The Portland daily press., 1864-06-27

a'e amendments. Perhaps 1t was owing to
conducive to amiablity-that 10 the Afternoon
Of Ole next day a smart little furry disturbed
the monotonous decorum OF the upper
chamber. 1t more resembled free fight
han well regulated passage-atarms be-
tween matched and mated combatants in
the parliamentary lists. The scrinmage soon
subsidized, however, aud as have seen no lists
OF the killed or wounded. presume the loss
wa. light on all sides. The n stor of the body.
Reverdy J0leisou, unc q ed the wine aud OF
OF his good sense and good nature for the ben
eft OF The colnbaiants, ami having administer
ed a. need required The Senate adjourned in
the best OF huinor.
The recent explosion at the Washington Ar
senal of which the greater part OF your readers
have probably seen soma account, was very
dreadful and distressing accident. Ia addition
TO the seventeen young ladies killed instantly,
three have since expired and probably Others
cannot survive. About twenty girls employ
ell In the room where the ex plosion took place
are now suffering from ini uries more or less
severe. The remains Of those who persisted
by this calamity were inferred on Sunday.
The bodies OF fifteen, the most OF them so dis
nembered aud ehsrred as to make identinca-
ton impossible, were placed in pavilion pre-
pared at the Arsenal where services were con
Quoted by Father ID ,kell, pastor OF st DJmi-
nic's church, and Rev. George V. Leach, pas
tor of Potomac chapel, the former Catholic
and the latter methodist Clergyman. The
services which were simple, appropriate and
Impressive, were participated ia by a greal
:onconrse of people gathered from all paris ui
he city, from Georgetown, Alexandra, an
the surrounding country. The President aud
) crciary oi War were presen, at tn, funeral
exefcis, and Joined in the vast procession
watch followed the remains TO tnsir barial
rhe funeral eortege having been joined by Two
| ut Ier professions, bcAriag the remains u two
,ther victims OF tho Catastrophe, proceeded Ia
the Congressional ourying ground where In a
! pleasant. sto, the dust Was committed 10 the
| last with appropriate ceremonies. Ii is pro
! posed TO erect a monument above tho last
resting place OF tn ,se hp.peri-hed in SO un
imsly ID piieous manner. The expsnse Of
tie funeral was borne by ths workmen OF the
! Ar,enal, and was = tribute alike worthy orthr
nving aud the dead. The number OF thosr
| sao witnessed or participated In the otseques
WIS estimated al 5000.
Some c0rresp pndents writing from this city
| in the very early days OF the rebellion, re-
MARKED, "sbere is not such a S,bbsth here a.
"a Few England but there 10 Sabbath In
Washington" Duliu. three years open,
Mostly IN she Pedetal Capital, have siten
observe d with something like wonder hs OBJ
seryanee Of the first day Of the week-sn OBJ
servalte not che same a. may be- witnessed
naNss England village, blE much more
ike il than one might expect In . great city
Ike this in the midst II = stupendous civil
var. Ths calm and q iiet OF last Sunday va.
lasleasaatly broken Dy the running OF IN.
.treet cars for The hrst II ne upon the Sabb4 h
FIJI, arrangement is mud ,ubiedIy CONVEX len,
aud psrhaps under prcseat circumstances
nay be considered a necessary one, but IL
bresks in rather harsaiy upon tbs stiffness
aud repose of the sacred time. L. 5. r.