, 1874-06-04

Tho resolution will como up again tomorrow,
whom thu discussion promiHoa to tako wider
range than 1t did this afternoon.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Special Dtspateh 10 Ths Chiea0o Tribune.
GRANT AND nn1sTow CONGRATULATED,
WASHINGTON, u. G., Juno 3.-Tho President
mud Con. DriBtow hayo both received congratu-
1atory tefcgrams from MI parta OF tho country On
tho appointment aud confirmation OF tho lattor
to DO Secretary Of tho Troasury.
Con. Br1stow will probably tako chnrgo Of tho
Treasury Department Friday next. ue had m
intorviow with tho President to-day.
DANF1ELn's LETTER OF RESIGNATION.
Solicitor DanfieM on Saturday placed The fol-
lowing lottor Of reulgnatlon III lilo hantB OF tho
President:
WASHINGTON, May -, 1874.
Upon my return to Washington nftcr necessary
absence, find that tho investigation by tile Committee
Of Ways aad Mems, injecting tho Treasury Depart
nent n s administration Of particular act Of Con-
rhe atatolnonta mndo by, MO to tho Committee arc
o ts1 n caqy 1sso s @ m 5
i Is plain, however fiat thIa inquiry ha. not i'm
which ought to o1st, between this olce ad that
Of tho head Of tho Treasury Department. nm
shn exist for any embarrassment on your part or tint
of tho present or any future head Of tho Treasury
Department, growing out OF tlo recent investigation,
anti embrace tho careat moment after my return to
cndor You my resignation Of tho olco Of Bocitor Of
tho Treasury md to aslt You to acceptths snne at
your earliest convenience.
-Four Of tho yesrB Of my official lfo hayo been AZ
pleasant ~ can conceive Of IN olclaf reluons with
Ill with whom the business Of my onleo has bronght
INC III contact With you, sir, llRve sought to
uovcr bcon conscious Of any but friendly feeling on
speo teeda oSoent serV:n T.. M sru
THE NEW SECRETARY
From Oar 0lnn Correspondent
WASHINGTON D. G.. June 2, 1874.
I was tlinldng Of the personal luck Of tho
now Secretary at tho Treasury, aud tho cllanco
m elective magistrate haH to make his private
acquaintance subject Of high caroer. Driatow
I mot Mt tho tablo Of Con. Crawford, COM
1866, Crawford had bachelors barracks, and
carried mo on from tho hotel to lodge there. He
gavo little supper. and invited Whipple, Whar-
ton, pr!stow, md aon1ebody olso. Dristow was
rillc. was strncls with his largo, pub'ic-man
kind Of port and carringo, dcop voice. kentucky
Accont md look, frank yot digniflod addrosu.
with something Of tho blush OF youth In
and Northern supremacy. I believe I said
that night that I should lvo to SEQ him
III Washington, but never assocatcd hts name
Or characteristics With tho Treasury. fear HOW
though porhapH VIC give to money and its lava a
Significance too suporstttious, and separate them
too widely from tho other business Of life. As At
tornoy-General or Secretary Of War, this appoint
1nont might hnvo been naturally received. Bris-
tow hns icon tho President favorito for Attor-
ney General, Associate Justice Of tho United
States Supreme Court, and other Offices. Ho
llns boon 4 courageous md otl!cont DiBtrict At
torney, and an unchallengcd Solicitor General
Of tho United statea. Tho noarcst approach lie
aaHociation with Thomas A. Scott Oh tho advisory
officer and Texas agent Of tho Texas Pacific
Railroad. He did not like tho husnoss, and, AZ
havo hoard, gave It up from choice. II not i'll:
rnn Ut honor. think he las no great or oron
tolornblo private fortune but owcs his promotion
to tho prosident's friendship md appreciation.
Whether ho will hayc tho courage to sweep
btop extor!ion and irreguIatity thcro. will prob
ably depend upon the amount OF morat support
le will recoivo from tho proaidcnt. For tho
party and Its leaders DO mt beliova. ho will
have moro consideration thnu fair official respect
implies. lie has no liking for tho institution of
carpot-baggory. IIo il gontloman much above
tho average tono Of tho Cabinet. uo belongs
lcgitimately to the State whence ho is selected,
md By prcdilcotion to tho party Of tlo Union
and Emancipation. His nomination is o1peri-
mental, but ho is no blathorekite. like Ricllard
son. to talk finance whilo onting peanuts, as il
Secretary Of tho Treasury waa sort Of intol
lectunl Midas, to turn all llo touched In tho way
OF small tallz to gold and bank-notos. Sincere,
orablo, honest, lignidod, ana very modest he
nlny DO tho founder OF name In this country.
ue may also, find tho conditions Of hg appoint
mont, and the restraints thrown around Kim in
net as l!o would like: But 10
will never hold the oitico, like Mr.. Richardaon,
in the face Of prolonged popular contempt, nor
as henchnan Of my politician loss than tho
President. IBllould prophcsy that he will have no
policy except vigila1lco aud safety. 1Io used to
llnye great nnrAonnl admiration for O]iyer p
Morton as q Union War-Qovornor. Ho WAS the
fayorite and tho loyal adherent aud friend of
Con. George H. Thomas. Ills intimate political
ncquaintancos arc Judge Bland Ballard, James
and Union leaders Of tho State. Ho is o Whig
by tradition. His habits arc unexceptionablo.
lls life puro bis social status equal to anybody'a
Of youth and record in the State, md he WAS an
officer In tho Var, too earnest for the Union to
hare auy {ivalries Of his own, Hnd too high
the Cablnet bcen oil reconstructed, and higher
level of man generally put in it, Dristow's
apparition there would have boon less a sur-
prise. foar that ho will bo In tho Cabinet long
tree timber is uncd to make tho Executive
framework Of great States.
KontuGky, I nlny remark 10 m orthodox Stato
IN questions OF finance. lis two Senator'S
Stevens and McCroery-opposed tho lato atto1npt
ut greonback-oxpanyiou. Louisville iB Il soulld
city in tho way Of money mud banking, md Dris-
tow'B election may have an inliuoucn upon tho
waywnrd Tendencies of tho South to join the
low Western dolnagoguea In tho chase for cheap
! money and clioRper bankruptcy. Lot us bo mod
e1ately joyful And recall tho lines Of the poet:
Grant movea III mysterious way
His wonders to perform.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
!Specta! Uispateh to The Chicago Iribt.nt.