ErtrGct cfa letter from Washington, ApTil l7.

 The intelligence that the nomination of the honorable Isaac Hill to the office of second comptroller has been rejected by the Senate, will have reached you before this letter. The incident is one of prominent interest here, and by nine-tcnths of all who speak of it, is held to be a triumph of virtue and principle over profigate political ambition. The com mon rumor is, that the little pamphlet, pub lshed by Mir. Hill to aid the electiOV of Gen. Jackson in 1928, and especially the libel it contained on Mrs. Adams, was the-at least the avOwed-cause of the rejection. This production, you will recollect, accused Mrs. Adams of sacrificing a vivtuous female do- mestic, while in St. Petersburgh. to the most unhallowed of all purposes. The story is too disgusting to be repeated, and one might al- most be ashamed of calling it to the remem- brance of a virtuous and generous minded community, on any other occasion than this, which records the punishment of the reckless offender. MT. Smith of South Carolina and l Mr. Livingston, it is said. spoke in terms ol the deepest indignation of the author of this defamatory anecdote--and urged the inpro- priety of rewarding by appointment to office those who would use such vile means, to fur. ther any cause, 6r the election of any man however desirable the end might be. Othel objections, it is said, too, were prepared a

 gainsr the proposed confirmation, but the St Petersburgh scandal was believed to be stuff

 cient, and the vote was taken before any oth

 CT had been stated.-Bost. Cour.