The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-04

against x-secretaTy iBeikuap and those Hhs
were associated with him insthe practices ID
bribery and ccfruption;thas hsve just bser
officially discovered, and she selection of 9,
new Secretary Of sWar. ass E.s hs3sA
The President stated 60 Che Cabinet tha
while he could takH no steps which NIGH
look to the prosecutions of any one, he bad
determined to shrink from nGraspensibility
that rested upon him. and be 81 harefore asked
the fAttorney. GeuerafStc atske immediate
steps TO proceed With criminal charges
against General Belknsp and Messrs. Marsh
srd Tomlinson, and all others shown By the
eVidence:that shall be addueed to have had
part in the psinfuf uftransactf0us that were the
subject OF attention. Upon this determine.
ton ofthe President theYe were full and
thorough expressions Of opinion favorine
such action IS the PrebideHt determined upon
without delay. 50 G :
The peculiar character of General Bel
kuap's offence, differing 10 many respects al
it does from an ordinary sase Of bribery, Wa,
a subject Of comment and discussion, the
result Of which was the reference OF tbs
entire matter 70 the Attorney General who
will take the necessary steps to enter crimi-
nal proceedings just as soon as the facts car
be put In shape TO be swern to. As a part
Of the discussion ik is2 mentioned that there
should be no delay in the proceedings because
Of the progress Of an impeachment trial. The
two trials will be entirely Independent o
each other. -.
Judge Pierrepont remained at the Execu
tive mansion for short time after the other
Cabinett officers had gone to their respective
departments for. The purpose Of getting wha
facts the President might he possessed OF, II
accordance with the determination TO cona
meuce Immediately the proceedings under
his charge.
The discussion relative to the appointment
Of successor to Secretary Belknap was o.
considerable length, bat no decision was
reached, and there will probably be another
Cabinet meeting about it, The assurance Il
given that the person who will be appointed
to the office will be man Of high character
and known position.
shipwreek and Loss OF Life-A Life
Saving Crew Drowned.
WAsH1EaroN, March 3.-The Signal Ser
vice observer at Kitty Hawks, on the Nortt
Carolina coast, reports this morning that a,
Italian bark, name unknown, in ballast
bound from some port In Italy to Baltimore
came ashore twenty miles sorth Of that sta
| ton on the night OF March 1st. She wen
to pieces yesterday, and the crew, consisting
| Of thirteen men, were all lost, excepting
four, who were picked up The life-ssvinl
crew attempted to board the bark, and every
| man was drowned. Six bodies have beer
recovered, and nine are still missing.
The Resumption Achievement
Against its Repeal.
BosroN, March 3.-The Board Of Trad
| unanimously adopted resolutions urgini
| Congress not TO repeal the law Of 1876 pro
| viding measures by which resumption II
1879 may be made operative.
Various Items.
WAsHrSGroN, March 3.-Charles T. Cor
ham, of Michigan, has been appointed As
| sistant Secretary of the Interior.
James T. Mason, Of Virginia, has beel
appointed consul TO Dresden.
The Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions have agreed to report without amend
ment the resolution referred TO them 70
counting the electoral vote.
Representative Wiltshire, Of Arkansas,
suffering from inflammation Of the lung
and nervous prostratioD, resulting fron
oVerwork in the Indian Investigations.
A dispatch from Fort Fetternan, Marc
1st, says the Big Horn expedition, unde
| Colonel R. Reynolds, of the Third cavalry
| consisting of ten companies OF cavalry an
| two Of infantry, left ON that day. The cayalr
| will scour the country and strike the hostil
| Indians wherever found.