The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-09-12
Corrsspon dence OF the Richmond Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, September 10, 1867.


It would be difficult for the political ex-
citement which has had such full swing in
this CITY for the past month to subside i'm
mediately, and probably it is on that ac-
count that there seems no end to the ru-
mors of Cabinet changes, contemplated
coups detnt by the President, ETC., which
are served up as daily gossip for people at
distance to read and wonder at. Re
ports arc still being circulated to the Ell
feet that change is TO be made very
shortly in the Department OF State and OF
the Treasury, but the positive assertions
of such changes are only made by outside
parties.
One Of the latest rumors, given on as
suranccS-of courSc-of well-lntormed In
dividuals, is that Mr.. Seward is to change
positions with the Hon. Charles Francis
Adams, our Minister at London, and that
Mr.. Grocsbeck, formerly q member of
Congress from Cincinnati, is to succeed
MIR. McCulloch in the Treasury Depart
mcnt. On the other hand, parties known
to be on intimate terms with Mr.. johnson
give no credit to any Of these reports.
They arc getting to be like the ridiculous
rumors which, during Mr.. Stanton's
lengthy administration of the War De-
partment, were from time to time clrcu-
lated with reference to a change in that
office: ard il would be well not to believe
them until, like the case Of Secretary
Stanton, they really are consummated.
Tho result Of the California election, the
falling off in the Republican vote in Maine,
and the indications, resulting from care
ful survey of the situation in New Iork
and PENNSYLVANIA, of further Conservative
gains. have had the effect to lower the i'm
ueachment stock considerably, and it is
rather singular circumstance that prom'-
ucnt advocates Of that theory have changed
front quite surely, and are even willing to
admit that the measure Will not be tired.
II is very certain that should PennSyi-
yauia and New York show any decided
loss in the Radical figures when their cleo
tons come off in October, nothing of the
kind will be attempted. Reports from
OHIO represent that although the State
will 20 largely Republican this fall, still
there will be majority against negro sut-
frage. The friends OF that measure who
are here from Ohio are not willing to ad-
nit that, however.
The arrival here of Hon. n. P. Banks,
of Massachusetts, gave rise to another
batch Of speculations, in Which various
positions of prominence have been picked
out for him, none of which could, by any
possibility, bear u sembIancc Of truth. He
is not one OF the representatives who can
be positively counted on for impeaching
the President, and SO far we have not
heard that authoritative statements to that
effect will be made, as has been the case
with other members Of Congress who re-
Gently visited Washington.
New and very important regulations
concerning internal revenue bonded ware
houses were issued to-day from the Urea
sury Department.. They contain many
features at variance with the old regula-
lions, and supcrsede them entirely, as the
new ones go into immediate effect. The
business men in every community will be
much interested in their details. Two Of
their important features consist in the pro-
visions making it rule that the transfer
of bonded goods for expectation from the
warehouse 10 the vessel is put under the
charge Of the custom house instead of the
superintendent of exports, and also that
bonded goods are to be removed from the
warehouse to the place of shipment, and
from the railroad depot to the warehouse,
under the supervision of transfer officers,
who, under the fifth section of the internal
revenue act, must be revenue inspectors.
RI