Lloyd, Clinton, his recitation of Pennsylva- nia Dutch verses, 203; of Lowell's Big- elow Papers, 204. Longevity in Philadelphia, 96. Longfellow, Henry W., 299.
Lovejoy, Owen, of Illinois, 61; his death, 62.
MCCLELLAN, Dr. George, of Philadelphia, a strong supporter of Henry Clay, 187. McClellan, General George B., a poet's trib- ute to, 267.
McClintock, Dr. Jonas R., of Pittsburgh, a local historian, 88.
McClure, A. K., of Pennsylvania, his career and ability, 326.
McCook, General Robert, fine poem on the murder of, 331.
McDougall, Senator James A.; of Califor- nia, his career and character, 147; his pe- culiar eloquence, 148.
McDowell, James, of Virginia, on admis- sion of California as a free State, 58; his death, 62.
McMichael, Morton, 71.
Mackenzie, R. Shelton, his description of Albert Pike, 278; of Alexander Dimitry, 279.
Madison and Jefferson visit the North, 260. Madison, Mrs., in the White House, 307. Maelzel, inventor of the Automaton Chess Player, 417.
Marshall, E. C., of California, 315.
Thomas F., his satirical sketch of Andrew Jackson, 329.
Mason, James M., 57.
Massachusetts, historians of, 346; what con- stitutes its greatness, 301, "Mazeppa" speech at Coyle's, 33; English reminiscence of, 36.
Meredith, W. M., of Philadelphia, 385; con- flict with Thaddeus Stevens, 386. Mills House, the, on Capitol Hill, 75; for- merly Chief Justice Marshall's residence, 80.
Mirabeau, death of, 399.
Missouri Compromise, repeal of, 109.
Monroe, Mrs. James, in the White House,
Moore, Frank, his Rebellion Record, 329. Moran, Benjamin, Secretary of United States Legation in London, 36.
Morris, Robert, his house in Philadelphia, 240.
Muhlenburg, Henry E., visit to, 66; death of, 68.
Municipal Government, 347.
Murdock, James A., recites T. Buchanan Read's poems, 331.
Mutiny suppressed by firmness, 297.
NATIVE AMERICANS, L. C. Levin, their chief, 131.
Nelson, General William, his difficulty with James S. Jackson, of Kentucky, 95. New England, intelligence of, 301; high cult- ure of, 345.
New-year's Calls, 237; President Washing- ton in New York, 238; in Philadelphia, 242. Noah, M. M., of New York, 362. Nye, James W., of Nevada, 396.
OAK HILL CEMETERY, at Georgetown, D.C., 184. "Occasional," of the Philadelphia Press, names General Grant for President, 287. Official Secrets, difficulty of keeping, 73. Officials, information possessed by aged, 296. Old-line Whigs, 54.
PARKER, THEODORE, on George Washing- ton, 18.
Patriot, The, Washington daily, 383. Patterson, General Robert, 96. Pennington, William, elected Speaker, 32. Pennsylvania, Senator Sumner's character of, 345; a local historian of, 346. Pennsylvanian, The, Daniel Webster's speech reported in, 10.
Philadelphia, before and after Secession, 224; the seat of Congress in, 249; the last- century belles of, 242; male celebrities of the time, 243; Lincoln raises the nation- al flag in front of Independence Hall, 244; Washington's daily life in, 261; old thea- tres in, 268; Republican National Con- vention in, 336; Colonial Congress in, 339. Pierce, Franklin, personal and public char- acter of, 12; distrust of James Bu- chanan, 13.
Mrs. Franklin, in the White House, 312.
Pike, Albert, the Wake of, 274; his "Fine Arkansas Gentleman," 275; his speech, 276; his own death song, 277; his person- al appearance, 278. Plantation patois, the, 194; eminent speak- ers using it, 197.
Polk, James K., Presidency of, 22.
Mrs. J. K., in the White House, 312. Porter, General Andrew, his command in Mexico, 292.
Prentice, George D., journalist and poet, 76, 327.
Presidential election, comic side of, 327; satiric writers in, 327.
Presidential tours originated with Washing- ton, 261.
Presidents' wives, 304.
Press, the Government, in Washington, 104; Thomas Ritchie, 106. Press, The Philadelphia, its conflict with pro-slavery Democracy, 120; names Gen- eral Grant for President, 287; with Presi- dent Buchanan, 363.
Pryor, Roger A., a prisoner-guest, 38; as an orator, 57.
Public Ledger, 427; its early history, 428;
present position of, 429.
Public Printing, the, formerly a job, 384. Purvis, Robert, of Byberry, his interesting experiences, 205; a representative man, 337; an ornament to any circle, 339.
QUEEN, JOHN, his emancipation papers, 206.
RANDOLPH, JOHN, of Roanoke, his duel with Henry Clay, 181.
Rawle, William, Philadelphia lawyer, his re- lations with D. P. Brown, 213. Rawlins, John A., President Grant's friend- ship for, 288.
Read, T. Buchanan, early death of, 330; his
patriotic poem, "We Swear," 331; his "New Pastoral," 333; "The Apostro- phe," 335.
Reade, Charles, a realistic romancist, 56. Reed, William B., editing James Buchan- an's Diary, 14; a fine political writer, 55; verses by, 82.
Reeder, Andrew H., Governor of Kansas, 13; removed by President Pierce, 32; in Congress, 110.
Religion in politics, 145.
Republican National Convention in Phila delphia, 336.
Reyburn, Dr. W. P., anecdote related by, 290; what a cavalry charger did, 292. Ritchie, Thomas, journalist, sketch of, 107. Rives, John C., of the Washington Globe, anecdote of, 395.
Roberts, Marshall O., New York, 69. Royall, Annie, newspaper satirist and nov- elist, 115.
Rupp, I. Daniel, a historian of Pennsylvania, 346.
Rush, Richard, describes Washington's opening of Congress, 262.
Russell, William H., Times correspondent in Washington, 76.
SAVAGE, JOHN, at Albert Pike's Wake, 277.
Savannah visited by President Washington,
Schlomberg, the Automaton Chess Player, 417.
Scott, Colonel T. A., of Pennsylvania Cen- tral Railroad, 99; Assistant Secretary of War, 101; his business rapidity of action,
Seaver, William A., of New York, 70. Sergeant, John, of Philadelphia, 197; a mod- erate fee, 199.
Seward, William H., sustains President An- drew Johnson, 286; defeated at Chicago by A. Lincoln, 326; as a biographer, 353; death of, 372.
Shunk, Francis R., Governor of Pennsylva- nia, 68.
Sickles, Daniel E., 69; Secretary of Legation in England, 318; his mission to Spain, 426.
Slavery created changes of political opin- ions, 54.
Slidell, John, reply to by Robert J. Walker,
121; his secession speech, 152; his life and death, 156.
Slocum, Frances, a Wilkesbarre child, her life among the Indians, 208; marries and grows old in the tribe, 209.
Smith, Gerritt, of New York, 151.
long-lived family of, in Philadelphia,
Smith, William Prescott, of Baltimore, 538; character and accomplishments of, 359. Social Reminiscences of Washington, 273. Soulé, Pierre, on the Compromise Meas- ures, 9; character of, 57. South, brilliant rhetoric of the, 57. Southern Congressmen, 57; institutions, 17; slaveholders, grotesque manners and hab- its of, 194.
Speaker, election of, 32, 375; speeches at, 376 et seq.; high compliment to J. W. For- ney, 381.
Stanton, Edwin M., 76; his position and ac-
tion as War Minister, 185; letter to Gen. Grant on the taking of Richmond, 186; his friendship for D. E. Sickles, 425; on his death-bed, 426.
Fred. P., Secretary of Kansas, 119. Steam-traveling, 162.
Stebbins, Colonel, of New York, 69. Stetson, Charles, of the Astor House, 68. Stevens, Thaddeus, anecdotes of, 37; his relations with George Wolf, 281; attacked the Masonic order and joined the Know- Nothings, 386.
Still, Peter, story of, 210.
William, his Under-ground Railroad record, 204.
Stockton, Commodore, his wager with James Buchanan, 74.
Stormy Session, a, 109; two months' delay over election of Speaker, 110; Nathaniel P. Banks chosen by a majority of three, 111. Story, Mr. Justice, and Annie Royall, 115. Sullivan, John T., of Washington, general hospitality of, 64.
John T. S., college-mate of Charles • Sumner, 71.
Sully, Thomas, the artist, 97. Sumner, Charles, refinement of his tastes, 83; in peril at Baltimore, 158; his opinion of Pennsylvania, 346.
Sumter, firing upon, opens the Civil War, 158. Superior City stock, speculation in, 19. Swain, William M., anecdote of, 365. Swift, John, Ex-Mayor of Philadelphia, 9.
TAINE, HENRI A., on biography, 411. Terry, David S., kills Senator Broderick in a duel, 28.
Texas, annexation of, opposed by J. Q. Ad- ams, 48; supported by Stephen A. Doug- las, 51.
Thompson, Chief Justice James, of Penn- sylvania, 83.
John R., of New Jersey, a strong Unionist, 42.
Toombs, Robert, of Georgia, the stormy pet- rel of debate, 58.
Traveling forty years ago, 162.
UNCONSCIOUS courage, anecdote of, 290. Union, a former Washington journal, 107. Utility, the Age of, 352.
VAN BUREN, JOHN, a dinner-table despot, 70. Martin, had few realfriends, 146. Victoria, Queen, Sully's portrait of, 97.
WALKER, ROBERT J.,anti-slavery Governor of Kansas, 32; at the Baltimore Conven- tion, 118; his career, 119; sent to Europe by President Lincoln, 121; writes in the London Times, 121.
Walsh, Mike, of New York, 113. Ward, Sam, of Washington, a courteous au- tocrat of the dinner-table, 394. Washington, George, at the Mills House, Washington, 80; at table, 221; Presidential tour through the South, 257; his traveling carriage, 257; his daily life in Philadelphia, 261; how he opened Con- gress, 262; domestic habits of, 262; at the Philadelphia theatre, 270; letter to Mat- thew Carey, 390; his char- acter by Jefferson, 391. Mrs., in Philadelphia, 261; her person and dress, 263; her disinclination for grand entertainments, 304. Thirty years ago, 231; its ad- vance into a great city, 233; Freedmen's Savings Bank in, 234; municipal govern- ment of, 348; a newspaper sepulchre, 382.
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