I have received your letter of yesterday, in answer to mine of the 20th Inst. I am satisfied with the explanation given of the transaction about which I wrote to you. I approve of the removal of the clerk in the Naval office. The course stated by you, was amply sufficient to justify it. In all cases of like—partisan evidence in opposition to the administration—removals should be made. I have great confidence in Mr Lawrence , and have no doubt he will discreetly and properly exercise his authority, in such cases as may require it. I suggest to you, that you have a conversation with him on the subject, before you leave New York.