
Mr. Cummins has called upon me, bringing me your note of
17th & we have had quite a talk—he seems
to be a wide-awake, candid young man, & makes a good impression upon me. He
spoke of you, of his own affairs & fortunes, of Idaho, of Judge Kelly, Holbrook, &c. &c.—In
respect
to Judge Kelly, & his matter, I had already formed my opinion & made out my
Report several days ago—The Attorney General is full of anxiety & debate,
on the big things that are up, just now,—& has not been able to hear the
Report, & decide upon it—but he told me this morning he would try to do so
very shortly—If he decides as I have advised him, you & Cummins will have
no reason to be dissatisfied.

—Dear friend, I rec'd your note when you left here—it was sent
on to me at Brooklyn.—I value George Alfred Townsend's
appreciation of L. of G. It was magnificent. Where is Townsend now?—I hope it may happen one
day that I may have him near at hand, that we get to be friends—such is in my
mind.—There is nothing new in my affrairs—all goes on as usual in
the office. I am well. After a hot spell of a week, during the last of June, we have
had the finest kind of weather here the most of this month—