| Show by telegraph congressional S SENATE N A T E washington 0 sargent called up the resolution submitted by him some weeks ago recommending changes in the existing treaty with chiha china so as to prevent the influx of chinese immigration and modi modified fled fied it to read as follows resolved that in the opinion of the senate negotiations should be entered upon with the government of china and great britain to effect such changes in the exist existing 2 treaties as will tend to cheek check tie tle the tio great influx of chinese coolies and criminals to this country sargent said the matter of chinese I 1 immigration was a tiar terrible evil to the whole pacific coast and the least the senate bould do was through the executive department to ask the other governments interested te if they would operate cooperate co with us to keep orom from our shores tile these criminals morton submitted tho vic following as a substitute for the resolution of sargent resolved that viat a committee of three senators be appointed to investigate vesti gate the character extent and detect of chinese emigration to this country with power to visit the pacific ccase for that purpose and send for persons and papers and report at the next session of con gri grf s 11 9 Mui tons substitute was agreed to tra tro senate resumed the consideration of the articles of impeachment against belknap after the witnesses for the prosecution were called only three of whom P F T bartlett C P II morse orse and E ba M Lanton nanton lan ton ion answered manager lynde opened the ca cago cago eago ao on the th e part of the pro prosecution elution ec ution he gave a long recital of the circumstances in which marshes contract with belknap was concluded at the end of the argument adams clerk of the house was called as the first witness at this point black made the general objection that the senate had not voted in favor of jurisdiction by a two thirds majority after debate carpenter submitted the following the counsel for abo accused object to the evidence now offered and to nil nils evidence to support the opening of the managers on the ground that there can be no legal conviction one third of the senate having already determined the material and necessary fact that he is not and was not when impeached a civil officer of the united states overruled by a unanimous vote adams then gave his testimony which merely related to formali bartlett of new kew york at attorney testified that he drew up the contract between marsh and evans the defense declined to cross ex amine morse the next witness was adams express agent he produced the books of the company showing the passage of parcels said to contain money from marsh mansh to belknap and mrs belknap knew nothing of the contents except what was marked outside dodge clerk in the same company testified esti estl nned fled that he delivered these packages to belknap and had ils lis his receipts also ti to mrs B and had her recel receipts apts r Cro crosby soby chief clerk of the war department testified and identified belknapp Bel knaps signature the witness further testified to letters between belknap and marsh about the appointment of evans general mcdowell was waa the next witness he testified to conversa ehms with belknap in which witness told him the post trader ships were a monopoly and that belknap should see to it that it wasi was not abused belknap agreed and required witness to draw up an order to correct the abuses which he did this order requiring requiting an examination of goods fixing the prices and forbidding sub letting wai way subsequently promulgated by belknap the managers here attempted to offer the evidence of general hazen which had been previously essayed by the senate rejected 20 against 21 WASHING washington ton Tox D 0 7 hitchcock called up the senate bill to provide for the sale shie of the fort kearney hearney military reservation in nebraska passed 11 the senate then resumed consideration of the articles of impeachment impeach peach ment against belknap carpenter of counsel for the accused bald said on yesterday they declined to examine a witness because they feared any such examination of witnesses by ly the defence might look as if they had bad lost confidence in the point raised by them that the accused could not be convicted two thirds of the senate not having voted in favor of jurisdiction they therefore asked permission to cross examine gen mcdowell who was recalled and cross exam ined by carpenter lle ile he testified that it would be the duty of an officer of the army t to 0 answer such questions before the congressional inquiry as related to the public service but not volunteer such information witness met belknap at his house and had some conversation with him in relation to the prices price charged by post traders and was directed by belknap to draw draur up an order to meet the case witness identified a letter written by himself to tiie the secretary of war enclosing a letter written by whitelaw reid counsel declined to put them in evidence at present the managers demanded the right to examine the letter Ietter sor they should object to their future introduction duet duct lon ion carpenter allowed the managers to examine tho the letters privately richard king cashier of the national bank of commerce new now york being sworn said marsh kept an account at that bank he produced four certificates of deposit the first dated november 10 1871 for 1500 endorsed payable to the order of W W belknap Bol nol knap and by him payable to the order of C 0 P F elory the second was in january 1872 for 1500 the same endorsement dor and also endorsed to the order of anna 11 belknap the fourth was on october 9 1874 for soo SOO with the same endorsement kernan bookkeeper in the bank testified that he kept the account of marsh IU arih and produced the account showing that the checks of marsh were paid on various dates from november 1870 to april 1875 nearly all the checks being for the sum of 1500 each and ag aggregating gre gating about E D townsend adjutant general of the war department produced an order appointing the post trader at fort sill also the commission of general belknap as secretary of war the witness also produced a letter of 0 CP P marsh to the Secie becie tary of var war making application cation for the appointment of pos pol post trader also the letter lette r from hon job stevenson endorsing marsh for the position the application of marsh did not pass through the adjutant generals office but went directly to the secretary of war these applications were july 1870 HOUSE HOUSU washington 6 the house then took up the geneva award bill it reject edthe the bill of the minority and refused to ia lay y the majority bill on the I 1 table by a vote to and finally the bill was passed by to 94 atile AISIE AMERICAN RICAN bican DUBUQUE loa ioa 6 A herald reporter just arrived from the scene of the rockdale koek Kock dale daie river huri hurl cane reports that up to this time but one more body has been found fouad that odthe of the girl minnie bauer her sister lizzie lizzle bauer is now known to be bei missing which will swell the number of lost to forty one of which only thirty three havo hayo as yet been found funeral services are being held on the bank of the stream for such of the dead as have surviving friends it is not unlikely some have been swept into the tiie missouri river and will never be recovered the telegraph company are hard at work to restore communication the central railroad company have a large force of men mon at work at both ends of the break from dubuque to julian a distance of nine and a half mile miles but it will bo be two weeks before the trains are in run ning order in the meantime the company have arranged for tle transfer of passeD passengers gers geri and mails malls this distance by sta fro r 4 such a devastation never iti it itt i ra visited this cou con country ry the emige iama e in the city of dubu dubuque will act b be e repaired in many months it is impossible to estimate the loss CHICAGO 6 0 the following further particulars particular 4 of tile the dubuque iowa on the night of the ath have been received the little 9 hamlet of rockdale rock Bock dale daie three miles south west of this city was swept away aa as with the besom of destruction every building in the town savo save catfish mill was waa washed from its foundation and torn into a wreck that quite defies dennes description the dozen dozea buildings build ings all that were wera located on the bottom lands of the catfish creek were carried down the storming and bolling boiling current crushing them into fragments all are indistinguishable ruins and scattered for miles along the borders of the stream stores shops dwellings barns and everything fell before the terrible tornado that came rolling in great sur surges g e s down ten miles ot valley through 1 i which the catfish liver ilver runs where eighteen hours ago was a quiet and unsuspecting and happy little rural village is now only a waste wa asto of waters timber the wreck of buildings of household merchandize merchandise dize mud mud and uprooted trees for a full m mile mlle ile lle down the stream these fragments are strewn along the banks or piled in gorges from a few feet to twelve feet high thirty nine human beings were hurriedly swept from life into the great mael maelstrom of death men nien women and ch children ildron to that number were drowned and the stiff bodies of the thirty that have been rescued up to this hour were ranged side by side along by the mill awaiting the last sad id funeral rites some sonie of the bodies were found in the debris of the crushed buildings near the scene of their death while others othere and the greater part pait of them were found along the banks from a few rods to a mile down the stream some were almost entirely hidden from view by the floods of mud that had bad swept along by thet the mad waters with perhaps only a hand exposed to sight or a rot not or a portion of the face or perhaps only a small portion of their clothes A large number of children boys and girls ranging from froin three to twelve years old comprise this dead holocaust and a altogether together the scene was a most sickening one through the day the people of the village had joined more or less in the festivities of the Opa centennial tennial fourth in the evening thorald tho the rain began to fall tali and all took shelter in their houses or at the stores or saloons about half an hour after midnight the tho catfish liver river had become so bo swollen that the streets were overflowing and escape to the surrounding highlands cut off higher and higher rose the rushing wa while the storm kept pitilessly on down tolled the surging stream in great waves several feet high and soon the smaller build nta n nga ta ani orT ortch cw TJ at about one a m a portion of the dam gave way and this ibis was followed by the crash of the railroad bridge the fragments of which went tearing down striking the hotel and homes hornes store both of which were capsized the former being torn to pieces and the latter swung against a large largo freestanding tree whick but a few feet away against which it lodged resting upon its side now the stream had grown to two thousand feet in width and fully twenty feet deep As the buildings were swept into the creek the inmates were hurried into the surging current their voices crying out for help heip amidst theroan the roar of the thunder and crash of the storm while the lurid lightning flashed every minute lighting up the dreadful scene for one instant and then leaving it blacker than before john K Lus sens sena cooper shop first gave way then came the hotel barn then peter B bee Bec Be beckers kers kera house then martin carrs saloon then thomas store and coats blacksmith shop mr horn and family luckily were saved the tho house as before stated having lodged against fl a strong tree the water had bad risen and drive nall naU the family into the upper story where they clung to the rafters and other projections and were abo abe abe to keep their heads only above water altogether the scene was one to touch a heart of stone thousands of people have visited the scene during the day and people are coming and going constantly the tho neighbors with kindly alacrity opened their doors to such of the afflicted aa as remained and afforded every comfort in their power tho the of the dead were washed by kind hands and many of them taken into the dwellings near by the members of the board of supervisors ors were early on the ground working like trojans to recover the dead and giving them over to the living thirty one bodies of the drowned have been recovered and the search will be continued until all are found the journals Des desmoines moines iowa special says the latest reports show that the storm of tuesday night extended throughout most of central iowa and was terrific in effect in madison and warren counties fifteen persons were killed and considerable sid erable damage done to livestock live stock and crops philadelphia 7 tomorrow to morrow morning general sheridan will leave for his headquarters in chicago to which place he has been ordered by gen sherman owing to the recent indian disaster ST LOUIS 7 the republicans kansas city special says joel 0 shelby the noted confederate general of this state sent the following telegram to prest grant today gen custer has been killed we once fought nim him but now we propose to avenge him should you determine to call volunteer allow missouri to ralso raise one thousand CHI CHICAGO dAGO cago 7 the Time times rime 1 bismarck special gives the following particulars of the custer ouster massacre in a recent dispatch I 1 informed you that custer expected to strike the indians and give them battle on the As stated he left the mouth of the rosebud on the with twelve companies of the oth cavalry striking the trall trail wheres reno left it leading in the direct diree t ri tion of the little horn a branch of the big horn on the evening of the 2 aih scouts reported fresh trails and on the morning of the discovered an indian village twenty miles above the mouth of the little horn about three miles ong and half a mile wide about fifteen miles away custer pushed ats command rapidly through they had made a iong long march in all seventy eight ei miles in the twenty four hours preceding the battle and whan near the village struck an abandoned tepee while the indians were moving in hot haste baste as if in retreat reno with seven companies of the seventh cavalry was ordered to the left to attack the village at its head while custer custen with nive rive companies went to the right and commenced a vigorous attack reno felt of them with three companies of cavalry and was almost instantly surrounded and nd after an hour or more of desperate fighting during which he lost lieutenants hodgson and mcintosh and dr dewolf and twelve men with several in dian than scouts ki killed I 1 ed and many wounded he cut his way through the me indians crossed lne loe river ana gained a bluff feet in height where ha he entrenched and was soon by col benton with four in the meantime the indians resumed the attack which had abated in vigor for an hour or so making repeated desperate charges which were repulsed with bren fren great slaughter to the indians they rhey gained higher bluffs however than the one occupied by reno keno and their arms were longer range and better than the cavalry they kept up a galling fire until night fall during daring the night reno strengthened C his position and was prepared for the attack which was renewed at daylight all are dead custer ouster was surrounded on every side by the indians and his men and horses fell feli fellas as they fought on the skirmish line or in the line of battle custer ouster was among the last to fall but when liis his cheering voice was no longer to be |
