The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington, D. c., Nov, Il 1854.
The Congressional Cemetry at Wash
ington is called 81 simply because there
are no Congressmen buried there. 1t is
u beautiful plat of ground in which
there are "a lot Of stulnpy, dwarfy pieces
If granite boulders erected, with the
names of deceased congressman CHS
eled out upon n side, and the date
left blank in those cases where thu
biographer was too indOlent to look it
up. William Writ and Il few of the
prominent figures in the army and
naval service have actually been buried
here, and doubtless their remains still
lie here, but generally speaking it ID
not a place for permanent interment.
Henry Clay was buried here; but Ken
lucky demanded that the bones of her
sou should nourIsh her " soil, and
rs soon as the monument had been
erected over his grave, his remains
were exhumed and taken to Lexington.
Arson Burlingame was also buried
here for a while, aud 50 was Preston 5.
Brooks whom Burlingame had chal-
ielIged to mortal combat for a difficulty
growing out of Brooks assault upon
Mr.. Summer. In fact one can read the
events making up the Congressional
history of the past forty years by the
inscriptions upon these rough AID un-
couth blocks. Here We read of Henry
Winter Davis, of Robert Ratoul, OF
Thad. Stevens, Of Tristan burgess and
an army of others whose public career
has done much toward shaping the
destinies of our great country and this
great people, and live over again the
epoch ia winch they enacted their sey-
eral parts. One of the most remarkable
of the memorial stones here is the
monument erected to the memory OF
twenty-tlree young girls who were
instahtaueously hurled to eternity by
the arsenal explosion IN 1854. The
names of these girls are all inscribed
upon the sides Of The shaft winch i,
inclosed in a small plat of ground, and
which on each recurring Decoration
Day is filled with the choicest floral
gifts of the relatives and friends a.
well as the general public.
AT the commencement of every new
administration it seems to have become
the custom, if not The necessity, to
have the White House thoroughly rem
oyated, which here means entilety
repaintcd. The mansion has been
standing about eighty years, and there
fore Involves the assumption that it,
woodwork is covered with not less than.
2f0 coats Of white paint. Since MI.
Arthur'S three years of occupancy
mary radical changes have beeh made
in the Interior Of the house; the walls
of all the rooms having been subjected
TO the test of every possible hue, and
every congruouS and mcongrupus style
of carpets and furniture. The chan
deliers in the East Room, costing
$4,000 each, have this season been
r~tbnrniShcd at a cOst of 81, 800 more,
while those in the Blue Room have
had a rubbing up that took 900 to
liquidatc, because the whole business
had to he transported to Philadelphia
where the friction is more artistic.
All i'll Nil the White HonSe is Il tre-
mendous hill of expense, and the scnti-
ment is beginning to be pretty freely
distributed among our public men that
the President should be permitted to
live a peaceful, quiet and private life,
Just like other folks, and not be com
PEELED to keep open house for the
reception Of IA continuous stream OF
Doors and bOres from all parts of the
country aud everywhere in Christen-
dom besides. Let us hope that the
President to he selected by the Ameri-
a people to-day, whoever lie is, may
make the primal move for the change.
Dow PEDRO.