Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-05
Caller ON THE WING

CALEB ON THE WING.
NEW YORK, March caleb T
Marsh is said to have left this city yes
terday, with ticket for Montreal in hi
hat, but that at PeekskilI he suddenI,
left the train.
ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD FROM.
NASHVILLE, March THE Ameri
can tomorrow will contain q statemer
that in 1873 the secretary Of war reject
ed the bid of the Knoxville marble com
pany to furnish headstones for the Ma
ti0Lal cemeteries, although it was tn
lowest bid by sixty-eight thousand dol
lara, and the contract was awarded t
an iniisn trader at Keokus, which wa
then Belknsp's place of residence.
THE WHOLE BATCH To BE INDICTED
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The attor
ney- general has been in consultation
with District-Attorney Willis relative Il
Belknap, and the preliminary papers
with a view to his punishment, have
been prepared. They will be sent to tht
grand jury next week, when il is ex
pected an indictment will promptly fol
low. Similar proceedings will be insti.
tute1 against Marsh. The attorney.
general bad q consultation with the
President to-day on the subject.
PREPARING THE ARTICLES OF I'M.
PARCHMENT.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The judieia-
~ COMMITTEES, which bad, two days ago,
arranged for the examination to-day OF
Marshal o. Roberts, of New York, in
the Texas Pacific investigation, set aside
thai arrangement in order to give its at
tentiOD to the preparation Of articles Of
impeachment against the late secretary
OF war, ia which business it was occa-
pied all day. There are two counts.
The 6rst charges Secretary Belknap
with having accepted a bride, and the
second with continuing to accept the
same. The committee on military at.
fairs had up the question of letting con-
tracts for headstones ia the National
cemeteries, and the policy of concen.
trSting these encsmpments of the dead.
Several other congress committees were
slso in session.
BELRNAP's PROBABLE PENALTY.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The grand
jury will meet Monday, when an indict-
ment against General Bslknap will be
found. The penalty for the offense, if
found guilty, is stated to be three years
imprisonment and fine OF twice the
amount c0rruptly received.
A COUPLE OF THE sECRETARY's PETS.
CHICAGO, March 4.-The part which
George T. Robinson, OF Baltimore, and
George A. Armes have taken in the
Belknap disgrace, has led to an exsmina-
ton of their records, which shows that
they both lost their places In the army
through their own scaudalous practices,
upon charges preferred by superior Off.
GERS, and after formal court martial,
and not through the ipstrumentality of
the lste secretary. George IT. Robinson
was captain in the tenth cavalry, and
was arraiRned before a general court
martial at s.. Louis, October %, 1874, on
a charge Of fraud against the govern
ment, which fraud consisted in drawing
his pay repeatedly for the came months.
TIE full proceedings Of the court NJ 4rtial
show a series Of frauds extending over
two years Of time, prscticed not only
upon the government at New York, |
Bsltimare, Galveston, and |
other points, but for fiIse charges for |
goods and medical practice. Robinson |
also cid not hesitate each time he drew |
his p5y 10 commit perjury. The court |
iOuDd him guilty, and passed the follow
ing sentence: 1.-THE court does therefore
I,utence Captain GAorge IT. Robinson,
II the tenth cavalry, to be cashiered,
10 forfeit to the United States all psy
aud allowances now due or to become |
due, and tO have his crime, name and |
plsce Of abode and punishment pub
ished in and about Philadelphia and
st. Louis" George A. Armes was also
a captain in the tenth cavalry, and was
tried before court-martiaI at Leaven.
worth, Kansas, March II 1870, and was
dismissed from the service by command
Df General Sherman. The court found
him guilty Of conduct unbecoming an
officer, his offsnse being the exhibition
Of OOsceEe pictures to female servants
81 the post. Armes was also guilty of
1ther ofenses, such as lying, in which
az was regarded as proficient.
COMMENTS OF THE LONDON PRESS.
LONDON, March The Times of this
morning, in sn editorial on the Belknsp
scandal, says: This event is more
,rave because it is confrmatory of the
uspic!oa which has long prevailed
among the American people. Even we
Europeans canEOt but be struck with the
altered tones in which the Americans
peak, If not OF their institutions, at
east Of the men who have the present
direction of them"
The Ne1OS, abiding to the same sub.
sct, says: 1.-The American political life
Gems TO be in anything but healthy
1t refers to the whisky
rsud trials, the Emma mine scandal
md the downfall Of Bslknap, and says
hat "these scandals lift the veil from q
lass OF society which 1t was hitherto
ret y panprqllV EunnOsed had pspaned
he impurities of the social strata be-
Dw, and they lead one to fear that
ONE OF the worst vices Of municipal
overnment may be percolating into The
edtTai Naturalization"
The Telegraph says: I'D. sc'osure5 after
sclosures, charges after charges, vary
lg in degrees OF truth but with the
Ims ugly and outward character,
ave lately daT&ened the commercial,
sligious, judicial and administrative
of the United States. Some
ave proved false, others true, and more
wait evidence, but the general eject, !
eyOnd denisl, has bsel, and is TO bring !
le blush of shame and anxiety into the !
ices of all honest Americans, and to
lake countless friends Of the republic, /.
I this country, silent and sorro Eful,
hen its enemits ejlice over these re-
ITiDg revelations,
The SANFORD saysi "Hsppily the
)untries are few where 60 gross an
5lEse Of trust would be possible" y
Notice 10 Tax-PayeFs.
CITY OF MEMPHIS,
TAx-CoLLECroR's OFFICE, ! I
am instructed tn say that the follow 9