The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-01-17

That Grant made use cfthe public
service to enrich his ftiendseyen IN
violation ofiaw is proved afresh in
the case Of Gen. Badeail. The laws
Of the United States provide that
whenever an officer Of the army IN
actual service or on the retired list
accepts civil Office his name shall be
droppt d from thcTolls and his pay
stopped For nearly eight years
,Badeau has been Consul General in
London and still his name has been
continued on the retired list'and be
has reealarly drawn his pay from
thepnblic treasury and it turns out
upon investigation that this was
done At the special request Of Grant.
Hayes has caused his name to be
strick en- off and the treasury will be
relieved of so much Of the unlawful
drain made upon it. Badean viii
undoubtedly join the Bill Chandler
element now in denouncing Hayes
The Confederate Government had,
at the Termination of its existence,
So, 100000 on deposit in the Bank
of England, The United States Gov;
ernment politely requests that this
sum be banded over to her, upon the
grpur that Shots the executor Of
thu sed GoHfcaeracy The
Britt Government admits The
Of the light in which, our
Government puts the case, but in.
sists that the estate shall be settled
in the prescribed mode. English
citizens, it is urged may have claims
against the Confederacy, and in that
event the claims must be satisfied
out of this twelve millions. else there
would be some risk that they would
never be satisfied at all. There is
some force in the English presenta-
ton Of the matter, certainly.-Er.
Hon. John Il. Kenna left on the
noon train last Sunday for Washing
ton. He was not looking well on his
return, but spent most Of his yaca-
ton hunting, and we are glad to say
derived substantial benefit from the
exercise. Hence he left us with
good health for the work of the long
session. We have been gratifed at
the assurances we have had from
different sources Of the assiduous
manner in which Mr.. Kenna has
been devoting his untiring energy
and his constant labor to the service
of his District. He has introduced
bills for the improvement Of the Big
Sandy, Guyandotte, Elk, New and
Kanawha river, besides a number Of
other measures Of interest and value
10 his constituents, and was largely
instrumental by theexcellent speech
he recently delivered in Congress, in
retaining the jurisdiction Of rivers
in the Committee of Commerce, Of
which he is a member. We feel JUS
titled in giving to our readers the as
surance that they are we'll and ably
represented.-Rdna,chG Gazette.
Eighteen hundred and seventy
seven closed with enough failures Of
financial sort to make it menora-
BILE for many years to come, unless
1873 should score a larger number
which is quite probable. The good
times promised by the politicians
are disappearing in the dim distance
with IL celebrity more striking than
pleasant. Traders are in despair,
and labor looks starvation in the
face. In the meanwhile hard times
has its dread accompaniment Of
heavy taxation. The Government,
that has no feeling for our distress,
moves solidly on. The winter up to
within a few days has been unusual
| ly mild; its change to the ordinary
severity of the season will make the
suffering among laborers out of en-
ploy intense. We send u commits
sion to the Paris Exposition at n
heavy expense, where we have moth
ing to show but assignments of bank
rupts and rags of workmen. This is
not all, We make ourselves ridicu-
lous by offering our wares under q
law that prohibits their sale. Moth,
ing but q reciprocity treaty will
open the markets of France to us,
and this our greedy monopolists and
stupid politicians will not permit
And so we go-go to perdition. The
next we may expect are riots and
ropadiaticn.- Washington Capital
The Mississippi jstties, construct
ed by Capt. Eads, is o,2,o OF the great
est works on record. Against the
opinions of some of the most learned
engineers Of the world, he proposed
to open the Mississippi delta to asuf-
ficient depth to admit the largest
vessels He contracted with the
Government to progress at a certain
rate, and was to receive 100000
ooch yonr tbnf hn woshnd tho bnttOm