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turn piaindfata; J. TUfiLTO, JbHlKBT. ILLINOIS. IHE NEWS CONDENSED, • - © rf# •' jjfUlVlB faave details of another gmt dfelft dlw tor in New England. At 6 o'clock on the morn­ ing of the 30th alt., the great dam at Worms?. Mr broke, Jetting loose the imprisoned waters, •mounting in roJume to 760,000,000 gallons ̂ Wife »n»h and roar that was heard for a gxa&, dMaiioe, the aaaeons mountain rolled and' dprMbd Itself oat npou the v&lley below, carry­ ing (nwrything before it, and inflictiag a loss of of dollars' worth of property. Fortu­ nately no lives were lost, as the inhabitants of Ik*, valley had been fttlfr trained, ibd had fled fcipm the wr»th to come. . ( AN extensive crooked whisky ring has been .m»eartfee?l in New York and Brooklyn. A num- IbVr of wiwires of books mad papers hay§ beea •ade, and immediate proseotttton a( .the c r o o k e d c r e w i s p r o m i s e d . ' i * : r® fan itn§*sr. •'«*»;-- 8r. Loins merchant named Bohefis at-, Hailed toeommit stiieMe, the other day, by Severing an trtery in hia vfriat; but not dying needilj enough in that way, be hanged him­ self with a ta'VRl to the bed-post Edwin Booth, the greatest et Mig tragedians, bepine m engage 53 en t, in Chicago on Monda} the lOtli of April. Mid for four week's will eocnpy the •ikge of McTicker'e theater, feb.® leading pl&oe «t amasement in thai city, appearing in Rich­ ard I., King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, Lady of Lyons, Bichellen, The Apos- feto, A New Way to Pay Old Debts, Henry jJXL, Katheiine and Petruchio, The Stran­ ger, Othello, and Merchant of Venice, "PAHUCJU* and Bosh, the first of the Chicago whisky oeiiBpirmtors placed on trial, have been tennd guilty... .The Union Pacific railroad has discovered a big fraud at Laramie City. A mail named A. H. Hill has been advertising tteongfc the East for " miners for the Blade Hjli*, work guaranteed for a year and free passes." When letters were reoeived relying to the advertisement. Hill sent a reply that tjf inclosing #10 to him he would send the promised pass. It is believed he has swindled fcondreda of people. T** offioe of the United States Express Com pany, at Akron, O., was robbed, a few nights ago, of a huge amount of money. Th*? robbers entered the room of the clerk and stole the key of the offioe from his pantaloons pocket, the robbery was not discovered till next mug. The ioea will amount to $25,000 or •00. United States grand jury at Chicago has • nftnrned an indictment against ex-Congressman Jhsper D Ward for conspiracy against the Gov- eriaaebt in connection with the whisky frauds. ....A horrible triple murder was enacted at OtflinviHe, I1L, a few days ago. A man named Tfc^mas Tracy, in a fit of jealousy, murdered UE wife and little daughter, and then took his .glrtt life by witting his throat with a botoher- > Wmros F. Sroan, the editor of the Chicago i Time* is foreman of the grand Jury of the Criminal eoort of that city Six roustabouts, M negroes, lost their lives at Boonviil®, Ma, a • few days ago, by the sinking of a grain bargfe ' , *THE city of Salt Lake, Utah, was thrown into ! Consternation, the other day, by three terrible : r«^ptaaiOBS» saooeeding esoh other at intervals of • » few seconds, Pesple rashed into the streets in terror, horses rim away, and consternation reigned supreme, Windows were blown in, dftffe blown from their hinges, chimneys blown ,--/down, and many buildings badly injured. The ,-r > cause of this terrible explosion was not known aptil an immense volume of smoke was seen M»g fepar AipeBsl ionteAlfttely north of toe city. Upon this hill was four powder- magazines, in which were stored thirty '-OT m* tx/kJLG Oa jp&viui*, Jill Of nuiCii WPl oded M almost simultaneously. A flooring-mill and the water-works buildings «Gity Greek were riddled with boulders. Im­ mense boulders fell, crashing through build­ ings throughout the city, some falling a mile dbrtant. There were three men at work at one of these magazines. All that could be found of them were small pieces of flesh, the largest Sece being a portion of a foot in a boot, A re ' Yannatta and a bey named Joseph Had- den, living in distant parts of the city, were •truck by boulders ana killed, and one lady •died from fright. A number ©f other persons ( Were injured, some probably fatally. In the ' vicinity of the exploded magazines Were found • |K>rtions of the remains of two boys who had Sine oat gunning in the morning. One of eir hands was found clutching a duck. It is ' 'now supposed they had fired into the magazine, QUSqg ttlfl SOUTH. Two Totrjra men. named Bofataaon sad Mitchell, in Campbell county, Va., quareled sl-CTit £ woman, and agreed to settle the dig- 'JHt© at the pistol's mouth. One ronnd was .ifced, which Hialtad in Robinson being ufant • desa, sad Mitciieii receiving a buliet in the ilial will kill him. ,• •• WMSSSX&Q/WBKt fewomsawo* received by the State depart- i'>Mtat justities the conclusion that the British ; .Cfovernmeni has folly decided not to surrender Winslow, the forger Under the British laws fiie criminal will be held for a period of sixty days from the 31st of March, and em then de- mind to be released under a habeas corpus. If hereby directed to issue silver ooins of the United States of the denomination of 10, 30, 35 and 50 cents of standard value in redemp­ tion of an equal amount of fractional currency, Whetuer the same be now in the treasury Awaiting redemption or whether it may be pre­ sented for redemption, and the 8ecretarv of the Treasury may, under the regulations of the Treasury department, provide for such redemp­ tion ana issue by substitution at the regular aub-treesnries and public depositories of the United States until the whole amount of frac­ tional currcncy shall be redeemed. That sil­ ver ooins of the United States of the denom­ ination of one dollar shall be legal tender at their nominal value for any amount not e xceed­ ing FSO in any one payment, and silver coins of the United States or denominations of lees than one dollar shall be a legal tender at their nominal value for any amount not exceeding ) 125 in any one payiiieot. DIST. ATTY. DYEK, of St., Louis was in Washington last week, and corroborated, be­ fore the Clymer oommittee, the testimony of the detective Bell, so far as It related to Bell's alleged interviews with him, and his exploits in abstracting papers and evidence bearing on the whisky prosecutions from M« (Dyer's) offioe. The District-attorney said the reason he did not v-ne Bell aa a witness in the Baboook case, was that he did net regard him as a re­ liable witness without eorrobomtive evi­ dence. In further confirmation of Bell's testimony, Secretary Chandler says Jie appointed Eel! at the mjtfeM: of the President's and afterwards dismissed him on the President's motion, Gen. Grant telling him that Bell was a scoundrel. It is known that Bell did get access to Dyer's papers in St. Louie, and that a detective or watchman caught hira in the act of replacing some. Xt is also mown that the cipher he HUD WRH mostly in Lackey's handwriting. Wa^hington dispatches state thai Bell will b© able to substantiate many of the essential parte of Ms testimony by records and other written evidence, and by the evi­ dence of credible witnesses. . .The public debt statement for April is as follows: Six per cent, bonak 9 984,999,650 Five per cent, bonds...... 710,037,600 coin Monds, •••••>- $l,6W^I87|2W Lawful money debt. $ 14,000,000 lUtured debt............ 9,183,360 Legal tenders 870,823,645 Certificate* of deposit.... 84,230,000 Fractional currency 431,004,893 Coin certificates.......... 32,237,000 Total without interest 497,990,139 Total debt Total interest. •••••• ..$2,198,216,749 26,416,110 Oaahtn Treasury: Coin »7*,7M,794 Currency 6,958,028 Special depoaits held for re­ demption of certificates deposit 84,230,000 Total in Tiesaury.. .$ 118,012,490 Debt ton cash in tbe Tieagtu?.........H,U0,719,489 Decrease of debt during March, 4,240,866 Decrease since Jane $0, 187S. 17,989,280 Bonds issued to the Pacific Mny Companies, interest payable in lawful money: ' Principal outstanding 04,088,612 Interest accrued and not yet paid...... 909,863 Interest paid by the Ui sited States 8(̂ 141,513 Interest ropaid oy eansportatton' of ; malls, eto.............. 6,781,013 Balance of latareat paid by United Stetes 28,360,600 Vi 1 . . . - i p e c i a l ewnmittoe in the whiskv proeecntions in Mis­ souri examined Diwt. Atty. Dyer at Washington, one day last week. Mr. Djer now seems to dldnk that all the suspicions he frankly enter- fc»i"«d of everybody in Washington, except Secretary Bristow and Bolidtor Wilson, were fruiindless. The teetimony taken before the 'icreiid jury, Dyer state, wag given t© the de­ fense by a juror named Fox,, one of the two Who voted against indictment, who afterward ' *»ot io Washington sod gave the testimony jaTan ̂ ̂ *om* bis son appointed ®X-C0S0KBSSMAS LTJKE P. POLAND heads the Vermont Republican delegation at large to _ "the Cincinnati Convention....The following by tbe Ohio Republicans afi®11 M Jfte con,*e»tion: For Beore- ^ Banie8' of Guernsey; W. Boyntoa, of Loraine ; ft#ie Board of Public Works, James U. Evaaa,. of Delaware. A. Bohm and A. P. Perry were chosen for Preeidenttal electors at •% BLAWE'S friends claim that fully two-thirds of the Pennsylvania delegation to ( for him after Hartranft is withdrawn. OKk Bell, a Government detective, told a ' i rather Extraordinary story to the Clymer com- mitteev the other day. He testified that he ••-•J was employed by Babcock to rob the District- attorney of oertarn papers during the progress of the St. Louis whisky trials, and th«t Levi P Luckev, late private secretary to the President! was conversant with the scheme, as well as A. C, Bfadley, one of Babcock's counsel. Bell said he gmned access to certain important pa- , . pera in Dyer's offioe, read them, and reoorted to Babcock. Luckey and Babcock both depy Bell's story, pronouncing it a tissue of lies. PEES»EKX GIL&KT has just recovered from a c. : severe attack of pleurisy, which confined him j to his bed several days..,.The President has if 'f® nominated Humner Howard, Attorney of the t.,." t United States Territory of Utah, and W. M. Daiiv; Marehal of the United States District of Mm. w*. Hebrtauka Tlis following are the provisions of the bill passed by the House of Representatives for the substitution of • - .. , a*laeidi*nr eilver ooin for fractional eur- #} VBDcy t Thai the Secretary of the Treasury is MR. SCHLQCHKB, member of Congress from Texas, received a dispatch frvm Brownsville, a few days ago, stating that Matamoras had been declared in a state of siege and a foroed loan levied upon foreign residents, no Mexicans being included in the demand. It is nssder- Btooa that have been sent from Wash­ ington for- ^-oteetionof Asomcm xesideats of Matamoras against the exactions and op­ pressions of the Mexican authorities. THE amount of greenbacks deposited with the Treasurer of the United States during the month of March by National banks desiring to withdraw their circulation and realize upon their bonds amounted to f5,304,000o Treasurer New estimates that the contraction of the cur­ rency oowing the remaining nine months of the year from this cause at $1,000,000. Washington dispatches state that "Pres- idtont -Ovcni; is m ftm&oial embarrasment on account of unfortunate real estate tran­ sactions. Recently he sold the bulk of his real enS-ftt-A irs Washington Hiss last ftftt has been to order the sale of his Long Branch and St. Louis property. He does this, his friends Bay, because he is resolved to clear off all of his in­ debtedness, and this is the only way possible for him to do so. MEMBEBS of both Houses of Congress are looking forward with much apprehension to the anticipated dead-lock over the appropria­ tion bills, A growing disposition is manifested in both branches of Congress to have its own way, and the result of the obstinacy of each will probably be repeated conferences and angry discussion until one house or the other yields--Secretary Bristow, in reply to the resolution adopted by the House, asking for the names of newspaper editors or correspond­ ents he had paid money to in connection with the whisky prosecutions, says "that he has neither the knowledge nor information of the payment of any sum of money by any officer or person to any newspaper editor or cor- respoudent for any purpose whatever; nor has he reason to suppose that any such payment has been made." Gen. Henderson, the assistant counsel in the whisky trials at St. Louis, who was dismissed by the President, was examined by tJhe House committee on the whisky prosecutions the other day, l»at GCatiibated uuthibg now to the stock of infoimation upon thai subject. He knew nothing about C. S. Bell and his opera­ tions in St. Louis ; said he believed the letter of the Attorney-general to the district-attor­ neys was calculated to cripple the prosecutions, in that it would naturally intimidate or alarm witnesses: said he did not know exactly the cause of his removal, but supposed it was on account of reflections upon the President in - his address to the jury. . HSCBETA£Y OHANDLEH testifies before the Committee on War Department Expenditures that the statements of the detective, C. S. Bell, so far as they relate to him, are wholly false. He says he never had any conversation with Bell ^ that Lackey never spoke to him about that individual, and that he had no knowledge whatever of his having been em­ ployed by Babcock or liis friends. Mr. Chand­ ler admitted that some weeks after the trial and acquittal of Babcock he received a letter from Bone, of Philadelphia, saying tW the expenses of the trial had been $40,000; that it had riAiu^c Babcock, and that he thought his friends should come to his aid. Thereupon he drew his check for #1,000 in Babcock's favor. , , .An order issued by the President, through the Secretary of War, directing the re-estab­ lishment of army headquarters in Washington, and also providing that in future all orders is- j Means sued by the War department pertaining to mil­ itary affairs shall be promulgated through the General of the Army. It was on this latter point that the disagreement occurred between Gen. Sherman ana Heeretarv Belknstp, leading to the transfer of headquarters to St. Louis ... Postmaster General Jewell left Washington on the 5th inst. on an official tour of the country, for the purpose of inspecting the principal mail-routes and poetoftices The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections are reported to be unanimously opposed to the manufacturing property valued at over $200, - 000 were swept away. Some damage is also reported from New Jersey. At Canton, Worcester oounty, Mass., the Mossy Pood dam gave way, destroying much valtuurie mill pro­ perty, and almost obliterating the manufactur­ ing village of Follerville. Fortunately, the loss of life was not large. Is is estimated that the damage to property in New England by the freshet will reach $1,000,000. FORTY miners left Soranton, P .̂, the other i day, for the Black Hills. They wmm sooom* panied to the depot by a brass band and a crowd of about 2,000 men, women and children. Ilis gold-hunters were provided with arms, ammunition and mining implements, and were regularly officered. CLAFLIM & Co.'s boot and shoe factory at Hopkinton, Mass., ha* been destroyed by fire. Loss, $200,000. The statement is is*t€e, os' siir.1 cSScial au thority, that frauds on customs amounting to from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000 per year have been perpetrated at San Francisoo, CaL THE military situation in Mexioo is gtonrlng decidedly interesting. The capture of Mata­ moras was one of the most rapid and skillful operations of modern warfare, and if the in­ surgent chief continues his operations with similar success to the close a change of gov­ ernment may not be regarded a@ an extraordi­ nary fiy«nt Geu. piss has expressed his de­ termination to remain at Matamoras until his troops enter the city of Mexioo, a threat, con­ sidering the great sympathy manifested by the people, and the disaffection exioting in the army, which he seems not unlikely to carry into effect. FOIJTIOAt. fa® Democrats of Connecticut hare re-elect­ ed their Governor, Charles K. IjagersoW, by 7,500 majority, and secured a majority ia both branches of the Legislature... .Beports have been telegraphed to Washington from New York to the effect that Seymour, Chorch, and the Tammany crowd are actively opposing the appointment of a Tiiden delegation to the Bt Louis convention. Senator Kernan and most of the New York Democrats in Congress are nian said to be opposed to the Governor. THE President has nominated Charles J. Mo- Miiinn to be Consul-general at Rome A Washington dispatch says " the Illinois Demo­ crats in Congress have entered upon a very active canvass for Justice David Davis, of the United States Supreme court, as the Dono- cra tic Presidential candidate." FORHIGK. THK plague has reaohed Bagdad on its west­ ward mamh, and the Egyptian sanitary author- ities are enforcing strict quarantine upon all traffic from the Persia® gnlf, hoping thus to escape the simultaneous visitation of pestilence and financial rain, the latter of which seems now inevitable. A BTLUABD natoh between Mamrioe Yignecax, of Toulouse, France, and William Sexton, of New lark, was played at Paris on the 31st nit The contest m f« the ohampionahip of the world. the centennial silver oup, and $1,000 a side, €00 points up, three balls. The mutch was won by Vigneaux, the present cham­ pion, who mad® 600 points to 459soored by Sex­ tos, The latter m&de a run of 129, the largest during the game. EKOEAXD, too, ia suffering from the prevail­ ing stagnation of tradQ. Several of the largest iron mil la in Sheffield have just dosed their doors, and the employes in some of the others have accepted » considerable reduction in lieu of a lookout. ADVICES from Brownsville, Texas, chronicle the capture of Matamoras by the Mexican wvo- lutionsts after a siege of several days. The Surrender of the town waB hastened by the treachery of a portion of the Government forces. MINNESOTA and Indiana, with nine Southern States, are mentioned unfavorably in the report just published in London by the council of for- . eign bondholders Hmttiitie^haiMW<|*| Abyssinia, and negotiations lor ptmft Ww Egypt are in progress. FEAJJCE has determined to hold ancthsr Uni­ versal Exposition, opening at Paris on the 1st of May, 1878 Affairs in Turkish provinces are growing more threatening. Many Mahom- medans are joining the insurgents in Bosnia. .... The law abolishing the state of siege in France has been officially promulgated. FOBTY-FOUBTH CONURESS. House bill prohibiting members, Senators and other officials from contributing money for election purposes. It is claimed that, under the provisions of the bill, candidates for office cauuot subscribe money to purchase newspa­ pers tt distribute among voter*. OENEKAIm Otm neighboring Republic across ths Bio Grande, notwithstanding her little domestic jars, has found time to gather up and send to J'kiladelphift 228 cases of her goods and wares, to be exhibited at the Centennial. This collec­ tion, which arrived at New York by steamer the other day, it in said will form one of the most interesting features of the big show. TWEJJTS-TWO buildings, valued, with their contents, at $125,000, were destroyed by firs at Fairmount, W. Va., one day last week. S*V*B* storms and floods in the New Eng­ land States have caused serious damage to property. At Burrillvdle, Conn., a mill and Jenk» How and Lapbam were appointed managers on the part of the House.... Billn were introduced Hewitt and Kartell to provide for the reramp- tifin of specie payment; by Morr.son, to amend the PxlKtlng law" relating to the duties on imports; by WPIIHTMO.), to amend the revenue laws: by Oliver, Incorporating the Sioux City, Slack Hills and I'a- ciflc ttSroad Company--Blackburn offered a resolution requiting the President to inform the House whether, muee the 4th of March, 1809, any executive offioe, acts, or duties, and if so. what, have been performed at a diotanca from tae seat of Government established by law, and for how lone *t any one time, and in what part of the United States, and also whether mf ptatfe neces- sity existed therefor. A<I« 'ptrii... JLy uuc offered a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information in regard to the payment of money to newspaper editors and correspondents in connec­ tion with the whisky prosecutions.... Glover offered a resolution reciting that Kilbourn, the reennant real estate pool witness, was being fed in a sump­ tuous and extravagant manner, and directing that he be allowed only the regular prison fare. The House refused to suspend the rnlea and adopt the resolution. TUESDAY, Apiil *.--Senate. The spcckl CGES- mlttee to Investigate the Mississippi troubles *aa announced as follows: Messrs. Boutwell, Cameron (Wis.), Oglesby, Bayard, and McDonald (Ind.) The managers on the part of the House appeared in the Senate and presented the articles of im­ peachment against William Worth Belknap, 'ate Secretary of War. The managers were received and assigned seats within the bar of the Senate, and when the Sergeant-at-Arms had pro­ claimed silence. Lord read the articles at length. The reading of the articles of impeachment having been concluded, Ferry, the President pro tempore of the Senate, announced that the Senate would take the proper order on the subject »f the impeach­ ment, of which due notice would be given. The House managers then retired. Ihe Senate subse­ quently adopted an order to print the articles of impeachment The Senate, in executive session, rejected th-s nomination of Richard H. Dana, Jr., to be Minister to England. The vote stood: Yeas, IT; nays, 38. House.--A medaage was received from the Senate announcing that the Senate was ready to reoeive the Belknap impeachment articles....Knott, the ohairman of the Judiciary Oommittee, reported a bill to amend section 1,044 of the revised statutes no as to provide that "no person shall be prosecuted, tried or punished for any offense, except against the internal revenue, unless indicted withto! three years after such offense has been or niav be .vmimittod." After discussion, the bill passed Blackburn offered a resolution inquiring under what law, and by whose orders, Oene. Upton and Forsythe and Maj. Sawyer, of the army, are absent in foreign countries. Adopted.... Schleicher in­ troduced a bUl to provide for the protection of the Texas frontier on the lower Rio Grande The Mouse held an evening session, wh'ch was devoted exclusively, in Committee of the Whole, to the con­ sideration of the Legislative Appropriation bill., WEDNESDAY, April 5.--Smote.--The Senate, 9t 10 o'clock, organised as a court of impeachment. Chief Justice Walte appeared sad administered th« following oath to si* Senators at a times "You do solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeach- aient of W. W. Belknap, late Seoretary of War, now pending, yon will toe impartial and just, ac­ cording to t!*§ Constitution and of the law." After the oath had been administered the Ohief-justioe retired, and the Senate adopted an order instruct­ ing " the Secretary of the Senate to notify the House of Representatives that the Senate is now organ­ ised for the trial of the Impeachment of W. W. Bel­ knap, late Secretary of War, and ready to receive the managers of the impeachment on the part of the House of Representatives." In a short t<in« the Houne managers appeared in the Senate ohamber and requested that, Belknap be aummoned to appear aad answer. It vrm srdered that Belknap be summoned to appear on Monday, April IT, at 1 o'clock. The managers then withdrew, and the coSrt adjourned until the 17tli ... A bill was passed au­ thorizing the sale of the Pawnee Indian reservation. .... The Senate indulged in a long discussion of the Pestal bill without reaching a vote. Hove.--Randall offered a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish the Bouse with an itemlaed account of the amount expended under the item, of $300,000 appropriates for light and fuel for the fiscal year ending June SO, 18T6. Adopted. Cos, tmm the oomwiMwe «n BswMng and Cur­ rency, reported a bill to reguiate the winding up of national banks. He explained that, the object of the ME was to facilitate liquidation, and that insolvent banks may be perfectly and speedily closed rap ia the Interest of the public. Passed Hubnoli, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, reported back, adversely, the bill fixing the legal rate of interest on national money throughout the United States at not exceeding six per cent per an­ num. .. .The Hons© devoted some time, in Commit- tee of the Whole, to the consideration of the t hill transferring the Indian bureau to the War depart­ ment .... The evening session was devoted exclusive­ ly to the Legislative Appropriation bilL BELKNAP'S IMPEACHMENT. detriment of the public service, whereby Wil­ liam W. Belknap was, as Secretary of War, guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors in office. Article four charges Belknap with hav­ ing received from Marsh large sums of money for and in consideration of lii« (Belknap's) having appointed Evans to maintain a trading establishment at Fort Bill, and in consideration of his continu­ ing him therein, whereby he (Belknap) hud been guilty of high Crimea and mis­ demeanors in office. This article is ac­ companied by seventeen specifications, setting out various times and circum­ stances of payments of money. ' Article 5, after reciting the same genera! facts, charges that Belknap was induced to make the appointment of Evans by the influence and request of Marsh, and that Evans paid to Marsh, in consideration of such influence and request, divers large sums of money at various times, amount­ ing to about $12,000 a year, from the date of such appointment to the 2d of March, 1876, all of which facts the said Belknap well knew, yet said Belknap, in consideration that he would permit said Evans to continue to main­ tain said trading establishment, and that such paymeats might continue to be made to said Marsh by said Evans, cor­ ruptly received from said Marsh, either for his own (Belknap, s) use or to be paid to the wife of said Belknap, divers large sums of money at various times, setting out the dates and amounts , all of which acts and doings were while the said Bel­ knap was Secretary of War, and were high misdemeanors in offioe. The close of the document is as fol­ lows : And the Bouse of Bepresentatives, by pro­ testation, saving to themselves the liberty of exhibiting at any time thereafter any further ar­ ticles of accusation or impeachment against said William W Belknap, late Secretary of War of the United States, and also of replying to his answers, which he shall make unto the articles herein preferred against him, and of offering proof to the same and every part thereof, and to all and ©very other article of accusation or impeachment which shall b© «t- hibited by them as the case shall require, do demand that the said William W. Belknap may be put to answer for the high crimes ana mis­ demeanors in office herein charged against Mm, and that such proceedings, examinations, trials, and judgments may be thereupon had and given as may be agreeable to law and jus­ tice. The oommittee also report th* follow­ ing • Resolved, That seven managers be appointed by ballot to conduct the impeachment exhibited against William W. Belknap, late Secretary of War of the United States. IMPORTANT DECISION. The THUBSDAT, March 80.--Senate.--The Senate discussed, during the morning hour, the bill mak­ ing silver coin a legal tender to the amount of $5, without reaching a vote, after which Morton's Mis­ sissippi resolutions engrossed the attention of the grave and reverena Senators. There was a heated debate between Bayard and Boutwell, but no action was taken on the resolutions.. Home.--A bill was passed directing naval esti­ mates to be made in detail, under various heads of expenditure Faulkner, from the Oommittee on Foreign Affairs, reported a bill to carry into execu­ tion the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the Conoiituiion, concerning citizenship, and to aoilne certain rights of united niaieg citizens ia foreign c&uutricr. Campbell (111.) introduced c. uili fur t* Cduiiuissiuu to investigate the subject Of '.vp.ges and hours of labor, and of the division of the joint pjoSte of labor and capital between the la­ borer and capitalist, and the social, educational, and sanitary condition of the laboiiug classes of the United states.... The impeachment articles against ex-Secretary Belknap were presented in the House by the Judiciary Committee. They are' five in number, as follows • The Urst charges Belknap with receiving money corruptly'while in office. The second oharges bribery as defined by statute. The third charges the payment of money to Belknap for continuing corrupt persons in office. The fourth charges him with receiving gifts while in office to influence him corruptly. The tlftn charges Belknap with iabiug utouey corruptly for the UBO of himself and others. The committee also reported the following resolution: Menolved, That seven man­ agers be appointed by ballot to conduct the im­ peachment exhibited against William W. Belknap, late Secretary of War of the United. Htateu. The report was made the special order for Saturday, April 1. FBIIJAT, Maroh 81.--Senate.--The Senate was engaged nearly all day in debating Morton's resolutions directing an investigation into the re­ cent election in Mississippi. The question was finally disposed of by the adoption of a substitute offered by Christiancy--yeas, 29; nays, 19. Bouse.--Co* presented a memorial signed by women of the United States, asking that women be granted ths right «f suffrage ia the Dis­ trict of Columbia... .A bill to define the tax on fermented and malt liquor* was reported by Morrison, from the Ways and Means Committee and passed....A bill was pass ed to authorize the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to designate and fix points at which the collectors and supervisors of revenue shall hold their office.... The House passed, by a vote of 122 to 100, the bill for the substitution of aiver ooin for fractional currency. SATURDAY, April 1.--Senate.--Not in session. House.--The proceedings in ths House, ss usnsl on Saturdays, were dull and uninteresting. A large share of the day was devoted to the consider­ ation of the bill for the regulation of steam vessels, and a monotonous dincussion about fog-hornH, steam c®ck*l^ve8i 1'ghtB, larboard and starboard courses, etc. The bill was laid over till Saturday, 8th Honlnnori offered a resolution reciting that Horace Boynton, Clerk of the House Committee on Mili- tary Affairs, had been guilty of oorrupt and base practices while au officer of the Internal Revenue Bureau in Texas, and directing the committee to investigate the facte. Adopted; MONDAY, April 8.--Senate.--Various peti­ tions were presented remonstrating against any change in the present tariff Edmunds intro­ duced a bill to create a sinking fund for the liquida­ tion of the Government bonds advanced to the Cen­ tral and Western and Pacific Railroad Companies. .... Morton introduced a bill to amend the second, fourth and fifth sections of the Enforcement act.«,.. The bill to amend the Bankrupt act watt passed.. -. 'ihree hours were spent in executive Bess*ion on the case of K. H. Dana. Jr,, without reaching a vote.... While the Senate was in executive senaion the Clerk of the House appeared and announced that the Bouse had adopted articles of impeachment against Belknap. House --0n motion of Knott, the impeachment articles against ltelknap were taken up and unan­ imously adopted. Lord, Knott, I<ynde, McMahon, The Articles Charging Him with High Crimes and Misdemeanors. The impeachment articles against Mr, Belknap, reported to the House by the Judiciary Committee, are five in num­ ber, and are worded in the usual legal phraseology, one being largely a repeti­ tion of the other. The first article is as follows : That William W. Belknap, while he was in office as Seoretary of War--to wit, on the 8th of October, 1870--had the power and authority under the laws of the United States, as Secre­ tary of War, to appoint a person to maintain a trading establishment at Fort Sill, & military post of the United States ; that said Belknap promised to appoint one ca'eb P. Marsh to maintain said trading establishment at said military post, and thereafter the said Caleb P. Marsh and one James 8. Evans did enter into an agreement in writing, substantially as fol­ lows: [Here the artioles of agreement are sst out in extenso]; that thereuftef, on the luth of October, 1873, said Belknap, as Sccre- tey of War, did, at tho teBtaneo *e- qucut of said .Tnaiuh, appoint said John 8, "valla '.to --aiftinfcam *ai<l tradipg es­ tablishment at Fort Sill, and in con­ sideration of such appointment that said Belknap did, on or *bout the 2d of November, 1870, unlawfully and corruptly receive from said Maisli the sum of $1,50(1, and did at divers times thereafter, that is, on or about the 17th of January, 1871, and about the end of each three months during the term of one whole vear, while he was still in office as Secretary of War, unlawfully receive from said Marsh like sums of $1,500 in consideration of the appoint­ ment of said Evaun, tuiu in consideration of his (Belknap's) permitting said Evans to con- Mime to maintain said trading establishment at Fort Sill, whereby the said William Wo Belknap, who was then Secretary of War, as aforesaid, was guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors in office. The second article recites : That said Wm. W. Belknap, while Secretary of War, as aforesaid, did, on the 4th of November, 1873, wilfully, corruptly, and unlawfully, take and reoeive from said Marsh the sum of $1,500, in consideration that he would continue to per­ mit John B. Evans to maintain the said trading establishment at the said military post, and the said Belknap was thereby guilty, while he was Secretary of War, of high misdemeanors m hid said office. The third article recites : . That the said Wm. W. Belknap, as Secretary ©f War of the United States, did appoint John S. Evans to maintain a trading establish meat at Fort Sill, and that said Evans, bv virtue of such appointment had since, until the 2d day of March, 1876, maintained that trading estab­ lishment, and had, before he was so appointed, and in order to procure such appointment and be continued therein, agreed witn Marsh that in consideration of said Belknap's appointing him (Evans) to maintain said trading establish­ ment, at the instance and request of said Marah, he (Evans) would pay to him (Marsh) a large sum of money quarterly in advance from the date of his said appointment by said Belknap--to wit, $12,000--during the year, and other large sums quarterly during each year, in order that he, the said Evaue, should be per­ mitted by said Belknap to maintain such trad­ ing eHtablishmcnt at such poet; that Evans did pay to Marsh such sums of money quarterly during each year until the month of December, 1875; that Marsh, upon the receipt of each of such payments, paid one-half thereof to Bel­ knap, and the said Belknap, while knowing these facta, and having power to remove Evans from such position at any time, criminally dis­ regarded his duty as Secretary of War, and basely prostituting his lii^h office to his lust for private gainB, did unlawfully and corruptly con­ tinue said Evans in such position, and permit him to maintain ids establishment to the great injury and damage of officers &ud soldiers of the army of the United State stationed at stioh post, m well act to emigrants and freighters and other oitizens of the United States, against publio policy, and to the great disgrace and Sopremo Court Annali tho Vnltsd States Bleetkm law. The following is an abstract of the lengthy opinion of the United States Supreme oonrt in the Kentucky election case, recently delivered by Ohief-justioe Waiter After statiag that the United States abandon the first and third ooonta, and expressly waive consideration of ail olaims not arising out of the enforcement of the fifteenth amendment of the UonatitutioB, the opinion details the provisions of the amendment, and says: The power of Oongress to legislate at all upon the subject of voting at State elections rests upon this amendment. The effect of article 1, seo- tion 4, of the Constitution, in respect, to elec­ tions for senators and representatives, is not now under consideration. It has not been con­ tended, nor can it be, that the amendment con­ fers authority to impose a penalty for every wrongful refusal to receive the vote of a quali­ fied elector at State elections. It ia only when the wrongful refusal at such an election is be­ came of %he race, color, or previous condition of servitude that Congress can interfere and provide for its punishment. If, therefor©, the third and fourth Bociioutt of the act are beyond that limit they are unauthorized. The statute contemplates a most important change in the election laws. Previous to its adoption the States as a general rale regulated in their own way the details of all elections. They pre­ scribed the qualifications of voters and the manner In which those offering to vote at an election should make known their qualifications to the officers in charge. This act interferes with this practice, and prescribes rules not pro­ vided by the laws of States. It substitutes un­ der certain circumstances the performance wrongfully prevented for the performance it­ self. If the ©lector makes and presents his affidavit in the form and to the effect prescribed, the inspectors are to treat this as equivalent of the specified requirement of the Stat© law. This is a radical change in practice, and the statute which creates it should be explicit in its terms. Nothing should be left to construction if it can be avoided. The law ought not to be in such a condition that an elector may act upon one idea of its meaning and the inspector upon another. The elector under the provis­ ions of the statute is only required to state in his affidavit that he has been >vo-( vaatcd l>y tLe officer -from I'l&lifying. There are no words o? limitation in this past of the scstion. In a oase like this, if <?» affidavit is in tho language of the statute, it ought to be suf­ ficient both foi- ihe . wLoi* and the inspector. Lawa which prohibit doing of things and pro­ vide a punishment for their violation, should have no double meaning. A citizen should not unnecessarily bs placed where, by an honest error in the construction of a penal statute, he may be subjected to a prosecution for a false oath, and an inspector of elections should not be put in jeopardy because he, with equal honesty^ entertains an opposite opinion. If this statute limits the wrongful act which will justify an affidavit to discrimination on account of race, etc., then a citizen who makes an affidavit that he has been wrongfully prevented by the officer, which is true in the ordinary sense of the term, subjects himself to indictment and trial if not to conviction, because it is not true that he hag been prevented by such a wrongful act as tli© statute contemplated, aad if there is no such limitation, but any wrongful act of ex­ clusion will justify the affidavit and give tho right to vote without the actual performance of the prerequisite, then the inspector who re­ jects the vote because he reads law in its limited sense and thinks it is COB lined to a wrongful discrimination on account of .race, etc.,. subjects himself to prosecution if not to punishment, because he has misconstrued the law. Wheif we go beyond the third section and read the fourth we find there no words of limitation or reference, even, that can be construed as .manifesting any intention to confine it» provisions to the terms of the(i fifteenth amendment. That section has for its object the punishment of all persons who by force, bribery, etc., hinder, delay, etc., any person from qualifying or voting. In view of all these facts wo feel o -mpelled to say that, in our opinion, the language of the third and fourth sections does not confine their operation to unlawful discriminations on account of race, etc. If Congress had power to provide gen- erallv for the punishment of those who unlaw­ fully interfere to prevent the exercise of the elective franchise, without regard to such dis­ criminations, the language of these sections would be broad enough for that purpose. It remains now to consider whether a statute so general as this in its provisions can be made available for the punishment of those wno may be guilty of unlawful discrimination against citizens of the United States while exercising the elective franchise on account of their race, <tc. There is no attempt in the sections now under consideration to provide specifically for such an offense. If the case is provided for at all it is because it cornea*under the general prohibition against any wrongful act or Unlaw­ ful obstruction in this particular. We are, therefore, directly called upon to decide whether a penal statute enacted bv Congress with its limited powers, which provides, in gen­ eral language broad enough to cover a wrong­ ful act, without as well as within the Constitu­ tion, jurisdiction can be limited by judicial construction so as to make it operate only on that which Congress may rightfully prohibit and punish. For this purpose we mast take these sections of the«Mute as they are. wi are not able to rejMt Vpart whioh is nnwwisti- totionslead retain thesxteainder, because ifc is not poesible to MpitM that which is unconstitutional if* ttMlre be any suoh, worn that whioh Is sit The proposed •®»t js not to Stained by striking 'WlW®ythafc are in the seo- tton, Wft by inserting those that are not now sootions most stand as a whole or fall together. The language is plain; t^ers is no room for misoomirucbuu, unites i* be aa to tne effect of the Constitution. The question then to be determined is whether we can introduce words of linitatipMnto a penal statute so as to make U 4fefic?when, 4 ex- should be set «l large. ^Thfe some ex- tsst the- jiiuiyfcj fo* legislative department of the Government The courts enforce the legislate will #h«ti Entertained if within the constitutional grant* ox® power. Within its legitimate sphere Congress is su­ preme and beyond the control of the courts, i»ut if it otejis oiitmuo of its cunjji^Lyiionai limi­ tation and attempts that, which ift leyond its- reach, the courts are authorized to, and when, called upon in due course of legal proceedings, must annul its encroachments upon the re­ served power off the United States and the peo­ ple. To limit this statute in eh© manner now asked for would be to siake & new law--Dot to enforce an old one. This is no part of oar duty. We must therefor© decido that Oon- gress has not as yet provided by appropriate legislation fcr the punishment of the offense charged in the indictmeiit, and that tho Circuit court properly sustained the demurrers and gave judgment for the defendants. This makes it unnecessary to answer any of the other questions certified, since tho law which gives the presiding judge the casting vote in cases of division and authorizes a jsidpmenit in accordance with his opinion (Revised Statutes, section G50) is that if wo find that the judg­ ment as rendered is correct we -need av,% do- more than affirm. If. however, we reverse, all the questions certified which maybe considered in a final determination of the case, according to the opinion we express, should be an­ swered. The judgment of .the drcait ia af­ firmed. Mr. Justice Hunt and Mr. Justice Clifford dissented from the opinion, but oon- cuned in judgment - r ; . .<»•* , FMHOII Fripperies. Ftehionable boots have round toes. Street dresses are to be worn short, Club sticks for parasola are out of style. Plaid Windsor ties are worn by gen­ tlemen. Ecru-oolored laoe is fashiogfole tor curtains. Half-hose will be worn again by little children. Black laoe mittens will be work in the summer. Basket cloths make up handsomely lor walking-Jackets. .. ,. .. Most of Ihe spring hats are ̂ tofuseily trimmed with flowers. ' Fringes with deep-netted headings will be used for trimming. Many of ihe new corsages fof young ladies button in the back. White underskirts are made with deep embroidered flounces. Velvet skirts will be worn un<Jer thin overskirts aad corsages this sprung. Pretty ties arc of soft BI!IS2, with a delicate spray embroidered in each end. Evening gloves extend for up the arm, and have from six to twelve buttons. The few bustles that are wbrn axe- very small at the waist and quite large below. Black guipure polonaises or overskirta and jackets will be worn oyer colored skirts. Seal-brawn, undroeocd ki4 gloves are in demand for traveling - and shopping costumes. White marseilles or pique, with Ham­ burg embroideries for trimmings, makes pretty and appropriate suits for chil­ dren. Blue linen suits, embroidered in white or ecru, and gray linen, embroidered in brown <^r Hack, are again fashionable. Swiss muslin ties, with heavily-em­ broidered ends, are to be worn around the neck out of doors as the spring ad­ vances. ' . • Gabrielle polonaises will be much worn. They are draped but little in the back, and are quite full in front. Overskirts are cut long, reaching al­ most to the bottom of the underskirt, which has very little trimming ̂ A pretty individual saltcellar ia of sil­ ver in the shape of a pond lily on a leaf. The lily, is lined with gold. The Martha Washington hat or bonnet has a staB«k.$ brim, .vhioh is bent in at 'tlio 'fiont, bact, iiid t îiA /̂Uiitil.lfr touches the crown. _ ' * New parasols have, pointed pagoda tips,' aid oil time 'chape revived, witjtra. riugat ilie toî of • .itick afl$ a, co^ciL and tassels or bow of ribbon. IT is a Dartmouth rtudent who com­ pares a sewing machine to a kiss, because it seems so good to a feller. THE Mil&fo.' 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