- NEWS-TISOX ALL NATIONS. - 1)17nr.5 . 0 1875 handled $215,800 0 . (.09 in farm products. THE Erie GaTette is to be disposed of constable's sale. ' , • Tirk York Republimn hoists the nam of James G. Blaine for President • THE . fashionable cure for- consumptio, at South Befid, Indiana, is dog-fak . GEN. SHERIDAN reports on the need of two More posts on the Yellowstone. SCARCELY anything now remains of " Island - No. 10," in the Mississippi river. A GRAIN of coffee lodged in the wind ypipe of a little )4cry at Pottiville and killed _ i l i TxE Legislature of Maine has deter mined to sell all the Islands off the, co.T owned by the State. . THE fire on Market street, Philadelphia 1 on Saturday morriing destroyed properti to the value of i 1.500,600. - THF. coal companies operating in -the Wyoming and Lackawanna regions wBl resume work on the 20th inst. Joitzc .W - tr.sn, - of the Centennial • Conunission; entirely approves of keepi the Exi)osition Open on Sunday. The wholesale trade-of Minnea_polis fc l'<•s is set down at $5,009,000. Inge 1 ri. s alone 2,500.000. was done. :THE Prohibitionists of: the Third Dis t x-h• tof Connecticut bave nominated t. l'almer for Congress. : • IT is reported that Belknap has retain ed Judge Black. of Pennsylvania, and 4- Senator Carpenter. of Wisconsin, as corm .sel. AN English gentleman has offered f:2s r - OA toward starting a. special fund for l'resbyteriau Church extension in Ene- IBM Tile committee on finance of the Read ing board has been instructed to tke,ternporary loans to pay the teaeheri" salaries. 14. E. Pongtikeepsie Ea.* believes that "M. Blaiim eoald get 10,000 more votes in N.ll. State for President than could Mi.. Conklin.. - 4 Tut - Virginia .I.eslatuie has defied death; as it were, by re,electing, for six years more, r Judge Garland, who is no t.‹i years old. Scrros'AßLY the fastest cigar maker Ale Country lives at Indianaiiiilis. Tndian t. lie made 1,01.10 cigars in onemontli witli- out any assistance At: cld ne ' nTo in Clark township, Lin corn county, 310., has two fox hounds th4t haVe, up to the.present time this white , calightil-7 foxes and 1t..3 coons. • Mns.".J.kcon NEnt.ocK, of Beaver con - ty. while getting over"a fence, struck h r he.ul on a rail and fell insensible to this ground, Where her deail body was found. rit E'Prorititi , l Crt tve"* . iio !tile z confirrris the rep, irt ;that the bilfantriorizing the sale the Prussian railways to the empire will be introduced in the Candtag during the Indian grave 'recently= excavated, twir Clydq; 111., yielded, beside a lot di tqukets, a t.inahawk and hatchet, fl 7 ounces of Old bullion .and 63 ounces if THE Hartford "Tiroe:3 admits that th l e nomination of. Mr. Jimmy C Robbinso6 Mill Governor by . the Republicans of Cod n.:cticut it as good a selection as his party could Make. ' • .••. Amos PEARSON. of Portsmouth, N. IL, litts•a rose bush which for several years has refused to flower. But on WashinJ-. ton's Birthday it put out a gorgeous Cen tennial blo`ssom. - 1 . • THE Slafington _Ve Erg wants the Lehb'o -- -- Valley railroad shops located at that tom It e'itimatCs that 1,000 families would be , li;ila , _tht to Slatington if p.m works were e t iblisheil there. .Tilwdoatli_penalty has just been abol ;'-ied in Maine, and in•Nansas, where . It ryas annulled some'' time ago, the Legit ..:? • ft. l :Lure have refused to restore it. Thes' •;4:,:gry..llaug, - " the juries now. • following advertisement lately ap prared in •an English newsnaper: pianofotte to be sold, genuine th-oarlccood, •)3 - a lady about_to - leave England in la ;Awl 'case on mahoganfea.stors." M. 31Ettatai.on has had an -audien e with the Pope! atcl Cardinal' :Vaunt!ll • ,It 'is positively asserted here - .lhat th Vatitiatiis seeking fora means for set t I r iig the - diffei-enees with -Switzerland. ' ' ' Tin: Democ — ratfe - -State Committee f t thin is to hold a-meeting in Columbus en . the 17th lust., :reit Derbocrats of the State,, generally'are inVited to be.. present and _aid - the committee - With their counsel. , ;Tin: Delaware, ~Lackrwanna an Wes:- _ prn and Philad'Jidda - and 'Reading rai - I „ . „,2. It. 0 -- ad companies will both have an exteii --Fe ropresenytion of the anthracite its- ' d : -tri:s on exhibition at the Centennial. T..vo Philadelphia families, the Buck -1.,11,:•and C-rozers, haVe made. up•the deft- - e - icicv on the' cost of the Baptist Publica- I 140:1 Fluciety's new building, in that citl, iouounting to $l - 0 - 7,000. 'Eel fann y Fiys half. ' • ' , ::v.vhit_er i -years ago the South Carolina lezislatpre levied an annual tax - of ong h Elf - min in the so called kuklui, counties of the state for the support of the arid,orphans , of the victims of the _kuklthe ",- rends, arid except it _Fairfield county tie tax is still levied. _ 7---- Tim piesident and treasurer of the renteninal board of finance have execu- ed a bond for -it'ill0;000 - fer the safe keep ii • - etintl disburSment of the appropriati+ 11t the generat;:government: X long list • of wealthy Philadelphians are.. suretit urem the bond. LUNATIC. whose feet had been froze was imprisoned, in the Este?. N—II., s - ' time h mse -a few days ago': In a moine t of emotion he broke a window and with. ti - piece . of, glass cur oft his ten - ,ties to relieve the pain.. Help arrived just int time tb 'a save hint fronfhleceling; to death. • , IVILILs hlitithig near Nashville, Illinoi 1 - ills ether,ti.y. a.young man $ll6 - x a wild turkey, and, observing it tireA rigar somb t1:111;:cohnvd ebjeet, made an investipi t ion. which resulted in. the diSee4ery of a 'pintially: dee4yed pair of- eaddle-bagt4 containing 't4Attett in gold and bonds. I A RECKNT,fensUc of India, prepared b the Government 'with great care; recei'd 'two hundred' and twenty-five thonsan ' , Protestant Christians. This is an increasii oiiil per k'ent. during the past ten yearsi While thennetural growth of the popular --, ti,n loas been but tive per cent. i IT haS remained for a Minnesota lad ti . i - Point out a new use for the telescope. A , rr NVihona boy, happening to be o 4 i te - ith . •.: his :glass the other night, pointed it at a man, who, mistak!ing- it for a gun, ran - for . i: (lei:er life, shouting for the police.' Thb -bj Ares in blue marched to the rescue wit e' eked 'pistols. THE daughter of the late General Johil • S," Tyler. of Boston, has presented to -De Molay Commandery and 'antique Mast 4 'ason's jewel of gold, which has been in _ _ , session of the-family for several gene ;aims, and probably was ;made about tb • t:tue of the 3lasonie revival at London I.:rem in 1717. A PAPER by Sir Charlevbilke mention • that Paris has but 75„000 houses, wlie. I..”ndon has nearly ten times that number mil - lilt the latter city haS 700,000 house 1. , .,1ders and an unknoWn - number of "lodg erzc'against SOOJOO occupiers of lodge mints in Paris.,.-Mie Frjench : capital ha 21 "'mayors."' • TliE Ballard (Ky.) _Yews has an item which will amiss our Academy of Naturl Sciences. s , The Weirs says. • "Our phi C. C: Terrill,. hays always contend. t :I - that persimmon trees come from gru iv:rms. We do not know how this bat a friend bromiht.us a grub worm with it persimmon sprout growing out of • it 4 The sprout is 21 inches long, an the . grub worm, although !hi a perfee shoe of preservation. is dead, or appar eutly so." • .IN the Dominion Ifoa.s3 of Commons o. • Wednesday air. Irving moved a resolutio, titiq'lar . ing that moderate protection wa •noce,sary i and . directing the Ministry inf:rm the British Government. that Can • ada deemed "it necessary to revise gOM • • features of former policy of imposin. • (inferential duties." The resolution w pppo:,eci by'the Government, and lost b a 1.1i4e majority,. 1 _ P oL, TNIAsTE-GENF.ItAI. Jewell sent tllif i oleg , aux to the Chirman of the Connectf iritt - .Ripublican Convention:.con tt alate - the-Convention upon the seleci of 31r. Robinson :and his colleague .011,=!li the State ticket. Such nominal - t inns make it the duty of every Republif r Intl who is in favor of honest adminis; t !at:on, honest: tnoney and high integrity • n affair to take hold and. male election mire. Your act; is ifyingindieation of the sty! ,N Li, h Connecticut desires to brie -.T1.1" • ;=E= ENS Xlradfota *pita EDITORS: E. Oi. GOODRICH. S. W. ♦LTO=i". Towanda, Pa., Thursday, March 9, If TO . THE REPTBLICAIT STANDIMO COMMITTEE. . . The members of the-Repablican Standing BOM7 . Mlttee of Bradford County; arl regnested to tattiti In the Grand Jury Room, In Towanda, on , TILTO DAT, MARCIII4, Is7l, at 2 o'clock. N., for tie purpose of organization and choosing delegates to tim State Convention. A full attendance Is requestO. G. D. MONTANYE, Chairman: MEETING• OF TUE BEPUBLICEM STATE CONVENTION.. ITZADQVARTERS ItYrettLICAN STASI COM SOT TEE, HARRISBURG, Feb. 1,1676.—1 n pursuancoA a resolution of the Republican State ComMittCe. adopted al a meeting held In Harrisburg thus d/ty. a Republican State Convention, to be composed;of delegate 6 from each Senatorial and ReprisMntaato district to the number to which such district is fn - titled In the Legislature, is beneby called to meet in the city of Harrisburg at 12 n'cloCk nnou'lm : Wednesday, March for the purpose.;ot Nominating en Electoral Ticket and of chetah( Senatorial and Representative delegates to repin. seat the State In the Republican National Concep tion to be held at Cincinnati. Ohio, on the ftilr teeuth day of June, 1876. By order of the Coal': HENRY Id. HOYT, Chairman.' A: WILSON NORRIS. Secretary- REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONV E N. The next Union Republican National Conventeen for the nomination nr candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. will be helcOn the city of Cincinnati, on Wednesday, the 14th •fay of dune, ire, at 12 o'cioci noun. and will eonsistof delegates from, each State equal to twice the nitro her of its S...mal.ugand Here/entails-este CongrOs. and of two Delegates from each organized Tetri tory and the District of Columbia. In calling the convention for the election of dtle gates. the committees of the several States are iie rinunended to incite all Republican electors, and•all other voters, Without regard to past political differ ences or previous party difficulties, who are opposed to reviving S,..ctional issues, and desire to promote friendly feeling and permanent harmony through out the country by maintaining and enforcir‘g the constitutional tights of every citizen, Including the full and free exercise of the right of suffrage without intimidation and without (rand who , *re in favor of the conifnued prosecution and pnntab moot of all official dishonesty, and c,f an econotni- Cal administration of the Government br holiest, faithful and capable officers, who are in favor i ;-of making such reforms:lo government as experience may from time to thne'snggest ; who are opposed to impairing the credit of the nation by depredat ing any of its obligations, and in favor of sustaining in every why the national faith and financial hoitOr who hold that the common school system is the nursery of American liberty; and should be main tained ah.so:utely free from sectarian control: Om believe that for the promotion of these ends the;dl.: rectioh of the Government should continue to he rounded to those who adhere to the principles of 177 a; support them as incorporated in the const4u tiClll and laws, and who are in favor of irrogniiiiag and strengthening 'the fundamental principle;'of national unity In this Centennial Anniversary'LJ the Republic. EDWIN 1). 310ItGA.N.• Chairman Republican, National Comnaltlei , .i. WILLIAM E. Ci NPL Secretary. LET NO GUILTY .311 AN ESCAPI The news sent over the wires frOM Washington last:week, to the effect that the Secretary of War had been detected in gross malfeasance five; was read with profound regret. Gen. BELKNAP had been remarkably free from suspicion, and apparently was one of the most popular of the Cabinet officers. 'The, charges agaiiist . the late Secretary, humiliating and diSgraceful as they are, are admitted by the accused, and he must suffer the penalt.Y of his wrong-doing. No -tire_ but. the Secretary and his partners:in-the crimes•which heenn fesses will affected by the disclos ures. No attempt 'on the part of the Administraiion has been .mad . - Jo shield him. - aud indeed, his down6ll was as much of a -surprise to Gen. GRANT as it cOnlethave been to !any ; - one. :Neither is - the Republican !Par ty responsible for the misdemeanor of such men. The disreputable prae. tiees of which BELKNAP is guilty are not peculiarto the prssent age. They have existed froth the earliest times, and the pages of history, both sacred and secular, redord similar transac tions. Let. the President and the ite publican party adhere to the 'deter ination 'expressed by Gen. Ga:llsT at the beninuitig,(!if the whiskv-frands investigatioh l f !‘ Let no guilty per4n escape." and ,the lessons inculcated by the disclosures now being mane will result in pnrifvingthe moral and political- atmosphere. ';Let the investigations go on. If there be any morefiolloW trunks : let the ax penetrate that ,•,we :may .see what is within. , The sword of justice may be sharpened by partiaiin but so long as it - Aestroys only the• bad we need not trouble ourseles about the grindstone. The last ycar has been fruitful of catastrophieslo the workers, Of evil. SwindlinwAs • ( ceasing to he profitable, and the bits iness of.peculiitors is no longer Xe munerative and safe. Qn every side they are being brought down. in New York Political-brigands still 'go to Europe, but elsewhere they sire going to jail. All this is well. Its is no injury to any 'vessel to be Seraged clean of barnacles, and-it is a relief to any party to be rid of its thieNii,s. DAWN DF BETTER DAYS. The Chicago Infer-Ocean echiies - these words of cheer from the wile veste!-n prairies in the following strain` , The commercial and financial itq uidations occurring every day and depressing the inprdle of the business community are, properly understood, -the surest sign that the break of day is at hand. The cause of the panic of In 3 was that everybody had been overloadicl with debt—the fabric of credit toppledover.- Evidently busi ness men Could not again engage freely in trade until these debts are paid, ad justed', or compromised., This O cess has been.going on for two years awl a half and is certainly almost completed. The reason that so 40- usual -a number of failures and bank rukcies are now announced is th4t ,those are at last giving up'who main tained with most pertinacity and th'e fairest prospect of success the strug gle to keep themselves afloat. Find ing it hopeless they have at last_ de termined to make a clean sweep and begin anew. The proposal to repeal the Bankrupt law—which was ally repealed as to involuhtary baulc rupteies last year by .the amendment making it necessary for three-fourths of the creditors to unite in the TMo ceodings—will accelerate this liquida tion of lebts and increase .greatly the number of voluntary bankrupt, cies. It will have the-good effect;Of" Bringing to a speedy end this weari— some .andT discouraging process wiping oat indebtedness, and !rill hasten the day for new credit and' newed activity in trade." M 2 =: i === b 1 i i e = rs El I TION. COMMON SENSE AMP MORAL HON ERTY ON THE mutalfer -„ - Ail who write on this 'subject stray after unknown godsend ignore recta Itncfdraw on the imagination, piling up cobwebs and fog to such depth that all known facts are 'so deeply buried as to be utterly obscured. The general tendency is to croak and say no important thing can be done At the close of the war many said we never could pay full interest on the government debt, but the result has not only shown the folly of such men, but the debt has been reduced, and a five per cent. bond is selling for six per cent. above par in gold ; that is, gold is now from $1.13 to $1.14, and five per cent. bonds from $1.19 to $1.20. What are the" facts in relation to the currency question ? The legal tender n4t,es were put out as a war necessity and carried the country. over the (most trying emergency that has ever existed in the history of this government, and all at the time doubted what the result would be and regretted the necessity ; but the same class that insisted upon the in ability of the government to pay at the close of the war were loud in their denunciatiations of the legabtenders when issued, and those who favored them said they should be redeemed as soon as. possible, without reference to rate of interest, and the govern ment promised to do so,—and no one thought of such a thing'as the gov ernment floating due-bills to an in definite period, liithout provision for payment. The government can sell a five per cent. bond for over par in gold, and should keep its promises and pay due bills on demand when presented, which it can do at a less rate of inter est than business transactions are re quired to pay. The rule is, when the currency question is mentioned, for a grave look and some ;wild, indefinite theory to be urged; or it is too deep to be understood. Let theory go wild among the cobwebs and riot in the fog while we see if it is so difficult, and if facts will not demonstrate. what the result will be. We are told that it , will ruin the business of the country by contraction if the legal tender notes are paid. What is the fact as to fallacy No. 1 ? If the legal tendeirmote is paid in gold, the per son receiving the gold.at the present premium receives one-seventh more money than he had when he held the legal-tender note, and if you add one seventh to the value - of •the circulat ing notes of the country you add over one hundred millions to the money of the country, and in Tact to that extent it is inflation, not contraction it being true of bank-notes as well as legal-tenders, as the law compels them to .redeem in legal-tender, and consequently in gold if they are equal. J3ut,says fallacy No. 2 (purely theory), You cannot . sell the government bonds. It is just as rational to say when the sun is blazing atifull,power at noonday that it is the moon that shines, for large amounts are sold daily at $1.19 to $1.21 in currency, I I when gold is $1.13 to SLI4. Then . as to the effect •on the gov ernment, it is claimed that they lose the interest on all the circulation ; - and if that is so, it is no reason for the government making a monopoly of that' business any more than of the iron and steel business, and in fact s any and all business. That is not 4 What Congress is for. It is to make laws to b.est protect and govern the people, not to monopolize any ' part of the business which belongs to the people equally, and without favor to any. But, inTact, this isnot so. The banks, as shown by'the report of the Comptroller of the ,Currency, pay .31; Iper cent. on their capital for State and government tax, and the, town and municipal taxes • are more; but I admitting they are the same, it would be 7 per cent., 2 per cent. more than 5 per• cent. on the bonds, and the I • ' bank capital is one-fourth more than their circulation, which would be equal to •2 per cent. more, or 4 per cent. over interest on the bonds, if 1 the bank furnish the circulation, I pf which, the country gets the advant age, and the people are relieved to that extent. • One word as to . the practical effect of redemption. If the government places it where it has the power to redeem all the notes that' are offered, there is no sane man that thinks one fourth of them will be offered in three years if provisions are made for supplying the mutilated, and it will be in the discretion of the offi cers of the government to redeem them as fast as convenient, or as di rected by law, and the advantage to the country of early redemption are not to be mentioned in the space al lowed in a newspaper. Tun Democratic House recently passed a bill to•restore to the pension rolls the names of rebels who had been stricken therefrom for disloyal ty. The Senate refused to permit it to pass that body, and thus that Democratic snake was killed for the time., Let the Democrati hare entire control of the government, 'and what halcyon days the et-rebels would en joy ! Pensions, payment for property destroyed, compensation for slaves liberated, and similar appropriations, would enrich the late rebel South, and bankrupt the nation. Citizens of America, this is the feast to which Democratic BIICCOM invites you! • TuE fact that a- few Republican officials. have betrayed their trusts does not prove that the principles of the party are not sound. The con federate majority - in the }resent House will take adiantage of the ex citement over the War Department scandal, to further their designs up on the Nation; = 1 1 4 HUMP 13413141 Y. OT WAIL • -. , .11 • eArlik OF VISE Cosifeiessi Corruption of a fliabioet' lag Details of the Grime. WABINGTON, March 2.—The devel opments of the facts in the case of Secretary Belknap, charged with cor ruption in his high office of Minister of War,;, - created 'the most profound sensation heie to-day. Nothing like the intensity of-fee l ing has been exhibited since Presi; dent Johnson was impeached. Then' there was a partisan acerbity, enough, to make the trial exciting;; but in the; case of the Secretary of War nothingi but the most profound sorrow is ex. pressed in every quarter. Of all men : in the Cabinet General Belknap was , the last to be suspected of prostitut ing his high office for gain. President Grant was terribly' shocked by the exposure of the crime: of his favorite Cabinet Minister. . the kindness of his heart he accepted Belknap's resignation, and many members of Congress think he made a'gmat mistake in this, as' it may in terfere with Belknap's impeachment. The House special committee to investigate the expenditures of the War Department met twice this after noon, when the Hon. Montgomery, Blair and Mr. Marsh, of Xew York, were further examined. It was learn-I edlrom them that Belknap was ty of other misdemeanora than that charged at the first, namely, thati Marsh had given Mrs. Belknap about' $20,000 for the right to trade at Foal Sill and other army "stations. The committee at once resoled unani mously to impeach General Belknap. The President to-day appointed Secretary Robeson Acting Secretary of War. It is the intention of the District Attorney to send Mr. Marsh before the grand jury, now in session, and have an indictment found against ex- Secretary Belknap. The deceased wife of GOneral Bel knap,as well as his present wife, who is her sister, came from one' of the first families of Kentucky, and for some years led fashionable society. When people wondered at the. gorge ous display made by the present Mrs. Belknap in her dress andiehtertain ments, they were told that the Seere toLry's wife had a fortune in her - own right. Mrs. Belknap used to procure her elaborate toilets in Paris. THE REPORT OF THE CO3IMITTEE. WASHINGTON, March Mr. Cly mer, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the. Committee on Expenditures, read the following report to theillbuse in the case of General Belknap, ex-Sec retary of War: "The committee discovered,, at the very_ threshold of its investigation, such unquestiOned evidene&ot the malfeasance 'Of. , General William W. Belknap, then Secretary oflVitr, that they found it their duty to lay the same before the House. Theffurther report that this day, at eleven o'clock, wiener of the President of the United States was presented to the commit- tee accepting the resignation of the Secretary of. War, together with a copy of his letter of resignation, which (the President infOrmed - the committee) was accepted about twen ty minutes after ten o'clock this morning. . , " They therefore unanimously re port and demand that the Said Will iam W. Belknap, late Secretary of War, be dealt with according to the law of the land, and to,that end sub mit herewith the testimony' in the case taken, together with the!several statements and exhibits thereto at tached, and also a rescript of the proceedings 6f the committee had during the investigation of this sub ject. and submit the following resolu tions : "ite.eotred, That William W. Bel knap, late Secretary of War, be im peached of high crimes' and :misde meanors in office. " Resat red. That the testimony in the case of William W. Belknap. late Secretary of War, be referred to the Judiciary Committee, with instruc tions to prepare and report, Without unnecessary delay, suitable articles, of impeachment•of the said William W. Belknap, late Secretary of War. Rfsoired, That a committee of five members of the House be ap pointed, and instructed to proceed immediately to the bar of the Senate, and thereimpeach \Villain W. Bel knap, late Secretary of War, in the name of the people,'of the tnited States, of high crimes andl misde meanors when in office, and! to in ferm that body that fornial articles of impeachment Will in the time be presented; and to request thelSenate tq take such order in the preniises as they may deem appropriate.'", Mr. Clymer then proceeded to read the testimony of - Caleb taken yesterday before the commit tee, showing that he , had paid Secre tary Belknap $2.0,000 in considera tion of his appointment as post trader at Fort Sill, im.ianiTerritory. The reading was listened to with intense interest by- the 'timbers of the House,. and by a large audience int, the gallerieS In the more Pathetic portions - of the narrative, Mr--Clymer was frequently forced by his feelings .to,' pause - until his voice 'recovered from its tremulousness and • himself. from his agitation. ! • ; ,At the close of . .the reading, and after the many members; who had talien up positions near the !clerk's desk, the better to hear thetestimOny •afid. accompanying statements, had *tuned to their proper i sests, Mr. Clymer, who had also gnnelto his ow:Ji seat, again rose and addressed =the House with great emotion! At the conclusion he said : I will discharge my duty best 'to myself and to this House by derruinding the previous question on the adoption of the resolutions." Xr.'lSasson, of lowa, appealed to Mr. Clymer to give an opportunity for some Suggestions to be made be fore asking the previous question on amatter of so grave importance. • Mr, Clymer regretted that he could not oblige his friend (several !Demo cratic members, " Yes !" '" Yes "), and for the reason that his colleagues on the committee desired to .be heard after Jhe previous question Was sec onded. Ilii,'Kasson—Allor me to say that there will not be the slighter oppo sition to their being all heard 3,1. r. Clymer—l decline to, yield, aed demand the previous,question. Mr. Kasson—Does the gentlfman expect the House to-night, after. five o'clock„and without this, report be ing printed, to vote on these !resolu tions when even the impeachability of the officer at present is a pOint to be considered byithe. 'Lomb ? Mr. Clymer—After the previous 1, has been ordered,! I 'will the hour to the nimbus of the cohnoittee who are on Lie oth er side of thei House. After some further discmion, the previous question was:seconded, and Mr. Clymer yielded the floor.-to his Colleague on the domMittee, Mr. Rob hins, of North Carolina, - • STATEMENT OF C. P. MARSH BEFORE THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTE In . the summer 0)870 mySelfand wife spent some Weeks •ati Long Branch, and 'on our, return to New York Mrs. Belknap and Mrs: Bowers, by our invitation, (Tuna for a visit to our 'house. Mit. 'Belknap 'was during - this - visit (some three or four Weeks) and Laupp6se in eosequence . our kindness to her she felt under some obligations, for she - asked one day, in the course of conversation, why . I did not apply for a post or tradership on the frontier. I asked What they were, and was told that they were, many of them, very lucre tire offices or posts in the gift of the secretary of war, and that if Iwant ed one she would ask the secretary. for one for me. Upon Wiy replying that I thought such Offices belonged to disabled soldiers, and besides, that. I was without political influence, she answered that politicians got such places, etc., etc. Ido not remember. saying that it I had 'a- valuable post of that kind . that IWould remember her, but I. do remeMber her saying something like this," if I can pre vail upon the secretary of war to award you 'a post you must be care ful to say nothing to him about pres ents, for a man once offered him. $lO,- 000 for a tradership of this 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 Wash ington,and a fe* Weeks thereafter Mrs. Belknap sent me word to come over and I did so. lie then told me that the post tradership at Fort Sill Was vacant, that it'was, a valuable post, as she understood, and that she had either asked forit for me or had prevailed upon the Secretary of war to agree . to give itjo me. At all events, I called upPn the secretary and as near as I eanremember made application fur this post on a regular printed form. The secretary said he would appoint me if I could bring proper recommendatory letters, and this I said I could do. Either Mrs. ikdknap or the secretary told me that the present trader at the post, John S. Evans, was Ain applicant for reappointment, and that had better see him, he being in the city, as it would not be fair td turn him out of office without some. notice, as lie would lose largely en his buildings, merchandise, etc., if the office was taken from him, and that it would lie proper and just for, MC to make some arrangement with him for the pur chase, if, I wished to run the post myself. .11 saw Evans and found him alarmed at the prospect of losing his place. I remember that he said that a firm of western post traders, who claimed a good deal of influence with the secretary - of war, had promised to have him appointed, but he found,.., on coming to Washington this firm to be entirely withont influence. Mr,' Evans first proposed a partnership, which I declined, and then a bonus of a certain portion of the profits if would allow him to hold the posi tion and continue the business. We finally agreed upon 05,110 per year. Mr. Evans and myself went on to New York together, : where the con tract was made and 'executed which is herewith submitted [Paper marked A.] During our trip over, however, Mr. Evans saw soinething in the ilrmy and Nary donrnal which led him 'to think that sonic of the troops were to be removed from the fort. and that he had offered too large a stun, and before the contract was &lawn it was reduced by agreement to sl2,ooo,'the Same being 'payable quarterly in advance. When the first remittance came to Me, say probably in . November,, 18700 sent one halt' thereof to Mrs Belknap, either I _presume by certificate of depOsit or bank notes by express. Being in • Washington at a funeral sour weeks after this, I had a conversation with Mrs. Bowers to the following puport, as far as I can nosy refeember, but must say that justliere my memory in exceedingly indistinct, and I judge 'art, 'perhaps, front what followed as to the details of the conversation. I went upstairs in the nursery with Mrs..Bower . 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 Worn you slit! must take and keep for it. said all right, and it seems to me I said that perhaps the father ougyt to be consulted. I say it seems so, and yet I can give no reason for it, for as far as r knew the father knew nothing of any money transactfons between the mlither and myself. I have a faint recollection of a remark of Mrs. Bower, that if I sent the money to the father that it belonged to her, and. that she wouhL.get it„any way. I certainly had some 'understanding then, or subsequently, with her .or for when the next payment be :came due and was Paid I sent one-. half thereof to the Secretary of war, and have continued sunstantially from that day forward to the present time to do the same.;'About, 1 should say, 'one and one halt' to two years after the commencement of these payments I reduced the amount to 1 ISt; 000 per annum. The reason of • this reduction' was Tartly because of the combined complaints on the part of Mr. Evans and his partner, -and partly, so far as I now remember, in consequence of an aritcle in the !newSpapers, about that time, reflect ing on the injustice done to soldiers at this fort, caused by the exorbitant charges made necessary on the part of the trader by reason of the pay ment of this bonus. To the best of my knowledge and belief the above is a true' statement of all the facts. in the case and as I can remember the occurrences of so many. yearp.ago. The above statement covers the main_ allegations of; Marsh. The balance of the testimony relates to the desperate efforts Of the secretary 'and his wife to avoid;the publication of the testimony in its true charae , ter before the Investigating committe. The witness Marsh had at one .time made preparations for leaving the country in order to avoid testifying but •it was finally decided ,that this course would not•save the secretary. ORDER.OF THE, PROCOMURE IN THE I NIPE.iCII3IF.INT. WAsn mrroN, March 2.—When the Senate receives notice:from the Mouse that the managers are appointed, the 1 Secretary of the Senate wilt be di rected to inforin the ;House that the Senate is ready'to reeeive the,manag ers for the purpose of exhibiting the articles of impeachment. ' On the in troduction of the managers the .Ser f I- - -.- --4 geant-at-arms of the Senate:wilt make proclimation, and comma id all per sons to keepsilence while the articles are:being exhibited. Thebresiding :officer of the Senate will then the next day proceed 'to the onsidem tion of the al-tides, each SOnator be ing sworn to do impartial justice ac cording to to the constitution and the laws. The accused will then be no tified to appear before the Senate and file his answer on a day n*ned. On the day appointed the SQuate sus pends all legislative and .;'executive business; and the person Ongeaehed is called to appear and answer The trial then proceeds from day to day until it is concluded. A separate vote is taken on each ankle of im peachment. The present ems; if it is iiroce2ded with, will necessarily occupy several days, as certain formal aetsila must be gene through with. .Sbme have supposed that no more. thtin a day will : suffice, but this is OrroneOus. The accused las a right tdia day, or several days if he asks it, to file his answer. When Andrew Johnson was impeadhed those who were So.an.Nious. to get him out thought itwould all be over in a week, but it wits months before the trial was finally,lended. It was stated' to-day in quarters - sup posed to know something. 6f the in tention of General Belknao, that he will not undertake any dense, but will plead guilty to the. el '':*rges and specifications. In such event as this the trial would not nonsOme more than a day, as the Senate Omild then immediately proceed to declare a sen tence, which, as the offender_has re signed, would simply be to pronounce a disqualification forever from hold ing any office of profit , or quat under the United States. SEAlTell OF MRS. BELKNAP. The Washington correskondent of the New York ll'inqd fortiishes the annexed sketch of Mrs Belknap, the wife of the disgraced late:`,secretary • • :t of War: •.! " This lady hasieen thc4 object of general admiration-' since first she came to Washingtonsix y6rs ago to visit her sister, the formOr with of General Belknap. Her handsome faCe and figure and witty conversational powers at once made hei a central figure in any assemblage. She is tall, has a welklevelopM rounded form and graceful earria,ge : Her fea tures are regular, her ciimplexion clear and fair, while her hair is black, and her eyes •black and very bright. When first she came to Washington Mrs. Belknap was the widoiv of a Mr. Bowers, who had died , 'soibe months before in Cincinnati. Mr fancily name was Tomlinson. and she was a native of Harrodsburg, K. Her fa ther, Pr. Tomlinson, was eminent physician, and highly con4cted. Ile had a large family of sons Old dau:rh ters". All of the latter werdnoted for thOir beauty, and Were reigoing belles of their native State. The mOther, of Mrs. Henry Clews, of New YOrk, was one of (tie sisters, and the second and preseiit wife of General .Belkbap :mot*. Mrs. Amanda Tomlinson Bower was mar ried two yeari . ago in DeOmber to the Secretary.iof War. Sliewas hear- _ . tiny welcomed to the ..- -- ...._ cablnet circle• lirvimuent citizens Mer e the port twitsalal here, and has held a foremost place j pictures o f Jeri Davis, Lee, StOneWol among the ladies who alb the ac- atica,oll and others, while the guerilla knowledged queens in .soclety. She Clout .3loseby as he rode with uneoverial head thro . uglt the street! , , received the has been especially distim4iished fur . he applause and homag.e, of the adinirg her ready tact in receivinge sroll-, multitude. Expresslois of rebel swill gers who each week throngs the lions- ments were boldly proelaithed,'nue Aline es of the' members of the cabinet.. She by the long haired descendants of the E. F. \ • 's as they boist.erously staggerial always had an appropriatk greeting along the streets and trim the nulut , rejis ready for each comer. She has all - — sample rooms,'' andleellaN brit lin o pealed to the greatest advtage this every hand Well!, Mall i re4tlt 4) . s 11: ofl ie winter, and has gone muph into so- same old domineering-and ' .rebelliOpts . eiety, as from her positiOn She.was spirit which inaugurated the war. TWse are !facts, plain, unvirnished facts, whrth compelled to do. Site dispLiyed great , it would be well for the loyal clement , A - if taste in dress, and wearslbe richest , 1 '.- , the Country to look to and heed. Lulto materials. , i• by aleelnig of false security the people All shades and colors arOecoming, of the north have gradually allowed thein to Mrs. Belknap's style, attd she in- sehes to become negligent of their d4v. they have gradually allowed thuniseNt•s (bilged in WOrth's most,effei:tive com h- binations. At the many ;entertain 'to become deceived regarding the Sout - ern situation, but one of these days meats she had attended O i is winter when it s perhaps too late, they will ilie she has looked equally ;:beautiful, awakened to the unwholesome fart tqat whether attired in pale - roe-colored 'by theie supineness and inactivity. thty have sacrinced every principle .whicli tla'Y silk, with long garlands of Hower snuggled and fought for through the trimming, the low corsao and very short sleeves, as well -as the ablier W Z . 1 1 1 : . he false protestations of peace ard and train of ivory tinted silk trimmed good will made by. Gat:dela:o mis(Ve with fringe and lace, or evt her ear- anis, supported by tifti . co-partisans ;'of the north, have lulled the public ieterelst riao - e costumes One of black velvet and lace, another. of Witt? velvet in the issues of the rebellion, but thercis i nothing more certainthanthat disloyalitis slowly but surely undetminin , the stn te trimmed with bands of pheasants' feathers. She has many other toilets tire establislual by lovaltV." while 4e of the richest materials. .. : Mrs. Bel- builderS are quietly slunibe . ring in et-ni knap is dainty faint heißl to foot. killable oblivion to: the danger wl4ll surrounds them. If, as the recent def,n- Hats and boots match eacli costume. onsta'ations at Alexandria would italic* ner foot is the smallest intArashino•- c. the old war issues are to be revived, and ton. She wears number :O ' ne and a - ar: to a certain extent to enter into the half shoes, though she is fie feet. six coining political contest, the Deem er -Ay . can attribute the blame to no, one tit inches in height. Slipper4nd boots themselves. Such t...bibitions of dislOy of satin for these dainty ;fret come hy as were here witnes-ed and are bell ' from Paris, and arc alvays seen • a • 1• • -.- . ' 'i almost daily exailuted m t ongress by lits enough to be admired. }the ! jewels Southern members, do not look mmthu Mrs. Belknap most frequelntly wears= like cultivating a forge' ifulm ss of the and promoting the era of good I'4l - ,of a string of laige pearls past; leg which the " blather skite'' orator.4if around her neck, with a. bCautiftil ~. Democracy would have' us believe is over- pendant of diamonds. Het cart-rings' • 1: , flowing the entire South. Instead , =of . are two solitaire drops for eaeli ear. Seeking - to, restore peace, tales" of souill- An aigrette of diawondg is the 6n- ern warfare is their favorite pastime alai the hope of power is the dream of th,Or , ly ornament she ever wears on her, shapely head, amid the pugs Of (ark ..1 ambition. ' There was no little excitement in tile hair that are always arrangedl to 'snit House on Monday of • men 1 .*, last week. when -fir. Dale of Maine callrd the Dttnoerats ;to the contour of the handOme face. Prior to her marriage with General 1 - account for insisting that the perish'm : bill for the soldiers of 1812 should ally Belknap she spent eightepn months las.well to those who were disloyalduri , ug rbellr, as to thi.i. , :e who were loyal. In Europe, and brought huctr Wedding trousseau 'iyith her on 110 Teturn. il l ‘ !" 1 itiout ear or favor and in the plainest of terms he told- them of their site .11er marriage was solernuipd at the residence of her brother iii . Harrods- to appropriate large stuns annually for the burg, Ky. One child, a blight little payment of all sorts of Southern clanns and their determination to cripple -lie girl, now one year of age, has blessed Government by the •• parinr , down — ttis- titre union. deneral Belknap is very te , • •,. . ~ ~, , in m appropriations ror its support. ;4 proud of his daughter. Hi a s children While the confiderte majority is; busily parading before • thd ludic theirby his previous marriagei were all sons. Mrs. Belknap is 4 devoted plans of retrenchment. it seems they lire mother, and -is untiring in her care of at the sante time busily urging another her pretty little back pay grub. The bill to which Mr. Alice, ehe e erfully re- Hale alluded was introduced into Ole linquisliing, any pleasure hen the House by Mr. Bunton of Va., and pt, child needs her presence. ';This lady vi/:es fur the payment of five millions'of had made frequent Nisits to New dollars telex-rebel soldiers who were piin- York, and has been notch feted sioners before the war, and suspended 1 . 4.ir disloyalty. - Five millions ef dollars talc wherever she stayed there. After her en from the national treasury to pay men return from Europe two yiktrs and a while they were rendering service in Or half ago, She passed mane weeks at cause of treason; live million dollars aS'a the Fifth Avenue Hotel. l':,ller most premium on disloyalty! is a suin which recent visit was early ill' , January, we do not believe the' loyalists willTJ,e willing to pay. when she attended a ' gra'd ball at tl ; file re. - • ration of the,pensioners it' a Delmonicos' (the PatriarWs ball), Igreat n nanimity on the part of Ole fir which purpose slio had gone -to Gore wilt, but to remunerate them Tor New York. She resit Ted ip Ciucin- I the time spent while they were light4ig to destoy the Republic will doubtless :Tienati prior to the death of her first ~ considered rattier too much of a goodhusband, and for a time aferwards. thin , . It may seem all right and proper lin the eyes of the Confederates, but anidiug the loyalists of the country there *ill doubtless be .found some , Qbject,ion to this kind of legislation. As the session go gresses the legislative policy of otir South ern friends is being slowly- and, umnistlik-- ablydeveloped. Under cover of the great cloud - of dust which they are attempting to kick tip about reform and retrenchnietd, , they are earnestly endeavoring . with the add of their co-partisans of the north ifto fill their pockets with as much of -. Unt'le Sam's Cash as possible. While they lire , 'favoring the discontinuance of all pubic improvements, the stoppage of all wtirk - in Navy yards, and on.'publie buildin'gs, and are.grining with triumphant satisfac tion over their work of reducing the Meagre salary of the widows and orphans of the Union . veterans now in. the civil service, they are with long solemn fli'.:7es endeavoring to smuggle through Congress the appropriation of millions of dollars for the payment of the Southern eliding with which the hands of every Southern Congress Man are filled. Up to the pOs eat time 'over twenty -five hundred bills have been placed on the Calendar of- plo THE diseussion in th4Bm.KNAP affair in the House diselo4s the fact that the Democratic , mrijority are more anxious to manufacture politi cal capital than to secure ite punish ment of the offender. Thii members of the committee refuSe t(igo - before the Grand Jury and testt#y•against BELKNAP. ' • 'Tun appointment of Jmige TAFT, of Ohio, to . sueeeed BELIOAP, gives ge ral satisfaetion. • • THE Home for the Agedwas burn-. Led in New York on Tueschiy. fwen ty-Ilve inmates periihed. I THE Standing Committee meets next Tuesday afteroon. isprzns FROM CORILESPOITDIAL OUR WASUNGTON LETTER. ri • --- - A National Holiday at Alexandria—altakfig hat4a Over the Bloody Chasm—Another Bsok Bay Ovab—The Currency Question with the it roocraoy. • Pi . L WASIII;VOTON, Mardi. 2, 187 On the 22nd of the past month, the i i niversary of Washington's birthday—t, e. ancient town of Alexandria, Va., Was made the scene of no•little tumult and excitement. The fancy military orgatii; zations of Baltimore and other simouttlt , ing towns having selected this day ar,d locality for a grand parade, as a matter of course, great, numbers of our curiosity loving people were drawn together to wf,t miss the display, - ' , Congress overflowing with Centennial enthusiaAm having made the 22nd a holiday ; as a consequence bn sifiess became pretty generally suspended, and in order to break the monotony i r ,f Washington life, %Try many found Broil selves perambulating the narrow streets of this dingy and dilapidated old town. On the western bank of the Pototnoc aid about six miles dOwn the river film lie Capital, is situated this old city, now my,- ed, for nothing in particular, excepting that its early history shows it to 'be one of the first of the old Colonial settlements. Its rise and progress as a city, however, doe's not scorn to have, proved a success. 'While the other towns which have sprung into existance around it have gradually increased in business and population, this ancient settlement has for years beeneyi gently on the decline, with iio prospect of recovery. Although quite a large amount of ,shipping may be still found withered at its shores, presenting eii deuce that its trade and commercial inter ests are not altogether gone, yet, with its, rotten wharves and its great empty ware-houses falling into: ruin and (1.1(.4, it presents anything but an inviting sip , peat - arm: fur either business or pleasure. ' . It is said of the old Bourbons of Franke "that they learned nothing and 14- got nothing ;" and judging from the scenes and incidents that on this occasion were witnessed in the streets of this c! d I wur... out city, the same might be well.a ,- plied to its residents. There was no inss taking the fact that the same deep rooted prejuoices were dominant, which prevail ed among them in the days when tic crack of the shave driver's whip resounded on their streets, and their slave pens were crowded with human traffic. Althou4ll the auction block and the shackles haie, disappeared, yet there was manifestly e'x ibtitig the saute old' bitter hatred to tile north and to northern principles. Shale ing Lauds over the bloody. chasm may be considered...an elegant pastime, and a beautiful Niece for Democratic: stuulp orators to grow eloquent over, butsif some of our northern people who ocio stonally vote the Demociatie ticket, hht stilt have a lingering_ hive for the l ni!?h, weld he. spectators to-the dishryal l'echfig which on all occasions they so opet4 minutest, they would most certainly corite to tlic conclusion that this shaking 44: hands birsines.s was altogether a uue sta ralnt&r. r The parade which ostensibly wa s iu commemoration of the birth oflVashi&- ton, proved to have been arranged another purpose altogether. The i mm ih, -tat ticoige aithougn a Virgith au N , ALS nowhere. Throughout the en t h e nuance of the day, there was n o ev id el i ie . of an existing lo)ality such as prompt - 41 anti controlled the actions of th e "F at tl r of Ins t.:ountry." ith the great mil l ets people who had gathered among dingy mats, nothing was tube seen Ott iniumestations of a love fu r th e l os t c an t, anti a love for the dead and live beroesff the rebellion. 11 Alt all the profusion ail display of hunting that everywhere iciet the ct.ye of the spectator, IlWre cilttl'l ,e seen ti nig in'the breez e but one sin,' le tLLg td the :dais and stripes. But ftis tooned whh rebel color s , floating a e riri ss the streets anti suspended front vid ows of the resnten y ces of man of IN = Haw, over one half of which haiM come• frcimithe' south, asking paymept for some sort of damage claimed to haVe been sus- . taitO, through the war. This is the kind of,rottinehment which the south are seek hag tii,',itccomplish. Place the 'Manage- I menVof our national affairs in the hands ! of thiszi*ople, and with but little Ceremo- ny the - coffers of the Treasury, would be very: speedily. depleted and the (iovern ment very quickly brought to bankruptcy ! • and ruin. • The caucus committee'of the Democia cy husinteirbeen - mettiug ,regularly ew t ery tlay,for, purp*.of,conSitieriug,the. currency - question, imelsofar, boning. 1)0.1 a disposition to talk has been. developed. 1 Throughout the °Mire ,disoussiMi. of the question the fact is eVidentAliat ;there is I no cohesion, nor fixedness of Purposcex isting among them—nothing that would . ; give an ideli as to:What. the ..Committee was appointed for. Evidently on this --1 question the Democracy. do net stand any where. After all their several sessions;.; . the committee has lauded where they started=nowbere, and the financial poli cy of the party still remains Undetermin ed. No matter what the Cominittee shall report, the caucus will disagree ; no mat tor what the caucus shall' report,' the House will disagree; and no matter what the House shall. pass; the . Senate dis agree ; and the President is likely to veto any repealsf the resumption act. ! So the Democracy from the present outlook, is likely•to be left shivering in the cold with all the -. beautiful financial propositions. On PHILADELPHIA LETTER 1 . 1111.-kOLLPIII,t, Ntisrli 7, 1376 The most invortaut event 04t has tak en phtee.hi this city of a religiouS charae ter since the departure of Moody and San key for New York, was the consecration of Rev. Dr. William fi. -Nicholson to the- Epis'eopacy of the Reformed Episcopal church.: As the sermon was pr . eached by Bishop Charles Edward Cheney,. of Ci whose, reiniarkithle career has keit btifore the American publie for borne y9ars a short sitetch of this& youthful Bishoii.inity inter est those of your readers who care for ec clesiastical all'aim ' _ Bishop Cheney was born at Canandai- , qua, \. V., on Febtuary - 12; graduated at Ilobart College 'ln 1857, and ,then studied divinity at the Theological Seinitiary of Virginia.' lle.was ordained a deAcon of the Pi otestaid Episcopal ('lurch on November 21,..-183, and then became assistant minister .of St. Luke's Church, Boche.ster. After nine mouth's service there, he became ii.4.;tor of St. Paul's Church, Havana; N 4 V., and in. March, 1••60. reniovecl td _Chicago, where he led been called as rector of Christ Church, a new oiganizatitln Wildeli hail but., seven communicants, itild worshipped in a little wooden building. In the course of . his sixteen years pastorate this has been built uP into one of the largest, and wealth iest churches in the Northwest, the pres ent Chinch edifice" being - a handsome, one, which cost .$lOO,OOO. lu May, kW, the late Bishop Whitehouse, a. Illinois. be= gan proceofing..against 31r. Cheney for the omission of•a word in the office of baptism for infants.':-.ln.justitica tjun of his course, Mr Cheney pleaded the usage of all sections of_ the Episcopal Church, the generally admitted discretion in:the adaptation of the Pprgre to emergyucii,s, and a conscien tious screllc about saving that all baptised infants were "regenerate," Le be lieved to lw untrue. After la long trial and air: appeal to the civil courts, Mr. Cheney was suspended frtim the ministry until he should' express contrition fat the past and confin mit y for the . future. Ilv •the utaninn;us roiliest (.4 . his (.•.‘o;.r.re,._::ttion lie voiltinned to officiate iu Christk'tttncb, notwithstanding the sentence. bur this ,act of contunnti y lie was tried a second tinie and sentenced to depbsition front • tin: Ministry of the. Clutch or God. — The . . Bishop pronounced the sentence Coy weeks after the vet diet was found. Mr. CM ney defended his cOntranaey nn the grcutiid that any expressnm of euntri-, t ien , w mild he an Unmoral act on his part' since he. llelie‘ed he had done his duty.• and eventually in August, : the United States Circuit Court decided that he had never been legally deposed ffoni the 11!ini,try. refusing on that gr , en: ii, to restrain him and his congr4;htMn 'from using the church 4mildiak. the tOrnial organization of the lie formed hpiscal Chureh in New York, in December, 1'473, 11r. ( iheney took part and -was elected Missionary Bishop of die Northwest.' lle was consecrated by Bishop ,Cutunlins, at, Chicago, on December 11.'1573. and was followed into the new organization by his congregation. I will notmtteinpt to give an account of his sermon, but Mill 10111alki that it was one of the most. eloquent anti impass.ioned ever "delivered iii Piiiladelphia. 1 .tire lAA this extract from a sermim lined with just - :41,-11 gems. `"l'herc never was a knock at Heaven's (11)or su timid ape! treniUlOlN tint car laitid to hear it.. No ct yof a soul tits tressed Nva . ever so ,112Cb1.2—1;0 OVelbOine of runt ittt hiliows—that it 141 not echo throu4ll - ti:e strtets, suminoih the iescue. j haVe heard that'messagcs from acioss flashed thfough the Atlantic eablisometinies are re:id in New \rink at aireaiiiPr hcur than that at which they dated in Liveri,oul London. It is only an appareift difference of, I'llllo. lint When ilie stricken heart sends the electric• of distress along the cable of prayer. it is Gist's wurd— ,qiefore they call, 1 will arswei., and While they are yet sirealting% I will hear." . At the close of his :•!.einioih tgruing to the newly made Bishop. Nntholson, - Bishop (hello - said tenderly ; "Mv beloved brother. one Closing word to you.. Selected by your kind purtiailiy for the iiittv I het % e su imperfecily dis charged to-night, 1 am well 4 aw are hiiw unbeeiimimr '' it 'would be foi : l*.,' your jun ior in both Christian cxut Hence. and tile Work of the ministry, to oiler words of counsel. But I may tender 'you my•trciest aud mo,t heartfelt congratulations,' Not upon your induction into an Official position from which you haVe 'shrunk, and 'yet which lots bet , n forced: mpon you. Its trials, its difficulties, ovvrwbeltuing; cares, forbid the thought.'.' But . my Soul ej roices with your owffiio-niglit, ray brutL cr, in the fact that the Reforined Episco pal Church, in making you a bishop, does not make you the less a preach n . of this unspeakably iireeeious Gositil. It does not vest you with mysterious Towers. It does rtet;eiithrone you in a cathedral's pomp. It does not separate You from the work of a presbyter iikolder to lay on you duties that -it would'he sac"tilege Sur a meshy - ter to perform". Itt ; thy opens dour. to wider influence and greater oi,por tunities in unfolding to. perishing souls the unsearchable ric:ies of Claist: I congratulate you thin: Ms , llospel-;- the joy of :Al your ministry. and dearer fo ylut titan life itself--is embodied in every portian of the Nl wel . l as the kniel hali' its mile 'behind. the train,carrt iii!!• 150 feet of sln'd. making it itapos-.1 to reach UM train with aid. SI in th\ meapthia , occurring in allaK reetion§ mm[mmv&t elidate§ their liveS 1)y Worltin! , in the lickl4', A slide ] nea'r Stinnuit ana another pt. ; Strimstii s-canyop carried away sevortit ' hundred feet ot - - sheds. This morning` I work Wes Colutherieed at, both.ends,,r. the blOcktale and the .road ! clear. , East bittnitl passeni:er triOns 01 the Ist and *1 inst. pront San Iran i cisco hare. paslsed on.' West boaral trains due at l'iruckce on the 2‘l and' !13c1 inst. will stiat -this even,ing 'and; prObably f`tass ,Sunpuit trouble. Ereirdit trains . 'are all abandOned,,,,lt 'will take sevorai dt•ys , . Q. get tUufgs ;:straight,, Passen; are twin? well Car4Al for and make th r bestLof the situittion. IT h,:well to rcpt clear of a Cold the week, but it is ]Hoch initter and ssark-t rid yOutlelf ofit the first forty-eight houris —the proper reiOdyfor the purpost; being Dr. Jayne's Expt:torant.