Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-06
WASHINGTON CITY.
VIRGINIA "REMINISCENCES eY GENE
RAJ JONES, OF IOWA
uIs letter to President Davis-soeking
Anti-Wsr pay--RsiiwaS- Mall
service ChangcA
Irrom our Regular Correspondent

From Our Regular Cofrefpohoe"'i
WASHINGTON, y. c., January 5.-General
George Jones. Of Iowa, who was io' many
wears both a representative and senator ID
Congress-. called TO-DAY upon Hon. George
ID. Wise and General Pcy'on WISE al 'ho
room OF tho House Committee on Oom.
mcrce. and the couversation Whlch o"Sueu
vas not only q most interesting one out
man, Nirglpia remDlsconces were revived
a. yysu as memories of some OF tho most
f,r,ops mon Of the South. General
Il,,s ,s now in the S9tn year OF
D.. 400 having been born IN 1904 at
S..,,..rr.. Ind. He kept moving west
aud roprescIted several different states IN
s..r-rs.s IS. Ito first net Governor Henry
A Me-. Of Virginia. m 1888, when that
GREAT man Wasa representative IN the mouse
Sd Nr Jones. as be was then known,
wa- delegate from the Territory OF Wis
ceussn. %" Ia those DAYS. said the venera-
be General Jones, Henry 4. wise was
uerhaps more feared m dcoaio than any
man mn the House. was only delegate
ara did not feel 81 liberty 20 tackle him,
Lat I dId not dare 90 for nm, so ! waited.
flao.t making Up my mind would never
Ike hiu.
oRAvEs-CILLFY DUEL.
1.-THE famous Gravcs-C iley duel took
plhce 80 Hiadeusburg. Wise was the
second of Graves and ] was the second OF
CiIt. There IS where We brst met. IL
was not many days before We began to
know each oihor and finally We became
the Warmes, friends imsrnahle.'
General Jones was a C.Assm9te with the
late President Jefferson DAVIS, of the
Southern Coufolcracv. Of the Irnnsy'va-
tIaN n
Cuatcd together. Nr. DAVIS went SoutA
aealu and General Jones 20 Wisconsin. ne
iaftpr's health ia IN became bad, so no
went 70 Michigan and out II the wllds he
built two cabins. Soon after some
Young army officers came along asking Tor
Lodging one Of them was Lieutenant
Tea Davis. but ~ first neither the host
3or the VISITOR recognized each other, as
lo,n lad turned GU. boards. When they
o.l become known 20 each other Jones
threw lis arms around Lieutenant DAVIS,
,1c'Amug, God bless yOu, Jeh" am 50
CAD O. See you.
III WANTS HTS PAY.
Whom Nj Davis became President Of
1bc Cufel,rcy General Jones was United
States Minister 10 Colombia, IN South
America. He wrote hum long letter not
knowing thus tact. Seward WAS Secretary
oil Stnte. Tor that act hls pay "a Minister
was withheld, and now General Jones
socks o. recover the amount by sp"-
C!al act ul Congcs-. General Jones
far many years has been reti-
dent of Iowa. lie was mon
mau daring the war he attended
.cfuueul of SIR. Davis at New Orleans.
Tho late Ir. Garnctt, OF Washington.
formerly Of \ir-lUla. was a friend OF Gene
raj JDu,-. and The latter ha. recently been
iu correspondence with Alr. Barton Ha1aI.
Of Richmond. m regard 10 certain papers
VliCh tle Genera. has from the late HoE-
.ruar Wi,e. The old General say lac has
uo. had day sickness SINCE 1871
Reircsutat.yc Wise Will not have
DO. interview unul tomorrow with the
Secretary OF the Navy IN regard TO the
Newport News snipbulldlnC-yards.
MAIL MArrEBs
The following railway maiI-seryice or
q have been issued:
ir.luuer registered sack from Wash
Ir.fua. D. G., tp Milford, Va, Will here
.strr ic disuutched RIA the Washington
arl Charleston rniwa" pOst-oAice, leaving
Washington nt y. 3D..
murd. Va. for Goid,b0ro'. n. c., will
hereafter poe dispatched from Richmond at
Hl5 4. NJ. ria lIaln %, Washington ana
Charleston railway pCst-Oihco.
IhrLurh registered pouches between
a.r-~SG.hcc, viii hereafter be DISPATCHED
..a tIr Washington end Charleston railway
pn,t-u.Hce. leaving Washington at 4:3O A.
IA and Wilmington at $3.50 A. NJ.
Tho exchange Of through registered
pouches between above Offices VIII here
after Doe Dispatched from New York at l..
NJ. ga the New u rk and Washington rail-
way pl-t-othce, aud from Wilmington at
p.uA. N r.Gthc Washington aud Charles
f.u rulEay post-oihce.
senator Ransom returned to-day from
North Carolina.
Yugcr Is tine name IF a new post.ofiice
established I'D Mlutausa county, \. {. ;
Asa L. Wilson, postmaster.
Invitations u tire bIc Democratic ban.
ouet iu Richmoud TINS month wero re-
ruyei here to-day b. a number OF the
leading public men. Most OF the Virginia
delegation viii attend.
Alr. EDWIN Barbour Of Big Stone Gap.
was among Virginia visitors at the Capitol
today.