The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-04-14

by the officials OF the State Department
or by our diplomatic officers in Mexico.
A gentleman WHO has recently visited
Mexico, and who is in daily communica-
ton with leading personages there, says
that it is believed that Diaz will over
throw Lerdo, and succeed in electing
himself President. Diaz was the I'M
successful candidate against Lerdo in
1852. The Catholic priesthood is a very
powerful element of Diaz's strength, al
though they do not venture openly to
indorse him. They denounce Lerdo, how
count of his destructive policy towards
the Church. The recent capture of Mat
amoras gives Diaz, it is understood entire
control of the large State of Tamauli-
pas, while he already has Talisco and
Txajaga. His plan seems to be to
gather this rowing border class into his
army. He also has many followers in
the interior and in the City of Mexico.
The Congressman from Texas say that
the effect of such n war in Mexico upon
our frontier troubles would be very I'M
certain. The wal would employ all
the adventurous spirits along the Rio
Grande, but it would also make a great
err demand for beef, and give additional
stimulus to cattle thieves.
AT a meeting of the New York and
Brooklyn Association of Congregational
Ministers, held on the eth, resolutions
were adopted for the appointment of a
committee to cooperate with the COM
mittee of the late Advisory Council, for
the investigation of charges against the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Drs. Bud
ington, Mcfarland, Taylor, r. S.
Storrs and others opposed this ac-
ton, on the ground that the
findings of the Advisory Council were
irregular and based on superficial evil
dence, and that the investigation now
proposed would be of a similar charac-
ter and not definite or satisfactory in
its results. After the passage of the
resolutions, the four gentlemen named
above united in a letter to the Modera-
tor, withdrawing from the association.
THE 18th of April is the day fixed by
the Senate for Gen. Belknap to appear
and make answer to the impeachment
articles. He has retained rs his counsel
Montgomery Blair, Jere. S. Black, b.
i. Butler, and Matt. Carpenter. 1t is
understood that the defense will make
application for an extension of two
weeks beyond the 18th.
The examination into the circum-
stances of the Babcock trial by the Con-
gressional committee has developed the
following additional evidence: Gen.
Henderson, of st. Louis, special
sci for the Government, testified that
Attorney General Pierrepont told him
that he had frequently communicated
to the President the evidence in
his possession against Babcock,
but that the President invariably
knew more about it than he
did, the President having derived
his knowledge from Grand Juryman
Fox. Assistant District-Attorney Bliss
testified to about the same facts as Col.
Dyer, and added that Fox had admitted
to him that he had received an appoint
ment for his son since the Babcock trial.
Secretary Chandler testified hat he ap-
pointed Detective Bell upon the sugges-
ton of the President, who told him he
had been a spy in the army, and that sub
sequently the President had told him
that Bell was Il scoundrel and ought to
be dismissed, which was accordingly
dene. Mr.. Chandler characterized
Bells statements as to interviews with
him, at which the Babcock case was
mentioned, as unqualifiedly false. Gen.
Babcock, Levi p. Luckey, and A. C.
Bradley, Babcock's attorney, all denied
Bells evidence as to the conspiracy to
steal the evidence from the District-At-
torney's office, but the latter admitted
having instructed Bell to find out all he
could about the evidence and to procure
9 copies of certain papers.
In the United States Circuit Court at
/ St. Louis, on the Sth, Col. Constantine
| Mcguire, ex-Collector of Internal Rev
enue, was sentenced to $4,000 fine and
six months Imprisonment in the County
Jail, for completely in the Whisky Ring
r frauds. In the case of VIM. Mckee, a
Y motion for arrest of judgment, on a
/ purely technical point, was made and
Y allowed. Wm. o. Avery being called