National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-07-30
PERSONAL.

PRINCESS LOUISE sails by the PolynesIan on
Saturday.
Ma. CoRcoRAS, who is ut White Sulphur
Springs, is IN better health.
Hon. A. II. STEPHENS is we'll enough 10 be
kissing the pretty children Of his constituents.
G.. W. RUTHERFORD Is tho greenback nomi-
nee for congress in the eighteenth Illinois dis.
trict.
g. @. DEDRELL has been unanimously ro-
nominated for congress In the third Tennessee
district.
JUDGE A. L. RoAcHE Of indianapolis arrived
in Washington yesterday and is registered at
the Riggs.
SETH SHEPPARD has received the demo-
cratic nomination for congress in the f(th
Texas district.
JouN BRIGuT says that for evory hcathen
| converted in Africa there is opportunity TO
convert five In England.
Hon. J. N. CAMDEN Of West Virginia is at
the Arlington aud Congressman Martin Of
| West Virginia is at the National.
Mrs CHARLOTTE THOMPSON Of Chicago, tho
Inventor of the popular Saratoga wavo" curls,
Is at the Riggs with her husband.
REPRESENTATIVES, RYAN, Harmer. Van
Vorhis, Kofer, Kelly aud General NJ. r.
Banks called on tho president yesterday.
AMONG the visitors at the republican COM
mittee rooms yesterday was Congressman Van
Voorhis of New York. He declares that the
political sky is bright in western New York.
Miss ELEcTA i. SMITH, clerk in the sixth
auditors Office, left last night for her home on
short vacation. Miss Smith is well remenl-
bered as the former posmistrcss nt Sterling, Ill.
DINNER was givon by the Massachusetts,
state convention in Boston Wednesday night,
in honor Of Secretary Ramsey, cx.Govornor
Jewell and other distinguished guests.
Speeches were made by the secretary of war,
Governor Jewell Senator Dawes and Gov
ernor Long.
GEORGE DOUGLASS WISE democratic can
didate for congress in the Richmond district,
was born in Accomrc, aud is tho son Of TuIy
II. Wise, who was first auditor of the treasury
under President Tyler. His youth was pissed
in Washington city, where lie filled the posi-
tion of page in the house of representatives
from the age of ten years. At tho beginning
of the war he resigned his place, joining his
fortunes tn the cause Of Virginia.
A BANQUET was given Wednesday night al
| Frauklorlon -Lhe-Main TO 200 persons. In
honor Of tho American gymnasts. Herr
Schielo of Frankfort offered n toast TO tho
American republic, and Horr Rieizke of Cali
tornia proposed sentiment in honor of GYM
nastic4. The American consul-gencral, Mr..
Alfred Il. Lee, read congratuatory kilograms
from General sherman and the American
minister Mr.. White. Tho following Amori-
can gymnasts have received prizes: Messrs.
Kooher, Wagner, Mueller, Schaofer aud PAUL,
all members Of tho milwaukee, Turnverein and
Rathkc of tho North Side Milwaukee Turn-
verein.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, says ex-Sccrctary
Boutwell,, "excelled all his cotomporares, as
no also excelled most of the eminent rulers of
| every time in the humanity of his nature. in
the constant assertion of reason aud feeling,
in tho wt of dealing with men, in foriitude,
never disturbed by adversity, in capacity for
delay when action was fraught with peril, ia
the power Of immediate and rcsoluto decision
when delays were dangerous, in conlprehen-
sive judgment which forecasts the final and
bost opinion Of nations and OF postority, aud
in tho union of enlarged patriotism, wise
philanthropy and tho highest political justice.
TO emancipate Il race"