Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-16
Washington News and Gossip.

IHB WEDDING OF SPEAKER COLPAx with
Miss Nellie Wade will take place on wedues.
cay, ST Andover, Ohio, the present home of
Miss Wade. She resides with her STEP mother,
Ia r father and mother both being dead She is
the niece of Senator Wade, who resides at
Jefferson, fifteen miles from Andover MISS
Wade is about thirty years of age, of medium
size, good figure, dark hair, brown eyes, and
has pleasing face, indicating goodness and
Intelligence. All who know her speak of
her amiability and quiet good sense as
qualifying her admirably to preside at
the house Of the Vice President elect
Three years ago she spent the winter in Wash
ington with her aunt, Mrs. Senator Wade, AZ
the house of Mr.. Barrett, on 4. street, where
MI. Colfax also stopped; and the friendship
formed al that time probably laid the founda-
tons for the present more intimate relations.
Miss Wade was one of the excursion party
with Senator Wade and Mr.. COlfax that came
so near oeing cut off by the Indians
on their Rocky Mountain trip. The
other ladies of the party were Mrs Matth.
ews, mother of Mr.. Colfax; MISS Carrie Matth.
ews, his sister; Miss Sue Matthews, his cousin,
and Miss Sallie Bowles, daughter of Sam
Bowles, OF The Springfield Republican. These
ladies are said to have displayed an am cunt Of
courage and self-possession on the occasion OF
the Indian attack t.at won for them an enth u
siastic vote of admiration from their conpaa.
ions. and from the rough mountaineers.
The wedding on Wednesday will be q very
quiet anair, only the most intimate friends of
the bride and the immediate family of Mr..
Colfax being present. The marriage ceremony
will be performed by the pastor of the Presby-
terIan church attended at Andover by Mss
Wade. Mr.. Colfax, we believe, attends DIR.
Buffers church (Lutheran) when in Wash
at,nr~ ~ m
ington, arriving here on Thursday or Friday,
and will enter upon housekeeping at the
house heretofore occupied by Mr. Colfax on
16K street, opposite Lafayette Square.
GENERAL BANKS and Mr.. Hooper, of Mas
saehusetts. General Cary, of Ohio, 5. s. Cox.
Of New York, and other Representatives and
Representatives elect, are In Washington. Some
of them are here looking out winter quarters
Mr.. Cox, whose term commences at the March
session, is about TO sail for Europe to spend the
winter, for the benefit of Mrs. Cox, whose
health is not good.
GENERAL GRANT left the Metropolitan Hotel
in New York on Saturday, for West Point
accompanied by Mrs Grant ana General Dent.
He will return to that city to-day. On Satur-
day the President elect was visited by Generals
Mcdowell, Heintzelman, Doubleday, Ingalls,,
t-iShices IUttci anu " disO Judge
DAILY, l. Belafield Smith, Rufus f. Andrews,
A. L. Stewart, and others.
REDUCTION OF FORCE.-Secretary McCul-
lOch to-day gave directions TO dismiss twelve
inspectors in the Philadelphia custom hons e
in order 10 reduce the force there. The dis
m issals Will be made Tomorrow.
BREvET BRIGADIER GENERAL J. C. Nc
FEKRAN, Deputy Quartermaster General, in
charge department of Washington, has been
granted leave OF absence FOR ten days.
The HOME JOURNAL of last week has an
account Of a recent wedding in Phil adel phia
in which one Of the bridesmaids is spoken of as
"a young lady from Washington, who attracted
marked attention on account of her beauty and
wit"
SUPERVISOR APPOINTED. - Secretary Nc
CullOoh this morning confirmed the nomin alton
Of John F. Smyth as Supervisor of Internal
Revenue for the northern District of New
York.
COIN.-There are about S57,OO1,OOO OF com
now IN the Treasury, Of which s22,OOO,0OO is in
gold certificates.
CEIEF JUSTICE CHASE will arrive in Balti-
more to-day, and preside at the session OF the
United States Circuit Court.
SPEAKRR COLPAx is to be married at An
dover, Ohio. on Wednesday.