Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-11-14
WASHINGTON LETTER,
tFrom Our Regular Correspondent


WASHINGTON, d. G., Nov. 7th, 1884.
The Congressional Cemetery at Wash
inyton is called SO simply hecause there
are ne Congressman buried there. 1t is
u beautiful plat OF ground in which there
are lot of stumpy, dwarfy pieces of gran.
ite bouders erected, with the names Of
deceased Congressman chiseled ont upon
one side, and the date left blank in those
cases where the biographer Was too indo-
lent to look it up. William Writ and a
rev of the prominent figures in the army
and naval service have actually been bur
, led here, but generally speaking 1t is rot a
place for permanent interment. Henry
Clay was buried here, but Kentucky de-
manded that tho bones Of her son should
nourisl, her own soil, and ~ soon as the
monument had been erected over his
grave his remains were exhnmed and TAX
Ell to Lexington. Anson Bnrlingame was
also buried here Tor a while, and 40 was
Preston s. Brooks whom Burlingame had
challenged to mortal combat tor u diff
Guilty growing out of Brooks assault upon
Mr.. Summer. In fact one can read the
events making mp the Congressional hi .
tory Of the past forty years by the in
scripllons upon these rough, and nncouth
blocks. Here we read of Henry Winter
Davis, OF Robert RantOui, Of Thad. Ste
vens, OF Tristan Burgess and an army of
rI,n,. ,,,tl;, A., n
toward shaping the deslinies of our great
country and this great p,"pIe, ~nd live
over again the epoch in which they en.c
ted their several parts. One of the most
remarkable OF the pen,ori j stones here is
the monument erected to the memory of
twenty-tl,ree Young girls who were in
simultaneously hurled TO eternity hy ue
arsenal explosion in 1864 The names II
these girls are al inscribed upon the sides
of the shaft which ia incloscd in u small
plat of ground, and which on encI recmr-
ing Decoration Day il filed with the cholc-
est floral gifts of the relatives and friends
as well as the general pnblic.
AT the commencement OF every new ad-
ministration it seems to have become the
custom, il not the necessity, 10 have the
While House thoroughly renovated, which
here means entirely TepaInted. The man.
sion has been standing abont eighty years
and therefore involves the assumption
that its woodwork is covered with not
less than 240 coats OF white paint. Since
Mr.. Arlhnr's three years. Of occupancy
many radical changes have been made in
the interior Of the honse, the walls OF all
the rooms having been subject TO ll,e iest
OF every possible hue, and every cOngrnolin
and nconsruous style OF carpets and fnrn.
iture. The chandeliers in the East Room,
casting So 600 each, have this season been
reburniIhed at cost Of 81 500 more, while
those in the Blne Room have had a rnb-
bing mp that took $4,000 TO liqnidate, be-
cause tho whole business had TO be trans
sported to Philadelphia where the friction
is more artiftic. All IN all the White
Honse ia a tremendous hill of pense, and
the sentiment ia beginning to be pretty freely
distributed among our public men that the
President should be permit'ed to live q
peaceful, quiet and private life, Just like
other folks, and not he compelled 10 keep
open honre Tor the reception of a continn.
Gus stream OF bojrs and bores from all
paris OF the country and everywhere In
Clrislendom besides. Let MS hope that
the President TO be selected by the Amer
lean people in the contest vet unsettled
and claimed with confidence by both sides,
whoever he Is, may make the primal move
for the change. DoM PEDRO.