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There is not word Of truth in the story
that the investigation Of BELKNAP's jobbery
originated with Mrs. MARSH directly or in
directly, OF was the outcome Of any quar-
rel between her and Mrs. BELKNAP. The
facts were repeatedly published during the last
four years with crcumstantial detail and refer
ences that established their authenticity. they
were well known TO most OF the army officers
who served on the frontier, aud to various per
sons engaged in trade.
In the face Of all this notoriety and common
scandal, the Republicans in the two last Con-
crosses would not order an inquiry Of any kind,
because 1t would involve the certain exposure
OF BELKNAP and his confederates. Political and
personal reasons operated to suppress investlga-
ton. When the Democratic majority in the
House was organized, these facts were made
known from several responsible sources, and an
examination Of them compelled the Committee
ON War Expenditures TO proceed formally and
thoroughly
The MARSHES, Of all others, were perhaps the
most astounded when the first telegram re-
curing Mr.. MARsHs presence at Washington,
Wis delivered In this city Neither they nor the
BELKNAPs had the rem otest suspicion of the i'm =
pending blow, and the subsequent conferences
between MARSH ana these parties, as disclosed
from being inimicsl To them, he strove by every
means short OF absolute perjury to save them
from ruin and disgrace.
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Several OF our city papers join with THE

Several Of our city papers join with THE
SUN and THURLow WEED in the opinion that
MOODY and SANKEY ought 20 try their hands
upon the heathenish quarters OF the city, where
there Is less religion than In the heart OF Africa
But the revivalists, paying no heod TO men like
Mr.. WEED. who are among their supporters, CON
tinue to grind away, day after day, to their
churchgoing audiences in the Hppodrome,
neglecting the multitudes who can no more take
the advice to 30 there than they could take
HORACE GREELEY's advice to go West. Not
thus did Brother MOODY act in other times
when he went forth among the heather OF Chi
cago or Of the East End Of London. II he thinks
he can't do anything In hoathendom here, tn ere
Is all the m ore reason for his trying.
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1t must be remembered that IL Is from
Egyptian sources We get the dispatches now
reaching us about the great defeat OF the Abys-
sinians last week by the Egyptian military expe-
dition. The dispatches from Cairo and Alexan-
dria are under Egyptian censorship, and In the
Egyptian interest, and we must wait Till we hear
from the interior OF Ahysslnia, where the battles
were fought. At present we cannot help no.
ticinR that II was the Abyssinian army which,
last Wednesday. opened the attack upon the
intrenched camp of the Egyptian invaders and
that though, according to the Egyptian accounts,
they were repulsed, yet II was the Abyssinians
Who next day, renewed the attack, when, &C.
cording to the Egyptian accounts they were
again repulsed. Then we are told that the Abys-
sinians retreated to Adowa, but this is singu-
lar statement In view OF the fact that Adowa
was the point Of destination for the Egyptians,
the place which, two months ago, they started
out TO occupy. Then we are told that RATIB
PAsHA, who Is commander-in-ch ief Of the Egyp-
tan expedition, was wounded and that Prince
escaped unhurt with Gen. LOVING, the Ameri-
can, who actually directed operations. The
escape OF these parties from the Abyssinlans
does not look as though they had won a victory.
In fact, close study OF the dispatches leads us
TO suspect that the Egyptians were defeated in
the battles OF both days by the Abyssinians who
sailed out from Adowa, and fell upon them. II
this be the case their retreat from Abyssnia
back to Egypt will be perous undertaking.
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tom and education. The Indians set nre TO the
grass on the prairies so as 10 roast the grass
hoppers, IN which they greatly delight A. an
article OF food. In China dogs are esteemed q
luxury. We remember hearing FLETCHER
WEBSTER, who accompanied CALEB GUSHING
when he went to China as United States Com
missioner, give a very amusing account Of state
dinners In China, at which roast dogs were
served up, to be eaten with the aid OF fingers
and chop-sticks. In some parts Of New Jersey,
the very State in which this controversy about
dog meat has arisen, muskrats are regarded as a
delicacy, and II Ia very common to see posted up
at country taverns an advertisement that on
given night there will be at such n place a
"muskrat and terrapin supper" There is no
disputing about tastes, and tho Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals will do we'll to
let dog meat alone.
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Mrs. Bclknnp In Other DAYS.


Her first husband was John Bower, who
formerly lived at Keokuk. Bower was mer-
chant. His wife, az were all the Tomilnson
women, was handsome, dashing, and cav. she
was also yery am bilious. tbs said that often
his heart was grieved bv her behavior. In time
he fell into a decline. They lived at Cincinnati
Their. HIS health not improving, he concluded
to try the climate OF Florida. HIS wife did not
known far and wide in POLITICAL circles became
the counsellor and adviser Of the handsome
woman whose husband had gone OF TO die.
Business brought them together frequently,
and their relations became close and sln-
innate. There was at the time much struggling
of fair shoulders among those who knew the
parties best. and grave old dowagers shook their
heads deprecatingly. To say the least Of it,
the task OF befrending the widow well dis
charged by the gentleman alluded to. Mrs.
Bower soon found means Of assuagng the grief
occasioned by her loss and was ready once more
70 enter into the gay world which she loved SO
fondly.
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orr ron the NEW INDIAN VAR.


FARGO, Dakota. March 8, ls76.-A train
was started on the Northern Pacific road for
Bismarck this morning to carry Gen. Custer and
his wife, with party OF officers, rapidly and
comfortably to Fort Abraham Lincoln. 1t was
made up Of three engines lone snow plough and
three pushers), four boarding cars. six cars OF
merchandise, one car Of live stock, two ca
booses, two passenger coaches filed with pas
senRers and soldiers, the roads Superintendent
car occupied by Gen. Custer and bis party, aud
Hats loaded with fuel, &C., in all twenty cars.
March Is always a hard month on tue Pacific
railroads. Snow storms sweep them at right
angles invariably in this month. and ill the cuts
In four hours time. unless they are thoroughly
fenced and frequently even then There IL
some sharp work ahead for the railroad hands
on the train ana for Clusters cavarymen west
Of the fourteenth siding. But they will get
through. and the delay Of opening the cuts will
not put the train behind time Ut the Missouri
river more than twenty four hours The open
ing OF the road In Dakota ahead of their regu-
lar time by the Northern Pacific Company has
cost money, but has made good feeling all
through this region. and particularly among
army officers at the Missouri river posts. G.. f.
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The movement started by the Church OF
the PilerIms Ia the most hopeful step yet taken
within tho Congregational communion toward
relieving tho denomination OF the incubus Of
BeecherIsm, licentiousnoss, and perjury II II
shall succeed, II will probably result In the di-
vision Of the Congregationalists into Beec
and Congrcgati onalists proper, the one proci I'M
ing the doctrines OF free love and ministerial
immunity from punishment for RIGHTEOUSNESS,
and the other adhering to the old standards
which have given ConRregatonaism its glory
and ts success Those who think that Beecher-
ism will, In the event OF such rupture In the
ecclesiastical body, fail OF attracting to itself
considerable following, are In error. A religious
party which sanctions adultery and perjury, and
practlses free love, Is bound to get adhcrents to
Its doctrine, for the flesh IL weak, and man ia
prone to evil. The other party however, will
take OF all that Ia really valuable In the Congre-
Ratonal communion Unless there occurs such
a separation, Congregationalism will quickly die
out. The disease of Beecherism Is of a sort sure
to prove fatal to any church which cannot purge
itself Of tho noxious thing. The movement so
boldly made by DIR. SToRRs will enable the pub
lie, before long, TO separate the Congregational
sheep from the Congregational goats. Herein Is
its great merit
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MORE OFFICIAL ERAND.
The Secretary Of state Of North Carolina
Accused Of swindIing.

RALEroH, N. c., March 12.-The Radical
party In North Carolina Is particularly unfortu-
nate so far as the honesty Of Its leading mem
bers are concerned. John r. Deweeeo of the
Fourth District was dismissed while q member
OF Congress, for selling a cadetship. A. H. Jcnes,
an illlterate NJ. c. from the Seventh District, was
charged with the same offence. Now II IL assert
ed that Or. Wm. H. Howerton, the Republican
Secretary Of State. and one Of the chief leaders
Of the party In North Carolina, has been caught
swindling the poor taxpayers by overcharRing
from thirty to forty DER cent. for stationery pur
chased In New York.
Some years ago, before Howerton was elected
Secretary OF State, the law required thar official
TO advertise to let the stationery contract to the
lowest bidder. He had this law changed, and
himself empowered to purchase goods for use in
his department at his own price. It seems that
these goods are purchased OF firms in New York,
and that DR.. Ilowerton returns bills in which
charges for articles are put down at thirty or
forty per cent. higher than the regular market
price. Some fifteen thousand dollars a year or
more are expended for stationery. II transpred
recently that Mr.. Reilly, the State Auditor, re-
fused to allow one OF DR.. Howerton's stationery
bills. Merchants were called In who testified
that the stationery could be supplied from
Raleigh establishments at thirty per cent. less
than the Secretary OF state had been accustomed
TO pay. The result was that tins one bill was re-
duced some 5000.
DIR. Howerton was. some years ago, reput-
ed to be wealthy merchant at Salisbury, N. c.,
but he filled in business. He Joined the Repub-
llcans In their strife for position and power, and
was elected Secretary Of State, being at the time
Deputy Collector OF Revenue. lie was spoken
OF as a probable nominee OF the Republicans for
Governor this fall
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We published, some days ago, a sketch of

We published some days ago, sketch Of
a new book, the History of a River Thief, being
the autobiography Of JERRY MCCAULEY, the re.
vivallst. In that work JERRY, its author, had
something to say about the converted puRilist,
AWFUL GARDNER, with whom he declared he
had been associated In many dark deed and
wicked pleasure" This remark has gwen Of
fence to GARDNFRs brother. who is now n re-
yivAlist preacher himself, and who, In his sermon
OF last Sunday, fell foul OF JERRY MCCAULEY,
and then Indignantly denied that his brother
AWFUL had ever been thief or even an assocl-
ate OF JERRY. Now, just here, before this quar-
rel goes any further, THE SUN must command
peace. JERRY does not say in his book that
AWFUL GARDNER was thief, or was associated
with him In stealing or any criminal offence. SO
that AwFUL's brother is not Justified In publicly
furnishing JERRY for wrong Of which he was
not guilty. Let the reform preachers be fair to
each other.
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When BLAINE at last got the floor he m ade
powerful toh ROadinR and aHhng his aGycrsaries In
his usual merciesH style. There II quite much In
BLAIHKs manner as matter His whole Immense body
seems to radiate excitement he shakes from his nn
ger TIPS he seems dealing blow on blow upon some
strainnR cords and starting eyes, drawn up and
back IN dennnt assumption OF lmpreenabllity. II IN
wonder how he ever kept out OF the army with such
temperament as hls.-Boston Transcript.
There ia no mystery about the way In which
Mr.. BLAINE kept out Of the army. Like many
other patriots who would have made admirable
brieadier generals he successfully struggled
against his martial temperament, and continued
to grow rich in the service of his country al a
safe distance from the front. Then, In the dark
hour OF need, which he "cannot even now" as
he says, latter the lapse OF thirteen years. recall
without shudder," Mr. BLAINE was drafted
Again he managed to master his belligerent pro-
pensities, and hired a substitute This substi-
tute, II may he added, was comfortably pro-
vded for In the Provost Marshals ONCE at
Augusta, Me-, but was soon transferred TO the
county Jail for forging soldiers certificates Of
discharge. Mr. BLAINE did not procure another
representative. His military record ended. by
proxy, behind prison bars, and 1t was not until a
dozen wears after that he himself began to fight
the battles Of the rebellion. And even now he
cannot recall them without a shudderl
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At the time Of going to press the returns
Of the election held in New Hampshire yester-
day are too Incomplete to speak with certainty
as TO the result. The Republicans seem to have
reelected Gov. CHENEY by small majority.
II they have, this is slight gain over
last year. The imperfect and scattered
returns indicate that the Republicans have
carried the Legislature. II this turns out to be
90, II will secure to them a Senator in Congress
In place OF CRAGIN, the present Republican
Senator, whose term expires on the ith Of March,
1871 However. It Ia barely possible that later
dispatches in our news columns may oh. DRo the
complexion OF things.
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Or. LEONARD BACON, though 30 promi-
nent In the Advisory Council, Is man If too
clear a head aud too logical a mind not to see
that the true issue In tho BEECHER case was
evaded by the council. In an address to bis
theoloe ical students at Yale College on MONDAY,
DR.. BACON touched on the vital point In the
matter of the dealing Of Plymouth Church with
Mrs. MouLToS, namely, that she was not ex-
cluded, but dropped and that, not because she
called the pastor an adulterer and perjurer,
but because she refused to listen to the preach
ing OF the minister she so charged. and 90 take
the communion from his hands, stained with
unconfessed lust" Pursuing the subject, be
said:
$50 In TIC case OF Mrs Mouf TON, more recently. on
the assumption (Which we all mtke) OF Mr.. BER0nFR'a
Innocence, she VS. notori usy ecandaloue- openly
Nhongh not In a formal compiainD Oh rRed by Mr..
BEKcnEK with SANDER and perjury but the
OF what was thought to be- wise decrcto the E1
aiming Committee aud the church chose not TO cen.
sure her as scandaous member enough she mportu.
nately demanded trial on that issuel, but gently
dropped her with no further implied censure than
for considerable period she had chosen not TO com.
mune with that church In the Lords supper IN pub
G Sor n.i Siss aseTs,ien 80 me hnnssd o.
the sand 70 avoid the hunter, leaving It's great bulk
posed TO his arrows"
Or. BACON well likens Mr.. BEECHER to a
hunted ostrich. lie thinks. by refusing to look
at and meet his accusers' charges, he will with.
stand them. 1t Is plain that the theological
department; II Yale College is sounder IN logic
and morals than the academic. Dr. PORTER
would do well to attend DIR. BACoN's lectures
and get supply OF common sense.
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J. ID. VALLEY, post trader ut Fort ID. A.
Russell, Wyoming, tcleeraphs to THE SUN that
1t Is untrue that he paid for his appointment.
the denial being called out by the publication
OF a statement made 20 a Sun reporter by gen
tleman claiming to have AN exact knowledge OF
the facts, that VALLEY paid 5000 In cash on
receiving his Office, and has made further pay
ment Of $1,000 each year since. On the other
hand. the gentleman who made the statement,
a resident OF Colorado has the best means OF
knowing whereof he aflirms.
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VIVA, Gen. Ingalls, says of his Gift Watch.


Several sufficient explanations OF the Gen.
Rufus lngalls's watch present TO the Presidents
wife have been furnished, but the one endorsed
by the Times OF this city o the Enquirer seems
TO Us the most complete. IL is In ans to the
EnqIfrer's exaggerated estimate Of toe value OF
tue present:
The uthloving perpetrator OF the above doubtless
overlooked the information IN yesterdays Associated
Press Dispatches that the aforesaid watch Tut
$3.50. and that II never did keep time.
As the watch never did keen time, II clearly
was an untimoly imposition on the Residents
wife, and therefore could not have procured the
giver any Presidential favor. IL was. In fact, such
an innocent. disnterested presentation as that
of the ruralist VINO sent the President couple
charges.
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Why Is IL AbsuTdf
Our esteemed neighbor, the Times, dis
courseth as follows:

:" II MARSH IL guilty Of any crime, he IL the only wit
against himself He has been convict any
crime. No charge has ever been made against him.
Yet Mr. CLYMER dem lnds that he shall be pard0ned Of
Acrime OF which he has not been convicted. and 80
eoaxed back II anything more absurd than this can be
Imagined, We should be glad to hear OF it,"
1t is quite true that no charge has been
made against Mr.. MARSH; but, without
waiting for charge TO be made, he has
made fun confession of crime which
subjects him to both fine and imprison-
ment. He has left no room for doubt of
his guilt If he consults his own safety,
under existing circumstances, he will keep
himself beyond the jurisdiction OF the
United States.
The President has the power to pardon
MARSH for the offence of which lis own
confession has established his guilt. The
Times seems TO imply that IL MARSH had
been convicted, or even charged with q
crime, it would be proper for the Presi-
dent to pardon him. But pardon granted
now would possess the same efficacy as IL
granted after conviction; and as the sole
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Railroad Litigation.

RICHMOND, Va, March IA bill OF complaint
has been ned In the United states Circuit Court by
Francis s1iddy VIM. Butler Duncan, aud 5. l.. NJ Bar.
low OF New YORK, through H. I. wickham, solicitor,
against the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad
Company. Tho compainants. who are trustees under
heavy mortgage ask for the appointment Of receiver
ana NC foreclosure OF the mortgage, IN consequence
OF failure on the part OF the railroad company nay
the Interest ami otherwise comply with the Terms OF
The mortgage. The proct edinga CONTEMPLATED are si
lar TO those taken In the Of the Chesapeake aud
Onto Railroad Company. process returna6le on the
day by Deputy Marshal Nyo Of the prlLcp ON.
road, Is Ia New YorK - 'N
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A family in Newark live on the flesh OF
dogs They like II, Their neighboIs are dis
Rusted, aud object to this kind of diet being in
iroduced into the place. The health authorities
have been appealed to, but declare themselves
without authority to interfere; and now IL Is
proposed to Invoke the aid Of the Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals. Hut what
has this society TO do with the matter? 1t is no
more cruel to kill dogs than TO kill doves, sheep,
and rabbits, all OF which may lawfully be
slaughtered. As TO what Ia proper to be eaten,
that Seems 10 be almost wholly matter of Gus
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The Greatest Fascination of tue Centennial.

American ingenuity IS eXhausting itself
to supply attractions for the Philadelphia Gem
tennial. The last announcement Is, that twice
n week. during the progress of the festivities,
George Washington Chds, a. NJ, the American
poet Laureate, will oe drawn about the grounds
mounted upon a catafalque.
This IL beautiful. but not perfect. One feature
should be added. Brother CHrLDs, A. NJ. should
work OF elegiac poems from the original Franz
lin press and scatter them on the crowd.
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1t is proper that the people Of the United
States should be acquainted with the position
which JonN SMITH Of Amherst, Mass has as
sumed toward the Republic. IN memorial to
Congress he formally renounces all allegiance
and fidelity which he may owe TO State or gen
eral Government, and notifies the princes, pow
ers, potentates, soyereigns, dominions, aud
democraces OF the earth that he expects To be
recognized hereafter az free and independent
JohN SMITH. As there is no suggestion OF hos
tllity In this declaration OF Independence, IL is
not likely that john SMITHS secession will pre-
clpit9te bloody war.
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Toward the close OF the war, when GRANT
told how the Confederate leaders were rob
bling the cradle and the grave TO get soldiers
for their army, he did not foresee that lie him
self would In few wears be at the head Of IN
Administration under which the graves OF Union
soldiers and the cradles Of their orphans would
be robbed to feed the vuitutes Of his appoint
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Movement that Postmaster James will
Doubtless Promptly stamp Out.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sfr Is this
10 be another watch present? know OF subscription
paper mat is being presented By superintendents to
their clerks and carriers calling for voluntary subscrp
tiort tovard maKlng suitable present to Of the
Postmasters household know that Col. James would
not permit this TO on II he knew " II but
some OF his subordnates, VINO are foolish enough TO
think that their interests III he advanced by the GIFT
are going ahead making collections. Won't INK SIN
he good Cluugh to insure protection hy Informing
the Postmaster? A. Is. {.
kKw YORK, March H.
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purpose is to obtain the testimony Of the
witness, why should 1t not be grantedi
II Mr.. CLYMER made great mistake In
letting MARSH go, the President has an OPP
portunity to correct II by promptly grant
ing q pardon which will bring him back.
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NJ =: g: Dn MoNrAINEyILLn and NJ. EnwAnn

M. l.. c. De MoNTAINEvILLE and NJ. EDWARD
srERNhEIM have successfully accomplished the nrst
part Of their Golden book Of Manufacturers and
AerehGnH, work intended for circulation among the
visitors 10 This country during the Centennial Expos
ton Its value will ne appreciated by all who attended
the last Paris Exposition, where these cnterprlsIng
young Frenchmen successfully published the same kind
OF work. Among the biographies ia the part are
those OF MI A. 7. sTRwARr, the STEISwAYs, BREw.
srER ANDREW CAMPBELL POTTER, JAMES LYALL
and JACoR HANEMANN-
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Oryil Grant Fined.
From ne Baltimore Sun. Narca IA

TTV"E H's I'I'''"'VTt oHT HuTcF II
Orvil Grant and Martin Cronin, Chief
Engineer Of the Fire Department, were hned In
the Washington Police Court yesterday for in
duRinR In a horse race. The former was re-
CURED TO pay S20, while the latter got OF with
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Dinr AND SUNDAY, 40 cen,s line, ordinary adver.
mins large type, NJ cents and preferred positions.
cents TO $3.50. according to classification.
wrESLY.-b0 ccnts line no extra charge for large
epe. Preferred positions from 10 cents to e.
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DAILY "a pages, by mail. SOC. month. or $3.50
byear, postpaid with sunday edition. $40.
SUNDAY ~ pages, SI.2O per year. postpaid.
wKRKLS - pages) S1.2O per year, postpaid.