Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-04
RESIGNATION
Of General Bslknap as Secretary
Of War!
HE DOES NOT DENY HIS GUILT.
Excitement at Washington--1ea-
olutions of Impeachment In
trcduced in The House.

A~EW VIM. Wal -.
A Washington special says that DR..
To,nlinson. brother of Mrs. Balknap,
Ueiote ,he Committee on Expenditures
OF the War department this morning.
denounced the stat. m-nt hat he acted
~ Intermediary be, een Belkn % and
Marsh As false. Judge Blair ami Marsh
are again before the counties. N"th
ing elsa is talked about at the CuI,i IL
aud the greatest excitement p evaii>.
rhe report of the testimony imp 10 ning
Secretary Belkpap in the matter OF ia.
sale of the office of post trader at t'ori
Sill is the theme OF comment every
where in this city to-day. Genera
Belknap has resigned. He handed "A
letter To the President rendering his
resignation, and asking that it be nc
cepted without delay. II Is stated a;
the White House that the resignation
was promptly accepted, hut the exact
language of the PrrsidenI's reply ha.
not yet been OBJ aimed. BelkD nap has
remained at his private residence to
day. not having visited the War Dr.
pArtinrnt. He says 'there Are mapN
complications that should be ex-
planned TO the committee, and he has,
Therefore, Requested Ia be aliow-u
to make q statement before il.
Tho occurrence OF This citcunnssanre IL
General Belknap's administration 1t
the War Department ortasiOus the
most Intense surprise, and tine Cabinet
officers u Ollie ais of AL grades da-
clare their absolute establishment.
Throughout the entire rIty to-day
there has been ;alk regarding the sub.
Ject of the i'm peachnlrnt al iiie ex-Sec
retarv for the olfensc OF corruption, and
the opinion has been divided even
among the Cabinet officers and otilers
as to whether "A trial can Le had after ttie
offending official j. Out of Office. The
prerOnde rance of opinion, however
is That it could be. Tue Attorney Gen
eral said in conversation nlnnn the
matter that he was net prepared 10
give All opinion, though it las n I been
officially asked Tor until after an OK
animation. cvera friends Of Bel
knap's called upon him to-day, but he
had nothing To say, excepting as has
been here mentioned, that HI desired
to make a statement IL fore the com
mittee. There are alrpa0y umor "a
tO the appointment Of his successor.
but nothing is said about it NJ thr
White House. 1t il also rumnred this
afternoon that the President il inclined
to Withdraw his accep' ance Of the resig
nation and await m investigation OF tho
charges against Belknap.
In the House, this afternoon, CIV
mer preserved resolutions OF imprach
mem AZ ,inst VIM. w. Belknap, lat.
Secretary OF War, for high crimes and
misdemeanOrs in Off 70.
Treasurer New to be Appointci Aec.
aetary o. War.
NEW York, March ..
A Washington special say~ 1t l. gen.
orally believed that Treasurer Now
will ne rendered The Office of Secretary
Of War.
The New York Legislature on the
Resumption Act.
ALBANY. March 2.
The Senate to day adnp.ed the As
sembly resolution requesting the rep
resentatives OF the State in Congress 10
oppose the repeal of the specie re,ump-
ton act.
D~epression Of tho Mechanical Tn.
e. A.. dms1ries.
ass New YORK, March 2.
Avisw Of the present standing OF
the labor market here shows thai me-
chanical INDUSTRIES have lot recovered
from the financial depression caused
by the panic of 1873. Tine number of
hands employed seeIn L be steadily
decreasing and wages are also steadily
decreasing. The Trades Unions here
have about 5000 members; of these
FL 500 are idle. The building trades
have suffered the most.
The silver Question.
WASHINGTON, March 2.
The infiationists in Congress, headed
by Holman. of Indiana. having dis
covered that the redemption of fras.
tional currency with silver is = point
in their favor. are now pushing hard
to compel the Government to com
mence such redemption Immediately.
The House will probably refuse 10 alp.
propriate any money for issuing frac-
tional currency, which will give Sec-
rotary Bristow a good excuse for let
ting out the silver now in the Treas.
ury vaults.