The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-06
IFTERNOON DISPATCHES.
FROM WASHINGTON.
wAsn,xorox, Dec. 6

w AsHfNoroM, Dec. b.
A special despatch says rumors are being
circulated again Of change in the State De.
par,ment. 1t is now said that Hon. Reverdy
Johnson will be likely soon 70 take the port
folio of the Secretary Of State; sf all events
il is pretty certain thst something has gone
wrong recently for it is generally whispered
in diplomatic circles thar Mrs. Seward vii
soon retire. %N M Is
Republican Senators met in caucus to-day
for the purpose of arranging q standing Com.
mittee Of the Senate. The Committee who
have charge If the matter were met ready TO
make their report, and they adjourned to meet
tomorrow at II o'clock. 1t appears that
there is some difficulty concerning the Chair
manship of three or four rather important
Committees, Special Committees having
decided to depose Dcolittle from The Chairs
masship of the Indian Committee, ard Dixon
from the Postoaice Committe, and Cowan
from the Craftsmanship of the important
committee which he holds. They are cast-
ing about to get proper men to take these
positions, and up TO this evening had not de-
termined on the programme to be carried
out.
The matter will be fully decided IN to-
morrow's caucus.
The Senators to be deposed have no idea
of what is going on.
After the committee question is disposed
of move will be made in caucus to bring mp
the question of electing new Vice Prssi>
dent in the place of Senator Foster. IL will
be opposed by several Republican Senators,
who are not inclined to make any change at
present. The friends of Senator Wade, how
ever, are determined to push the matter Wig
orously and secure his election at once, so as
to guard against any accident. 1t is doubt
full whether anything can be done now in the
matter. 1t is said to be the intention TO have
an election before the 4th o! March.
II is reported that Secretary McCulloch,
anticipating the action which Congress is
likely to take. has ordered Mr.. Van Dyke,
Assistant Treasurer at New York, to sell
gradually few millions of gold. Il is GER
tain that Congress will pass the bill which
Gov. Boutwell, submitted yesterday on this
subject. There has already accumulated
nearly one hundred millions in the Treasury.
Representative Bingham Of Ohio emphati>
cslly denies the truth of the paragraph ex-
tensively published that he was preparing ar
ticles against the President on the ground of
completely in the assassination of the late
President Lincoln. He says be never had
such an idea, and therefore never so in
tended.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 4, p. m.
Associate Justice Greer took his seat to-
day. This makes a full bench OF the Su
preme Court of the United States. Under
the rule only ten cases on the docket can be
called each day. The ten called this morn>
ing were oil the sixty pending since the com
mencement Of the rebellion. relating to
Southern l4sigtrians. Fifteen of them we're to-
day submitted on pointed arguments; four
were continued and one argued.
Senator Williams, OF Oregon. will intro
dnce into the Senate on Wednesday the fol
lowing resolution:
Resoired. That the Committee on the Jus
dietary be instructed to make enquiries a. to
the power of the President to ressorA .ngoper>
ty can6seated under the laws of tt1eBMted
States to its original owners; or, if.such
power exists to what extent 1t can fightfnlly
be exercised under exchange laws; and also
to make enquiry into the power of the Secs
retary of the Treasury TO deliver to private
claimants therefor, without Judicial proceed
ings. property or the proceeds of property
seized BY the United States, as captured o.
abandoned, during VI s,ace the late rebellion,
and 10 report by bill or otherwise.