Show Washington but the latter Is not generally gen-erally believed Col Denby was born In Virginia about 69 yenrr ago und educated edu-cated at Georgetown college and the Virginia Military Institute In 1KM ho was admitted to the bar and In 1SC6 was sent to the Legislature Although a Virginian he espoused the cause of the Union when the war broke out and ho became colonel of the Eighteenth Indiana In-diana regiment In 1SC3 ho resigned and for twentytwo years devoted him I I I self to the practice of law Since 1SS3 he lias been minister to China I |