The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-08-22
BY TELE GR APH.
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WASHING TON.
WASHINGTON, August 2l,
Operations OF Mcclellan.

WASHINGTON, August 81.
Operations OF Mcclellan.
1t is stated that the abstraction o.
moneys from the mails by Mcclellan
the railway postal clerk, will reach up
wards OF thirty thousand dollars. His
alleged thefts have covered period OF
several years. 1t is charged that be
has chiefly confined his purloinings to
letters addressed to periodicals and pa
pers, abstracting the remittances OF SUBJ
scrbers. Mcclellan is son OF an ex-
Assistant Postmaster General. AS yet
no steps have been taken to punish the
offender, though he has been dismissed.
Chesapeake aud Ohio Canal.
The revival OF the original design OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal by the
proposed completion of the middle and
western sections so as to connect the
present terminus at Cumberland, Md,
with the hesdwaters Of the Youghio-
gheny, and by the valleys OF that stream
and the Monongahela, the Ohio at
Pittsburgh, has aroused great interest
on the part Of the friends OF that timp port
ant inland water route in this city. They,
however, have project of their own,
which is the extension OF the canal to
Annapolis, Nd, crossing the southern
portions of Washington to the
Anacosia, or eastern branch OF the
Potomac, thence by that stream to q
sufficient elevation, and thence across
the country to the Severn river, which
empties into the Chesapeake Bay at
Annapolis, distance Of forty miles.
This will save several hundred miles OF
navigation by schooner down the Poto-
mac and up 10 the Chesapeake TO Bal.
timore, or by sea to Philadelphia and
New York. With the completion OF
the Ohio and Annapolis extentioDs, q
through canal route will have been
effected, connecting the Ohio, Chesa-
peake, Delaware and Hudson. There
is now canal communication from the
Chesapeake TO the Hudson; the An
napolis project is therefore OF great inn
portsnce in perfeCting the connection
Of the Ohio and the Chesapeake, and
freights then can be sent through from
Pittsburgh TO Baltimore without break
ing bond.
Missouri Bonds.
The Interior department expects TO
he compelled 10 receive currency from
the state OF Missouri, on account of ita
bonds being held in trust for the In
dams, and which mature next month,
Other holders of bonds are already ac-
cepting currency and no law exists by
which the federal government can sue
state. Full authority to withhold
from the debts due Missouri balance
sufficient to make up for the premium
on gold bonds represented is, however,
contained in the act OF March 18th,
1870, which was passed with special
reference 10 cases like this.
Army Order.
The War Department to-day pro-
mulgates the following order:
EiThe attention OF the Secretary OF War
having been called to the fact that Off
GERS OF the army frequently request adj
yertisements to be inserted in newspa~
pers which it is evident will not reach
the class OF people to whose notice the
advertisement is directed it is hereby
ordered that in all cases where an Off
Ger recommends the advertising OF amy
official matter, he suggest only the
names OF such newspapers a., from
their location and circulation, are apt to
do the greatest service TO the Depart
ment.
The Treasury Department is closed
to-day aud no business is being trans
acted whatever.
Hard on jeff Davis.
The Charleston Nc1cS and Courier.
commenting on Jefferson Davis speech
at White Sulphur Springs, says: "No
one who reads the speeches which ex-
President Davis delivers whenever he
finds an opportunity, will be at loss TO
account for his short comings during
the war. The lack OF foresight and
chronic indiscretion which prompt such
uttersuces as those OF Mr.. Davis before
the Southern Historical Convention,
caused grieyous administrative blunderS
which hastened the fall of the Con
ieieracy. Mr.. Davis has learned
nothing and has forgotten nothing. II
has been our habit 10 think and speak
Of him with kindness and even affection.
He is a sincere and well meaning
man, whose faults were OF the head and
not Of the heart. But we must say plain
", that Mr Davis is one Of the most
troublesome elements that the south
has TO deal with in its efforts to bridge
the chasm OF the war and secure the
reunion and peace. For whatever Mr.,
Davis says, the southern people are
held responsible. His rash words are
laid at our doors.
The southern people have honored
Mr.. Davis and trusted him. Hs owes
it 20 the South to hold his tongue as the
best service he can render to this peo'