Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-09

hostile bands Of Sioux, by request of the
Interior Department, and l consider the
appropriation so necessary that | especial
| ly request immediate action on it."
Mr.. H. G. Bowen appeared before the
adjourned business meeting of Plym outh
Church, on the evening of the 1st, and, in
reply to demands that he give the facts
which led him to believe in The guilt of
Mr.. Beecher, stated that he would not
give names and dates except to a select
committee of three, pledged to secrecy.
Mr. Beecher objected to secrecy, saying
he (Beecher) had no reason for it. A
motion that the parties be present, with
counsel or friends, was adopted, as was
also motion that Nr. Bowen have
one lawyer or more before the
committee, Mr. Beecher Directing
to the motion. A report of the
Examining Committee, charging Mr..
| Bowen with SANDER, ETC., was adopted
and a committee of three were authorized
to summon Mr.. Bowen before them and
report. Mr.. Bowen was then requested
20 retire with the committee of three, and
declined The Examining Committee
then reported a series of charges Of I'M
christian conduct, ETC., against Mr.
Bowen, and the matter was referred to a
sele;I committee to report on the evening
of the 4th, various desultory motions to
expel Mr.. Bowen being voted down.
A CLERK Of the Bingham House, of
Philadelphia, named Newcomer, who
was lately prosecuted by the Rev. Mr..
Cook (colored), of Virginia, for a viola
ton of the Civil-Rights bill, has been
found guilty.
THE Rhode Island Republican State
| Convention will be held on the 23d inst,
and that Of New Jersey on the 18th of
May.
THE Louisiana House of Representa-
tives, on the list, adopted a series of arti-
cles impeaching Gov. Kellogg of high
crimes and misdemeanors, it being claimed
that the action of the Senate on the 28th
ult. was illegal, null and void. A report
of the action Of the Senate was made to
the House, with the statement that such
action was final on the part Of the Senate
as to the impeachment question.
| WINsLow, the Boston forger, was brought
before a London magistrate, on the I'd.
| He was offered counsel, but he declined
their services and, after the exhibition of
| the documents brought by the Boston
| officer to which he made no objection, he
was remanded.
THE Leeds england Amphitheater was
burned on the night of the LIST, involving
loss of $150,000.
THE bill passed by the National House
of Representatives, on the I'd, to amend
the act to encourage the growth of timber
on the Western prairies, adds to the pre-
vious law on the subject provision that
| wherever party holding a claim under
that act shall prove that the trees planted
and growing have been destroyed by
grasshoppers, the year or years in which
such trees were destroyed shall not
count as working any forfeiture of the
rights and privileges conferred by the act,
and the time allowed shall be extended
accordingly. 1t also provides that the
proper planting Of seeds or cuttings shall
be considered a compliance with the
Timber Culture act. 1t also provides that
it shall not be necessary to plant the trees
in one body, provides that the tracts
planted, not exceeding four, snail aggre-
gate the amount required and in the time
required.
SECRETARY robson, of the Navy De-
partment, was, on the I'd, detailed to take
charge Of the War Department until a
successor to Gen. Belknap should be ap-
pointed.
GREAT excitement was occasioued in
Washington on the I'd by an exposure of
corruption involving Secretary-of War
Belknap. A Mr.. Marsh, of New York,
had testified, before the Committee On Elk
penditures in the War Department, that
he had paid Mrs. Belknap $4,000
for post leadership, and $4,000
yearly since. Mrs. Belknap acknowl-
edged the truth of the accusation, saying
she alone was to blame, as her husband
knew nothing about it. The Secretary
also admitted the truth of the story, and
said he desired to assume all the response
bility, and not have put on his wife. He
then rendered his resignation to the Pres
ident, and it was accepted.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the I'd states
that Levi P. Luckey had resigned as pri
vate secretary of the President, and had
accepted a responsible position in the In
terror Department.
AN Omaha telegram of the 1st states
that an expedition, consisting of ten COM
panies of cavalry, two of infantry, twenty
five scouts, $50 transfers and packers,
and rationed for six weeks, conveyed by
eighty wagons and 400 pack-mules, had
left Fort Fetterman, eta Fort Reno and
Fort Phil Kearney, en- route to operate
against the Sioux Indians, whose bands
have been for the last several years, and
are now, against everybody.
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