The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-03-09

From tho National Capital.


The Senate has confirmed the following
nominations: John c. Myers, Of Nebraska,
Consul General at Shanghai; ]. Deforest
Porter, Associate Judge of the Supreme
Court Of Wyoming; James A. Connolly,
United States Attorney, Southern District
OF Illinois; John j. Jenkins, same, Wyo-
ming; William Nelson, United States Mar
shal, Utah.
Great excitement prevailed in the Ma
tional Capital on the I'd of March on ac-
count Of the forced resignation of William
w. Belknap, the Secretary Of War. A Mr..
Marsh told the Commissioner on Expendi.
lures OF the War Department that he had
paid Mrs. Belknap $4,000 for post trader
and h; agreed s to pay hsT sIoou
exposure was communicated to Secretary
Belknap, and before he could appear before
the Committee his wife waited upon the
members and admitted the truth of the
statement, and said she alone was to blame
as the Secretary knew nothing about it,
On March 1 the Secretary appeared and con-
fessed that the story was true, and said that
he desired to assume all responsibility, and
not have IL put on his wife. The committee
was shocked at this admission, and decided
to report articles of impeachment. On the
morning of the I'd Secretary Belknap went
to the War Office, and remained for a
few minutes only. He then proceeded to
the White House, where he had long in
terview with the President in the presence
OF other members of the Cabinet who had
been summoned to consult. The result of
this interview was that Secretary Belknap
rendered his resignation, which was &C.
cepted. A committee was appointed to take
testimony, which showed that the past
leadership was farmed out through his wife,
and the money was regularly paid to the
Secretary till the total amount reached
twenty thousand dollars. The report of the
committee was presented to the House of
Representatives, and resolutions of inn
peachment were adopted. Secretary Robe
son was appointed temporarily to Bel.
knap's place in the Cabinet..........
Levi P. Luckey has resigned as Private
Secretary Of the President, as the latter de.
sired to continue his son Ulysses in his
office. Mr.. Luckey has accepted response.
BILE Position in the Department
ham, of Michigan, formerly Minister
to The Hague, has been appointed Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, in the place of
General Cowen, resigned, and notified
Secretary Chandler by telegraph that he
would accept.
Disasters by Fire.
A recent fire in Lemars, Iowa, destroyed
large building occupied by four families.
A woman and three small children were
buried in the ruins, and, when found, were
burned to cinder. The husband is now a
raving maniac.
The steam flour mill of II. d. Rush, and
the steam saw-mill owned by Root & Shep.
herd, were burned recently, at Leavenworth,
Kansas. Loss about $4,000. insurance,
$4,000.
The workshop a. the California State
Prison, at st. Quentin, has been injured by
fire. The loss is estimated to be about $780,
600. No insurance. Great excitement pre-.
vailed among the prisoners. All are safe.
The building is supposed to have been set
on ire by prisoners in the attic in the paint
department The prison is heavily guarded
by San Francisco detachment Of police
and the National Guards. The prisoners
number in the neghborhood of one thou.
sand. They have thus far shown DISPOSE.
ton to behave quietly.
southern Items.
A resolution was passed in the Louisiana
House of Representatives, on the 25th of
February, in favor of the appointment of a
committee of seven to investigate charges
against the Governor, William p. Kellogg,
and demanding his impeachment. The
Speaker appointed a committee consisting
of four Democrats and two Republicans. .....
The Mississippi House, on the 25th of Febru-
airy adopted a resolution impeaching Cover
nor Ames of high crimes and misdemean ors
in office, by eighty-six to fourteen. Sixteen
Republicans were ABSENT. Alos Bues, COL
ored, one of the alleged murderers of Mrs.
Cochran and her daughter, at Eden, Georgia,
was taken to the scene of the crime and
while under guard in the warehouse, he was
shot and instantly killed by negro, who
escaped. 1t is supposed Bues was killed by
one OF his own gang to prevent him making
aconfession.
The New Orleans papers have published
memorial expressing unqualified disappro.
baton of the attempt on the part of the
House of Representatives to impeach, at this
time, Governor Kellogg. The memorial is
signed by sixty prominent commercial
houses and individuals, whom, the Bulletir,
says, represent more than ten millions OF
the active capital of the city.
The House of Representatives of Louisi.
ana, on the 2Sth February, adopted resolu.
tions impeaching Governor Kellogg. The
Senate at once organized Court of I'M
parchment, Judge Ludeling presiding, and
adopted an order requiring the House to
present their charges and testimony. The
Senate took recess, and on reassembling
as the House had not presented its charges
adopted an order Of scquittal-25 to 8.
Late news from Louisiana states that the
House of Representatives adopted resolu.
ton on the I'd of March disposng of the
whole question of impeachment, by order.
ing the discontinuance Of further pro.
ceedings on the part of the prosecution.
Items In (aenerau
Godlove 8. Ortiz has accepted the nom,na
ton by the Republicans of Indiana as thei,
candidate for Governor. Rev. f. c.
Langley, while preaching in Mission Church
corner of Nassau and Oakland streets
Brooklyn, on February 81, fell dead in the
pulpit from heart disease .....A convention
OF the tobocco. raisers of Kentucky has been
called, to meet in Louisville on the 18th 4
May next.....The pilot-boat Caprice was run
down and sunk In New York, a few DAYS
ago, by the steamship New Orleans. The
crew was saved....Two young bows were
smothered to death at Topeka, Kansas. by
the caviDg in of a sand bank under which
they were playing.
The steamer Mary Belle, owned by J.
Frank Hicks and ALI Grissum, took fire and
was burned to the waters edge at 2:3O D. m.
February ~. The fire occurred under n,
near the front steps. Its origin is unknown
The boat was taking on cotton below the
elevator. The boat and cargo of 5000 or
5000 bales Of cotton, many thousand sacks
cotton-seed and sundries, and baggage OF
all passengers, numbering about 200, in the
cabin, are total loss. No lives are known
to have been lost, and no one injured. The
Mary Belle was the largest steamer on the
Mississippi, about six months old, and
valued at about $4,000. She was insured
for $4,000 in Western offices. Cargo in.
sured......Nine prisoners, including several
burglars, awaiting trial in the Newark, N.
j., courthouse, escaped from the prisoners
room, recently..... William Hamilton, the
murderer, colored, was taken out of the Jail
at Lebanon, Tenn, by mob few nights
ago, and hanged.........A tornado struck
Princeton, Indiana, on the evening of Feb.
ruary 2s, at o'clock, blowing down obout
forty houses, tearing up trees, carrying of
fences, roofs and out.houses, killing one
enid and severely injuriDg number OF
people. The bOdiea NJ tb.aa =. &c. Ia