The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-03-09

If evidence showing that five other
)ost-tFaderships besides that Of Fort
sill were sold for sums ranging
rom $500 to $4,000 a year, and
hat an outrageous fraud has been
lnearthed in the disbursements Of
he one million Of dollars appropri
.ted by Congress for putting up
leadstones over the graves Of
Union soldiers.
TO BE INDICTED.
ashingtOn, March 4.-The
grand jury will meet Monday, when
an indictment against Gen. Belknap
will be found The penalty for the
if found guilty, is stated to
be three years Imprisonment and
a fine twice the amount of the mon
sy corruptly received
rwo COUNTS.
In the article OF impeachment
against the late Secretary Of War,
there are two counts. The first
charges Secretary BeIknap with
having accepted a bride, and the
second with continuing to accept
the same
The Committee On Military AT
fairs had up the question of the let
ting Of contracts for head stOnes in
the national cemeteries and the pol
icy OF concentrating these encamp-
ments Of death. Several other Con
gressiOnal committees we're also in
session.
THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT OVER
THEM ALL.
Washington Special 20 the CHM. Enquirer
Not twenty-fOur hours has elapsed
since the blow was struck, yet the
Committee has been advised Of ten
fold new corruption in the official
and domestic affairs Of the Belknaps.
One young man offers an affidavit
reciting that he paid Mrs. Belknap
four hundred dollars for position
in the Department. An ex-Official
in the New York custom house
comes forward with the statement
that forty Thousand dollars worth
Of luXaries we're passed at the port
duty free for the adornment of the
persons and parlors Of the Secretary
and his wife. Stories of the sale
Of posJ-traderships on the Upper
and Of recommendations
for promotion are coming in from
every quarter, too numerous to men
ton in detail by telegraph.
BROTHER oRvIL's NAME COMES IN.
The name of OrviI Grant figures
in ugly connection on the Upper
and that of Senator Bout
well is handled in connection with
the evasion Of custom duties in
New York, and altogether the stu
alton to-day IS ike opening chapters
Of a long sealed book Of infamy,
whose recitaIs have often been
at but never proclaimed
from house tops until to-day.
THE POLICY TO LET THE gully Is
CAPE.
The President, with his custom
airy bullheaded disregard of propri-
ETY., has put his foot in it by direct
ing Pierrepont to cause criminal
to be instituted against
Marsh in the court of the District
on the charge of bribing a public
officer, The object Of this move is
the same as PieFrepCnt's celebrated
letter Of instruction TO District At
torneys in the whisky cases, to-wit
to intimidate infOrmers and prevent
further disclosures. This is the view
taken of-this order by Judge Black,
Col. Broadhead, Lamar, and all the
best lawyers here.
THE BOTTOM FALLING OUT.
Investigation has just commenced
although results are kept quiet for
obvious reasons. Some startling
developments are already made.
The Navy Department has already
furnished : word which exceeds
that of the War Department five
fold Delano's late Department is
a mine. 1t appears among other
things dnearthed, that in one case,
where a large amount of money has
been appropriated annually for 2
tribe Of Indians, that no such tribe
has existed for sixteen years. The
resolution investigating the Attor-
ney- Generals late order to District
Attorneys, including the whisky
frauds generally, is ready to 90 in.
If evidence which is now at hand
proves what it Is expected, it will
he shown that this order vas made
solely to shield Babeock. A reso-
luton impeachiHg the President
will be offerd in the House. 1t is
susceptible of proof that Luckey,
the Private Secretary of the Presi-
dent, was in st. Louis trying TO
prevent BaLeaek's conviction.
Being a salaried officer Of the United
States, a resolution Will be offer d
by Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi, in
quiring why, while in receipt OF a
salary from the Government, he
was tEying 20 prevent the conviction
of person under criminal charges,
and under whose order or by what
authority was he doing this.
FURTHER REVELATIONS.
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RumoTs and hints and surmises
fll the public ear as to the proba-
hilities " further revelations of
frauds that viii make necessary tbe
Impeachment Of other distinguished
personases. Such men as Delano,
Ingalls,, Meigs, Shepherd, Williams
and Sawyer are mentioned in this
connection, while It is claimed that
che Chief Clerk Of the War Depart
ment has ben detected n frauds
and viii be brought TO book. Al
lowancc must be made, however, in
this regard, for the prevailing ex
tTaOrdinaTy excitement which
brzeds Wild imaginations.
IFs JuRlsDICEIDN ADsgITTED.
Special to the Cincinnati. Gazette.
The Jurisdiction ofthe Senate. a.
q court of Impeachment, which was
somewhat doubted and discussed
Iast night, is universally admitted