The daily gazette., 1878-06-04
Our Washington Letter.
THE QUESTION OF ADJOURNMENT
DECORATION DAY, PARTISAN SPIRIT
IN THE CEMETERIEs-INDIG-
NANT DEPARTMENT CLERKS
"A SUDDEN MARRIAGE

ETC., ETC.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 81 1878.
The question Of adjournment stillkeeps
Congress qui rire, and the probability is
that there will be a fight over it. Mr.. At
kins,chairman committee on appropriation
says the work before them could not bed
disposed of if every hour of the time be-
tween now and the 18th of June were
given up to the committee. Mr.. Springer
who has occupied the chair for four or
five days while the House was in Com
mittee Of the whole, and hence has good
idea of the work to be done, told this
morning that it will be impossible to pass
all the appropriation bills by the date
named. lie called my attention to the
fact that during the last six days of the
session any member can move a suspen-
sion of rules. The result is tn at every
member has one or more bills which he
wants passed, and consequently no regu-
lar business can be transacted. "Why,
none of the appropriation bills have come
back rom the Senate" continued Mr..
Springer, and here are the sundry, civil
and the general deficiency bills yet to be
reported. Take off the last six days
which, as / said, can't be counted for
regular bllsiness-and you see there
would be only about week left for all
this work. | am in favor of staying here
till the business of the country is in
shape. A prominent Republican Sena-
tor said yesterday that if Congress ad
journ without making an appropriation
to pay the fisheries award, Mr.. Hayes
could call an extra session; so this add
another bill to the list that must be at
tended to.
Yesterday was Decoration Day AM
the principal point of attraction was a
usual, the National Cemetery at Airing
ton. The President spent the day at Get
tysburg, accompanied by Mr.. McCrary
the Secretary of War, Postmaster Genera
Key, Attorney General Devens, land Secrt
, tary Schurz, General Butler; and othe
. distinguished politicians. For the pas
' two or three days, flowers by the cartloa
have been sent to the Congregations
church, which was the headquarters fo
the committee of the Grand Army of til
Republic having charge of the arrange
ments, and one literally waded knee-dee
in roses, geraniums, .japonicas, and oth'
delicate flowers; offerings for the grave
of the fallen soldiers. Unfortunatel
that patriotic spirit which has of late yea
manifested itself both in the North ar
;, South in the decoration of all graves alil
without regard to whether those wi
slumber below wore the blue or the gra.
does not extend to this latitude, and on
l. the graves of Union soldiers are permi
ted by the Grand Army of the Republ
who on that day has exclusive charge
the premises, to be decorated on h
thirtieth OF May. Nature is less partii
for she clothes with her velvet verdu
at the mounds of land the dews of heavt
fall on the resting places Of the Boys
gray who slIImber here, as bountiful
W as on those of their brothers in death WI
10 wore the blue. Their dust mingles
M gether and their souls one with Him
high; yet we carefully draw line ov
the green turf on one side of which
Isl flowers are permitted to be placed. I'll
does not harm the dead; but how abo
the living?
The clerks at the Interior Departme
are in a stew over recent order pi
mulgated by Secretary SchurZ, to t
CS effect that no employee of that Depa
ment shall be permitted to leave Q
building, except on public business, dl
ing office hours, or from o a. m, to 4
n M. The gentlemen who take umbrage
W. this order have been in the habit
leaving their desks at lunch time, a
proceeding to neighboring restaurant
. bar room, where they would sometin
remain fo- hours together, .chattiu
IS smoking and drinking, instead of
''' tending to the public business This
nally came to the notice of the Secreta
6 who very properly concluded to put
stop to il, and hence issued the order
ferred to. AS there are abundant fac
ties for lunching within the building, i
d, really no great hardship on the clerl
&c. only they have to wait Tor their beer
til four O'clock instead of taking 1t in
middle of the day.
os Fashionable circles at the West T.
co. were agitated couple of evenings a
cry by the intelligence of the reception OF
est telegram from Ensign Fremont OF
NOT navy, stating that he has been married
NV New York, the day before, to Miss Z
derion, Of G street, northwest L
event was totally unexpected. 1t is
lieved here that the young couple hi
pening to meet in that city, (the gro
!, being about TO sail for Paris, where h'
!" ordered on duty, and the young Il
with i,or mother having also engal
in passage for France) tnSS, .yithout G
sulting friends, concluded to marry
r. once and spend the honeymoon aoro
The bridegroom Is popular young Q
Ger of the navy, the son of Gen. John
Fremont 1t will be remembered t
Gen. Fremont--the ath-tinder-marr
his wife "a daughter OF the late Sena
. Thomas H. Benton,) under somew