National Republican., 1882-10-18
PERSONALITIES.

COLONEL SAMUEL n. BENJAMIN, Assistant Adju-
tant- General, has taken house OH i street, near
Nineteenth, and Mrs. Benjamin, who is now with
her parents, Hon. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, will
arrive here during this week with her children.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR brought away from Boston n
small baton made OF wood taken from tree which
overshadOwed Daniel Webster's birthplace at
Franklin, N. ii. 1t was presented to him by MIR.
Allen as memento of the Marshheld celebration.
JUDGE W. D. sETrMAN, of New York; Judge
Joseph ii. Chonte, OF New York, and Major Leigh
4. Page, of Richmond, Nar are guests at the Riggs.
To-day they will appear before the United States
supreme Court to ursuc the Arlington estate case.
EX- SENATOR DORSEY, who has been for come
months afflicted with q disease of the eyes, which
has batiied the skill OF all the physicians, left
Saturday night for the Hot Springs OF New Mexico,
hoping to find relief from the waters of those
springs.
LIEUTENANT THOMAS T.Nox First Cavalry, ar
rived here Monday from his station at Fort Bid
WELL in Northeastern California, and has quar-, RS
at the Ebbitt House. lie is here under orders To
duty in the War Records Office, under Colonel
Robert n. Scott
LlEurENANT WILLIAM L. PITCHER, First Cavalry,
is at Fort Lcayenworh from Wash ington Terri :
tory as II member of the Army rife team. He is
very well known here, and is son of General
Thomas L. Pitcher, U. s. A., form erly governor OF
the Soldiers Home.
COMMANDER JOHN Il, BARTLETT, u s. NJ has re.
moved from the Ebbtt House, and is the guest Of
Lieutenant john II. Moore, U. S. n, at No 1907 K
street, He will be ordered in u few days to duty
as assistant in the photographic ONCE, and is now
engaged in house hunting.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WILLIAM NJ. FoLGER,
u S. N, arrived here sunday, under orders to re-
port for duty In the Ordnance Bureau Navy De-
partment, and has quarters for the present at the
Ebbilt House. As soon rs he can rent house he
will be joined by his wife and daughter.
COMMODORE JOHN II. UPsHUR who is now com
manding the New York nayy-yard arrived in the
city Saturday evening, and has quarters at the
Ebbitt House. He Is 70 perform the duties OF port
admiral of New York in addition TO his present
duty, and will fly his pennant on the Colorado.
MAJOR GENERAL IRWIN Mcdowell will, Phila.
delphia paper states, take up his permanent resi-
dence in that city. He wus u native of and was
appointed to West Point from Ohio. At the break
ing out of the rebellion he was assistant adlu-
tant- general. He will, however, first spend some
time here.
WHEN the ex- Empress Eugene was In Paris
two weeks ago, on her way to the castle of Duke
de Mouchy, she stayed at the Hotel Bedford, in
which, and close by her apartments, was living
that very Prince Hozenhollern who was the indi-
rect cause of the war that wrought her and her
such ruin.
Mr.. JAMES MORAN, of General Ruggless Office
War Department, has returned from his vacation
which he took at the most pleasant time of The
| year, ana is in excellent health. During his ab
sence he visited his old home, near West Point New
York city, and Philadelphia, but spent most OF
time in Chicago, for which he will give no ex-
! planation and refuses to give the lady's name.