The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-26

rsnccal Dispatch TO the RE9IsrER by the
T.. A. Telegraph LineI
WASHINGTON, January %.
Cra,t'. Zeal for the Civil Service.
Grant has given another evidence OF
his zeal for the civil service reform by
appointing as Governor OF Washington
Territory, Jas. F. Leyate, one OF Senator
Pomeroy's political journeymen. The
transfer of Legate from Kansas Will
unquestionably be benefit to that
State and his people, and will, while
placing him over those OF Washington
Territory, only increase his capacity
for mischief
Henry CIews and the Georgia state
treasurer.
Henry Clews IL Co, OF New York,
who were Bulock's financial agents for
the State OF Georgia during the misrule
Of that plunderer and his gang OF
thieves, are ont in long letter trying
to explain certain charges made against
them by DR.. Augjere, the State Treas
urer OF Georgia. After a bungling
attempt al an cxp'aua,ion, the letter
winds up with the following effort to
damage tie honest and incorrupuble
Treasurer
at is to be = - I : hat political
occurrences should have brought such
a man as Augiere is proven to be into
an official position in which he becomes
the apparently responsible head OF the
finances Of great State and where the
character of one million two hundred
thousand people is contaminated by his
individual dissipation.
If the above paragraph were leveled
at Henry Clews instead Of Augiere, it
would hit the mark fairly, as it is a
base attempt to libel the character Of a
high-tonei, chivalrous gentleman.
Amnesty i'm the Senate.
Amnesty has hard time in the
Senate aud especially among the Grant
faction, who in every instance 60 back
on the Presidents recommendation,
who some curious people say were
only made to blind these Southern
Republicans known to favor amnesty.
The measure has been made the special
order in the Senate for Monday next,
when Senator Schurz has the floor, and,
it is said, will reply to some remarks
made by Mr.. Flanagan to day rejecting
on foreigners, in which case it is pre-
dicted that there will be little or nothing
left OF that worthy.
The Case of senator Clay ton.
A delegation from Arkansas, consist
inc of Hon. ]. Brooks, Hon. j. l.. Hayes,
Col. W. G. Whipple, Gen. K. E. Satter-1
sons, Col. N. l. Harrison, Hon. E. ii.
Fulton, Capt. Sam. Houston, Judge
John Whitlock, Capt. J. T. Storey and
Capt. W. J. Hynes, called on the Presi-
dent this afternoon and had confer
ence, lasting about three. quarters OF an
hour, on the situation in their State
and the difficulties under which the
Republican party labors. The special
object Of the visit, however, was to lay
the facts relative to the election Of Sen
ator Clayton before the President.
They claimed that his election was
accomplished by the most out
rageous frauds; that the Leg
islature was packet; that he regis
tered in and registered ont Democratic
and Republican members, according as
they favored or opposed his election;
that he admitted Democratic members
to the Legislature when the election
returns showed tha. Republicans were
elected; that he sent two Democrats TO
Congress from Republican districts
that in one of these, Hon. Logan II.
Roots, would have been reelected had
his name not been left o fl -, 600 tickets,
and that in the other the returns them
selves showed that Boles was reelected.
The President listened to the represen-
tations of the delegation with apparent
interest and when they had concluded
said he had been represented as having
interferrei in the Clayton case.
He certainly had not int ended to do so
as he had no feeling whatever in the
matter. 1t was true he had male some
changes in the Federal officers in the
State, but it was his earnest desire that
the whole subject should be searching
ly investigated by the proper Congress
sional committee, and the case decided
solely on its merits. The delegation
expect to give their testimony before
the Senate committee charged with the
investigation o. Senator Clayton's case.
ALPHA.