National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-04

Point from the fourth Congressional district of Vir-
ginia.
Miss ELIZABETH LEWIS of Hamburg, N. j., died
Friday, after painful and continued illness of
thirty years caused by an accidental dose of Arsenic
in 1SiS.
CARLYLE, to whom the late O. H. Loves dedl,
Gated his Life of Goethe" reached his eighty third
birthday on the very day that the friend of his car
Her years was laid In the tomb.
Mrs. GEORGE B. WELDON. of Torringlon. set the
trail of her dress on fire recently, but she poured
pail of water down her back tore of the burning
garment, and thereby escaped.
THE late Colpncl Henry l.. King, Of Albany, has
lel $4,000 by his will to purchase the first gilt of
odornment ever bestowed upon that city. IL Is to
be n fountain in the public park.
THE Texas Senators aud Representatives in Con.
gress have united In an appeal to the people oftha
statue of Robert f. Lee In Richmond, Va.
CoLoNEL RoBERT p CROCKETT, the only surviv.
Ing son of Davy Crockett is living in Hood Coun-
ty, Texas, old, infrm, and poor Some of the pu-
pers are urging his being given pension.
THE Pope has sent medal with his blessing, TO
the Catholic Indians of Maine who. on his acces-
sion to the Papal throne, dispatched TO him All of
iering of beautifully embroidered moccasins.
| CoNGREsMES JoRGENsEN, Of Virginia Davis, Of
| California, and stone OF Iowa; Commissioner
those who called upon the President yesterday.
PROFESSOR w. L. MERwiN, q graduate Of Yale
| College, and warmly iudorsed by the president,
Rev. Noah Porter, D: d. has accepted the chair of
languages in New Windsor College, Maryland and
entered upon his duties on the ID Instant The
college is to be congratulated upon this important
addition to its present able corps of instructors,
| IT Is stated at army headquarters that there is
| nothing unusual and no stretch of the law IN
! gauting leave of absence to Lieutenant Fred
| Grant Every officer Is entitled to one months
! leave out of twelve. which is made accumulntlve
| for five years. Lieutenant Grant can, under this
| provision have " leave for FIVE months, with full
pay, after which he will be on half pay, unless II
special leave Is given to him.
The Rev. Dr. ]. 4. Leitwlch, pastor ofthe Central
Presbyterian Church, Atlanta. the seSsOn.of which
has resigned DR.. Lcflwich defended the action Of
the session and presbytery before the synod of
Georgia, but was beaten. lie resigns because
there Is now such II condition OF things In the
church courts TO render 1t impossible To exercise
ana enforce discipline on worldly amuscments"
The following prominent persons have engaged
rooms at Wizards for the winter Hon. j. II. Starin
family, Of Ohio; Hon. William l.. Oyerton and
| family, of Pennsylvania; Hon. Levi Maish, of
Pennsylvania; Hon. A. H. Smith. of Pennsylvania; /;
Senator W. i. Kellogg aud family, of Louisiana
| Hon. W. ID. Veedor of New York; Hon. Archie
Bliss. ofNew York Hon. d. b. Henderson, Hon. j.
Clark, Hon. Miles Ross, of New Jersey; Hon. j..
| Williams and Senator salisbury, Of Delaware
Hon. u, G. franklin, Of Missouri; 4. NJ Bayne and
family, of Pennsylvania Hon. Thomas Turner, OF
| Kentucky; Hon. David A. Wells, of New York
Senator W. A. Wallace and family, Of Ponnsylva-
mia; Colonel j. 4 Scklcs and family of Virginia
Colonel J. IL. Raymond, of Chicago; Colonel J. w.
smith, of Pennsylvania Senator Gordon and IAN.
iy of Georgia; c. =. Huntington president Of the
Central Pacific Railroad; Hon. H. b. Banning, OF
Ohio; Senator Ii. llamln and family, of Maine
Hon. j. g. Thompson. of Ohio Milton Sayler, OF
Ohio; Colonel r. d. Lurned, of New York; Hon L.
J. Ellis, of Louisiana, and Senator Conover and
family, of Florida.