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Washington Letter.
1From our regular Gorrespondrnt.)
WASHINGTON. June. 5.'S3


WAsHINGroN. June. 5.'S'
The unexpected departure OF the
Secretary II the Treasury and his col
league Of the Navy for New York last
week, aud the unusual secrecy which
has been preserved among those who
should know the reason for their m we
ments, has aroused much curiosity
among political men here and in New
York M to the object Of their mission.
That It bud Something to do with the
disposition Of the New York patronage
nobody doubted. From IL competent
source lave some information touch
ing the visit that may interest the
public. The President HIS been con-
sidering very anxiously the appoint
ments which must soon be made t. ILL.,
the more important Of the p'litica
offices in New York. On tn. 9th. e.
juhs the commission Of the Hon. WI
linn H. Robertson, Collec or of til,
Port expires, and the term Of the
U.,i,ed States Matsl,sll and United
States District Attorney arc very neai
their conclusion. Notwithstanding hi
denial, | learn from al mug. ,es,ionah
source that the designations Of the
Collector WAS placed in Nr, Clevvlai.u
hands early in April, but the President
thought it better to allow hm TO srrv'
ont his entire official terai, ~ he did
not wish to take up 80 important "
matter until he had full time to make
a selection that would meet all the
features If the case.
The genius Of reform marches on in
number ten boots, (ncn's size.) III,
n,ost important results TT MIR. C:eve-
lAld's intent IL in this 'spcct arr to b.
y received in the meA'ye Of the Waite
House. Tho valet, one Alexander Pow
ell, person Of co,or, had to 80 directl,
the President was inausura,ed. 1t
would not d. FIR the head OF the nation
to possess Il valet while about fifty four
million aud u half Of the alale and t.-
male citizens had none. An example
must I've set from high quarters. oo
Alex, the colored cit,zon who mixed
tho n,atutiual cocktail which erstwhlle
,chsered the Executive heart and soothed
.its stomach, and BACKED the Presldeh-
tial NJ. los has departed, being
.thoughtfully transferred to the Treas.
mry force, aud his place knows him no
more. So MIR Cleveland must hunt out
his own changes M linen henceforth,
aud may rage and prancs in vain to
button his collar to the back Of his
shirt, and in solitary grandeur he can
devote luis cravat to tn. Internal gods
when it will no. permit itselfto BE- tied.
The exaspsrating tendencies Of inanl-
mate objects have been noted by every
philosopher from Aristotle to Carlyle.
though the vain aud impoteut wresr-
ling with refractory garments and boots
that ,OsN not 30 Oh. is but poor prepar-
alton in composing ones mind for re-
lixious Worship even though it he t.
listen to one OF the Rev. Sunderland
most soul invigoratiug disc"urses upon
the final eud Of the wicked. No matter
how much damage he may do his own
chances for salvation by uaseenly and
wicked language, addressed 0 button
less shirts aud exasperatins heota, the
country must I've saved by reform, and
the valet has to 90.
M.Fortin, tho clef de cuisine at the
White House, is also about to lie dis
psussd with. He WAS imported from a
.rsstrestaurant in New Y 'r6. n. Forth
i. a Ga.con, With weakness tor fashion
able society. He my nav seek mr.
coagenial surroundings, for Lady %
Hibsrnian birth is to rule the White
House rs,,.t in his stead. Such cu'irar,
devices as Ynree It poi@'es d'osperge
s,le an y,utn gre~suilles at' Bordetats'
and poulet a IL Narexyo, are held by
our Chief Magistrate to in''issse n de
gree Of rifeminacy aad Sardansp,lal
luxury beneath the ruler of hfty-hv
millions Of American freemen. No NOR
viii the fAr.western State ,man who i
invited to partaks Of the Presidential
cheer asrysasly turn in his chair as b