The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-06-26
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 81, 1875

but as the hot weather is bound to put in
an appearance, and that before many days,
all those contemplating such trips are
beginning to make arrangements for sud-
den departures, while the impoverished
Washingtonians who can't afford seaside
visit, will solace themselves by sitting
beside tub of our Potomac hydrant water
and whistling " Life on the Ocean Wave"
The effect will be quite bracing.
The evenings have been so cool that our
registered its name among the arrivals;
while the melodious howl of the wandering
strawberry man is evanescing through the
blue June atmosphere. The remainder of
the month is handed over to the manipula-
tions of school commencement monopolists.
Commandments or exhibitions are now the
order of the day, and about six hundred Of
these affairs are ground out every day, and
seem to be of great interest to darling chill
dren and affectionate parents; being one Of
the latter, am, of course, very much inter-
ested. Nevertheless think it would be a
good idea to have the little dears recite and
sing their pieces altogether. 1t true they
would make considerable noise, but they
would get through SO much sooner.
BUNKER HILL.
Our military returned from Boston highly
elatcd with their trip to the Club" There
was much that is encouraging in the warm
reception which the Southern visitors re-
ceived from the people of Massachusetts at
the recent Bunker Hill centennial. Enthu-
sasm was, of course, the order of the day,
but there was . display of unartificial hos
pitality and kind feeling on the part of the
masses, which is gratifying and encourag
ing in the extreme. All that the people of
the two sections want is more intimate &C
quaintance; this will do more for the res
toration Of peace and harmony than all the
reconstruction acts that the ingenuity of
man can devise. The war opened the eyes
of the South to the personal valor of
Northern men, and the North soon found
that their opponents fought as only men
can fight under the convictions of right.
They understood each other pretty we'll on
the battlefield, and now, am persuaded,
that they understand each other better than
formerly as the members of one common
family, having common hope, common
destiny and common country. Boston
put her best foot foremost in her Bunker
Hill centennial and the success of the whole
affair was complete. 1t is to be hoped,
however, that, unlike the people of Concord
and Lexington, there will be no scandalous
higgling and piggling when it comes to
paying the hotel bills of the invited guests.
FRAUD.
Of course it would be expecting too ex-
cessively much to suppose that Washington
could get through from one week to another
| without some new fraud or some fresh
phase of an old one starting up on its ear.
There has come to the eyes of our District
Commissioners state Of fraudulency about
claims before the Board of Audit which
shows that we are not much behind the age
in the queer ways of trickery. A party of
shysters, who, by a continuous hanging
around the Audit Board have for some time
been playing lucrative business in prose-
cutting claims, and defrauding the parties
to whom the result of tho claim is due of
their recompense.
Very often the claims are presented,
worked up and adjudged upon in the benefit
of the prosecuting parties, while the per.
sons honestly in the right of such claims
know nothing whatever of the transactions.
There promises to be another investigation,
aud lively time is expected.
STILL ANOTHER.
An emotional lunatic, with bow legs, and
ragged beard, has been promenading our
avenue during the past week with silvery
placard, surmounted by cross, pasted to
the left side Of his SLOUGH hat. The placard
is engraved with the pleasant information
that its wearer is the "Saviour of the World
the only original salvador. "A sort of
non- genuine without the name of the owner
blown in the bottle. AS this chap is a
heavy built individual, carrying a wild
glitter in his eyes and bludgeon in his
hand. no one is disposed to question his
assumed identity.
A BIG COUNT.
When John G. New, Esq, General Spin
ner's successor arrives there will be an
actual count of Uncle Sans money, except,
of course, the $47, 900, for, as the preacher
saith, "that which is crooked cannot be
made straight, and that which is wanting
cannot be numbered" The amount of cash
usually on hand is between $50, 600, 900 and
$40, 600, 900.
DEPARTMENTAL.
Under the management of our new Supt.
and Disbursing officer-Col. J. o. P. Burn
side-the spirit of improvement is rampant
throughout the interior of the P. o. De-
partment which is being rapidly trans
formed from what was heretofore consid-
cred the darkest. gloomiest, and most cheor-
full looking of 'Uncle Samuers Cabin" to
the brightest, cleanest and most cheerful of
them all. The old dingy mud, colored paper
has been removed from tho halls, and the
walls have been painted to correspond more
with characters of the employees pure
and spotless white. The wooden panels
have been removed from all the doors lead
ing into the numerous rooms, and glass
inserted in their stead, thereby giving more
eight" in the heretofore dark and gloomy
halls and corridors. There is also marked
improvement in the police force and regu-
lations, under the captaincy of James w.
Gallaher, (who, by the way, is a native of
Port Deposit Cecil county, promoted to
that position short time, and like Col.
Burnside, he is the right man in the right