Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-07
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and is untiring in her care of her pretty
little Alice, cheerfully relinquishing any
pleasure Wnen the child needs her pres.
ence.
The report that the secretary had tried
to throw the responsibility of his offense
upon his wife exciteJ much indignation
among the ladies. A bsVy of fair do ..A~.,
on being told so TO, night, thTeW up thelr
nRuJis and cried, "Uh! the wretch" ;" in
unison; while one, more sanguine than
the rest, added, "I'd like to kill him."
On the Democratic side of the senate
the most noticeable sentiment was one
OF SORROW at the disgrace which had
fallen upon the nation. One OF the most
thoughtful opinions l have heard was
given hy Senator Bayard. 'I don't so
much wonder at it," said that senator;
"I own my house Ia Delaware; l own
my house here; have no rent to pay;
but cannot afford to dress my wife SIS
these cabinet ministers wives are
dressed. l cannot afford to give such
magnificent entertainments, and they
cannot do it out Of their salsriss." 1
question whether he has not struck the
Keynote OF the trouble.
Hardly anyone tonight upheld the
President in his acceptance Of Belknap's
resignation. Zach Chandler and Ssna-
tor Logan are said to have strenUously
advised ii, bot almost every other Re-
publican depTecates it. The general
sentiment was perhaps best voiced by
Mr.. Morrison, VINO remarked tonight:
~ don't see how he (Grsnt) could have
helped it, but it strikes me ss axceed-
ingly impolitie."
Much severe criticism is ELECTED by
=. - Nl,aN III.
ing Belknap's resignation, and without
bsing requested fer it, Grant sent word
TO the Investigating committee that
Secretary Belknap's resignation had
been received, and he had accepted il.
1t is asserted positively by men who
pretend to know that. the BeIsnap earth
quake is only the beginning, and that
Before the storm subsidies it will strike
every member OF the cabinet, except
Fish, Bristow and Jewell, and will
strike other high officials besides. The
FIerrepOnt resolutions, as they are
called, are in members hands ready
to be presented when opportunity offers.
They charge explicitly that by the ex-
press orders Of the attorney general GER
tain witnesses whCse testimony would
have convicted BsbcCek were kept from
the stand.
Mrs. Amanda Tomlinson Bowers was
married two years ago, in December, to
the secretary of war. She was heartily
welcomed to the cabinet circle here, and
has held foremost place among the
ladies who are acknowledged queens in
society. She has been especially dis
tiDgulshed for her ready tact in receiv-
ing the strangers who each week throng
the houses of the members of the esbi-
net. She always had an appropriate
greeting ready for each conner.
Cincinnati Commercial.J
Caleb P. Marsh, the witness who took
an interest in the Fort Sill business, at
the suggestion Of Mrs. Belknap, and di-
Yided with the family, was, until ten
years sgo, prominent business man of
this city, being Of the finn of Tyler Da-
wilson & Co. He retired from tee hard
ware business, and has since resided in
New York and Europe. He was &C.
quaiDted, when in this city, with the
Mrs. Belknap with whom he nego lated,
and with her sister, then Mrs. Bower,
the present Mrs. Belknap, whose fist
hu band Bower was, at the time Of his
death, a member Of the firm Of E. G..
Leonard & Co., Of this city.
Chicago Timesl
To work more effectively upon Mrs.
Blackburn, the wretched wife brought
her baby to plead for her. 1t was one of
the coldr stormy nights experienced in
Washington. The ground was covered
With an inch OF slush, the snow melting
as it fell. AS she appeared at Mrs.
Biackburn'5 it was almost impossible to
recognize her. A plain cloak was thrown
over her, and her babe was pressed in
her arms. She had barely reached the
inside door when she fell in faint.
Recovering, she fell upon Mrs. Black
burn's neck. She raVed piteously to
save her husband and child, She alone
was guilty. They might hang or i'm
prison her, but spare her babe and her
husband. During the scene Mr.. Black
burn came in, and the two women clung
to him, his wife almost as much moved
as the wretched wife and mother.
Blackburn says he was never go moved
in his life by an appeal, but he was pow
erless, II he had been willing, to shield
Belknsp. He told the unfortunate wo-
men, gently tut firmly, that justice
must be done, and that ne was power
less.
Cincinnati Enquirer,I
Their home was among the most lux.
uriOus even in this center Of luxury.
Mrs. Belknap called about her the fairest
aud brightest Of her sex, and sought to
create select social circle OF her own,
the e1ltree to which should be the desid-
eratum Of the hGltt ton. She was to be
the Lady BlessiDgtOn of the reign of
Ulysses, and her home should be the
Holland House of the realm. Her FEM
inine proteges were to be the centers of
admiration, and nothing less than a
millionaire or count could aspire to
pay them serious attention.
AS soon as Mrs. Belknap realized that
she was beyond the power OF social in
fuence or official prestige to save or
shield her, she went home and gave her.
self up to psroxysms Of grief aud morti-
fcstion. Her always open doors were
closed, and the shutters of her parlor
windows were let down. The Belknap
mansion ceased to be q social center, and
Mrs. Belknap was as dead to society as
though she had been buried In Spring
Grove.
Among the incidents Of the Belknap
earthquake is that it has brought old
Tom WOrthingtOn out of his dan to
make one more thrust at Grant and
Sherman before he dies. Old Tom says
Belknap was promoted during the war
and appointed TO office since as bribe
to silence him in regard TO facts con-
cerning Shiloh, which Grant and Sher-
man faisified in their reports, and which
they do not wish to have set right. He
says that Sherman, in order to save
himself from couIt-maItlal for neglect of
duty, charged cowardice against two
Iowa regiments, one OF which BeIknap
commanded, and that both Grant and
Sherman saved themselves by making
scapegoats Of these two regiments.
Bslknsp aCquiesced in this charge dis
grscing his own men in the considera-
tiOn OF promises Of personal promotion.