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WASHINGTON. Ma ch 26. 20

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From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Ma ch 26.'ss
The care shown by the Secretary of
State in the selection of his assistants
is u matter of mild surprise in polltica
coteries, for under the usages current
in that department. anyloiy who had
little political influence could get int"
one of the most responsible places IL
the Government, without very much
regard being had for the aptitude,
Training, or fitness for the position.
Among the qualifications indispensable
is thorough knowledge OF at least our
modern language, which will hereafter
he required Of the new Assistant Sec
retaries of State. This is prccs y AS il
should be. With about three exceptions
since the war there has not been al
assistant in that Department who dared
to adventure the fecblest conversations
in any other than his mother tongu'
without nervous g'i on his phr"st
book or that iuva liable manuel If n
Olendorti's, wieren tho tyro is tanyI t
the most elegant manner OF askilr.: TO
the shirt of his grandmother, and Il
similar stock of sel. fences such ~ every
one knows are hahituall, in uae in the
polite society of the mos, polished +,
ital in Christeudom. There were exec :
,ions. as | have said Mr. Hit has u
fair colloqnia! knowledge of Fre"c',;
though, having acq lired it after he ha,
attained his majority, he spoke with u
fine Wabash accent, A. times trH
bewilderng to the untuturrd fore gnrt
rev to our insulnr s'ntrsiptn. The
smi ,ble Col. John Ilay has bette,
knowledge Of the dialects Of The w'ld
n::issouiau tl'an of turelsn nations, Il
know iny he was little bark Oh II
l,ugual sea pradeutit kept near Il
shore. Ofcourse tu,t story If his To-
rifle conlut in Paris with four or fl
cab-driy.rs. lrou.h' about 90 goes the
.arra'ivr) Ivy tn. genial Hay addressing
the French citizen VIII, WAS driving h,i'
~ cocllm, (meaning coher prob 'hl' }
with the further establishment tha'
some of his cumrAtrlnts c'me to tn,
rescue of their deeply in'nlted aud III
Jared co,nrade and 80 brlabored ca.
Hav with the wickedest of rarlsla,
argt that, knowing he WAS catching
the d-.-l, though not under t,nd
one word oft, he incontinently fed. U
course that story is all untrue and i
libel on our greatest aud best. But the.
tell it, and laugh consumedly at it, too
in Paris to this day.
The Senate has been getting impa
tel.t and last week took steps to ascer
tain the Presidents wishes with rrgar'
to the continuation Of the session. The,
GOT at the wishes Of the President, anC
he has siguified that he prefers that tn
Senate should continue in session for 1
few DAYS. Mr. Cleveland has only with
in the last few days had time to con
slider the subject of filling foreig'
missions. 1t is understood that he vii
now make selections for some diploma
tic posts, and that he would like t.
have the Senate pass upon them, s.
that the question of contribution ma.
be tiled before the app'lntees Z
abroad. These nominations will prob
bly, he made early this week, and it
doubtful whether the Senate will ad
j,urn before Saturday.
The great peri cti"nist, Mr.. Va
Wyck, raised quite breeze in the Ser
ate one day last week opropos Of junk
citing expeditions. The Senate had r'
Gently been passing resolutions
authorize committees which had III
thing tod to sit during the recess, an
were ,onsilrr,ng the question OF sendn
a committee to Alaska, the turthcs
place ia which we have any mteres
except, perhaps, in the north pole. NJ
Va WycN said th't lame itaolo lEn'
IN &C. was usually fonn t" exist wit
rtg.,r, to nils wn.cl Terr cntla';e
Avtnese Commissions, aud iJr eAS'u2
uu rel, rrtd Ia tue c''HHtSnlua u Cei
trad AM SJ,,H America, which was ~