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From Washington.

Washington, June 26
--It is thought that a change in the programme will result from the conference of yesterday, and that a forward movement will soon occur.

Secretary Chase will recommend a moderate revision of the tariff.

The New York Post's Washington dispatch says that leading Congressmen have determined to confine legislation to the war, and that all reports about the compromise disposition of the Government are false.

It is rumored that the Sewell's Point battery fired on a reconnoitering party, killing eight, and wounding many.

The following Virginias have been stricken from the roll of the army: Capt. Maury, Gen. Stephenson, and Lieut. Dillon.

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