National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-04-16

c. C. CLARK, business manager of the Rich.
mond Wig, is stopping at the Metropolitan.
CHIEF ENGINEER F. A. WILSON has been
detached from duty at the Boston navy yard
and placed on waiting orders.
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE CoLMAS has
taken house on Iowa circle, and his family
will be here in about week.
4. w SCOTT, of Richmond Va, who is In.
dorsed by his state delegation for the marshal.
ship of the eastern district OF Virginia, is In
the city.
THE Official announcement OF tho appoint-
ment OF Capt, George w. Davis as aide. de Camp
TO the lieutenant general, vice Mai. Wm. J.
Volkmar, was made yesterday.
CHIEF CLERK JOHNSON, of the United States
Senate, and nearly all of the clerks OF the see.
retary's office, took day or yesterday be-
cause the circus was in town.
LIEUT.. CoMDR. JOHN j. BRICE and Lieuts, T.,
W. Bridge, John A. Norris, W. L. B. Delehay,
and John h, Collins have been ordered TO hold
themselves in readiness for orders to the Iro-
quoIs
CAPT, JOSEPH n. MILLER will be detached
from special duty at New York on the Goth
instant and ordered to command the receiving
ship Wabash, vice Capt. +, NJ. Bunce, placed
on waiting orders.
Miss .. NJ. BIRCH, president of Florida Chau-
tauqua art school, has returned from New Or
leans. She speaks in glowing terms of the
new education enterprise at Lake de Funiak,
in which she has taken very active part.
MISS FRANCES +. WILLARD denies that she
ever sent communication to the Hillsboro'
Presbytery assuming that she had eceiyed
"a Divine revelation" She dlsavows having
| addressed that association In any way what
ever.
A TELEGRAM has been received by C. c. vii.
lard, proprietor OF the Ebbitt House, from Ben
Perley POore, dated Cairo, stating that Thus
far all is well and having lovely time" Mai
Poore is chaperoning the party OF newspaper
men EN- route TO New Orleans.
Mr.. THOMAS STEVENS, the famous blcyclist,
who rode a Columbia bicycle from San Fran.
cisco to Boston, sailed from New York fol
Liverpool on April Q, and will start from the
lRStnamed city TO travel on his bicycle through
Europe and Asla--litorally over the land por
ton of the world. He goes under the auspice,
ofthe outing magazine, II Is probable he will
winter in 1eheran, Persia, and early in the
spring of 1856 begin his route through the
Chinese empire
AMONG the Presidents callers yesterday were
Secretary Lamar, Minister McLane and Mr..
| Augustus Jay, Senators Jackson, Camden, aud
| Call aud friends, ex-senator Ross, OF Kansas
| Representatives Taylor of Tennessee; Foran,
! Isrmer and DR.. q, o. CLAWS, Cole, aud q. +
Grlfith of Baltimore; Barbour, Holman, and
| friends; Ermentrout Matsou and Springer
with delegation; Mr.. Isaac Bell, minister tC
the Netherlands Commissioner Black, soicl
tor McCue, Wilbur r. Watkins, d, D., New
| York; Joseph Donnersberger and James s
| lIealy OF Chicago; D, +, Clark, of Buffalo; Rev
q. II. Powell, OF Virginia; ex.Goy. ordway
George X. Fearons, Newport, Ky; /, @. Sell
s.edt Of New York; Frederick shonnard and
Jas. W, peEdergast, Henry Exsll Richmond
| Rufus MagSc Col. r, j. Bright, Minister s =
| Cox, Erastus Corning, OF Albany; W, NJ, Whit
ney, of Albany; f. W. Chamberlain Belmont
John g. Sears, OF 0swego; Mr., PrendersGs
| Nonkers, the Venezuela mlnlftor, and . dele
CATION OF friends who had a short conference
an regard to indian aitAin.