Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-05
A BARBOUR COUNTY CASE.
The Heroic Jesse y. Phares Asks for
Pension.
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The Heroic Jesse y. Phares Asks for a
Pension.
special Correspondence Of the Register.
WA>HINGroN, April 3.
The case Oi J, So +. Phares, OF Bar
bour ,ounty, West Virginia, has been
debated Tor several days IN the Senate
until the close OF the morning hour, and
has not yet been concluded. Senator
Hereford gave a graphic account OF his
gallant rv.cos as scout and quoted
irom the testimony Of the Confederate
commander at Beverly where he was
wounded in performing No memombly
heroc an act to show that he clearly
merits a pension.
Senators KirkwoOd and Carpenter also
made speeches in his favor. senators
ingalls,, Logan AMI others opposed Civ.
iug him pension on the ground that
lac Was not an enlisted soldier but only
n scout In replying to this Mr.
Carpenter said that during the
war hr Was one very warm morn
ing in tHr office Ol the Secretary
Oi War when little hoy fourteen or
fifteen years old came in wearing pair
o, cotton gloves large enough for u giant.
IL, walked straight up To the Secretary
ani sud, How dI YOU du, Mr.. Stan
tom" stanton looked at him, his eye
giis,eniug. why" said he, johnny,
where did YOU come from said he,
Mr.. stanton, these men have busted
me. "What men, said Stanton"
"Why, the men YOU gave me n letter to;
they hired me, but they busted me;
now | want tO yet into the printing
office" stanton turned Immediately,
and wrote "A letter Ia the Public Printer,
stating who he was, and asking him tO
employ this bOv ~ a learner OF the
printers trade. After the nov went
out, Mr. stanton told me that he hal
plii over Slj0.OOO t0 spies and scouts
ior information, and that that little boy,
whn hal made three trips through the
lines during the war, had brought him
more valuable and more reliable iniOr-
nation than he had got from the whole
SljOUDO.
SAM NlEs Y NlIifhfNls hnAAIl''hN' NAaeN
bIy had been disabled for life, IL Il pos
sble that he would have been denied "A
pension because he was not regularly
enlIStcdt"
What a Congressional Committee Says
About Charleston.
Mr.. Nc \tuzic, ot Kentucky, in re-
porting th,. hill iuT the erection Oi apub-
lie building at Charleston, w. Va, says
II in a ilourishng city OF from hye To
six thousand population, and that dls'
trict of 10000 population call regularly
Tor their mails at this point. at Is, he
slys, "the political and commercial cen,
Ter oi twenty-One counties. At the taii
term ui 1879 of the United States Court
held there there were | los cases pend
ing The want Of court accommoda-
tlOns is strongly set forth IN TINS Te-
port ,,,--,,.
The bill which passed the House and
to-day went to the Senate COMMITTEE
on PnstotIices aud POstrOutes establishes
the following new routes IN West lr-
Vinia. From Gold Hill to lopeyllle,
Long Reach 10 Shiloh, Romncy VIA
Sputh Branch River tO NuOrviield, from
Bpotnsyille via turnpike road tn fridge
p,rt FrllnWsyille VIA SiEClsiT's Mill 20
DAnyiIle. Higginsyille To- llainesyille,
Warrington MA mouth ui Dents run,
Bartholomew Fork, head ol Buffalo
Greek to Kings mill, booths
vile tO Bridgeport, GAINESVILLE VIA
sang Kun tO JOhnstOwn, Clarksbung
via Brusly Fork and llackensyllle to
Clrm's store, Brownsville VIA Mill run
10 Sellys Port, lleyron via Mchlnls
and sarah creek tO Rpley's, Willow
Island via Sharp's run and North
western turnpike road To Nalcano,
Normsntown To German, Wall Summit
10 Biz Isaac, ArnOldsburg via Big run
10 Sutton Croway's via Indian creek 70
Moore's, Lost creek via Last creek ana
duck creek To station mouth OF
lslac's creek, ArnOldsburg To LOST
creek Station at Lower Bowman 10
RpsIey's Rock, Writ &. III. to "aiEsr
station, GIenville via Leading
creek 10 Troy, Valley 'iuf-
mace via Crops roads 10 Phhlppl
Trials Before the United states S0~i'
Commissioners
The bill reported from the House Ju-
dietary Committee, aud placed upon the
calendar. provides that hereafter all
preliminary investigations npOn Changes
of a violation OF any law OF the Onlteu
States which NAV be held bY commis,
sioner of the circuit court at the Unlteu
States, shall be had and held before tue
commissioner residing nearest the piaoe
where the violation OF such law Is AZ
legged Ia have been committed, uniesS
snrh cou,rnissioner may be related 20
the accused by cOnsangulnlty OF raihhlly
IN which case the cause shall De reuhoNeu
10 the nearest commissioner Zee irO"i
such disqualification.
No Pensions for Soldiers Widows VINO
Marry.
The Commissioner OF Pensions esaT
mates that II Congress were to pass =
law giving pensions 90 the WIDOWS oi
soldiers of the war of 1872 who nave
married &. would cost the govern
ment SlO5, coo annually. The man Heu.
ment, however, against II Is that u SoHIu
be quoted as precedent anu siiui'Ai
provision would be asked In the case OF
widows of soldiers who served IN more
recent Wars. This wOuld entail Durueh
of MANY additional millions annually
upon the treasury. The House PENSIONS
Committee has reported adversely on
the bill To give the widows oi SotnleIs %
the war of 1912 pensions notSiehss.AS ~.
ing a second marriage, and TINS enus '"0
matter for this session.
Another Arctic Expsdition-Ths AoSsa"
PlAn.
The House Naval Committee nae 10