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theme of comment everywhere in the city : to-day. Secretary BeIknap has rendered his
 resignation and 1t has been accepted by the New will be tendered the office of Secretary
 of var. The report is that Marsh. the Pos;
 Trader at Fort Sill paid Mrs Belknap $l0.-
 Oo0 for the position and that he has paid
 fs,000 annually since. h the House today
 CIymer presented resolution of impeach-
 meut against Secretary Belknap, late Secre-
 tary of war, accusing him of high crimes
 and misdemeanors in office
 San Francisco, March 2-Gold in New
 York l1iIt. Greenbacks in San Francisco
 SSH c ss4
 Washington, March 6.-In the Senate on
 Saturday a committee ofthe House presented
 articles of impeachment against Ex-Secre-
 tary of War, Belknap. The Senate received
 the notice and referred it to committee of five. Ednonds. Condon, Frelinghuysen,
 Thurman and Stevenson. President Grant
 acknowledges his mistake in accepting Belk-
 nap's resignation and says he did it under s
 misapprehension of the facts. New York. March 6.-The opposition Steamship line between New York and San
 Francisco via Isthmus is s fixed fact. Str. South Carolina sailed Thursday will soon be followed by the GeOrgla.
 Washington, March 6.-In the House to- day resolution was adopted to appoint special committee to enquire whether any government officer has given information to the defence in the whisky trials at St. Louis. This is supposed to refer to oAttorney-General Pierpont.
 Robson, Secretary of the Navy has been temporarily appointed Secretary of War. Belknap is under police servelance and has not left his house since he resigned. His case stands over in court until his bail is ready.
 The appointment to the vacant Secretary ship has been rendered to some one outside of the Cabinet who will not be mentioned until his acceptance Is known
 The President has sent to the Senate the name of Richard H. Dana tn succeed General Schenck as Minister to England.
 "A dispatch from Chicago dated March 4. gives rumor. published in Times special, that the President intends to remodel the Cabinet throughout, and that in the mean time General Sheridan will be temporarily placed in the war office. Intimations that other high officials beside Belknap will be brought low, including Secretary Robeson, are indulged in.)
 Washington. March7.-Evans, Post Trader at Fort Sill, has been removed.
 Col Fred Grant has been ordered into the 1 field
 St. Louis. March 5.-The Times will pub- ] fish tomorrow. on the authority of men ] who have been trading on the frontier for the | past IS years some statements in which Or | vile Grant, is accused of being interested | with Belknap in disposing of trading posts for money. It also publishes what purports | to be apart of the secret history of the whisky ring prosecutions especially of the Babcock trial. Attorney-General Pierpont | is accused of being very zealeus and active until BabcOck was indicted when his ardor | cooled and he tried to save him from convic- ton. The reason attributed to Pierpont for his changing front is jealously of Bristow.
 Washington, March, 1.-The District At torney to-day sent one witness before the grand jury that is investigating charges against Ex-Secretary Belknap, and will send others. Secretary Chandler says the story of an interview between him and General Belk- nap and wife and the reported confession is all made up. Senator Morrill, has not yet &C., cepted the Secretaryship of War tended him on Saturday.
 New York, March 7.-The house for aged people, conducted by the Catholics. and known as the Little Sisters of the Poor." located in Brooklyn, was burned this morn- ing. Twenty or thirty inmates perished in the flames
 Sacramento. March. 6.-The river is four inches above flood mark of1sG5. The levees are safe; no damageis apprehcnded. Storms have been raging at Shasta for ten days and AS far down as Chico. The upper tributar- ries are higher than at any previous time dur ing the season.
 Washington, March, s.-The chief of po- lice formally arrested Ex- Secretary Belknap today. He was admitted 70 bail in $a5, 900. Belknap showed himselfto be terribly de- pressed covering his face with his hands and signing deeply.
 Clymer of the House rose to a question of privilege. He had been subpenaed as a wit ,ess before the District Court in the Belknap ;ase- The House passed a resolution declar- ng the mandate of the court to be breach 'f the privileges of the House and directing he members of the committee on army ex- ,enditures to disregard it. An angry debate ook place in which Blaine led the Republi- an side and spoke savsgely againts the ac- ions of the Democrats. Beebe, .excit- ally" said the Republicans could pursue flea atching if they pleased, but Democrats 1-.o~ $lx l~ro l