The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-27
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WAsulNCroS. July .. 1871,

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WASHINGTON. July 2j, 1871.
The one subject which has kept the po-
llital "table in a roar" of speculation
namely, the Boutwell, lLPlcasonton difficult
y-has about exploded, and Cabinet
chanccsnrc again in order. Notwithstanding
the positive assertions in Journals earnest in
support OF Mr.. Boutwell, that Plnasonton
was to lie removed, that officer /" sticks d"
as firmly AZ did the late Secretary Stanton
when the effort 10 remove him was the sub
jcct of national comment. 1T may he that
Mr. Pleas onton will lie retired, but there
are no indications Of it. In the meantime
that gentleman and the Secretary of the
Treasury are nursing their respective dlg-
mites until the meeting Of Congress, when
the flame of discord is certain to break out
afrcSh. Nothing can avert it, for i'll the
event the Revenue Commissioner should
lie removed, no will approach Congress i'll
his own defence as SOON as 1t meets, and IL
he remains where he Is, he will. i'll all GER
tainty. have couutur-vicwS to those of his
superior officer to present upon the subject
of the revenue system and its requirements.
No word has been received from the
President for some time. The last intima-
ton was that he w"uld not return again to
the capital until alter his visit to the Pacific
Slope. The different Secretaries arc almost
constantly on the wing. Robson, Bclknap,
Delano, Akerman, and Fish, all away. MIR.
Boutwell, is the only leading representative
of the Government on duty. In the Navy
and War Departments Jiily routine matters
attract attention, and under those circum-
stances there is really no demand for the
presence Of the heads of the offices.
The southern Republicans consider it
necessary to have an organ in the National
Capital. have learned nothing concern
in ht1f j. ,i,nb blr-o a
feeling among those who have The enter
prise in view that strenuous efforts are ne
cesSary to keep the party in the South in
tact. Heretofore the ''cohesiye power of
plunder" has been sufficient, but that mag
net attracts too generally, and disSensions
have gained root, while the leaders (that
is those in whose hands this power has been
repo>ing) experience the feeling that unless
measures are Immediately taken to repro
duce the harmony which existed when the
idea Of spoils was new, they will lose their
grasp. Here ii may be stated that the Spencer
wing of the Alabama Republicans express
confidence in their ability TO secure the re-
moyal Of Warner from the customs coilec-
torShip, to which lie was only recently ap-
pointed.
Great interest has been felt In the ulti-
mate decision of the Treasury Department
on the subject OF indcmnl!ylng the state OF
heDlucky Tor money lurnlSneu Ill supI'lS-
| ing Union troops during the war. Upon
that matter the Secretary of the Treasury
has prepared an opinion, which Will proba-
| bly, be promulgated tomorrow. 1t is to be
SAID that il this opinion is in favor of paving
The State, those more deeply Interested
| therein viii receive very agreeable dlsap-
pointmcnt.
The .cold snap," perhaps, keeps very
| large number Of people away from the seit
| shore and watering places, but sends very
few to Washington, Which is dull beyond
precedent in the last ten years. Some very
Sanguine individuals are, however, predict.
ing an early opening Of the "gay season"
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