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Show it 1:1. k. vt r. (ii-jiiU'M Wur Ni-orclui-y ( nilef u loud. Sellliiu INimIi Ion lor l'r-N01111I l'r-N01111I a'rolil. li'lliiiiti IteNiiriiM nnd Is lo Ic I uipeucheil. 1 Wii-iiiugioii, 2. The city was really exc.ted this, morning by thy n piTt ih.ilone Mar.ih, of New York, ti htilied yentrrday beloro tllO hltU'.tt rouiinitten on o.xpendil'irea in ihe lYnr department that he paid the wi:e ul Srcrutary lirlUimp !(), uiKJ for a p!i;,t trailrrxhip, and 0,000 annually since ohlniuing tho nppointmenL Inquiries soon developed the probubiu truth of the statement. 'J'hio morning morn-ing Srcrelaiy Belknap, witli Hecfe-(arien Hecfe-(arien Ihi.itow and Goaudlrr and Senators Sen-ators Mm tnii and E Imundrt, hud an , interview mih the president, and it ivtiB f-uhru.j'u-iitly rlalrd thai Ltelkliap inul tender, d his ririignaliun, which I wa.i accept il by the pri Bident, but it wna thereafter bLUc! that the prihidenl would withdraw his acceptance accept-ance until after an investigation had been had. Belknap has requested to be heard hy the committee in explanation expla-nation of his conduct. Tho allair luib cn -itid the greatest eurpriso in all ciicli and tho question of the impe.icliiiK nt of the secretary is freely di.-cui-aed, the qiuslion being whttl.ei li s conduct can bo lawfully investigated investi-gated alli-r hiu re.iignatiun of the oltice, I tie prepoiid. ranco ol Opiniou being that lie can bo. It w;ls reported thin afternoon that tho cilice ot secretary ol war would 1)0 tendered to Secretary New. |