Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-06-08
From Washington.
Special Correspondence Of the Republican.
w acr.r~-Crn>~ Nov Oh 1878

WASHINGTON, May 80, 1876.
This day having been set apart To do
honor to the memories of the heroes
who fell in the war for the Union, by a
general gathering of the people to dec
crate with flowers the last resting pla-
ces of our dead comrades, the govern
ment, very appropriately, closed the
different departments as a mark of re-
spect to the occasion, and gave the GOV
eminent employees an opportunity to
participate in the ceremonies. The day
is a legal holiday in this District by act
of Congress, for which the friends of
the soldier are largely indebted to one
of our Indiana boys, who has each year
taken more than an ordinary interest
in making the occasion and the ceremo-
MES what they have become in every
section of the country; refer to j. III.
Slime of Randolph county, employed in
the treasury department in this city.
No man has ever done more i'm enforce
ing the propriety of this honor to our
fallen comrades, who are enshrouded
in the cities of the dead all over the
land, than Mr.. Slime.
Both houses Of Congress adjourned in
honor of the day. and Washington had
the appearance of Sabbath, with the
multitude vending their way to the
centre of attraction on Arlington
Heights, the city of the dead, where
preparations on ? grand scale had been
arranged for the ceremonies. From
early dawn until toward noon the roads
leading To the place were lined with
people carrying baskets of choicest flow
ers, as contributions to the ceremonies,
until the hour when the multitude was
called to order, there were not less than
ten thousand persons, with uncovered
heads, who stood i'm silence while the
Rev. Col Granville Moody, of Ohio, adj
dressed the Throne of Grace, during
which most solemn awe pervaded the
immense throng which surrounded the
long lines of graves with which the
Heights are covered. 1t is highly fit
ting for the surviving comrades of the
war to strew those graves with the he
liotrope, the hyacinth, the daffodil, the
/ jonquil, and other choice flowers of
early spring blooming, as if glad to be
entwined into wreaths for this sacred
purpose. The grafton was by Gen.
Stewart l.. Woodford, of New York.
and was a masterpiece of perfection
white the poem by b. f. Taylor, Esq,
of Illinois, will not be equaled in the
long line of years to come. The pres
ence of the orphans from the Soldiers
and Sailors Orphans Home, was q
prominent feature of the occasion, anC
significantly reminded one of the ter
rible sadness which the war of the re
bellion brought to 50 many households
for
"There is no flock, however watched OF tended,
But dead lamb is there
There is no fireside, howso'er defended,
But has one vacant chair.
The air is full of farewell to the dying,
And mourning for the dead
The heart Of Rachel for her children crying,
viii not be comforted'
Yesterday the Senate continued it
session far beyond its usual hour, hav
ing convened an hour earlier than tn,
accustomed time, giving an opportuni
question of jurisdiction in the trial o
the impeachment of the late Secretar.
of War. The majority voted in fav0
of jurisdiction, and while the question
was decided by less than two-third
vote, it becomes clear case of acquit
tai when the final vote on the guilt o
innocence of the late War Minister i
taken. Every Senator who v0te'
against jurisdiction can never vote il
favor of conviction, so that yesterday
vote is sure guide to the final verdict
The misfortune of having rebe
House of Representatives has been
great drawback to the country. Thei
attempt to besmirch the Republican
party and its leaders, led TO such shame
full neglect of the puplic business, tina
. six months of a session has been wors
than wasted. The only Legislation
which The Democratic house could fin
time to attend to has been the reduC
ton of the appropriation bills to sue
an extent as will compel the Presiden
to close the departments for want @
the necessary means to carry on tn
pnblic business. These disloyal polit
clans are endeavoring to stop til
wheels of government 10y civil mean
after having failed to accomplish it b
: the sword. But the Senate will neve
accept these bills as they come froI
the House, and the country viii, in
few days, hear of dead lock betwee
q the two Houses, which will lead to a
adjournment, compelling the Presider
: to re-cOnvene congress in extra session
to provide means to carry ON the go'
5 eminent.
INDIGENOUS.