The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-09
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.

4.
DEAR WIG: " esterday was the day set
apart in the Catholic Church for the cele-
bration of the golden jubilee of his Holt
ness Pope Plus ", or the fiftieth anniver-
sary of his episcopate. In all the Catholic
Churches here the services were more than
usually imposing. Grand high mass was
celebrated and the singing was unusually
fine. At the morning services the congre-
cations were very large. In some of the
churches there were floral decorations and
beautiful displays appropriate to the occa-
sion. The programme, sketched in the Cir
cular of the Vicar General of this arch
diocese, was generally observed, and
thanksgiving hymn was sung in each church
after mass.
DECORATION DAY.
Decoration Day came and went, and
decoration day is au institution in this Dis
trict at least we'll and favorably remem-
bered. For it means a holiday from bust.
ness, and the over worked Government
clerk can, on that occasion, put off his
cares with his office coat and enjoy one day
in the unqualified bliss of the river and
country. The graves were decorated and
the cannons were fired and poems read at
Arlington, where the feshess skeletons in
deaths bivouac lay beneath their head.
stones of wood. The tender attention of
the managers of the decoration commit
tees evidenced that the tribute to the dead
is pleasant one and worthy to be recorded
as such. The majority Of the residents of
the District, however, utilize this occasion
for picnics and excursions, and the day is
bonanza to the purveyors of lager and tonic
boz T1,n al 1>a,,, L.
tween the buyers and the sellers, both par
ties are satisfied and perfect success re-
suits. If
GEN. G. W. C. LEE
should recover in the suit Of ejectment,
which he has brought against the Govern
ment for the possession of Arlington, what
will he do with the remains of the dead of
both armies who lie buried there? That is
the question. The mind revolts at the idea
of disturbing the bones there inferred, and
| believe that the people North and South
will enter an earnest protest, if they can
do nothing more. against the disturbance
of these graves. Without discussing the
right Of the Government to take possess
sion of that property, the fact remains
that Arlington is great
NATIONAL CEMETERY.
The ground has been dedicated to as brave
men as ever marched to martial music, and
to disturb their repose would be AN act of
Dissertation. If General Lee is entitled to
that property, the people will not object to
the payment of a fair price for it. But l
think they will object to turning it over to
any individual and to the disturbance of
the graves.
MoLIIE MAGUIREs.
From information at hand, the move
ment for the repeal of the taxes on national
banks seems to be taking very formida.
BILE shape, and, Judging by their pro-
grammes, the effort before the next Con-
gress promises to be quite interesting.
Believing in the maxim that in "union
there is strength" they have entered into
what is called the American Bankers
Association" You will no doubt recol-
lect their petition for the repeal of this tax
was extensively circulated before the last
Congress, backed up by powerful deputa.
ton of bank officers who appeared before
the Committee of Ways and Means in the
character of the representatives of the diff
ferent boards of trade and chambers of
commerce throughout the country. Circu
lars are now issued, and business men are
notified of what is to be expected of these
financial "Mollie Maguires should they
dare to oppose their object. Were the tax
on banks an unfair one, or in the slightest
sense oppressive, there might be some rea.
son for its repeal; but when it is known
that it springs from motives of utter self
ishness, the character of their claim loses
its force. The little end of nothing, whit
tied down to point, is perfect mountain
of tigness compared with the souls of
these Mollies."
Sergeant Arms Thompson is in the
city. He says the split in the Republican
party of Ohio, on account of the dissatis-
faction with the Presidents policy is greatly
exaggerated, and what the party loses by
this desertion is more than offset by the
reinforcements received from the Demo
cratic ranks of those whom the President
has won over by the same policy. 1t will
be well for your readers to remember that
Thompson is tirst-class Democratic duthOr
ay. Truthfully yours, j. II. p.
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could it be distributed among them. Why
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