National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-02-15
PERSONALITIES,

REV. ]. II. McELRoY, of Philadelphia, is
guest at the Imperial.
| BARON ANDRE DE BUDBERG, the Russian
diplomatist. is dead, in his sixty-first year.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN THOMAS J. CREAMER,
of New York, is stopping at Wizards.
VENNoR is not the only fool who thinks
he can tell what the weather will be week or a
month ahead.
CARLYLE once spoke of Americans as
eighteen million of bores. He judged the country
by the samples that visited him.
II Savannah there is negro woman
who wants to become an actress and her friends
derisively allude to her as Black-hide Susan"
If LIE Due had discovered the art of
raising cold tea he would have found friends
enough in Congress to-raise him to Cabinet posi-
ton.
GENERAL BUTLER says he is always
ready to defend the honor of Virginia-for a suit
able fee. Lawyers seldom die of enlargement of
the heart.
Dr.. MARY WALKER seems to have the
courage other opinions. Perhaps the Democracy
couldn't. do better than to put itself under her
leadership.
Mr.. JOHN FooRD, the consistent and
level editor chief of the New York TfmcS with
Mrs Foord, arrived III town yesterday, and are at
the Arlington.
ACCORDING to the Boston Literary World
Mr. Carlyle had signified his purpose OF bequeath-
ing the greater part of his large and valuable pri
vate library to Harvard College.
PAUL HoAG, one of the characters in
Mr.. Whittier's Among the Hills,' has just died i'll
his New Hampshire home. He was Quaker of
+ha ha cl-ad a;+I
or barn, yet his hospitality was never abused.
JOHN A. CUTHBERT, of Mobile, is the
oldest living ex-COngressman. He was born at
Savannah, is ninetythree years of age, is gradu-
ate of Princeton, served in the late war with Great
Britain and was in Congress more than sixty years
ago.
EDWIN BOOTH, when not on the stage,
is great smoker but he never drinks any alco-
holic liquors. Tea is his only stimuant He
never attends late dinners or suppers and never
has an = out" After acting he is very much de-
pressed. and likes to lie abed 90 recuperae during
much of the next day.
]. L. LAKE, JR., at one time editor of
the only Republican paper in Mississippi says
Senator elect George, Of that State, is by no
means the unreasonable and bigoted Bourbon
Democrat that he has been represented; on the
contrary, he is large-hearted, liberal minded,
generous gentleman
THOMAS Ewing, who for ten years, in
Congress and the stump, has been trying to con-
vince the country that Wall street spectators
were "the blood suckers OF the nation,T has be-
come blood sucker" himself, and, although
still member of Congress he has left his seat and
spends his entire time buying and selling stocks
in New York
GENERAL BEAVER, who is receiving the
votes of majority of the Republicans of the Penn
sylvania Legislature for Senator, lost one of his
legs in the war. He is a Stalwart, and was chair
man ofthe Pennsylvania delegation at Chicago.
That wing of the Republicans who have been
rightly called Assistant Democrats" hope to pre-
vent his election.
WHEN the war broke out General Will
lam Newell, of Durham, Me-, aged sixty two dyed
his hair and whiskers black and enlisted. When
asked if he was not over forty five he replied that
he was q leetle, and was accepted but When his
rank and age were known he was detailed to hos
pital duty. He died the other day. aged eighty
two-NeIc l6F; Tribune