...n Washington, I told my wife, upon leaving home to take the position offered me here, that the first call I made in Washington should be upon the Rev. John Pierpont. As the Comptroller concluded, Dr. Pierpont put on his spectacles, and looked at him a moment in silence. He at length said:--Why, Mr. McCulloch, you are the most extraordinary man I ever saw in my life! How so? was the reply. Why, y...