The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-29
nnr Nomineo for Congress

TIE speech Of Mr.. wITr which we pub
lished Yesterday, eulogizcd GEORGE ID.
WISE. but only according to his deserts.
The state o, Yesterday afternoon completes
the work by furnishing the following inter-
estlng sketch OF ass life:
While all whose names we,e presented
yvere worthy gentlemen, and any one otthem
,yon,d NO du,Is, have led us 60 victory. yet In
m. nrcscnf crisis of Our affairs we think there
70 a p,cu,,ar fitness In the nomination that
has ,ecn made, and that IL cannot fa'' 10
ada greatly TO the strength OF the parry, nor
onsy IN the metropolitan district, out
fhsyeuy,,sut the State, In all paris OF wn'cn
q viii typart new vitality, inspire en'ou'
s..sm ,rd be accepted as an omen OF victory.
Anpm,ph so well-knowu In The city that
- wnnki seem unnecessary for US 10 re1er
3, All 40 HIS personal history, YET, A. ne mas
now hecome the property 10 measure OF
the State and country, brief sketch OF our
candidate will not be out OF place.
a;eorce Douglas Wise was born IN Acco-
mac. and Is the son OF Tully Il. Wise, VINO
wes First Auditor CT the Treasury under
President Tyler. His youth was passed IN
N asbjncton City, where he hiied the posi-
ION Of a page in the House OF Representa-
tiyes from the age OF ten years. AT the
heoinnino of the war he resigned MS
nlace and came South, joining his Tor
;unes 10 the cause of Virginia. lie
received an appointment in the amy,
and his first service was as adjutanf OF Tue
First Kentucky regiment, by ASSIGNMENT
OF General Joseph T.. Johnston. lie was
subsequently on the staff OF Mator.General
Stevenson, who commanded DIVISION OF
the Arnv OF the Southwest under Generai
Johnston. He was severely wounoeu ~
the battle Of Resaca, in Georgia on me
1iih OF May. 1864, beng shot through Tue
body while leading The charge OF IeSI-
ment Of infantry in the Reynolds Drigaue'
consisting OF the Fifty-fourth ana otNty-
6fih Virginia regiments aud two from
North Carolina. - ~
During the siege Of Vicksburg he was
oppoinied by General Pemberton. after
consultation as 10 the best method 10 be
adop,ed for The relief Of that place, then
invested by the Federal forces, TO carry
dispatch through Grants lines to General
Johnston at Jackson, Miss. In which dan
perou. service he acquitted him so well that
he received his promotion TO captaincy In
reward for bis gallantry from President Da-
Wis. on the recommendation OF Generals
Johnston and Pember,on. lie subsequently
participated in all the battles with his divi-
SION 10 the close OF the war.
Captain Wise has resided In Richmond
unlnterruptedly since his return from me
field md in 1870, when reconstruction De-
came an accomplished fact through the first
triumph OF the Conservative party and the
utter overthrow OF Radicalism, towards
which he greatly contributed by his wis
dom in council and his eloquence IN the
forum, he was elected Commonwcaith'S at
torney for this city-a position he bias filled,
with but one interval, up TO the present
time, always fearessly but kindly, and III a
manner entirely acceptable to the people.
As the standaId-bearer Of That intrepid
soldier General Hancock The gallant Con
federate captain will bear bis own ana the
banner of his chief to a triumphant victory
IN November.
GEORGE WISE it may be emphaticalIy
said, was nominated by the people OF this
district