The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-12-16

promising occasionally to do the same
thing over.
What has created the greatest con
sternation in this city is the recent
action of the Cabinet in dismissins
senator Henderson from his position
as counsel in the whiskey ring pros
ecution. It's regarded here as an
iptimation that Grant has determi.
ned to stop this wholesaleindictment
and conviction of his friends. The
indictment of his friend BabcOck
was more than he could stand, and
he will save him, if he can. This
whiskey business is gradually but
surely working its. way into the
White House.
Anotherbit ofstartlinginformatior
was received here Saturday, to the eff
feet that the United States Marshal:
office, books, and papers, at New Or
leans, had been seized by an order
from Acknowledgement Pierepont.-
Cause, corruption in the manage
ment of a bankruptcy case.
The Agricultural Report for No.
vember and December is out, and
from it l learn that the ''corn crop Of
1875 was the largest ever grown IN
the country. It is at least one-fourth
larger than the crop of 1874. Every
section Of the country reports some
increase. The potato crop is unusu,
sually large. The cotton crop will
pass the limit of four million bales"
In the matter Of the Harper's Fer,
ry property, Attorney-General Pier
repont has directed an appeal to be
taken from the decision of Judge
Jackson in the suit Of the Govern,
ment against the Baltimorcand Ohio
Railroad, and which was decided in
favor of the Baltimore and Ohio R.
R. Company.
Congress has not yet got fairly to
work. The Democratic majority are
determined to bring about retrench-
ment and reform in every department
of the government; all useless and ex-
siveappendagcs will be cut of; the
system Of revenue collection districts
cosnolidatedandafew collectors the
States will be made to do the work of
the many; the army WILDE very ma
terially reduced, and many other
measures of retrenchment are talked
of that will save to The government
annually many millions Of dollars
When, this session is over the people
will beglad that they had a Demo
cratic Congress, and viii regret that
the Senate was not Democratic also.
The improvementof the Kanawha
River has many warm friends in the
Lower House, and l feel assured that
the recommended appropriation
of one million dollars for this river
will be voted by Congress.
The Great Kanawha River I'M
provement has no stronger friends
than Hon. Frank Hereford, of your
District, and Hon. Henry G. Davis
U. S. Senator from your State; and
think your people will be the suffer
ers, if they do not return them in '76
The principle on which the East has
always acted, is when they have
good Representatives and Senators
to keep them there as long as they
will serve them. This should be the
rule in. West Virginia. Both Here
ford and Davis are honest, faithful
workers in the interest of their State
and both are men of character anc
influence in their respective bodies
Senator Caperton and Representa-
tives Wilson and Faulkner are alst
earnest advocates Of the Improve
ment of the Kanawha River, ant
your people may rest assured thai
they will be behind none in effort
to secure q respectable appropriation
for the Improvement ofthis river.
In point of ability, standing, char
actcr, honesty and as hard, earnes
workers, the West Virginia Delega
ton of FIVE, will compare favorabl!
with those Of any State.
I am glad to see the name OF Hon
P. C. Eastman, Of your county so IA
vorably mentioned as the Democrati
and Conservative candidate for Gov
ernor. Judging from conversation
had with prominent Democrats from
the Eastern part Of the State, l an