The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-09-28
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence OF tho Richmond Dispatch.

The Coming Election I'm Tcnncssce-Anxicty
OF the Presidential New Card Of Radical.
ixm-The Tobacco interests Lighthouse Re-
cstablished-Going Homo 10 vote-New York
Politics, &c.
WASHINGTON, September &C. 1867.
The Government is watching the situation
Of affEirs in the State of Tennessee with no
ordinary interest, and II is the opinion, not
only Of Mr.. johnson, but Of General Grant
and others, who receive daily advices from
Nashville. that the present is n time Of great
peril, which can only be dissipated by q
prompt recognition of the requirements OF
neace, in the substance of 4 sufficient number
Of Federal troops TO prevent civil war in that
State. Mr.. johnson is himself keenly alive to
the situation, and has been more than usually
thoughtful rs the election approaches nearer.
His best efforts In Cabinet and in consulta.
lion with the acting Secretary Of War have
been directed towards the suppression Of the
slightest indication Of bloodshed on accoun /
of the bitter feeling existing between the
State militia, under Brownlow, and the civil
authorities. Advices 10 day are to the effect
that the chances of y riot continue to dimin-
;sh : but sure there is 4 feverish anxiety in
official circles here which cannot be allayed
until Saturday, the day Of election, has
passed.
The last great card Of the ultra Radicals is
to make il appear that the President has given
emphatic utterancc of his intention to resist
the authority of Congress upon the meeting
, IT,, l.
parchment men are pursuing that game with
characteristic malice and rindictiYencss Ii
is not one that will be accepted, as other pro-
minent members of the party scout the idea
rs untrue and not worthy of the great party.
The President himself has no information tc
give-certalnly none of the members of the
Radical party have asked for any-with re-
gard TO what his designs are; but every one
of sense knows that the many reckless state
mentS which have recently sprung into exist.
cnce about impeding the authority Of Congress
are without foundation. 1t will be of interest
when Congress meets, to see how many of thu
senator's and representatives who have come
out thoroughly for impeachment will stick tc
their present positions on that score.
The delegations having in view the tobacco
interests OF the country, who are now in thi:
city in daily conference with Secretary Nc
Culloch and the Commissioner. of Interna
Revenue, have not yet come to any agrecmen
on the subject of modification of the tax OF
that staple and the other objects of the risi
III the same connection. The Department has
III contemplation new series of regulations
concerning tobacco, which will contain i'm
portant changes from those already regulating
It's sale, removal in bond, &c. 1t Is not known
at what time they will be completed.
Among the lighthouses recently re establish
ed along the southern coast is the one on Iybe'
island, Georgia, at the entrance TO the Sayan
nah river. The lights viii again be exhibited
from that point on the evening of the first O
next month.
Leaves of absence are already being granted
to some Of the clerks in the different depart
1nents for the purpose of allowing them TO gt
home and vote in the Ohio and Pennsylrani:
elections. The probabilities are that Of thos'
who go home to vote, two-t thirds of them vii
vote in opposition 20 the policy of the Admin
lstration-particularly those who vote IL
Ohio.
The nominations for State officers by the Re
publican Convention which met 1T Syracuse
N. Y, yesterday is subject of comment IL
this city to-day, the Radicals generally con
graduating themselves on having Il ticket Of
very great strength. The indications are tina
the Democracy of that State will present one
equally as formidable, and the contest in New
York during the campaign will, it is thought,
excel i'll ardor that now progressing in Ohio
TIMuS.