Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-12

| NASiIINGION, May O-NOOn. M
Goode addressed the elections com
mittee this morning.
A terrible storm passed over Leav
enwOrth, Kansas-loss 1925, 900. A
Chicago the loss was about the same
Comparatively little loss Of life is re
ported.
| WAslINGToN, May 8. Might
SENATE.-The impeachment court was
Immediately resumed and Knott,
on beha + of the managers, c. uc.uded.
Black OF the counsel for the defence.
| poke and the Senate then closed doors
for conference. At five O'Clock the
doors were reopened and the chair
announced that the Senate had agreed
upon two orders which were received
as follows:
"Ordered that until further notice
the attendance at the Senate of the
| managers and the respondents will be
required.
''Ordered that when the Senate sit
ting for the trial of i'm parchment adj
journ it be until Monday next at 1890
O'Clock P. NJ"
The Senate then adjourned till to-
morrow.
House. Hale offered a resolution
directing the several committees
charged with Investigations to take
testimony with open doors, which was
rejected to by a vote of 60 to 81, not
twn-thirds.
Hale then moved upon resolution
to the judiciary committee with in
structions to report, which was also re-
jected-yeas 95. nays III.
The committee on ways and means
were Ordefe ed 70 make q thorough in
vestIgati0n INFO the affairs Of the New
York custom house and report changes
and reforms necessary to the most
effactual enforcement Of the law.
Wells of Mississippi offered raso
luton directing the Secretary of War
to Issue q half million rations to suf-
ferers from the overflow in Mississippi
Objection.
The Supreme Court has adjourned
to October. The granger cases, in
volving the right of States to regulate
railroads passing through them, was
postponed.
Speaker Kerr has asked ten days ex-
tension of his lease.
Secretary Fish has written letter
to the charge de'affaires at London.
which he desires that officer to read
to Lord Derby in which he says the
President regrets condition which,
i'll his Judgment, is without any justi-
fcation under the treaty, should have
been asked. He regards the question
Thus presented as of grave aud
serious character the final 50
lu-ion OF which must prob
ably demand the continuance of
the eXtradition under the treaty of
1912. He cannot recognize the right
of any other power to change at pleas
ure. and with ont the assent of the
United States, the terms and cOndi-
tons of an executory agreement in
treaty solemnly ratified between the
United States and that powes. He
does not see how be can avoid regard
ing the exaction by Great Britain of
condition heretofore unknown as the
refraction and termination of that arti-
Gle of tie treaty. The charge d affairs
IS instructed not 10 enter into any stIp-
u'ation or understanding as to the trial
Winslow.
The Indictment presented against
Belknap Sc forth that he was Secre-
'1ry of War on June 10Th, 1873, at
which time a certain question was
pending as to the proceedings in rela-
ton to the appointment and retention
in office of the trader at the post of
Fort Sill. in the Indian Territory; that
be did unlawfulty, wiIfully and cor
ruptlv receipt for and receive the sum
of 81, 700 from one Caleb 2. Marsh.
with intent to have his decision and
action on the question pending in
fuenced. aud did appoint one John s
Evans and did retain John S. Evan
as post trader in consideration of hav--
ing received said sum.
WASHINGTON, May 10-Noon.
ing on an extract tel agrephed from the
Star information is furnished TO the
effect that Buckaer. collector at Louis
vile, is not defauiter, but was robbed
by his ishier, who afterwards com
mitted suicide that petition is be
fore C3ugr SIS, endorsed by persons of
al parties ID Kentucky, for Buckner's
relief. and that the late Mr.. Miles is
not among Buckners bondsmeD.
WASHINGTON, May 10-Night-A
strcug application was recently made
to the Attorney General and the PLe5i
dent fer the pardon of IA large number
of illicit distiliers in the South, par
5icularly III Georgia, hut, acting upon
the laws of revenue officials, thus far
no p4Idous have been reported. The
applications seemed 10 be for whole
sae pardon of these prisoners, the
cases being those of Comparatively
slight offences, aud the petitions set
forth that they had already been sui
fcjenty punished. The Applications
not having been fSvo, ably acted upon
renewed petitions have heou received
giving the specific Ca IS in which the
cemency OF the government is invoked,
There are quite number OF them now
before the Attorney General.