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INDEX.

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,

311.

Moore, Frank, his Rebellion Record, 329.
Moran, Benjamin, Secretary of United States
Legation in London, 36.

441

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.

Orne, James H., 303.

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,

259.

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,

103; his habits, 104.

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,

96.

INDEX.

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.

443

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.

Washington Sunday Morning Chronicle,

427.

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