Monroe says March 1 found him in Washington. McMaster's letter, with Monroe's card, was laid on the desk of the Secretary of War, while Monroe paced the floor of the gallery of the war office. Other expectants were similarly occupied. He had a favorable interview Saturday. Davis regarded his application favorably. Monroe was authorized to await the action on it here. General Scott let it go through his office, but the Adjutant General is thought, by Monroe, to have said that the services of Captain Monroe were indispensible and that his presence was needed at Fort Kearney, Platte River, Kansas. He received the refusal for leave yesterday and shaped his plans accordingly. It is best to go to his company until fall and then renew his application for furlough when the reason for not granting it will no longer hold. At that time, perhaps, the Bishop's College enterprise will have assumed definite form and he will be able to calculate results more accurately. He asks McMaster for further advice. He has no objection to the prairie services for the summer but there is the uncertainty of getting the furlough even at the end of it. If he goes out he will send McMaster sketches and other things, which the latter may use at his discretion. Monroe wants the "Freeman's Journal" at all times as it is about the only paper he reads. He has written to Father Bernard McQuaid today. Wise, who is strongly opposed to the Know Nothings is likely to carry virginia since Hunter and Mason have spoken in his favor. Should Wise succeed the "Know Nothings" would have a lost cause. Monroe does not intend to strain his capacities in obeying his order. He is to remain in Norfolk for about ten days in order to attend to some business matters for his father-in-law. He thinks that he may go vie New York, Baltimore, and Cincinnati. They are all pretty well there. :: I-1-m A.L.S. 7pp. 12mo.