Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-10
TELEGRAPH NEWS.
From Washington.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, July 1O.-Tbe Senate Wa
occupied during the earlier portion of the ses
sion 10 the discussion of resolution for hoIdiol
the conferences upoo the impeocbuen case.
THE TRIAL OF w. W. BELKNAP.
was then resumed, and G. 2. Marsh, the own
er of the pest leadership at Fort Sill, &C., VIII
paid Gen. Belknap $4,000 per anDum, wa
placed upon the stand, ADD made o state
ment, 10 substance. the same given before thu
committee, which has long since been pub
lished.
Many of the questions were objected to, ano
on the admission of the following, MIR. Came
ron demanded the yeas and nays:
When you sent Mr.. Belkuap the money did
hs inform you of its receipt, and if SO, in whaI
shape.
The demand was afterwards withdrawn, and
the question was admitted.
Auswer-I received sometimes a card mark
ed 20. K" perhaps sometimes in another
shape.
The witness said he sometimes sent the non
ey as from S. w. (southwost;) witness never
had any transactions with the Secretary other
than this.
The examination was continued until a late
hour.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In the House Of Representatives. as soon as
the Journal was read aud approved,
A till was passed extending the time, for
tea days further, in which the provisions Of
the present Appropriation bills shall remain 10
operation.
A plumber of private bills. acted upon 10
Committee of the Whole, on Saturday, were
taken up and passed.
A new conference committee on the Silver
bill was announced.
A telegram was read from the Governor
of Maine announcing that, having rendered the
position OF u. S. Senator to Nr. Blaine, that
gentleman had placed 10 his hands his (Blaiue's )
resignation as a member of the House, TO tax
effect July 10. 1876.
The States were then called for bills and
resolutions, &e., and under the call a humber
we're introduced aud referred.
A resolution, for the publication OF the va
rious surveys made in this country during the
past century, was referred.
The Senate bill to prevent the couDterfeitlug
of trade. marked goods or selling the sane Was
referred.
A resolution 10 reference to articles admitted
free of duty 10 the Philadelphia Exhibition
was passed.
The Conference Committee on the Diplo-
Appropriation bill reported that they
could not agree, and asked for a new coz nit
tee, which, after debate, was ordered to be ap
BLAINE.
Mr. Blaine has resigned his seat in the House,
been appointed a U. S. Senator from the
State of Maine His heslth is not yet restored,
but away from the noise and confusion of the
House and in that more cougenisl and seques-
lei ed spot-the Senste-he will have an oppor-
tunlty of recuperstion thst could hardly be at
tanned in the House, the scene of his former tri-
umphs. He will never again, however, be q
leader his ambition o'erleaped itself, and he has
fallen on tother side. A warning.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The heat in the hall of the House to-day has
been most oppressive, the thermc meter indicat-
ing $40, and palm leaf fans are in the hands OF
nearly all the members An employee wss sun
struck while coming to the Capitol.
The sub judiciary committee on the Blaine
matter did not meet to-day, the Radical menu
Der being absent. Whether the investigation
will be prosecuted further remains to be seen.
The Committee on Banking and Currency
took no action this morning in reference to the
repeal of the resumption act"
INVALUABLE FOR RAILROAD MEM
for more than a year with lndlg"stlon,
and during the last six months l was very
bilious, occasionally having a dumb chill, To-.
lowed by fevers, which Frustrated me l took
Simmons your Liver Regulator, and for seve-
RAJ mouths | have been as stout aud hearty as
any man could desire to be. l an thoroughly
that it is all it is recommended 10 be
for indigestion aud bilious complaints, Tor
nine was a stubborn case. L have heard many
of my friends speak of 1t, aud all agree that 1t
POSSESSES all the virtues you claim for it.
"A. H. HIGHTOWER,
"Conductor NJ. and w. L r."