Brent wrote Clarke on the 28th that Wise had not provided funds up to that time to meet his cheque; Brent was told this morning that the money will be paid. Current municipal elections have Brent disgusted because for years he witnessed a mixture of patriotism and whiskey at the 4th Ward Polls. The people of Washington are in a fog as to how the great struggle is progressing and General Grant will be also if he sticks to the Chickahominy Swamps. New Yorkers are better informed than people in the Capital under the Secretary's Exclusive Bulletin news exchange process. Gold being king and a susceptible political barometer, the agony cannot last much longer as the cat will soon be out of the bag. :: I-2-n A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.