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Washington Letter:
(From our regular Corespoudcnt.)
WASHINGTON. July. 70. 81

WASHINGTON. July. % s.
Laying aside all claims based Oh To-
cal ambitions rath"r than special fines,
for the desired distinction, the popular
voice of the country will undoubts d.,
and Enthusiastically acho and csnhrm tn.
already l,rsely expressed sentiment
that the natural and proper place for
General Grants final sepulture is the
national capital. just shat precise
point within its limits or neighhorho ID
should he selected, is Of comparatively
little Importance; but that his t"mi'
should he in the place which stands in
all eyes as the visible symbol Of the
dimal union, the center of nationI
Interests AND the measure Of nations.
aspirations, would secm tn be to" p!al;
q proposition to admit of argument.
In tie positive refusal CT tho Grant
family t. allow post morsem rSnm'-
satioa Of the Generals body tot be made,
they will haze the hearty support Of
tho whole country. There exists no rea-
SON for dissatisfaction with, tho exrsai.
or treatment Of The disease, and tisrs
IL no reason to believe that the cause
OF medical sc,ncu coNld he advanced
in the slightest degree by the proposed
operation. 70 make any examination
involving the les.t mutilation of til.
s'umsins would therefore he lit'le ,h"rt
of h-nrtless brutality, suggested solely
in heintercst Of unwholssome uo'ori~ty.
Cabinet n.iniat.rs aud heads of bu
rcaus generally spend collsi lerable time
away frun Washington in nnmsr.
This has been carried to- thu ex'snt ef
an ciual nhuse, since public business
of al xinas Andscf all degree ut irnpsr-
tancc must wait upon tlieis actio,. The
absence IF a head of Department n
WAYS l"rc'ntihIy lightcns the work vi
lis clerks, .nd it IS absurd to holi .r
sct a,sou tho doctrine that the chi.
-cn, take his easc .s he pieases, bat tn Il
the suh,rdiNate must have his nos.
Glued to hi. desk, sven whet. the shieP.
absence leaves him nothing t, do here
When Congress is in ses'loi' there Il
u,uch Tie .l,ost work fsr the "a part
.nen,a. Inn,nnrrablc reports are calico
f.-. ard business II all kia,ls is IHisi>
N'arka Who cnul,i easily i'e spared
August arg nften airs 'intcly in'srpn
sable in +, ermhn :. This whole matte
of leaves OF absence ought to he settle,
up,n cunrlua -seiisc principles. (l'i
servants ,ly,saia ,m trratrd rs rth''ri
and yo,s,i.nscn They should he held t.
- strict accountability for honesty, c
ia jty, asd fsithttlncss. But while r
quir.d t",pcrisln: reasonable work, shey
ought to be granted leaves Of absence
whenever they can be spared.
am glad tr write that ono Of th
biz London clN;,s has been black mllim
81 number of Nv~ York gentlemen VII,
were applicants f"r admission there
This ,uits mr. exactly. | wish they hR'
blsckballcd a,s,uured instead Of hand
ful. As long as American gentlemen vii
nut themselves III the way Of htiu;
snubbed by t4lr Ltndon snobs let then
have it in good thick slices, | say, ! an
always delighted to hear that som
Americans have been insulted an
turned away fto'a the Grand mid Metre
pole Hotels in Trafalgar Square, hop
The Euglishmtn Will ''pile OIL the agony
until our stupid fellowcitizens hnd Oh
last how they are regarded by tn
Enslish-so callcd.-aristocrats | wi
not call the English a nation OF hoy
for i, will not DO to lose sight of tn
fact that there is msnliness in a natio
that follows the leadership of Williai
+. Gladstone; but will SAY that ther
nre NOR. hoggish and brutal mdiyldu
ais in England to the acre than on Nh
other part of Gods feotssool.
The President last week Issued pre-
clamation ordering al persons engage
in grazing cattle on the Cheyenne an
Arapahoe Indian reservations, in India
Territory, under n.y. cement with tn
Indians, and all ether unauthsrize
persons now upna said reservations
depart and entirely remove 'hemselse
their cattle, horses aud other prepert