The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-30
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Tx3E MATHEWS C1 -fi - &ss
4 POLITICAL cAIM@-DEPARTURE oFsTaE LAsr
4 CONC OF THE REfuBftt-
cASs-NEW wIR ORDERS ABOUT TIE soUTH
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND BELKNAP COM
pAnEp--sECRETARY.s MORRILL, SEEKING RE.
POSE iNNEw ENGLAND.
go fcowcspondstse or the Rfchndonu Dispatch.I
San. WAsHISoTos, August %, 1876.
After the close OF q: long and excited ses-
.e,nn ~ Congress the capital drops into Q
r;,iaoe-ifke quiet with promptness and dis.
n,tc7s and to-day dizziness, In political
sense. reipns absolute and supreme.
IT believe two or three senators are left in
tbe city. The last member OF the House
left when Sayler shook the dust from his
sandals and departed; but OF those who arc
here all viii be gone I'm day or so.
THE members of the Cabinet who yet re-
main intend to follow. Congress, md follow
inc them the &c subs - In the departments,
the bureau officers, and the magnificent
chiefs OF divisions will bic away until there
"a nobody OF nm official character lett Du'
important assistant secretaries and twelve
hundred-dollar clerks-tfien, as Mark Zap
lev would say, things will be Jolly.
There is very little talk about the presi'
DENTAL campaign, which will not open up
Well until about the middle Of September:
| Nv that time the work will be laid out anc
operations will commence in good earnest
The Republicans intend to make the Desl
possible fight in Indiana, for the loss OF
that State to them means defeat-certaln,
absolute. and undeniable. What they Wanl
inst now is the very thing they constantly
shed tears over-a first-ciass "soutnerh out'
raoe.n Two or three Solferino garments
1 INrs, hnn
| TO wave in the western wind VIII DE . poou
not lightly to be considered by the MOTION
men in Indiana. Ammunition Is 1ast CIV
ing out, and it is difficult to ring the changes
on the old score again. The Democrats
will make vigorous offensive canvass II
this campaign, and the Repubhcans are IN J!
able to conceal the nervousness tney leel ~
consequence of the knowledge they nave o.
1t. just now each party Is giving the otnel
rest;no smell. The music will commence
soon, and the notes that VIII DE souhoeo
will not be harmonious.
Secretary Don Cameron will be IN ASH
incton in day or two, and it need not De
matter OF surprise il soon after he gets bach
some new orders in relation to affairs con-
nected with the fall elections are not issued
Cameron is possessed OF much more aDlilty
than Belknap, and can do more mlsch!e1
He has soul far above the post-tradershiE
business. but in political Vaccinations he Is
indeed the son OF his venerable father, ano
as an executive officer he is head ana sn INC,
ders above any man in the Cabinet. w na'
the next political move Of the combined WIS,
dom OF the War Department, OF Justice, anC
the war officers is to be is at present behlno
the screen, but it is we'll to look for some
thing soon--that is, when Secretary came
ron gets back to Washington: He is gong
West with Sherman on a military eXped.i,,
ton, but before he goes something WI!
cause comment. Afterwards Judge Tan
will take his departure also, and'commence
political work in Ohio.
Secretary Morrill, feels bad. BE wants to
90 to Maine little while and recuperate;
and with this indisposition and desire to gel
near to the point where the sun rises he VIII
leave Washington early next week-h ne
doesn't to-night-and seek repose. in the
Who will not be likely to send him back tc
the Senate while Hamlin exists and Blaine
moves and has his being. I1MoN.