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He to over 60 yean old, and haa a family who are highly fMoeetecL... .iBaniel Drew, the -vr&U known New York capital int end Btook operator, has «u into basikruptoy. His liabilities as® about $,800,000. Tux National Sank of the State of New York, «f New Jork city, haa suspended. The usual W effects of sneh a faUure «r® somewhat had rad one sont toBelknap,or any mem-_ 1 ha? a# hfa vftwilf #/M» fiillAvnnr fna ̂ lum hnf tlian Affairs, and that neither fee President nor Beoretaty of the Interior had any knowl- Mge of hi# t&mmng money. A CJJTTAM of the senate shows thai lhat body ia opposed to the proposition to transfer tKfe oontrol of Indian affairs to the war depart­ ment. ...Ibemilitaryawanittee of thehooae of repreaeptattvea have agreed to report a bill to equalise tbe bonntiee of all United 8talea soldiers and sailors who served for any time in the late civil war. JTOBS AXJPKOMSO Tan tM wwu to aa Secretary of War on the 11th inst, the oath being administered by the Chief Jgjrtiqa.of the United Btatee. One of the meat important change® in the civil aerrioe proposed and likely to be carried through the House of Bep- reeentallYeg is the reoegantaation of the Pen- eion Bureau aa a branch of the War Depart ment The appropriationa committee has al­ ready provldea for the transfer, and last week the Committee on Penaiona repotted a bill pro­ viding the method for the transfer of. the linreau from the Interior Department to the War Bflpartment. GBOBGK H. PSNPIJETON ha« explained to the House Committee on War Expenditures the part he took in procuring the payment by the "Vr,r XrSp®rtiHOH* of tjis of ths Kcwtuclij i Central sreiixoad* He stated thai the owners [ of the road agreed thai; he ehould have do per | cent, of the amount collected. He Hticceeded, ' altar Boveral months, in getting the claim, smoantmg to nearly fl50,<MM), flowed, and ;fji t-:>- _ Ky th« annmrncement that dei)6si- ttrslmd coatomera of the inatitutiou will lose Iribthing. ; v FoiMtno the exam(4e of the Bank of Oali- jtomia» the »tockh<^defs of the broken Bank of {he state of New York have resolved to pocket loeues capital, and reorganize on what foffc, with tarn prudent administration. _ TUB WISTi THK Cincinaati Price Current publishes re- torns of the pork packing at five of the Biz It̂ tng Western cities. The general average to 9W pounds net increase in average weight, and a pounds increase in average yield of lard. 9he total number of hogs packed at these sis cities is slightly over 3,300,000, and indications m to interior points axe that the entire de~ foimcv in n umbos at all points in the West Will reach 700,000, with over 400,000 shortage in 1heorop,Mahowi» twteieased shipments to -it# seaboard «M«,. .Tlie tide of emigration to Western Iowa has set in this year at an un- ttreeedented rate. For the last few weeks the Vestern-bound trains have taken twenty to thirty cars daily of emigrants aod their effects bound for points between Fart Dodge and the Hweouri rivw. r j Ehrrr-rora THomun> beevei? were slaugh­ tered and peeked in Chioago last season... .The JQlage of Hazel Green, Grant county, Wis., has feeen almost obliterated, by a tornado. The town Was built of wood, and the cyclone swept • olean track through it, destroying some thirty feaildinge Nine persons were killed and a 4osen or more seriously injured. The same otorm swept over a large section of country, ^demolishing faim houses, fences, eto., and de­ stroying a vast amount of property. A iwsnitJOTivE toraado recently passed over •' aeetion of Northeast MiBSOuri, doing great . . damage. Hie town of 8hrinke>, ia Monroe --r---jaoanty, was •haoet fcstsllj desaolished. Two W . persons were killed and twenty wounded, some {( ̂ aarknisly. At Bensaeilaer, a station of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, two dhfldren carried away by the storm hav» not yet iMen found, liw wife iau uuild of Allan John •on, w îng four miles from Hannibal, were Instantly kuled The destruction of houses, twins, outbuildings, stoek fsnees, stock, grain, • very great. , ADVICES from ILIS, aoene of the recent de­ structive storm in southeast Missonii, state "'lhat in the line of the hurricane, from a point to r_. killed, seven- •'l' teen wounded, three or four of than danger- • - v4astj sa& probably fatally, sesre thirty bouses " gl hlown down, and unlimited damage done to ; Orchards, timber and fencing. - , '* ' WE learn from the Chicago papers that e*- i Wf>i - t̂ Congressman and ex-United States District At- HmMy Jasper D, Ward has bfeen Indicted for > ;̂ I -mui- i/ite ,y>i «omplicity with tbe whisky sing. JR^JL - . , R. B. WSBBKB, of linn eounty, Iowa, is one '%4- -i - <>f th* heirs to a very large fortune in Holland, fZt. ' f̂t<>rth about $20,000,000. About a month ago Ite received notice that the Government of g iff ' Holland had surrendered all claims to the mon- ; m, and that the same will be sent to this coun- fnr and distaibuted among the heirs within the t . «MMUt year. But few being equal in the line xw «H oonaanguinitv to Mr. Webber, his portion of Ji0mousy, itisexpected,wUlreach#4,000,000. -V", •OOXH. ... f . Ens? one is ejected to bolievS tMa story, which ia telegraphed from LoaisTille, Ky., to - tibe Western Associated Prese? < special to -• . |te CoiirimJburtiailrdmMoimtgterlings, Sy., . AtaveyB the towmganoo»lhat during the 9th -" SJ mobi woaaeffel phenomenon transpired. |» th&t csafem. It® .ootssspondsnt said that annrfiino and a elflftrsky thai8 fell from > the heavens qtdvssing flesh, which came down St large quantities and filled aoreeof territory. Ogs and chickens eagerly devour«d tha fiesh, - - Mpecimer o of ^hidb have been sent to this etty Mr solsntifis examination. IiazjT.-Go¥. Atm&ssK and sixteen other prominent colo?@d republicans of Louisiana •Igned a card atldreaaed to senator Ferry, pro­ testing against bis action in ordering the ex­ clusion of Pinchbeck, an ex-governor, from 4he floor of the senate. They soy t̂his aotion aeems unjust, and a painful reflection on our race through its highly-honored representa­ tive." THE Alabama L©gl8lsture,£just before ad- Jouming last week, adopted jresoluticns de­ claring that " the occurrence of the first cen- tomrial of the declaration of American inde­ pendence is a fit occasion for rejoicing on the • i nart of all the people of the United States, and •hereby extends this greeting of frateruaTgood will to all tSie people of every State and Terri­ tory of the American Union,'1. A Louisville scientist having examined some of the speci- *menB, has given his opinion regarding the shower of flesh that recently fell in Bath coun­ ty, Ky. He says tbe matter presents ever in­ dication of being the dried spawn of frogs. : THE Senate of Mississippi, sitting as a oourt of impeachment, has found Lieut. Gov. Davis guilty Of high crimes and misdemeanors. WASHINGTON. PBOF. StmKAM haa testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee that his oon- •t jiection with the Emma mine waa merely pro- ̂ jffessional, that he was* employed to make an , _' jexamination, and was left to fix his own cem- fi®**^apensation. Hia terete were 35,000 in advance, ' iand after the eompletion of the work not leas v.. ",i|than $10,090 nor more than $20,000. He re- r> 4oeived f10,000, and for the performance of 4 ,fl 'Mother scientific gemces waa compensated, his _, ,u; )3witire receipts amounting to f25,000. J OBVE. GRAMT was before the Committee on the Expenditures of the War Department the other day, and was interrogated regarding his connection with post-tradershipg. He said he -was inter aw ted in contract* tinder the Indian Bureau. He misapplication for the trading- post at Fort Peck, and received a letter from the President in reply, which was favorable. The President notified him that there would be •eoanciea at Fort Peck, Fort Belknap and u 'Btanding Rock, tmd he applied for these places •v / jin pursusnoe of kiiowledge given him by the ' * ̂ ^President. These were the only trading sta- " <tkms on which witness had any interest. He DM not only not required to furnish capital, but not required to go out to attend t© any business. He alwaye felt grateful to hia brother, the President, for his influence m pro- ' ' -curing the offices. He had influence with the .President to manage tracii matters to some ex- tent, although he did not always find the mat- "inters to be profitable. He testmed that he pro- 'iricured the offices from the Oommissioner o! In- fTrr.r, »> 'T* "* u ber of his fataily, for allowing the claim, but Lad psi£ STsr the nt th« alttim to the nulroad oompany. He said that, as the administrator of the Bowers es­ tate, ha had made a contract -with hhnsslf, as President of the Kentucky Central railroad, to collect this claim, whereby he received #80,000 and the road $68,000.... KUlbourne, the agent of the Washington real estate pool, was brought before the bur of the House the other fi»y, and, for refusing to answer certain qucs (ions, propounded by the committee investi­ gating real estate affairs in tbe District, was re­ manded to jaiL He was aooompanied by Judge Black and David Dudley Field as counsel The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee has de­ cided to report adversely on the nomination of Richard H. Dans, Jr., to be Minister to Eng­ land. The oommittee was led to this course fy evidence that Mr. Dana, some years ago, when editing " Wheaton's International Law." pla­ giarized some of the notes of Gov. William Beach Lawrence, of Bhode Island, who had previously edited the same work. When Dana's name,was first sent to the Senate, Lawrence went to Washington and commenced working against his confirmation, and was materially aided, it ia said, by Ben Butler, sun old-time foe of Dana. THE President has appointed B. Pi Derrick- son Collector of Internal Revenue for the First Illinois (Chicago) district, vioe G«n. J. D, Webster, deceased. GKinSRAL. AT the annual meeting of the Union Pacific Raiiwnii Company, held at Boston last week, Sidney Dillon was re-elected President, Elisha Atfeius Vice-President, and E.' H. Rollins Treasurer... .An extraordinary scene occurred in the House of Representatives at Washing­ ton. the other day. The Sergeent-at-Arms ap­ peared at the bar with a witness, O. D. Wolf, whose arrest was ordered by the House for re- fusing to snswer certain questions before the Committee «wi Naval Affairs. The witness was. given a seat in the space in front of tbe Clerk's desk, and Mr. Whitthorne, Ghainhan <» the committee, was about to make a statement; when the witness fell back in hia 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 soene] was something never before witnessed in the House. All business was suspended, and many ladies in the galleries were so affected that they were compelled to leave. In a few minutes the physician had suooeeded in restoring Wolf to partial oon- sriousness, and he was carried CO the lobby. Trntkm IB tmman to Mhne.. says a Waafong- ton dispatch, that Great Britain will, at the proper time, make a formal claim for indemni­ ty on tbe United States in behalf of Englishmen who suffered by the Fimma mine scheme, hav­ ing been deceived Into the belief that it had the indorsement of the United States through tbe American minister as trustee'. ROOM for another star. The state of Colo­ rado will be admitted on the 4th day of July next, and the United States senate has just passed a hill which, if it becomes a law, and the people interested accept its provisions, will enable the president to issue his proclamation about the 1st of next December, declaring the State uf New Mexico admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, without any further action whatever op the pert-of congress. POUTICAXm THE Missouri Republican State Convention meets May 24....The Arkansas Democracy will hold their State Convention at Little Rock on the 14th of June....A convention of the Republican party of Nebraska has been called to meet st Fremont en May 23... .Pinchback still hopoc Is get lata tho Senate by virtue of e.ii feppoliitifleiit from Gov. .KeUogg as Senate fromLo«tisiatt&....ll>* California ltaputrikian , Convention has bssn ssllsd for April 26. DAVID A. WELLS has been nominated for Con­ gress by the DefiKMisafci of the Third Connecti­ cut District THE Democrats of Congrats held another inance caucus on the evenicg of the 15th inst. Speeches were made by leading Representatives from all sections of the country, including Morrison, Scott, Dike, Hooker, Beelye and Payne. The first vote was upon the Bright bill, which wan defeated. The next vote was upon Sayler's substitute for the Bright bill, which was the Bright bill with the section of the Payne bill relative to the partial repeal of the Resumption act. This was defeated. A vote was then taken upon the Payne bill, which was adopted by a vote of 80 to 42. The measure agreed upon provides for gradual resumption by hoarding gold to an amount equal to 8 per cent, of the legal-ten­ der notes outstanding. _ It also requires the national banks to set aside an amount of coin equal to 8 per cent, of their circulating notes, and repeals so much of the SpecifeEeaumption act erf Jan. 14, 1875, as; designates Jan. 1, 1879, as the date of resump­ tion. ... Returns of the New Hampshire ekction from all but ten towns give Cheney 42,240; Marcy, 87,447; Kendall, and scattering, 41'J. Cheney's majority, 3,347. The Republicans elect nine out of twelve Senators. The Council stands f"ur Renublieans, one Democrat. In tte House there* are 207 Republican and 178 Democrats. The Republican majority, it ia thought, will be 25 or 30 in the House. The voteia increased about 1,200 over last year, be­ ing nearly 81,000, and it is the largest ever cast in the State. THE New York State Greenback Convention was held at Syracuse on the 15th inst Augus­ tus Schell presided. The resolutions declare opposition to any repudiation of the nation's obligations, but assert that the act of Congress of March, 1869, promising to pay five-twenties in gold is a gross violation of the contract whereby said bonds were issued; that legal- tenders should pay the bondholder his interest and all other debts, private and public, includ­ ing duties on imports; that the act plelgin ,' re­ sumption in 1879 is a failure, and its immediate repeal is demanded; that legal-tenders are the standard of value, while gold constantly fluctu­ ates for various reasons. The convention rec­ ommended the several assembly districts to send delegates to a State Convention, in order to select aelegates'for tbe National Democratic Convention at St. Louis, and ask their ad­ mission into that body as true repre­ sentatives of the Democracy of New Yojk. j roBEiGK. ; -r- .of 'ke most wealthy and populous States inMexie one reported to have picumnctd favor of Diss for President... .The French ministry has been definitely constituted aa fol- iows : M. Dufaure, vice-president of the coun- od and minister of justice ; M. lUcard.. interior; M. Waddington, public instruction and worship- M. Christople, public works; M. Teiaserene de Dart, agriculture and OOSUM Fourchen, marine; M. Leon Say, D'Cissey, war; Duke de Oaces, foreign ... .The Turk* have been defeated Sy th* in­ surgents in a severe engagement a* Motato- ytoa. GREAT excitement prevails in Brussels ever the diseevery of an extensive defalostto" in the national bank there. It appears that 6,0W - 006 francs have been embezzled by one of the clerks of the bank--Japan has declared war against Oorea. Tn reoent murder of tho oaptain and pilot of a Gt«man schooner by Chinese pirates has aroused the ire of Bismarck, and he will require absolute satisfaction from the PeUn Govern­ ment The claim is supported by the Ameri­ can and English renresentativea. »«wi Admiral Ryder, of the British navy, haa tendered his squadron to aid the German war ships if neces­ sary. Tus Prinoe of Wales has grown weary of hunting elephants ar.d tigers in India, and is now on his homeward voyage A ianrfaiMe at Coatoant a small town on the Rhine, in North- em Germany, caused by the reoent heavy rains, buried eight houses and twenty-six persons Smokers will be interested in learning that the Cuban U/DHCOO crop promises to torn out almost a, total failure. Enoudb has a domestic and social soacdal of a high order. The wife of Lord Aylesford has eloped with that prince of lakes, Marquis Blandford. who is the eldest son of the Duke of Marlborough. This escapade is at present r.!l the t*?k !n circles of London.... A. s-sOTsre battle waa recently fought between the Egyptians and Abyesinians, resulting in the diswBtrous defeat of the latter. The Abyssinian King, his Grand Vizier, ex-ohiefS. ami 6,000 men were killed. The Egyptian losses ware also heavy. EHOIAND and France and Germany have just been experiencing the nnnleasant effects of a Much cyclone. Numerous shipping casualties are reported, and considerable damage was caused on land, lite gale was particularly vio­ lent in Paris and vicinity, unroofing houses, uprooting trees, and playing havoc with tele­ graph wires. Several fatal casualties occurred in the city The French National Assembly has organized by electing Duo D'Audriffet Pasquier president of the Senate, and M. Grevey president of the Chamber of Deputies. fOBTY-FOVRTH COXtiB THUBSDAY, March 9.--Ornate.--Gordon oalled up bis resolution of Tuesday In regard to the col­ lection of the revenue, and proceeded to speak in support of it He made a severe attack on the administration. A hot partisan contest followed, in which Gordon, Morton, Sherman, Withers ana Edmund? took part House.--Clark (Mo.) intcoduoed a bill to regulate the salaries of postmasters. It provides tha| the mnimiiBi salaiy and compensation of any postmaster shall not exceed $4,000, except in New York, where it shall he $6,000 A bill was passed authorizing the sender of any third-class mail matter to write on tkp out­ side wrapper Us or her name or address, with the number of the articles inclosed.... A resolution was adopted instructing the committee on Indian attain to inquire into the expediency of opening up the Indian territory to settlement.... Lewis offered a, resolution directing an investigation Into the charge that Representative Hayes (Ala.) bad bees g"Uty nf selling a West Point oadetshijp.... Tucker introduced ases of resolutions defining 4h# duties and prerogatives of the house in matters of impeachment,, which were referred. FBIDAY, Marsh 10.--Senate*--Tho proceed­ ings in the senate were devoid of interest, a huge portion of the day being devoted to the considera­ tion of the bill enabling Mew Mexioo to form a con­ stitution and come into the union aa a state. The bill was finally passed. House.--The most of the time of ths hottss was4 consumed by the members of the committee on ex­ penditures of the war department in making ex- pUuatrnns of the pist each played in tbp.1 mveatigatic _iveatigation, and wrangling over the escai _ wltatas Marsh and the responsibility therefor. SATCBDAY, March 11.--Senate.--Not in ses­ sion. ZZOUM.--Cook, from the Oommittee on Military Affairs, reported a bill to equalise the bounties of soldiers.;..Jenks introduced a bill to transfer the Pension Bureau from the Interior to the War Department....Banning presented the protest of the Cincinnati distillers against any law changing the tax on whisky Townsend (Pa.) delivered a speech in opposition to the reduction of Congress­ men's salarie i alluding to Randall's vote for in­ creased salary at the last session, Randall replied that the people had condemned that measure, and he accepted the verdict. White--Do I understand the gentleman to say he realized the fact that the country condemned his vote on the back-salary ques­ tion 1 Randall--It is none of your business what I realize. [Laughter.] I have made xny statement in that connection. White--Does not the gentle­ man believe that the country would be better pleased if;that back salary wae refunded? Randall--That is none of your bueinees either. [Laughter.] When I do aught here that does not become a representa­ tive,, the people will take care to consign me back to private life. The law gave it to sue. My people have approved of me since, and it does not lie in the power of any miserable man here-- [laughter]-- to talk about my conscience. , MONDAY, Maroh 18.--Senate.--Allison intoo* duced a bill providing for an agreement with the Sioux nation with regard to a portion of their reser- vetimi....The Senate devoted nearly the entire day to ihe consideration of Morton's bill to regulate tilt counting of the vote* for President and Vice- President Mouse.--Campbell presented a petition of citizens of Illinois asking for the repeal of tbe Specie Resumption act Several bills were introduced, including the following: By Hewitt (Ala.), prohibit­ ing contributions from the officers and employes of the Government for political purposes; by Dibrell (Tenn.), for the benefit of the distillers of a less quantity than 600 barrels per year; by Landers, to allow seventy days' vacation, with pay, to all Government employes, to attend the Centennial cel­ ebration ; by fort, to reorganize and consolidate the Territories, and to provide for their speedy admis­ sion as States, also, to impose a tax on the gales of stocks and bullion; by Brown, granting the right of way to railroad companies through the Indian Territory; by Cannon, to exempt persons engaged in the postal service from militia duty and from jury service; by Blaine, regarding the regulation of commerce and navigation, and of steam vessels, also, by request, declaring the 14th of April, 1876, a legal holiday in Washington city; by Meade, by re­ quest, to provide for a more certain resumption of specie payments cn Jan. 1, 1870 Baker (Ind.), offered a resolution reciting that " the people of the United States constitute one nation and not a confederacy of States or nations; that the Consti­ tution was formed by the people acting in their . primary and individual capacity, through their delegates thereto duly constituted; that the Gov­ ernment under the Constitution is one of the people, by the people, and for the people, and that in its appropriate sphere the Government of this nation ia sovereign and supreme; that in its na­ ture it ia permanent and indissoluble, except by the action and consent of the whole people; that no State has any right or authority to judge of the constitutionality of the laws enacted by Congress, or to nullify the execution of the same; and that all overt acts by any State or people thereof, of secession therefrom, or of rebellion, against the same, constitute treason, and that the late war of the rebellion for the diamembership of the Union was causeless and indefensible on any theory of right or of constitutional law." He moved that the rules be suspended and the resolution adopted, and he called for the yeas and nays, which were ordered. Cox asked whether the resolution was divisible The Speaker responded that the motion to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution was not divis­ ible. The motion to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution was rejected--yeas, 91; nays, 71--two-thirds not having voted in the affirmative. Cox then offered the lollow- ing resolutions: IUmlved, That the people of the United States constitute a nation in the sense, to the extent, and for^ths purposes defined in the Federal Constitution. Remimd, That the Govern­ ment at the United States is a Federal Union, and was formed by the people of the several States in their sovereign capacity; that the rights and powers of the United States Government are defined and limited by the Federal Constitution, and these rights and powers cannot be enlarged or diminished ex­ cept by as amendment to the Constitution. Resolved, That the rights of States have the same sanction of security in the Constitution as the rights and powers of the Federal Government, and that local domestic government by the several States within-' the limits of the Constitution is absolutely necee-' miry tor the preservation of the liberties of the citi­ zen and continuance of our republican system of government. Resolved, That the doctrine that any state has the right to secede from the Union is in conflict with the idea of a perpetual union as con- tr mplatcd by the Constitution, and should be re­ garded as being forever extinguished by the result i of tbe recent civil conflict. Holman called for the yeas and nays, and they were ordered. Blaine ex­ pressed tm hope that every Union man ia the Bouse would vote against the resotatfcn*. The motion to suspend the rules and adopt tbe reeolwktons was adopted--yeas, ISO; nays, 42. TUESDA?, March 14.--Senate.--!Ihe Senate bill to amend the revised statutee ao as to per­ mit national banks to organise with a capital of $50,000 In towns irremecMve of population, was stiicksn from tbe calendar sitd lnMflaitsly postponed....Logan pjesisted a petition of &6MI ex-soldiers asking for tue passage of » bill for the equalisation of bouutiea shbiiar to tbe one passed by the last Coogr«ss....The Senate pessed the bill reducing tbe iiluf of thn Ttsalilsiil from$50,000 to •*.000. Thevofe on the qnesSoii waaasfoUowa: Fss»---AHieon. Bogy, Chr&ttanoy, Clayton, Oonkling, Cockrell, Dawes, Berry, Ckfld- th waits, Hamilton, Harvey, lUMmoek. Xeman, Key, Logan, MoGreery, McDonald, MaxSy, Morrill (Vt.), Morton, Patterson, Stevenson, Tbnrman, Wal- lase, Whyte, Wright~28. Aoys--BayMd, BoutweU, Cooper, Davis, Dorppy. FreMngbuysen, Howe, Ingslls, Jones (Fla.), Jones (Nev.), McMil­ lan, Miicheii, raduoek, Rwrnrtsen, Sasgsui, Spencer, Windom, Walters--». Bouse.--iCasson offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the committee on Public Buildings to examine into the causes of the bad ventilation of the Hall of Representatives, and to direct such improvements tberein as may be found expedient to increase the purity of the atmosphere. Several members ventilated their opinions upon tho "murderous atmosphere" of the hall, and the alarming increase of illness among members as the result of the bad ventilation,, and it was pretty generally agreed that soice- thing must, be done to remedy the evil immediately, even of the cost was very larfe. ....Sparks, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported a substitute for the bill to tran-fer the Indian Bureau from the Interior Be- parteeni to the fVsr Department. K long and somewhat heated discussion took place between the BEembeirs of the Indian Oommittee and the Military Committee as to which off tfeese commit- U>ea Hail the £SX)TO legitimate matter Thurston, from the Judiciary Commit­ ter, reported a resolution calling on the Attorney- General for copies of all letters, telegrams and papers asking for the removal of Judge Belford, of Colorado. Adopted. WEDMESDAT, March 15.--Smote.--Wright, from the Committee on Claims, reported adversely oil certain claims for damages arising from Mor­ gan's raid, and asked that the oommittee be dis­ charged from further consideration on the subject. Agreed to....Allison, from the Committee on In­ dian Affairs, reported, with amendments, a bill pro­ viding for an agreement with the Sioax Nation in regard to a portion of their reservations, and for other purposes. Heuse.--The House spent nearly the whole day in ;eneral debate upon the Legislative Appropriation ge, relation to the subject matter.... Faulkner offered gene: bill. The speeches took ft wide range, and had little resolution instructing the Committee on Foreign Affaire to inquire into the powers conferred upon 4. B. Steinberger m a Special Agent or Commissioner to the Samoan or Navigator Islands, Adopted A very significant feature of the Bouse proceedings was the aotion of the Appropriation Committee re­ specting the Senate amendments t o the West Point bill. The House non-conourred in all the twenty- seven Senate amendments, but declined to ask for a conference committee. This seem® to indicate that the House will refuse to recede from its posi­ tion on the bill, and will seek to force the Senate to reoonaider its amendments. Concerning National Holidays. The recent aotion of Congress in mak­ ing, for the first time,, the twenty-second of February, being the anniversary of Washington's birthday, a public holiday in the government offices, brings into notice the question of national holidays. Speaking strictly, it may be asserted that we have no national holiday in this country, with the single exception of the Fourth of July; and even this day9 so universally observed, is not a holiday throughout the country bv act of con­ gress. In fact congress has no power over ihe subject of social and religious observances generally . These are mat­ ters which, under our peculiar form of government, are reserved to the States and to the people. The most that congress can do or has ever assumed to do is to legislate with regard to what days may be treated as Mondays in the departments at Wash­ ington and in the offices of public busi­ ness throughout the country. Even the recent Joint resolution which led to the observance of the twenty-second of Feb­ ruary in the public offioes of the govern­ ment was confined by its terms to the present year, as the centennial year of American independence. Subsequently to the twenty-second of February Sena­ tor Edmunds introduced a bill to make the anniversary of Washington's birth­ day a holiday in theDistrict of Columbia, and Senator Conkling, on occa­ sion of the joint resolution which adjourned both houses of congress over the twenty-second of February, took oc­ casion to intimate his belief, that the time would soon come, if it had not al­ ready arrived, when it would become congress to take the same official notice of the birth of Abraham liincoln. by setting it apart as a holiday for congress and the departments.--Cincinnati Com­ mercial. ( Origin of tke Belknap Investlgfttlogi. The following is given w the origin of the Belknap investigation: While in search for a house for his family in Washington, in December, the Hon. B. B. Lewis,, of Alabama, was referred to G. O. Armes, real estate agent in that city. Dining their search for a house Mr. Armes, in conversation, stated to Mr. Lewis that he had formerly belonged to the army, but was dismissed through the enmity of Belknap; but that if lie had the assistance of a member of Congress he could develop facts that would force Bel­ knap to resign. Lewis tendered Ms as­ sistance, and they subsequently had sev­ eral interviews. Lewis being impressed sought the advice of Mr. Randall, who advised that the facts be brought before Clymer, Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the War De­ partment. Lewis and Armes saw Oymer, and the latter gave a list of witnesses, including Marsh. !A.fterward Clymer thought Armes was kcting in bad faith, as the Secretary said ILrmes had proposed if he was re­ stored to the army and certain other fonditions complied with, he would drop |ho matter. Lewis said that if Armes fras seeking only to levy blackmail of ionrse they could have nothing to do #ith it, but advised, as Armes had fur- lished the names of witnesses, that they le called and examined, which was done I Floating oil the Mississippi-Gapt. Boyton says of his float of one iuadred miles to New Orleans: "The j^at was a much more arduous one than *»y trip across the English channel, fhen I slept-but two hours, and was up Igain feeling all right. At present, after m. all-night's sleep and a refreshing bath, jfeei much fatigued and sore about the |ody, to say nothing of my swollen vrists and neck glands. I only suffered torn the cold in my feet. These I farmed, however, after the sun came t yesterday by inflating the lower part my dress ana holding them up out of e water." The captain's best speed seven miles an hour, and in conse- ence of being caught in an eddy at naldsonville, he traversed fully 120 ,es. ______________ WHEN an Albany Ifrm wished to pur­ chase ice on a small lake at Lebanon, the j Shakers told them to cut it free. j OUB WASHINGTON LETTER. Tit* Belknap MalTerwatkm--The Kx-8«cre- tarjr In Court--How He Acts Under tbe Terrible Ordo»l--The Rejection of Maeh- back. [Fran Onr Own Correspondent] WASHmufOHj March 18,1876. The great and constant sensation of the past week has been, of ooarae, the impeachment by the House of the late Secretary of War, for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, and matters con­ nected therewith. It will be recollected by my readers that this terrific thunder­ bolt u«d exploded in a akjr, nevuuiia- ing aU men, just about the time of my last epistle, and that I spoke of it then in general terms. No man who was not present in Washington can imagine the tremendous effects of this revelation of almost openly-confessed guilt on the part ef an official who up to that time had been almost universally regarded ac the very embodiwieBt of open, Manly candor, and of personal integrity. Bel­ knap had no enemies here except a feyr ex-officers of the army who had been cashiered for crimes and nasty conduct. Among the princesses of society his wife reigned, the acknowledged queen--a woman of rare beauty, magnificent taste, and the most fascinating 'personal and intellectual charms. Nor was she more splendid in society than she was affec­ tionate and lovely at home--a devoted wife and even an uncommonly loving and tender mother. The investigations of the committee had been conducted with perfect secrecy. Even the news­ paper men of the journals of the. city knew nothing of what was going om till they got the news from a Baltimore pa­ per. And thus the awful blow falling so suddenly and unexpectedly created the most Intense and universal excitement ever witnessed at this excitable capital. There was a political panic more excited than any financial panic which ever sent dismay and ruin, through Wall street, or frightened the brokers of London out of their seven senses. In the excitement of the moment men lost their wits. This was palpably the case with the House of Representatives,, which impeached the offending ex-Secretary almost without (debate, under the operation of the pre­ vious question, to discover afterward that tiie action was unwisely hasty, and that the managers of this proceeding had been so intent upon securing formal im­ peachment that they had utterly neglect­ ed to secure the means of mnirfng that impeachment successful at the bar of the Senate. And upon this grave mistake we have had debate after debate since, in whioh a good deal of party heat has been emit­ ted. I do not charge the responsibility for the acknowledged mistake which ha* been committed upon either party, But the result, wherever the responsibility belongs, is a serious dilemma. It is this; The ex-Secretary of War having been unanimously impeached by the House, the House has now to admit that there is not a particle of evidence within its bcgot or other, whose name I forget, * Marring " here, and when he came in and saw " Pinch's" name on the zeaw- ter, he made a big lmllafa.lloQ abortW The clerk smoothed the matter over the best he could, and was aided by a guest, standing by, *» thai at length the actor sought his virtuoas couch up staiTBs About 9 o'clock next mor- mug, the aforesaid clerk entered the dining-room, and, approaching om aforesaid guest, who waa new fiie center of the apartment "O, my Lord! look ovetf there at the table near the door. See that acbwf See that other man ? By the Lord, 1R Pinnhhftfik I" And an po .rwlk • they were taking breakfast at the same table in blissful ignorance of any mutual antipathy. In truth, Mr. Piachbaek bas­ so litte colored blood that a stranger would always take him for a white mm, His rejection by the Senate waa not de­ cided by hie color, but on questions of law. I think it cannot be made of any considerable political significance. li. K. K. Weights anil Measures'• The following is th« scale of weights and measures recognised by the laws of the United States, as well as by the laws of Most of the States : Rtisih meat Blie'ltd uorn. 86 Corn in tbe ear ...70 Bye .6$ Oats ....82 Barley 46 White beans 00 Irish potatoes SO Sweet potatoes OS Castor beans .....46 Olover seed .,60 Timothy seed .46 Flaxseed 66 Hemp seed.: 40 Millet seed... P«sS 66 tAuu reach on which Gen. Belknap could be convicted! Ifihis is the situation at ibis moment, Belknap is impeaahed and his trial cannot go on for want of testimony. The point of dispute is, who is I'eejjoa- sible for this want of testimony. Upon this we have had crimination and recrimination enough to maka a volume of abusive epithets. I do not pretend to decide the point. I must be permitted to say, however, that I regret the fact that any party debate has arisen upon a subject of thig kind, and to hope that the offending official may in due time have a fail*, full, and impartial trial before the auguft tribunal which the Constitution provides for cases of such momentous importance. * BELKNAP IN COURT; It is well known that the impeachment of an official in no wise interferes with his trial in a court of criminal jurisdic­ tion for any offense against the law. A judgment of impeachment may be described as a moral and political punishment. It consigns the offender to the condemnation of mankinds, and deprives him forever of the privilege of holding office of bono? or trust. The meaning of conviction in a criminal court all men understand. Criminal proceedings against Gen. Bel­ knap were Instituted a few days ago, and he was compelled to go before the justice of a petty police court and enter into bonds for his appearance before the Supreme Court of the District in case of his indictment by the grand jury. Upon this occasion Gen. Belknap was accom­ panied by his counsel, Montgomery Blair and Hon. Matt. Carpenter, of Wisconsin. The ex-Secretanr appeared much subdued in manner. His deport­ ment was modest, the expression of his face exceedingly sad, or perhaps it would be better described as awe-struck. There was, too, a certain manly air about him; which instantly forbade any feeling of derision, which indeed caused the spectators to give him a sort of mourn­ ful respect, and to express regret at the fall of a man of such imposing presence and so many fine qualities. By reason of some accident his bondsman did not arrive for an hour or two. The General was taken to a private room in the build­ ing, where he remained without inter­ ruption, moodily walking up and down the apartment. At his house, lately so gay an<^ joyous, he receives calls from friends who have the pluck to stand by " the untfer dog in the fight," to all of whom he gives a sorrowful but grateful greeting. He says nothing whatever of the dark cloud that now lowers on his house. PINCHBACX. The congressional event of the week, so far as results are concerned, was the rejection of the claim of P. B. S. Pinch- back, of Louisiana, to a seat in the Sen­ ate. This was accomplished on Wed­ nesday by the close vote of 32 to 29, there being 12 not voting. Those gener­ ally accounted Republicans who voted againat Pinchback were Messrs. Chris- t i a n c y , E d w a r d s , b o t h t h e M o r r i l l a n d Paddock. Every one knows that this case has oc­ cupied the attention of the Senate, and, through the press, of the country for a long, long time. 1 guess tbe country had become very tired of it, and will be glad that it has been put out of the way. Mr. Pinehback is a colored man without much color. When he first came here, some three years ago, he put up at the Arlington Hotel. At that time some Bine grass see*.........44 Buckwheat.... . .. 8$ Dried peaches*.........3& Dried apples....... ....S4 Onions Salt... .........ST Stone coal.............SO1 Malt ...as Bran, i ....30 Pl*Rt«ring hair. S Tnrnips 6$ Unslacked lime SO Corn meal. 48 Fine salt 55- Hungarian grass seed. .64 Grounds peas. ..JO1 „ „ African, Tenn, . FMAL Penuts, per bushel...;.. 82 lbs 28 lbs. 33 lbs. A box 24 by 16 inches, 22 deep, contains....:. .1 bbl. 16by 16>£ inches, 8 deep, contains..... 1 bush. 8by 8% inches, 8 deep, contains......l'psclu • 4 by 4 inches, deep contains peek. 4 by 4 Inches, 4-10 deep, contains.... 1 quart. The standard bushel of the United States contains 2150.4 cubic inches. "Tlie imperial bushel" is about (ft cubic inches. Any box or measure, the Iontents of which are equal to 2150.4 cubic inches, will hold a bushel of grain, on measuring fruit, vegetables, coal and other substances, one-fifth must be ad­ ded. In other words a peck measure- five times even full makes one bushel. The usual practice is to heap the meas­ ure. The standard adopted by the United States is the Winchester bushel, 18} inches in diameter inside, 8 inches deep and contains 2,150 42-100 cubic inches. It is the legal bushel of each State, hay­ ing no special statute bushel of its own. A half bushel measure should -oontain 1,075 21-100 cubio inches. The United otetes standard, gallon' measures 231 cubic inches. • A barrel contains 40 gallons Or 9,240 cubio inches. Five yards wide by 968 long contains 1 acre. Ten yards wide by 484 long contains 1 acre. Twenty yards wide by 242 long con­ tains 1 acre. Forty yards wide by 121 long contains- 1 am • : -• Sixty 'eot wide by 726 long contains I acre. One hundred and ten feet wide~by 89$ long contains 1 acre. Two hundred and twenty fecft wide by 198 long contains 1 acre. > A Worthy Couple. There is a man living in Wilson, N. 0., 64 years of age, who never owed ft- cent to a living soul in his life, and, as- the records will show, was the first for the past thirtyyears to pay his taxes to the sheriff. Though a blacksmith and plow-maker by trade, he cuts and makes his own clothing, and when en­ gaged at this work if there is a call at the shop his-wife goes to the anvil and will shoe a horse, brace a plow, upset an ax, or perform any other job in the line with as much skill as her husband.--Courier- Journal. " THB canal interest in New Xorkexpeofat a grand raid, this from Bergh, who, by reoent legislation, can take off tow-horses with shoulder-gallc. Ab neaxly all tow-horses have shoulder-galls, they charge' that Bergli "will suspend the canal business. We shouldn't wonder if such improvement were made in draft-harness as to obviate ihe necessity of shoulder-galls. It is one of the eases where self-interest has to have its intelligence nudged by exercise of authority. little THE MARKETS. 8 25 750 NEW YORK. Bmis HOGS--Live..... COTTON FLOUR--Superfine Western...'.... WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago. 1 24 CORN j. 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