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iiiiilMii AhmmiimA Sk ^tc|cirr5 flamdtaltr. J. 1AM 8L1XX. Twajmam, JfcHEHB afiSBSES T. HJLINOIR TILE SB1TS COSBUPIP. {ST^U Irani bast. .1'NfJtt- (ftjt J*:- *, • . . y«.*:t. .,, THE ex te naive dry goods house o: Ifc^sh 4 Go., on Market- street Philadelphia, " bi been destroyed by fire. The loss is esti- i^ed at $500,000. ' LAST fall the IOHMSIM of Kt» Moriah Oeta- etaty. Philadelphia, refused to allow the body 6f Ecr^rj Jesss, • cclcr^jii wr><>w to bE*i® ̂ in 1 the cemetery, although his widow owned a lot there. The case was taken into the courts, and up to the Supreme Court. That tribunal has lost decided that Jones or any other negro's bonee have the same rights in cemeteries as tb(Me of white folks. ; A. TERRiwjE casualty is reported from Brook­ lyn. The Home for Aged People, located in the Eastern division of the city, took fire, and 80 rapist was the spread of the flames that over tWB® tr of ike aged inmates perished, their bodies being burned to a crisp. WNXXAM MITCHEXX, of Troy, N. Y., was drowned in the Owosco Bivor, the other day, together with John Savage and Bertie Dixon, boyBwliomhe was trying to rescne New York city has recovered a vardict agaiaat Will­ iam M. Tweed for over $6,500,000. V V 11. ttnSflnate of Iowa has decided that a bushel efoato weighs 82 pounds Sergi Suffiran, company F. 4th infantry, wu recently bhot and .instantly killed near Fort Fetterman, by " Per­ simmon Bill," who claimed some ponies which were stolen from Indians, and which Sullivan, with several Indians, was sent by t he command­ ing offioer to recover. Bill and his cdapenions WMfind to the hills. J. D. PITTS, County Collector of Hickory County, Mo., has absconded with about f20,000 of public tnd private funds. The forgery of notes in his private business for large sums is also discovered Eersaugua. Iowa, was re­ cently visited by a terrible tornado, which passed through the very center of the town, going in two narrow lines, tearing down and unroofing houses, and demolishing out-build­ ings, trees, and fences. The tows was almost completely wrecked. Fortunately no loss of ' life is reported. A DISPATCH from Yankton, Dak., says: "A four-borae daily stage and express line will hereafter make regular trips from Yankton to the Black Hills. Letters and papers sent via Yankton to any point in the Hills will be for­ warded through by regular mail to Pierre City, and from there by an independent and respon­ sible line to their destination. A train com­ posed of twenty-three wagons and 135 men departed to-day for the gold fields." News comes from the Black Hill* that the new mining town of Custer City has been at­ tacked by Indians, who succeeded in driving off all the loose stock grazing in the suburbs. There was great excitement, and every able- bodied white man had been enrolled to fight <he red-skins. The miners apprehended a war with the Indians..., Western Wisconsin, North- era Iowa and Southern aw* imvjmjp' their spring freshets. Recent heavy rains melting snows and a general breaking up of the ice in the Btreams have flooded the valleys and low lands to an unusual degree, ^aiming vitlch damage, and bringing railway operations to a standstill on many of the roads. s SOUTH. !!•>/«; The Arkansas ^publican State Convention to | has been called to meet on the 27th* of April. fclK® • ... .Charles L Brent, bookkeeper of the Falls r *r-i Qjty.Tobacco Bank, of Louisville, raised $90,- * 000 by means of forged drafts and checks, aad iii -vd fled to £urope last week. if)i*r . I>OMNG the past month, in South Carolina, 'it »iq operations of the revenue agents have re- Jhrii 8nlted in t5ie leaking up of thirty-three illicit distilleries, the capture of twenty-eight copper ' K9t> stills, cape and worms, 48.000 gallons of • : '41 's and beer, and the arrest and binding over for , trial of forty-four illicit distillers, •»« • WASHINGTON. Inu.'ip* PWBidept,.immediately upon the retire- ment °f °®n* BelknaP' appointed Secretary Bobeson, of the Navy, Acting-Secretary of War. ,*' THE case of the late Secretary Belknap was -TMn, discussed at length in Cabinet meeting the »»fj ;<> ether day. The President is represented to Ji, J fti have been very decided in the matter, and di- , |* recied the Attorney-General to examine the *'* Statutes and have criminal proceedings insti- toted at once, and push all prosecutions which «*.< ,, cfUed for with the utmost vigor. This • wJl involve the prosecution of Gen. Belknap f for accepting money for in ippoiitoent of • jj Marsh for bnbery, and of Tomlinaon socry after the fact. - 4 of the Committee on Expenditnxw of the War Department is authority for the statement that the Committee are of the opia- tf rt< - / ̂ before it gets through the post-tradm;? • •... t < * i •il® baain®«' it will be able to show that Secret •' ' tarr Belknap is worth at least t25C,5i0n Thar© tii * is no doubt that the Bale of post̂ sutleraMps has if # it m ̂ n,*' syst«natized business, the sums paid for Pĵ eges of this kind ranging from $600 to :,)i " 3'. $25,000 a year-- .Another object likely to be ./ investigated by the Clymer Committee is the manner of letting contracts for headstones for •oklier*' graves, for wMch an appropriation 1, uln* ""d® by Congress. It is said the ,-,xl oi] ^rwe8^ bid by $66,000, made by a Tennessee ̂firm, was rejected, and the contract given to "» pereenal friend of Belknap's.. Upon the order of the Secretary of the .Treasury, the Secret Service Agenfa tha other day secured the arrest of Capt Craig and G. i . W. Bryant, of Colorado, charged with having i to defraud the Government of $28.- : 000. This sum. was paid to one of these men :>nu,L'4; o» account of the loss of mules and wagon •tj a- which were alleged to have been stolen ny the Indians. Hie claim is said to have been entirely crooked. HON. Bicsuko H. DAWA, JR., of Massachu- sette, haa been appointed by the President as Minister to England, in pflace of Gen. Schenck, number of words sent by the Telegraph Company On the impeachment has only Sw 21wXCe6ded 111 thehiHtorv of Congress! ^ht that the secret made f*. it 2wSt?n 7°^- Thfc dispatches sent Balling^ imrw^Jh^0 i16 P1688- describing the B«lkn*i> impeachment, amounted to 114,000 Lu fu r C *«7/ :»H > short time he was in the courtroom, that he was much depressed in spirit, oovering his fare with his hands and sighing deeply An army officer who has interviewed Belknap, report* liim an apparent wreck, but still assum­ ing a tone of confidence, and suet ting that he has a much better defense than the public are yet aware of. He complain* bitterly of the hu­ miliation to which he is subjected by the Attor­ ney-General and the District police, in the presence of guards nround life house. ejBKKftAE., | IEX-SKNATOB BT*WAKT. of Nevada, character­ ises Lyen's testimony before the House Com­ mittee on Foreign Affaire, in relation to the Emma Mine scandal, as a tissue of falsehoods. He asserts that Lyon, after having accepted a large sum of money aa a compromise, "sold short" on the stock, and resorted to his damag­ ing stories in order to depreciate the value of the shares and enable him to " cover his shorts." PROF. Srt.T.TMAW has written a letter in which he charges Lyon, the witness who testified in the Emma Mine investigation, with perjury Gen. Babcock's friends, in New York, Philadel­ phia and Washington have undertaken to raise a fund of $80,000 to reimburso him for the expense attending his late trial at St. Louis The iriends of Gen. Belknap insist that Mrs. Belknap is alone responsible for his fall. They say that the true atory is this: When Mrs. Belknap, then Mrs. Bowers, tempted by the ambition to rival the gay dames of our capital, ««oeptod the Marsh bribe and need her influence with her sister to secure the purchased office, she concealed from the Socretarv all of the iniquitous transactions. After, when she become Mra. Belkaap, the Sec­ retary was made to believe teat the $20,000 that came' to her from the policy on her former hus­ band's life had been intrusted to Mr. Marsh, who had been very successful in its investment. He had increased it to $100,000, and the money she received was from that source... .The wit­ ness Marsh, who testihed to Belknap's bribery before the House committee, has fled to Canada. ATTORNEY-GENERAL PIEKBETONT has written a lengthy letter explaining that famous letter about witnesses in the whisky cases, and the manner by which it reached the newspapers. In self-defense, the Attorney-General has been compelled to "lay down" on Babcock. Of that letter there were but two copies--one of which was mailed to the District-Attorney at St. Louis, and the other to the President. It was subse­ quently discovered that a copy of the letter was furnished to a Washington reporter by Storrs, one of Babcock's counsel. How did Storrs get it ? Dyer did not divulge it. Then it must have been furnished from the Presi­ dent's office. So said the Attorney-General. The President had not shown it to any one, and so confronted the Attorney-General with® the private secretory. Then liabcock confessed that he had surreptitiously taken the letter from the President s private papers and given it to Storrs, who haa it telegraphed and wide. WHILE a way freight train, with a passenger ear attached, was crossing a bridge over a nar­ row passage on the Harper's Ferry and Valley | Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Bailw'ay, sixty-three miles from Harper's Ferry, a few nights ago, the middle span gave way, and the engine, tender and train fell through and were wrecked. Ten persons were killed outright, and six or seven seriously wounded. EX-SECBETABY BELKNAP, after his resigna­ tion. began to make arrangements to leave the country. His plan, (it is said, was to leave Washington secretly by a Potomac Biver steam­ boat, go to Fortress Monroe, where a Norfolk steamer to Boston was to be intercepted, from which place he could take a Cunard steamer to Southampton, where they intended to cross into Belgium, with which country the United States have no extradition treaty. Infor­ mation to this effect having reached the ears of the Attorney-General, that official, through District-Attorney Welis, swore out a warrant and placed it in the hands of the Superintendent of Police, who, accompanied by several officers, proceeded to Gen. Belknap's residence and notified him that while they did not propose to take him away, they had been requested to place him under arrest and have him consider himself a prisoner in his own house. Gen. Belknap seemed very much dis­ tressed at his arrest, but thanked the officers for the privilege of remaining in hie own home. AT the annual meeting of the Union Pacific Bailroad Company, held at Boston last week, Sidney Dillon was re-elected President, Elisha Atkins Vice-President, and E. H. Rollins Treasurer An extraordinary scene occurred in the House of Bepresentativea at Washing­ ton, tho other day. The Sergeant-at-Arms ap­ peared at the bar with a witness, O. D. Wolf, whose arrest was ordered by the House for re­ fusing to answer certain questions before the Committee on Naval Affairs. The witness was given a seat in the spice in front of the Clerk's desk, and Mr. Whittliorne, Chairman of the committee, was about to make a statement, when the witness fell back in liis seat in a con­ vulsive fit, and was at once extended and was laid on the floor. The Speaker inquired whether any physician was in the gallery of the House. The scene" was something never before witnessed in the House. All business was suspended, and many ladies in the galleries were so effected that they were compelled to leave. In a few minutes the physician had succeeded in restoring Wolf to partial con- wiomnwig, aiui he was carried to the lobby. roiJTIOAl. of th«*insam*ot provinces, and imp îng to Servia and Montenegro for smiRtanoe. ALBKBT GBANT, the noted London financier, pronounoes James E. Lyon's story about the Emma mine swindle a sheer fabrication so far as it relates to htm, and haa his in­ tention to visit Washington and pemomJto tes­ tify before the House Comnmee. .rTrhree young men, named Bynis, Nealey and Edgar, while in the woods near St. Johns, N. F., one day last week, were overtaken by a eaowatora, and perished. ADVICES from Iceland, via of Copenhagen, report that 500 Inhabitants of (he Westmanua Islands, a group lying to the south of Island, are dying of starvation... .There ?•, a/wording to our London letter, considerable disagree­ ment in the British Parliament regaining the propriety of Queen Victoria flimuminc the India. Mr. Disraeli S#v - VSR of title of Empress and the ultra Tories are in favor of awgment- but Mr. Lore sad most of a different view, fore- new title may lead ing the royal et/1 the liberals take seeing that the to endless perplexity and confusion The net results of the elections to the French Chamber of Deputies give the Bepablicans a compact force of 350 members, while the Bona- parfciste, the only other faction of mepectable strength, numbers between 80 and 90 The liepublic has been proclaimed in Servia, the Obrenovitch dynasty deposed, and Prince Milan escorted to the frontier ...A Vienna dispatch says horrible accounts of Turkish cruelties con­ tinue to arrive from Bosnia. THE appointment of Mr. Dana as Minister to England is favorably commented upon by the British journals. The Loncion Daily News says: " The appointment of Richard H. Dana, Jr., as the American Minister to th© Court of St. James is one of the most acceptable that could be suggested. It revives the old tradi­ tion of honoring men of letters with important positions. Mr. Dana will be welcome here on many accounts. His appointment seems to indicate a healthier sense of publie duty in the distribution of posts." Th« PlBchb»€k OH6 was finally 4t»poMd of, by the adoption of a reaolutloa dMbutair that he to not entitled to a seat as Senator from Louisiana. Boum.-JThe Speaker announced the appointment of. lh« folIowl°« ?on?'f or« matters connected with the so-called whisky frauds aad the Attorney- (Jeneral'. Knott, ch£™aa: HaniS(Va.), Glov­ er, Cochrane, McMaaon, MoGranr, aad nafated Bandali, the Chairman of the Committee on Appml pnattons, reported the I îalatlve aad Bxerattve Appropriation bUl and madi a atalemant aa to the reduction proposed In It. The eatimatea from the departments h*emteaced in the bill amounted to $30,773,306, The appropriation in the same bill, at the la»t session, wen fl8,734.000. and the appropriation* reported in thla bill were §12,709,- 888, so that It waa a reduction of about KLOOO - 000 on the estimates, and a re­ duction of about $8,000,000 on the bill of last year. Besides that, theoommittee had laid in this bill, the foundation of further reduction® to tbe amount of $5,000,000. ..The Judiciary Com­ mittee. through Knott, the Chairman, made a report to the House stating that Caleb P. Matrf. the wit­ ness upon whose testimony articles of impeachment against Belknap had been framed Bad atm<:iiU*d uiiiitwir iroiu ihe . country' and that probably ̂ his attendance aa a witness before the Senate cannot be procured io convict said Belknap of high crimes and misde­ meanors in office; they therefore recommend that the resolution Instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to prepare articles of impeachment against William W. Belknap, late Secretary of War, for high crime* and misdemeanors in office, be recommitted to said commit­ tee, with power to take further proofs, to send for persons and papers, to sit during the sessions of the House, and to report at any time. The committee also reported to the House two bills--one to protect witnesses who shall be required to testify before Congressional commit­ tees, and another for the nwjriahment of witnesses who shall willingly absent; themselves when mibpe- naed--with a recommendation that they be imme­ diately passed. A long snd bitterly pe-rtimir debate ensued, which was participated in by Knott, Law­ rence, Easson, Blaine, Clymer, Blackburn, Dan- ford, and others. Each party charged upon the other the responsibility for the escape of the witness After soma debate the House pro­ ceeded to vote on the resolutions, they were anaaimouslj adopted. The Speaker appointed as the commit, tee to notify the Senate of the Action of the House Messrs. Clymer, Bobbins, Blackburn, Bass, and T)ajoforth--these members composing the Committee on Expenditures of the War Department making the report. Tho effect of these disclosures in Washington official and social life "a" be better imagined than described. It seems that Secretary Belknap's wife,, formerly a Miss Tomlinson, of Harrods- biwg, Ky., went before the Clymer com­ mittee and acknowledged tho truth of the charges of blackmail made against her husband by Caleb P. Marsh, and also revealed other irregularities of a startling and disgraceful nature. Marsh's Story. The following is the story of the late Secretary of War Belknap's official mal­ feasance, as told to thej committee of Congress by Caleb P. Marsh: In reply to your question I would state that in. the summer of 1870 myself and wife spent three weeks at Long Branch, and on our return to New York Mrs. Belknap p,nd Mrs. Bowers, by our invi- tation, eaaae for a visit to our house. ItMfrTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. THURSDAY, March 2.--Senate.--The proceed­ ings in the Senate were wholly devoid of interest. House,--The only business of Importance in the House was the presentation by Clymer at articles of impeachment against Secretary Belknap. The res­ olutions were unanimously adopted. FRIDAY, March 3.--Senate.--At 1 o'clock the committee of the Houss of Representatives, composed of Messrs. Clymer, Bobbins, Black­ burn, Bass, and Danforth, appeared at the bar of the Senate and were announced by 8er- : kit; * U'iitLi, f!> nt •/ '>/»«»« ni *t*hj lo %M » a frdB dut, - IW, Hwretary the Iw ..tfent to succeed Belknap as Secretary *t wt£ A WASHINGTON telegram of the 8th lust! Says: "At the meeting of the Cabinet last R-iday the President submitted the namee of three persons, and asked the members which *» one they would advise him to tender the vacsrnt t„>»r , t secretstyship. The names submitted were E B Ml Washburn^ the present Minister to France, 8enl ,, star Mornll and Judge Hoar. Tho Cabinet was m * >lk' unanimously in favor of Mr. Morrill, and on sift •*«««( Saturday morning the President formally ten- »»«»!<! V. dered him the place, and it was not formally .<tu ufc-ffM: declined until early yeatordav morning. The President then decided to ask Judge Taft into the Cabinet, which course was approved by all the Cabinet."....Maj. Kieharda, Chief of Police f » r»v;rf l¥. of Washington, made a formal arrest of Bel- &'l ih knap, en-Secretary of War, on the 8th inst., and brought him into the Police Court. Bel­ knap was accompanied by bis counsel, ex-Sena­ tor Carpenter, who said they waived an exami­ nation and were prepared to give bail for Bel­ knap's appearance before the court. Judge 8nell fixed the amount of bail at $25,000. Bel­ knap showed by his movemenis, during the Tat* Democratic Caucus Finance Committee of the House have agreed upon a bill to be supported by the party in that body. The measure is entitled "a bill to privide for the fP»dual resumption cf specie payment," and is a modification of the bill offered by Mr, Payne, of Ohio. By its provisions th« date set for resumption--Jan. 1, 1879--is farther extended. GEORGE H. PEKDUTTON denies the story that* he paid money to Mra. Belknap to secure the payment of a claim to the Kentucky Central IMlroad, and has asked to be allowed to testify before the Clymer Committee of Congress First gun for Bristow! At the Republican lemtonal Convention of Wyoming, held at Iwanrton, last week, delegates were elected to t!le Kjwonal Convention, and resolutions adopted instructing them to vote for Bristow for President. AITEK more than three yean hard knocking and impatient waiting at the door of the Senate for admission as the duly accredited representa­ tive of the State of Louisiana in that bo-lv. the door is slammed ia liis face, and Fiuehbaek is informed that he can't come in. The vote on the question stood 32 to 29, the following Re- publicans voting with the Democrats against { the o? Piuchbftck; Edmunds, Chris- tiancy, paddock, the two Morrills, Dawe8,~Rob- ertaon and Wadleigh. THE Iowa Republican State Convention, for the appointment of delegates to tho Cincinnati Convention, has been called to meet at Des Moines, May 81. VOKEIOM TKB London Hour, of Mtfrch 4, has the fol­ lowing: "We understand that a writ returnable in the Queen's irfench was served upon Mr. Schenck, United States Minister, yesterday, at the instance of the Emma Mine Company. geant-at-Arms French. Upon being recognized by the President pro tem. of the Senate, Mr. Clymer said: " Mr. President, in obedience to the order of the House of Representatives, we appear before you; and In the name of the House of Representa­ tives and of all the people of the United States of America, we do impeach Wm. W, Belknap, late Secretary of War of |the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors while in office; and we further inform the Senate that the House of Representatives will in due time exhibit articles of impeachment against him, and make good the same, and in their name we demand that the Senate take order for the appearance of the said Wm. W. Belknap to answer." Mr, Ferry, the President pro tem. of the Senate, said: " Mr. Chairman and OenUemen of the Committee: The Senate will take order in the premises." The committee then retired. Edmunds then sub­ mitted the following: "Ordered, That the mes­ sage of the House of Bepresentativea relating to the impeachment of W. W. Belknap be referred to a select committee to consist of five Senators." The order was adopted, and the President pro tem. announced aa tho Select Committee Messrs. Edmunds, Conkling, Frelinghuysen, Thurman, and Stevenson.... Bills were introduced by Hamlin fixing the rate of postage on third-class matter, and by Robertson to restore the franking privilege Morton, from the Committee on Priv­ ileges and Elections, reported favorably on the Sen­ ate bill to provide for and regulate the counting of votes for President and Vice-President, and the de­ cision of questions arising thereon. Placed on the calendar Adjouraed till Monday, 6th. House.--clymer, Chairman of the Impeachment Committee, made the following report: "In obe­ dience to the order of the House, we proceeded to the bar of the Senate, and, in the name of this House and of all the people of the United States of America, we impeached, as we were direeted to, W. W. Belknap, late Secretary of War OfHhe <fnitod States, of high crimes and misdemeanors while in for the protection of witnesses passed, and the bill lor the punishment of recusant witnesses referred to the Judiciary Committee. BELKNAP'S DISGRACE. office ; and we demanded that the Senate shall take order to make him appear before that body to an­ swer for the same, and announced that the House would soon present articles of impeachment, and make them good; to which response was made: 'The order shall be taken.'"....No other business of importance waa transacted. SATUBDAY, March 4.--Senate.--Not in ses­ sion. Howe.--The House, as customary on Saturdays, met for debate only. Speeches were made to empty benches by Reagan, Ward and Jacobs on the Ha­ waiian treaty, and by Woodworth on the subject of bounties. MONDAY, March 6.--Senate.-- Edmunds, from the select committee to which was referred tbe res­ olution and message from the House in regard to the impeachment Of Belknap, reported a preamble and resolution, declaring that the Senate will take order in the premises, according to its standing rule, and directing tt\e Secretary to no­ tify the House of Representatives! Agreed to--A resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Interior for a state­ ment showing the annual expenditures of the In­ dian Bureau since its organization. Bogy deliv­ ered a long speech in support of his finance bill, In­ troduced early in the session. Sherman also ad­ dressed the Senate upon the finances, opposing the repeal of the Resumption act. Eov.ts.-~EandaU a bill to declare the immunity of witnesses for the United States. It provides that a witness shall not be liable to arrest at any time after he has been subpoenaed, or after testifying; that he shall never be convicted on ac­ count of any matter disclosed bv him in his testimony, and that it shall be a penal offense to intimidate or attempt to intimidate any witness by threatening *»<«" with prosecution Morrison introduced a bill to ex- t empt from criminal prosecution witnesses testify­ ing before Congressional Committees Williams (Mich.) introduced a resolution from the Iowa Leg­ islature, proposing an amendment to the Constitu­ tion to provide for members of Congress holding their seats tor three years, one-third of the number to vacate their seats each year...".Resolu­ tions were offered by Buckner and Knott, and adopt­ ed, looking to investigations in the affairs of the District of Columbia, and the alleged oollution of Attorney-General Pierrepont with Babcock's counsel. 0 TUESDAY, March 7.--Senate.--Gordon intro­ duced a resolution instructing the Finance Com­ mittee to ascertain, if possible, what amendments to the Revenue laws are necessary to prevent frauds in the collection of the revenue. Laid over.... Frelingbuyssen's bill for the protection of agricul­ ture against injurious insects was passed.... The Pinchback case was again debated withsut reaching a vote. Hwm.--Laurence introduced a bill te prevent monopoly and exorbitant charges in trading estab­ lishments at military posts, and to secure good or­ der at the same; also, a bill to protect witnesses in the trial of impeachment cases....Cason (Ind.) introduced a bill to repeal so much of the Resumption bill as provides for the re­ demption of legal tender notes.... Clymer, Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures of the War Department, rising to a question, stated that a subpoena had been served on him to appear before the Grand jury of the District Court and bring with him all papers, checks, documents, etc., Mid to testify in regard to the charge® pending in that court against the late Secretary of War. Two of his colleagues, Robbins and Black­ burn, had been similarly snbptenwed, (Clymer) had appeared before the The writ was served »s Sir. Schenck was enter­ ing the train at Easton Station. Mr. Bchenck referred the officer to Lord Derby." A LONDON dispatch says Don Darloe arrived at Folkestone from Boulogne after a two hours' rough passage, during which he suffered from Bea-83CKsie?s8 a great deal. When leaving the boutheaatem Railway Station for London, & large growd assembled. Some cheered and otherb Hissed aud groaned. His arrival in inetropolie created no excitement whatever. n"n'n'»w.<J5a *?,Tai? frora Constantinople an- that the Sultan of Turkey has ln8urKente complete amnesty, returning home, are to b$ supplied by the Government, with materia1 for tithes J4 J8 8180 8tated that all taxM for t™ mitt̂ for one F^ar, and other taxes for two years. Several of the insurgent He court, and had stated that in obedience to law he appeared at the bar to obey its order, but that J* * member of the Committee of the HOUNC he felt it would be prejudicial to the highest inter­ ests of the country that his colleagues end him- eelf should be compelled to state what had transpired in ttteir committee-room. A long and exciting debate followed, participated in by J Lam*r. Kaason, Hoar, Knott, Dan- forth and others. The Republicans Intimated tbat the witness Marsh had been allowed to escape the country through some motive which the Demo­ crats had, and it was charged on the Democratic side that the President and Cabinet were instru­ mental m driving him out of the country through intimidation. It was finally decided by the House- yeas, 130; nays, 75--tiiat it would not be proper tor the members of the committee to go before the grand jury. great powers for the guaranteed independence | Uetemd WEDNESDAY, March 8.--Senate.--Cameron (Wis.) presented a petition, signed by over 16,000 persons, praying that a law be passed prohibiting members of secret societies from holding office under the Government or serving as jurors ! Wr'f?ht presented a concurrent resolution for an I adjournment of Congress on the 1st of May. to the Appropriation Committee....' The Secretary of War Leaves the Cabinet Under a Cload--Articles ot Impeachment Presented Against Hip In the House. Since the impeachment of President Johnson, no event has created half the excitement that was produced in all the official and private life of the National Capitol by the announcement of the im­ peachment of Gen. W, W. Belknap, Secretary of War, for high crimes and misdemeanors. The House Committee on the Expenditures of the War Depart­ ment, of which Hon. Heister Clymer, of Pennsylvania, is Chairman, has been for some time investigating the doings of the War Minister,, There have now and then been rumors of the discovery of crookedness in the department,but no one dreamed of the thunderbolt that was about to descend. It appears that Gen; Belknap had gained some knowledge of the disclosures before the Clymer Com­ mittee. and had tendered his resignation early ia the morning of the 2d inst., tbe President accepting it at once. Not­ withstanding this the House proceeded to impeach him for high crimes and misdemeanors. Accordingly, Dear the close of the day's proceedings. Mr. Cly­ mer rose in his seat and presented a res­ olution of impeachment against William W. Belknap, late Secretafj ©£ War, for high crimes and misdemeanors in office. In the midst of great excitement, and with unusual stillness in the House, Mr. Clymer rose and said: "I ask permission of tti3 House to make a report from the Con" irittee on Expenditures in the War Dep ment, of so grave importance that I am quite certain that when it is heard this House will agree that I am justified in asking that permission at this time." Permission was given, and Mr. Cly­ mer, taking his position at the Clerk's desi, read the following report; The Committee found at the very threshold of its investigation such, un questioned evidence of malfeasance of William W. Belknap, then Secretary of War, that they found it their duty to lay the same before the House. They fur­ ther report that this day, at 11 o'clock, a letter of the President of the United States was presented to the Committee accepting the resignation of the Secre­ tary of War, together with a copy of bin letter of resignation, which the Presi­ dent informed the Committee was ac­ cepted about 10:20 this morning. They therefore unanimously report and de­ mand that said William W. Belknap, late Secretary of War, be dealt with accord­ ing to the law of the land, and to that end submit herewith the testimony in the case taken, together with several statements and exhibits thereto attached, and also a report of the proceedings of the committee had during the investiga­ tion of tins subject, and submit the fol­ lowing resolutions: t fiesolved, That Wm. W. Belknap, lkte Secre- Oi War, bo impeached of high crimes and misdemeanore Resolved, That the testimony in the oas® of Wm. W. Belknap, late Secretary of War, be re­ ferred to the Judiciary Committee, with in­ structions to prepare and report, without un­ necessary delay, suitable articles of impeaoh- »uent of said Wm. W. Belknap, late Secretary Besoimd, That a committee of five members of the Hous© be apDointe® and instructed to proceed immediately to the bar of the Senate, and there impeach William W. Belknap, late Secretary of War, in the name of the people of the United States, of high crimes and miade- meanora when in offices and to inform that body that formal articles of impeachmeat will m due time be presented, and to request the Senate to take suoh order in the premises as they deem appropriate. Mr. Clymer then proceeded to read the testimony of Caleb P. Marsh, taken be­ fore tli« p.nmmittefii showing that he had paid Secretary Belknap about $20,000 in consideration of his appointment as Post- Trader at Fort Sill, Indian Territory. The reading was listened to with intense interest by memders of the House and by a large audience in the galleries. In the more pathetic portions of the narra­ tive Clymer was frequently forced by his feelings to pause until his voice re­ covered from its tremulousness and him­ self fr»m his agitation. At the close of the reading, after many members who had taken up posi­ tions near the Clerk's desk--the better to hear the testimony and accompanying statements--had returned to their proper seatej Mr. Cljymer, who had also gone to his seat, again rose and said with great emotion: o . Mr. Speaker--I would not if I oould, and I could not, in my present condition, if 1 would, add anything to the facte just reported to the House. Another occasion may be afforded me to do so. They are so plain, that everywhere throughout this broad land, and throughout Christendom, wherever the English language is read sr spoken, they will for long years con­ stitute a record of official corruption and crimes such as there is no parallel for in our own history, or tbat of any countfy that 1 know of. In this hour, if one senti­ ment of pity, one word of sym­ pathy, could find utterance from me, it would be because I feel that the lata Secretary of War is but the proper outgrowth, the true exponent, of corruption, extravagance and mis- government, that have cursed this land for jwam paat. That being my own reflection, I Mrs. Belknap was ill during this visit Marsh. Tbo impeachment resolutions were then j some three or four Wflflks and T arm recommitted to the Judiciary Committee, the bill _ weeK8, ana 1 SUp- ^ . pose, m consequence of our kindness to her, she felt under some obligations, for she asked me one day in the course of a conversation why I did not apply ior a post-tradership on the frontier. I asked what they were, and WM told that many of them were very lucrative offices or positions in the gift of the Secretary of War, and that if I wanted one she would ask the Secretary for one. Upon my re­ plying that I thought such offices be­ longed to disabled soldiers, and besides that I was without political influence, she answered that politicians got such places, etc., etc. I do not remember saying that if I bad a valuable post of that kind that I would remember her, but I do remember her saying something like this: "If I can prevail upon, the Secretary of War to award you a post, you must be careful to say nothing to hi™ about presents, for a man once offered him $10,000 for a tradeship of thin kind, and he told him that if he did not leave the office he would kick him down stairs." Remembering as I do this story, I presume the antecedent state­ ment to be correct. Mrs. Belknap and Mrs. Bowers returned to Washington, and a few weeks thereafter Mrs. Belknap sent me word to come over. I did so. She told me the post-tradership in Fort Sill was vacant; that it was a valuable post as she understood, and that she had asked for it for me, or had prevailed upon the Secretary of War to agree to give it to me. At all events I called upon the Secretary of War', aad aa near as I can remember made application for this position ; a regular printed form. The Secretary said he would appoint me if I could bring the proper letters and recommendations, and this I said I could do. Either Mrs. Belknap or the Secre­ tary told me that the present trader at the post, John S. Evans, was an appli­ cant for reappointment, and that I had better see him, he being in the city, as it would not be fair to turn him out of office without some notice, as he would lose largely^ on his buildings, merchan­ dise, etc., if the office was token from him, and that it would be proper and just for me to make some ar­ rangement with him for their purchase if I wished to run the post myself. 1 saw Evans, and found him alarmed at the prospect of losing the place. I re­ member that he said that a firm of West­ ern post-traders who claimed a good deal of influence with the Secretary of War promised to have him appointed, but he found on coming to Washington this firm to be entirely without infiu' ence. Evans first proposed a partner­ ship, which I declined, and then a bonus of a certain portion of the profits if I would allow him to hold the position and continue the business. We finally agreed upon $15,000 per year. Evans and myself went on to New York to­ gether, where the contract was made and executed , whioh is herewith submitted. [Paper marked A.] During our trip over, however, Mr. Evans saw something in the Army and Navy Journal which led him to think that some of the troops were to be removed from the fort, and he had offered too large a sum, and, be­ fore the contract was drawn, it waa re­ duced by agreement to $12,000, the same being payable quarterly in advance. When the first remittance came to me, say, .probably, in November, 1870,1 sent one-half thereof to Mrs. Belknap, either I presume, by cer­ tificate of deposit or hank notes by express. Being in Washington at a funeral, some weeks after this, I had a conversation with Mrs. Bowers to the following purport, as far as I can now re­ member, but must say that just here my memory is exceedingly indistinct, and I judge in part perhaps from what followed as to details of the conversa­ tion : I went up-stairs in the nursery with Mrs. Bowers to see the baby. 1 said to her, " This child will have money coming to it before a great while." She" said •' Yes." The mother gave the child to me, and told me that " The money coming from you she must take and keep for it." I said "All right," and it seems to me I said that perhaps the father ought to be consulted I say it it seems so, and yet I can give no reason forit. for as far aslknew the father knew nothing of any money transactions be­ tween the mother and myself. I have a faint recollection of a remark of lifrs. Bowers that if I sent the money to the father it belonged to her, and that she would get it anyway. I certainly had some understanding then or subsequently with her to himt for when the next payment came due and was paid I sent one-half thereof to the Secretary of War, and have continued subsequently from that day forward to the present time to do the same. About, I should say, one and one-half to two years after the commencement of these pyments, I reduced the amount to $6,000 per annum. The reason of this reduction was partly because of combined complaints on the part of Evans and his partner and partly, so far as I now remember' in consequence of an article in th« necessary on the part of the trader byV reason of the payment of this bonus. To the best of my knowledge and be­ lief the above is a true tatement of all tiie facts in the case, and as complete as I can remember tviw occurrence© many years ago. -W , Hovel Core for Heart ... .4 ̂ foprieston merchant had been treat- «o by the best physicdana of the Ka-flfrh for heart disease, of which they assured *** h® waa liable to drop dead at IBny moment Being once at his other's house m New York, he was persuaded to TOnsult Dr. , which he did with no shadow of hope, but simply to satisfy k" fetfrer "Well, sir,4at is matter with you?" were the doctor's nrst words, "i have disease of the heart, answered the gentleman. Upon this he was placed standing with Ms heels against the wall, while the doctor applied the stethoscope very carefully, and then vigorously pounded the patient s chest for some time; and as he was released from the wall and turto- ed to go, he was further treated to a severe blow right between the shoulder*. This was more than tho young man cortld well bear, and he turned furious with anger. The doctor warded him off with Ms arm, saying good-naturedly, "It ia alJ right, my dear sir. I find you have no heart disease. If you had had that blow would have killed you." Of course there was nothing to do but to take thia extraordinary treatment in good part, from that day all symptoms of heart- disease vanished. A Second-Hand Clothier's IHdt, Here is a trick of one of our second­ hand clothes dealers. He shows a hesi­ tating customer a pair of pantaloons which he says had been made by a fash­ ionable tailor for a wealthy gentleman who brought them back after wearing them once, as they did not fit him. The customer pivots himself around before the mirror, examines the length of the legs, sounds the depth of the pockets, and closefe the bargain. When well out of sight of the clothing store, he exam­ ines for the first time an article which, as he revolved before the mirror, his hands had encountered in one of the pockets. "Yes," the customer had said to himself, that's a pocket-book. I know by the feeling of it. Mr, must have left it in here the night he wore these pants." The reader can supply the fur­ ther details of the story. A twenty-five cent paper-lined pocket-book proved the means .of selling a $2.50 pair of cottony y satinet trousers at a profit of $4-25.---ySton J^ranciaco Atla California. Effects of a Cash Subscription* The effect of a cash subscription in a Glasgow (Kentucky) sanctum was thus photographed on the spot the other day ; " Immediately the proprietor's chair began to tilt backward, his face to take on an ecstatic «low, and his polar diame­ ter to lengthen. Dovetailing his fingers over his corpulency, he closed his eyes meditatively, and his lips moved in silent invocation, and with the deter­ mined air of a fellow who didn't care a cuss, he pulled out a jeans purse and crammed the dollar in it, regardless of the feelings of bystanders. Women Murdered in Blew York4. During the past five years forty-two women have tyeen murdered by men in New York City. Not one of the mur­ derers has been hanged, and only sir were sentenced to imprisonment for life ; twelve were given sentences'of seven years and under in the State Prison, two were sent to the Penetentiary for ten and thirteen years, respectively, and two re­ ceived sentence, one for nine and one for thirteen months. Seven of the wife- murderers committed suicide ; the rest escaped punishment. PRESTOS LOUIS of Battenberg, who is to marry the Princess Beatrice of Eng­ land, and have with her an allowance of £6,000 per annum, is a poor man him­ self. But he has plenty of blue blood, which has its market value like all other commodities. The Princess Beatrice is "hawtv" and disagreeable in temper. THE other night a farmer named Michaels, of Butler County, Pa., got out of bed with the remark to his wife that they had'lived together long enough, On Sunday his remains were found in a creek. THB New York Herald says a great many clerks in that city who used to buy twenty-coat cigars now patronise waffle- stands. THE MARKETS. NEW YOBK. \ BSSYXS ft so @11 00 Hoos--Dressed 8 @ 9 COTTON 12*® 19)4 FLOUR--Superfine Western 6 00 @ S 60 WHEAT--NO. 3 Chicago 1 27 1 38 COBN 60 @ 61 OATS 45 ® 80 KYX. 78 % 83 POBK--New Mess 23 60 @28 00 LABO--Stt>am 14 CHICAGO. 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