account Of Senator Mason
Of Virginia coming into the Senate clad in
suit of Virginia homespun gray. heard a
good Joke on this from a Southern man.
When he read the statement about Mason's
gray clothes he remarked-"Well, Mason
always did look Just like an overseer ~
Mr.. Miles of South Carolina, who is one
of the most moderate and gentlemanly of the
Southern members, has Just finished speech
able and interesting, but announcing a de-
liberate purpose of disunion unless South
Carolina and the slaveholding interest of the
country can have their way eternally in the
affairs of this government. Miles thinks
the South is really in earnest and in favor
ola dissolution of the Union, and that they
could accomplish it. As Senator Wade said
to them, then why don't they go out now;
if they put if off they may be too late.
4 letter was received yesterday here from
Boston gentleman who has gone South for
his health, which stated that on the first day
out from Washington he had pistol held to
his head, and that be was logged by four
Southern men for hundreds of miles, annoyed |
and insulted until he challenged the whole |
crowd of them to fight him, whereupon they |
backed out. Since his arrival at his place of
destination, all his newspapers from Boston t