Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-06-28

HAVING SEQ = raifleaisau IN The Wheeling Tunes
" sftsrsa iast. rs.aiive 10 the steamer Philip bod
E-1r-. snd .iEuedby lohH y lie, deeIH u sty dniy
reply o. q. "a refrecif inform TIE fuiite OF te n,sl.
49, aa uHi-a h. trssis. va III treiimeni on thst
nasf. am CtsTk au tie Philip bodiud-e. W.. Lee
ssnss ~ tesfdfhetas mtinennstI We had hs sha
= - naass ~ stored lee No e Nos - t"t a woman IN
b. cHmraHv. ~ sad no. a word a out paying bs
passage. Tas dsys aAef t1s'. wss calling on passen.
frs WIS hxa M PAID. tae sad Lee among others.
iat1 hin he as-ssse sod that of his family was not paid.
tbs was IN fNa hdrrcaue ders, and requested htn 20
saaasa tatsst ne and SETTLE hlsfAre with tue % Clers.
BE made no ohlestisas. and said nothing about having
Esd hs sasssge. Hr went a1wn, and I saw no more OF
hisa unil SCAT fof ~ capt Moore. when ! met NJ. Ice
o. ths once. ard &c said. fof the FIRST tine, that he had
rad ne the passage fof himself and family. Tie said he
had paid ~ pan in ruld. and stated The amount At more
than y 2 had charged any person. think he SAID ssi.
thss suss be cSad not have paid al all. Tie Capt.
then t8id him u h. would iook lin Ia the eye aud say
thsi be- s.s pa ~. fafe. be- ~"uid ie' him 60 on nee.
~ uauld not 40 q. and ihas al were convinced he had
moi patd. sas aismpied tote ne out gift.
was fsnp rauvuced hy hts very aets. by his not
mentioning fpwheu hrst spoken toby his false statement
and MS ieeEs, That BE- had attempted To take advantage
Nm MEEK, Clerk.
Personally appeared before mo, q Justice Of the Peace
N aud fr oafs toaaiy. n - Neek, and made osih that
the above statement Is correct IN every particular. Civ.
en- under my hsndthis seth day OF Jaue, l.is
Wheeing. Junee NJ
On "wednesday tina elst inst. in the afternoon. most
oftac gentlemen had collected on the hurricane deck,
ana I requested my clerk. Mr. Meek, TO go up and ask
such as had not raid their fare. 10 come down TO the of
hrn aud settle. I was al the foot Ofthe steps leading to
the Office. aud among others who came down YVES Mr..
Tee. wso. instead ~ going into the Office, slipped away
m the Stsroafd Guard. I stepped forward aud invited
nn in,o THE Office. Tie ease Ia and went up to the 2d
clerk. Ihc CLERK asked him his name. Tie told him
lee. The CLERK examining sad his fare was unpaid
iie then said he had paid his fare to the ist Clerk. !
then GATED the hrst clerk. vino said he had not paid his
fare. lee insisted he had paid u, and stated ne had paid
Ss4 IN g.ia. winch AZ once satisfied me he had not paid
a cent, the Amoanl being two dollars 4 passage more
than we had charged other passengers 10 Pittsburgh. I
then told him " he would lock me ~ the eve and say he
had paid that smouBt in gold. he might 60, which he re-
fuse To De. itoid him then he should go ashore for his
iyiHg. lie then told nc to say nothing About IL aud he
would pay nae when he Eoi Ia Wheeiing. The pass2n-
gers called out TO set the rogue ashore and they would
paw the women. iare TO Wheeling. The boat landed
AID I told him he should 80 ashore. The women said if
he went they would, aud | accordingly let him remain, Il
passengers raised money and paid he w-nen's fare. He
came ON to Wheeling without psying his own passage,
and the thanks I got fof it are IN the statement attended
TO by my Clerk.
Capt. y. MOORE.
Personally appsared before ne, The subscriber, a Justice
OF The Peace ia A Tor OHIO county, Mr.. Ehenzer = Moore
and made oath that the als,ve statement is Just aud true
in every particular. Given under nay hand this Goth day
June, 1873. WM 4 SEi.BY, J T
Pittsburgh Journal and Cincinnati Commercial pub.
Iish to the amount OF 81 and charge this Office. je25