Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17
A Letter from Washington

WASHINGTON, -. c., May 20, 1871.
The great calm" this people thought TO
enjoy after. the adjournment Of Congress is
again being disturbed by the extra session
of the Senate, which assembled for tie pur-
pose Of deyouring the =. High joints Of the
John Bull Commission.
Morton and Cameron, with portion OF
the Dominican wing of the Republican par
", have been in the city for some time,
studying the action of the Commission. 50 as
to enable their sons 10 become d" masters of
the situation" with what success, i, is not
yet known.
Every attention which those IN authority
are capable of showing, has been extended to
these honorable gentlemen composing the
commission, but like the attention and money
we lavished upon that promising " Heir
Apparent" ten years since, only prove that
we too often dupe ourselves.
The pride Of Baltimore, known a. the
9TH Maryland Regiment, passed through this
city to-day on their way to visit Mount Yer
non They showed good discipline, a fine
Uniform, and as a whole. were fine looking
body Of men, most of whom served IN the
rebel army. IL seems the time has come
when those who fought to destroy our very
name az nation are the equals, if not the
superiors, Of many who gave health and limb
TO defend that flag they attempted to DESTROY,
for to-day there are many who live . the ex
pensc Of the Nations purse. Even Mos
by guerillas' find lucrative positions " lille
many true blue" i unable 70 obtain any
employment
The city OF Alexandra, which il almost
:. forsaken and forlorn, together with the
chivalric element Of this city, are still in
~ackcloth and ashes, mourning the death ct
the late Ex-Hon John NJ Mason Of Trent
notoriety. who died at the former city last
week. Let US hope the time VIII come. if
not in our day, when our children : children
will not he called upon TO witness solcnJt
professions following freedoms assasslns to
their last rcstlng-place Davis is now the
lion Of Baltimore, and his former associates,
who are to day his followers at heart, are
toasted and wined by the a best families
when they visit this and surrounding cities,
and are the " admired of the admirlng.
Thus far it seems that nearly every one has
an axe for the committee on Southern claims
to grind, of which Judge Adds of your State
is chairman They come from all directions,
all classes, and it is believed that most of the
claims yet presented are by those who sympa-
thize6with secession and lost their property,
if they ever had any by those after their own
heart But it is evident the commission will
be slow to recommend any but Just claims,
and Congress is yet to act upon Their
recommendations, the National Treasury is
in no great da niger from these southern
claims
The ork of the Ninth Census is being
crowded as fast as possible, yet there is
much to do, and | doubt if the same is hall
completed. Many of the marshale' returns
are very erroneous, and on the i-st day of
this month, there had been written and
forwarded to the marshals, on the schedule OF
manufactures alone, requiring corrections,
%, IA letters. Of which 81 ,205 have been
returned, and the correspondence is not near
completed
Extensive preparations are being made to
receive the young Russian FRINGE who is
expected here in June. We certainly owe a
debt of gratitude to Russia, and we cannot
show our royal visitor too much attention
Many new houses are being erected here
this season-Whlle 1T is stated on good au-
thority that on the first of this month there
were over SIX hundred tenements ''for rent
in the city, while rents are still held at ex-
orbitant prices.
The young man who thinks he can accu-
mulate fortune here on a twelve or fourteen
hundred dollar clerkship. should Immediate
ly petition "his congressman for situation.
If not successful at first, load him down
with endorsements Of your neighbors old
school masters,-your ministers, and "hIgh
officials" and ex ofhcials-then follow him
up yourself. and in one case out of nine, lie
may possibly get designation for you-and
one out of three you may pass the required
exanination-I successful, stay here, 20
to school, as you used to when ten or
twelve years old TO learn nothing-be simp-
ly "no body" live from hama to mouth, :
unknown TO the world, dead in your own