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. Washington Sunday Morning Chronicle,
Washington Union, organ of President
Webster, Daniel, Tariff speeches of, 10; on the Presidential nomination, 11; change of politics, 54; defeated by Winfield Scott, 80; appreciation of humor, 83; death, 183; his retort to Signor Blitz, 417. Weed, Thurlow, 69. Westward Ho! 357-
Wharton, George M., an "Old-line Whig," 55.
Wikoff, Henry, his devotion to Louis Napo-
leon, 366; visits the prisoner of Ham, 369. Wilkes, Captain, of the San Jacinto, cap- tures Mason and Slidell at sea, 156.
Wilkins, Judge William, of Pennsylvania, 87; character of, 88; his mental trial of Jefferson Davis, 89.
Wilson, Henry, of Massachusetts, 341; his character and talents, 342.
William J., Cashier of Freedman's Savings Bank in Washington, 234.
Wise, Henry A., opposes Know-Nothing- ism, 135; his public life, 144; Governor of Virginia, 145.
Wright, Frances (Madame Frances d'Arus- mont), her socialistic theories, 115. Silas, a great logician, 83.
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