The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-02-08

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| From all the papers Of the larger
Hct les Weaiseovsr the nervous indi-
cation Of reSiving business. Wages
have reeeded toante-war times; com
.modities have fallen to.a reasonable
price real estate seems to hay
found leyel, and in all busipeSt IN
terests the depression has Ts@ehed It's
lowest point CapitslIes are more
cheerful, producersare more hopeful,
and mechanics took to the opening Of
spring assofe to reward them with
labor FOR their hands to do. Large
manufacturing interests arereyiving
and establishments that have been
stopped or running on short-time are
preparing to increase their business.
The fall in gold to'the low figure Of
6 per cent, with probable further
decline, is also a cheering sign. And
when the Government shall resume
specie payment there will be over
S60,0O0,0OO of gold in circulation
which is now held as an article of
merchandise. The wages Of me-
chanics are lower now than they
will be when confidence is restored,
and the busy hpm-of labor is heard.
Operators have been compelled, to
save themselves from loss and ruin,
to reduce the pay of their workmen
to almost starvation rates; while the
large number out of employment
have stood ready to take the places
of those who should refuse to work at
such rates. When business revives
and labor shall be in demand, wages
will become more uniform and prices
generally become more settled. Let
us hope that with the settlement of
our political troubles the whole
country may spring into new life,
and the capitalists receive fair re-
turn for his money invested, and the
mechanic a liberal price for his labor,
President Grant was informed of
Littlefeld's disclosures and is said
to have been considerably excited
over them. He said all the trouble
of his administration could be traced
to the door of the Louisiana politi-
clans; that they had lied to him and
deceived him. He is reported to
have said that Wells ought to be in
the penitentiary.
When the Democrats took charge
of the State government in Georgia,
the colored pupils in the free schools
numbered a little over 5000. Three
or four years of Democratic rule has
brought the number up to $4,000,
and still christian statesman" can't
understand why colored men vote
the Democratic ticket,
Senator Hereford, elected to ell
the vacancy in the United States
Senate, occasioned by the death of
Hon. A. I. Caperton, was sworn in
and took his seat last Wednesday.
In the River and Harbor Bill soon
to be reported in the House of Rep
resentatives, KanaTha river gets
one hundred thousand dollars.
Hayes has the reputation of being
an honest man, and yet his friends
want him made President on establish
ed forgery
One hundred thousand oiIice-hold-
ers are disgatntled by the adoption of
measures for an honest count of the
electoral vote.
The Great Swindle.
The revelations of fraud in the con-
duct of the members of the Louisiana
Returning Board, made by witnesses
before the House Committee at Wash
ing are most appalling. 1t is hard
to realize that the destiny of the pco-
pie of the entire nation have been in
the hands of such infamous Williams
Littlefeld, who was one of the clerks
of the Returning Board, testified that
Gov. Wells, the president of the trib.
unal, absolutely instructed him to
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