- 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" •
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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;
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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 <toe
tt 'standards of ytiur Church.. lii your
testimony to the freeness, the fulne s s:. and
tlrc - power of the blur of Jesus. in your
witness to the solitary priesthood of
Uhrist,, you m 'al represent not a party or
faction in the Church tb which you belong
but that Church itself.
And above all I congratulate you...that
your work as a bishop---that your wikkas
a presbyter—is the work that.saves studs.
You are only, with a new St - alld A
more-unbounded field; to proclaim a
pel which is the Owen of Ood to salva
tion. The office on which ybu enlei to
night will burden you with responsibili
'ties, it will weary you with cares, it will
sadden you
: with sorrows. But. •it will
never deprive you of the sweet privileges
of ministering to souls that need salvation.
I hitve heard that in this vuur beautiful
old'Uolonial days, t chime of bells,
cast in England and brought„across the
ocean, was placed Mlle, ancient belfry of
Christ Church. And whenever the ship
that bad borne them safely- tier 4 the sternly
sea was descried ascending the broad bo t.
soin of the Delaware. they pealed oui,
their s eetest notes of welcome;
..oh;.brOth•AE, when the res'p ncibilitics
and . cares and son ows of yottr ottices are
forgotten, as the gates swing wide•open
to adroit yon to the presence Of the Lamb
—sweetrir than all f he chimes of earth will
be the welcome ~ grecting i of Soots whom
putrr gosucl carried before 3'ou into glory. 7
THE CENTENYTAf., •
la The Heading Coal and , Iron Company
proc , o'sc to send a conTlet ero.:s-section
of the Mammoth coal. vein: 311.. John
Reese,' snperintendent of this. district; has
been working on it for a long time, and
now his labors are' nearly completed.
The coal is to come from the Plank
Midge shaft, and is to consist_ of a shaft
three feet square and the full thickness of
the wilt ; showing the interVetiiiig slates
anthill the different - bbncheg. ,It will, in
all . probability, when finished, be about ,
forty-five feet through. 'lt is to be thken
MEM
,
to; the 'Exposition grounds in -Separate
pieces,. and there placed in position.
..The manner of ,showing them will be
to - hive; erected a Colutnn of four iron cor.i,
nets., in , which this of coal will lit,
dreilg lowered irarom above. _r will '
come a port'on oil the bottom slate, their
the seven foot bench, and so on up to the
top rock r Great difficulty was experienced
in getting these rieparate pieces, as very
.-fewoithOsitried sustained thegreatweight
which was placed!uPon them.. However,
selectieris are made now which it is to be i
hoped Will he good ones, and in this rath 7
er small wak, Schuylkill county and the
greatelitleoal fields of the world will be
represented at 010-great Exhibitieu.
'flie 3lasonic temple -is to lodge
abotit43' peOple nightly.
The engine which is to run Machinery
hall is to cost $lO,OOO and to have a ea
pacity-i.if 25,000 horse power. •
•
In making ample provision for the coin.
fort and enjoyment of the people of a
state, New Jersey takes the lead, and sets
an 'ex:tropic thatinight with adc'antage be' •
folloWed by otlir: CoinruenW;Calths.' In
the building . erected by the St4te of New
Jersey the rotunti will be . prOvided with
chairs, probably Ave thousand in number,;
-where their people may sit. and' rest when
they are weary. There is a roirm for
coats, umbrellas, 'satchels, etc., where an
attendant will beistationed to take charge
of Lese articles and give checks; for them
'without any charge. There Will be aft
abundant supply if ice-water and aufpla
closet acconnuOtien., wash rooms and
everythigg that cull cendiice to the genti-: .
eral ctimfort.of the visitor. No provisions
will be fur-pi:she/1,1 of course, as nothing is
to be sold in the, building ,• but parties
who take their much with them will- find
a delightful little grove close by the 'New-
Jersey building lidiere tlic:y can t sit down
quietly aud en,jo3i their gipsy iepa'st. __the
Park is full of delightful !itt.le groves, and
.Jersey fOlis will not be the only ones to
camp out anti live in picnic style.-
J. - IV. F.
LETTER MOM EARRISBIIEG.
. i• 1-1:10Q111'ttG ; 31 . :arb 7.1,7e.q .
' The hills under consideraticn c : ltaring •
i this week haveilot fur the in6st pat,tfheen
.! of :speci4l interest to the citizens of your
! county. !
.This iy the ninth -week.of th,i :
session and of the four hundred, bilis Q . ll.
Lthe llonse clletidar. only about twenty
have Fut• - sed thin' reading, and perhaps,
three tinae ! as minty seccnid reading. At
:this rate of idispising of bilk - it is easy to!
see that the day of final adjournment ;is
far distant. , li • i; ;
The deinocratin majority insist on con:
sidering bills id their numerical older
without:any regtird tii their importance.
, Only fdit this:runlish stupidity tm the eart !
; of the: rna,jorit:,'.. most.; of the necessary
,!
legislation could' have been lis.4.iosed ir,r - by,
this time and an;:tiljournirie , tt effected : by
! the midole of ile a month, ti lei eliy saving
i.,
the State many thou-ands - 0; dollars.
~ 1
It has Leen suppOsed until quite recent.- !
ly that the persistency of the denn.crats in.!
adlterityr to('lice rule of considering bills
, is
only in nurucaleal order, could only iii at- i
tribute(' to then? stupidity aud itiozper-1
ietii'% , as legislatdis, but the developments;
of the last few ilky:i Ntolliiii SePPI 10 eo7!?rii-
' diet this suPpmtttion and lead us to believe!
that there is "Method in their madness:"
r This View 0f,111. - - matter is,undoriht...dly
curreet,,for it is !...111,stantiated by the aet
• ion of Mr. Rei i i.that,d. Chairman or the
i('onunirtee on . .prii-cpriations, who, tin -I
;Wedne4lay liolt,i arldei• the reale preten.e. ,
that the Genera" Appropriationliill nerd- .
led to. Le ani'mul6l, moved that it lit! it--'
i cofmnitred to Z ht-ti pin <pri:itil ‘ii committee.
1 aiw„ as is well Itnowni this bill as report- I
; ed pro\'ides ti- fla)ing the members for, a.
session of 1: - ,0 irii:.:, nun there; can he itO';
th , nlvt that it was re-commit ts.rl under in_ ;
struetion of a ea:ueus whichwas.held only
the night befort , il.l, - 11 ., ,:1e all the troubles, I
i past, present an ' d future of the denmerlitie '
1 majority were ' di.eus , ed. In this chums
!1
feats were exprei;sed that v. - hen the Appro-
pria' t• 111 .6 , • •'- t 1 • r ''‘' O . •' " '
.torr. 1 (....u. 1.,,, -it_ _: , .. 1 .411; AO,
1 wouhl 1;11deaVI':11 to antead tine b;il and
i • i .r 1 o I
1 tnereoleoi. npin file enicervy to rice the
I. ten.-(1011i1r-it-thly :grab after. the regular 1
„essMll.: It fiats ;• reed; upon by the cauctis •!
; to forestall a d.niger of this kind by to 1
i cointuittin the ftnli. The action of t he
; caucus haii toncs more tO ilii!..eith re-Coin
; :
Inittillz:: than ;thy, desire: the chonman
-might: have hid to arnew.l it.
.:1 . 1“ , iii.C.6ll
to 1.1.!-CO:ilalit win, , earried by 1141 it.i...5.
toll; a•zainst. The bill p - .. , ,vith:s.i,;: - i:n,;,,-, ,
to pay the Legistature, aml the rn t-mi th n
delnoerats sent Jim Lill itch to tine eiimi
tnittee was that !they did al it wislt to 4,(
' on die ...!,...t. , irki ,PO an Ii till) ki1t.,:,../1, %% ii L'h
, was sari to be or:kred by - t h l,e lUlntb:icans
' reducing the le , ,:isia:ivo, i..ty t0:"..:5,4 1 4,
which wotdd imil - p,ly I . ol' fill , days. . I
The prolongin4 of :this session bc;Yorid
100 day,.. i, one of themost - inexcusabh
- jobs ever atteMpied 'to be set up in this
, State: and what: imi'....esit-pz•vuliarly danulp
e
able at thi , tinie!is that it conies flora a
s et o f ti :, e a who loth tined their places by
iirofuse pri ifessii ins iii: ref( ion. .
That there have hieen liapo,iti its prne
tieLd nrion the i:trspayers in hit:'
sessioLs
cannot . tw drait‘ik irtit we 11 - 111:4 10.1.. reel'
, tht• hiss..ii y ;hi pa;-a: Leg - is:atilt - es in :Gilt to
111111 a plot I . (r rid, , :iing tlm people as ine.t.:,
, cu'.ibl'' Its this. ;The I,:fotan ihspublicans
: who hat:' plaisid Ibis majority ill tho
! iliac' will In Wti,.l t: , . stody the e5:42:71i, of
IL:- :•, Sihrn and s!ee,witether their ho.tsßtl
. inticp:mileuce•lm4 r , :-,,ltitHi in any gt . . , d ter
• the taxi.l ors. thip; fit' only ~n olunt)-- -
erat has it, •
-I the 1:M1 12119:n1 to opis.2. this
. high-handed attnit to f ; :efranit the pee- .
pie. This man iii! Ca pt. Wm. lizsson. o f .
.Venango e;:tinty4 The wit de trottsitetion
seems to be a syitcmittio attempt by the
: unl.ioritY an I a few lkpaidiean - ro , :isters”!
~to proliMg the se:.:s. ,ion (steely for the sake
of pe;:lo,t mg the •.-:-: 4 ,1:1 ::::•.:;;•11 which:the evr
( tended session will give them..
List Session thitalemomzts of the:lfonse
! were regarded lty friends as well as foes
as a body of avrt[ward but well-in aiiin , ,4
bionderers. Thi s , year they develop trails
Is which have in afF;iretime :only been accmel
;Aid to unit disrelintable classs known ;is
“I! , gislative roosrs:' Verily the I} l . l - Le ;' ( ,.,
man wilt, right when lie said, "The Ion: - . 1 x
' vhat a man liVes e l the more' he etery t..•y
finds ont.”
The liilr.tixini? • the compensation Of
county oilieers itneouttties eiintahliht: legl,
than one:untlred and nifty thousand'in
habittiniQ, is one i;vhich is of, muoh inik!rcst •
to tin-taxpayers Ihrotigh;at the State. It.
Will be liri , f•ir eotisiderathin tin Wednesday
eveningi next. led Mg been m tili‘ the sti
-1 vial order. The - hill prin. ides for p. , ...,..qz .
1 all county - oilicets"- by fees.- its at pre,,M. l
unless the fees sxeeed '1' ,1! :!')(1. whe n tlk:.
othicier ii , :to have:0111 . .1::i p:r i: , ..::it... i'.it. r:i.'• '
111:011iO4 1 . i per cent. to be pail iiiviO thi!
; eomay treasury.' •;
--
llou..:.1. 11. ItatYlins, Member from Blair
county, ; d iud; ; liistiewee k at his home in IL (1-
I It( laysbn 1.. A (iommittee of the Ito:1.1e
attended his funilral on Zinitay, .
Col. Ileirtoa, or your .rawity,'. wa, h... , *-
. r
this week lookin; atter .
the intsrest. : , , ! , :f
his military company. Tne 001. is a Vet.y :
pleasant gentlinnan and made many friends
during his short itay at. the capit il. -
1: i
.1 •ooya.›. s
SNOW TWELVE FEET DEEP
SANj, FitAse*r), Mar e e r i
patch t'roili Tiiickee sa,t s a he.iv ; '‘ -
;o strm,' began, 'On Thursday morning•
and continued Wit a . _ this afternoow
The' snow i 5 twt4vc feet deep on th ;t i
level. 1 On Thiirstiay night a sinotr
slide at Yuba .I.!ass crushed 150 vard's
or - sno,w sheds', The Western '1:1onntl
, fr'erght train ran into the we de
l. taehing the trait), and white clearing
the wrook anot rab>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.