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had supposed. Tho conduct Of De!knap con-
tlnuen to 10 the thcmo Of general conversation.


pninIH or TIE INVESTIGATION.
Ths following 10 glren "a tls origin Of the
1}otknnp investigation Willie In noarch for
house for l1|a family In December, tho lion. y.
j. LoHla, nf AlnhaMs, was referred 10 q. ..
Armce, real cstate agent ia this city. During
tilcr scarcf, for houao Atr. Armea, In convossa-
tion stated 10 1r. Lewis lo had formerly belong
s.r 70 t0o 81 ont IT, % s5o' e
ntstance Of n iuoniber Of Congroas i,o could
dcvolnp facts that wou}d forco Boknar to resign.
LoW1. tonao1ed hIs assistance, aud tho5 gbse.
loins impss,sctl soagh. ''si slsiee Of a. ian.
!lall, WHO atlViscd thai the facts
ho brought before Clsmcr, Chairman Of tho
Committee on ExponatNrca IN tho Wnr Dorhrt-
gavo lit of wttunasos. Including Mnzsi,. Aftor.
wards Clymor thought Arnses wns acting In bad
faith, aa tho Secretary said Armes had proposed
II ic waa restored to The army and certain other
conditions compiled With, ho would drop tho
matter. LOWS aald II Arn,es was socking only
10 lovy blaokmh!l OF conrBo thoy could hayo
nothing to DO with Il, but advised. 90 Arlnea hnl
furnished tho-namcs Of wstnoenes that they 10
cal!od and examined, which HAS dono.
AsrouNnEp.
The President. ia conversation With friends to-
night, stated emphatically that he was 1lot nwAro
Of tue cnor!nity Of tho cl'srgcs against Dollsnap
ceptcd hia resignation. From tho hurled and
incollerent manner OF Ualknap'a communication
70 him. tho Pfsstdent dron tho conclusion that
Mrs.. Belknap, and not hor husband, was tho
gniltY party. and that tho 0cnorai assumed a,i
tho responsibility md censute In orler to shield
his wito. Although 10 did NOS Inform tho Tresi-
dont that he MAS actually guilty hitnsclf. he ooo
Tossed he wss pot froe from blanc. Tho ProB::
not havo yielded 80 Ioads to belknaps sppss o%
II accepting btu foelgnation in tho mild eorms ho
did, but would hayo demanded that tho official
relations betxoon sham bhould immediately
cease, and that Delknap should ht onco vacnte
hts office and take a1I tho couaequences Of lila
Official misconduct. Tho prostdont hAt no s,is-
pioion up 70 10 o'clock to-tiay that Belknap's
official conduct Was tho subject Of Investigation.
and nothing could have occaslonod him mora
SURPRISE than the communication made to him
by Delknap himself at tho time ho presented bis
written resignation.
Tho report Of tho Testimony duplicating OK
Secretary I,elkuap ia tho matter Of tho sale Of
tho oflco OF poBt-tsaor At Fort Sill is tho shcmo
Of commont everywhere in this city to-day.
Con. 1eiknap has resigned. Ho handed : lottoe
10 Tho fresidcnt, rendering Lis resignation, and
asking that It bo accepted without dolay. 1t ja
stated At tho White Houso that lila resignation
WAS promptly accepted, but tho o1act language
tanned.
The discovery Of this circumstance in Gen.
Delknap's administration Of tue War Depart
mont occaaions Tho most intense surprise, aud
the Cabinet officers and officials Of oil grades
declare their nbsoluto aatontshment.
Throughout tho entiso city to-day thors has
been talE regarding tho subject Of tie inpeaeh-
mont OF the or x-eocresaty for tho o1enne Of cor.
rupttou, aud opinions havo boon divided even
among tho Calumet olacers and oshora, ns to
whether the offending official fs ont Of office.
Tho prepondsranco Of opinion, however, ia TINT
it could bo. Tho Attorney GenorAl said. in
convorsation upon tho matter. TINT he wns not
prepared to elvs hts opinion, though /. las
not boen officially asked for, unloss after an
animation,
sororal friends Of Dolknap called upon him
to-day. but he had nothing to Say, e1coptinE such
nj has beon hero montionod. tint ho desIrod 10
make statement before the Commtttoo. Thoro
aro already rumorh AZ to tho appointment OF hls
successor. but nothing haa been haid about It
at tho White Hot1sc. II Ia also rumorcd this
nfterpoon that tho President is ncllnaa to With
draw hla nccoptanco Of tho rosignat!on, to await
the Investigation OF tho charges agasnst Dol
knnp.
T11i. NOT MAZE STATEMENT.
Mr. Dolknnp tonight apnounco8 his deterni-
nauon.in WOW OF tho action Of tho House to-day
in presenting articles OF Impeachment to tho
Benatc not to make any public statemont until
he can do 80 before the Sonata In Official form.