London Quarterly Review on Edward Ev-
Louisville, Kentucky, tragedy in, 274. Lowell, James Russell, his "Hosea Bigelow's Speech," 286.
MACALESTER, Charles, 12, 192.
McCarty, John M., his duel with Mason, 307.
McClellan, Dr. J. H. B., 193.
McClure, A. K., as a young man, 144, 145; at Saturday Night Club, 195; candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia, 241. McDonald, Moses, 198. McDuffie, George, his duel with Colonel Cummings, 306.
McKean, W. V., of Philadelphia Ledger, 194; and Buchanan campaign, 240. McMichael, Morton, 115; his official posi- tions, 116; talents and manners of, 116; friendship with Forney, 117; politics of, 117; his friends, 118; as an orator, 119; as an editor, 120; Forney on, 121; at Sat- urday Night Club, 192.
Madison, President, vacates White House, 199; a great student, 416.
hanged, 69; escapes to America, 70; speech on declining a reception, 70; as an orator and a writer, 71; establishes Irish News, 71; on Mitchel's transportation, 73; his welcome of Mitchel from exile, 73; his portrait of Grattan, 74; on Curran, 75 ; re- ligion of, 76; as a companion, 76; services to the Union, 77; appointed Secretary of Montana, 77; Richard O'Gorman on, 77. Meredith, William M., 65; as Attorney-gen- eral of Pennsylvania, 146. Mexican War, meeting of survivors of, in 1874, 235.
Middleswarth, Ner, 137; his lack of early advantages, 138; in Congress, 138; per- sonal appearance of, 138; his career, 139; and Free School Bill, 139; on the ten-hour law, 140; his political opinions, 141. Miles O'Reilly on the Downfall of Richmond, 286.
Mills, Rev. John, his devotion to liberty, 325. Missouri Compromise, debate on repeal of, in 1854, 154-178.
Mitchel, John, 71; Meagher on transporta- tion of, 73; welcomed by Meagher, 73. Mitchell, John H., U. S. Senator, 293,
Magoffin, Beriah, his record as War Govern- Monroe, James, 416. or of Kentucky, 50.
Magoon, Rev. E. L., his culture and tolera-
Maitland, his novel "Bye-and-Bye," 189.
Mann, William B., 195.
Marchant, E. D., artist, 195.
Marcy, William L., 10, 33.
Moore, Tom, his cottage on banks of Schuyl-
Thomas O., War Governor of Ten-
nessée, his accord with secession,
Morgan, Edwin D., as War Governor of New York, 54.
Marshall, Humphrey, his duel with Clay, Morris, E. Joy, ex-Minister to Constantino-
Meade, General George G., at Saturday Morwitz, Dr. E., German editor, 194.. Night Club, 192.
Meagher, Thomas Francis, his education, 69; his policy for Ireland, 69; sentenced to be
Mount Vernon Fund, 12.
Muhlenberg, Rev. Peter Gabriel, the fight- ing clergyman, 326.
Newspaper men, 186; their autobiographi- Pettigrew, of South Carolina, on Florida's
Newspapers, growth of, in the United States, 84; attacks on private character by, 231. Nicholson, A. O. P., leaves U. S. Senate, 48. Norris, J. P., his Penn Genealogy, 390. North American of Philadelphia, its high character, 120.
Nullification, Jackson, Webster, and Cal- -houn on, 122; South Carolina in, 129. Nye, James W., appointed judge, 9; kind- ness to a young criminal, to; Governor of Nevada, 11; U. S. Senator, 11; in the Senate, 292.
O'BRIEN, FITZJAMES, 71..
O'Connell, Daniel, his demand for justice to Ireland, 68; his policy, 69; imprisoned, 69; his duels, 303.
Oglesby, Richard J., U. S. Senator, 295. O'Gorman, Richard, 71; on Meagher, 77. Otis, Harrison Gray, his talents and manner,
James, his oratory, 108.
Samuel Allyne, first Secretary of U. S. Senate, 109.
PACKER, W. F., as Governor of Pennsylva- nia, 59; and President Buchanan's policy, 59; his character and talents, 60. Pancoast, Dr. Joseph, 193. Partisans in the U. S. Supreme Court, 226. Party excitements, 61.
Patois, German, Irish, and Yankee, 283. Patterson, John J., U. S. Senator, 295. General Robert, 192.
Philadelphia, National Repeal Convention in, 68; old and new clubs of, 189; Acade- my of Fine Arts of, 193; Masonic Temple of, 193; forty years ago, 197; social life dur- ing and after the war in, 197; during and after the Revolution, 364.
Phillips, Henry M., of Philadelphia, 193. Pickens, Francis W., War Governor of South Carolina, his official positions, 49; his atti- tude towards secession, 49; address to the people of South Carolina, April, 1861, 49. Pickering, Timothy, his eventful career,
Pierce, Franklin, nominated for the Presiden- cy, 70; at his inauguration, 102; anecdote of, 237; his good qualities, 418. Pioneers of the West and South, 296. Polk, James K., a disciple of Jackson, 39; as a horseman, 418.
Pollock, James, ex-Governor of Pennsylva- nia, 196.
Poore, Ben Perley, his mementoes of 1776,
379. Porter, Admiral D. D., and General Grant, 94; not a politician, 202. Potter, Clarkson N., of New York, 298.
John F., of Wisconsin, his quarrel with Pryor, 301.
Pratt, U. S. Senator from Indiana, 295. Presidents on horseback, 411.
Press, Forney's, 84; founded, 86; supports McClure for Mayor of Philadelphia, 242; and Sunday cars, 242; and Grant's election, 247; and the Lecompton question, 247-
Preston, William E., 239. Princeton, sloop of war, built by Robert F. Stockton, 30; cannon explosion on, 31. Pryor, Roger A., 217; his quarrel with Pot- ter, 301.
Public men, private character of, 231–234. Pulaski, 68.
Sergeant, John, defeated for Governor of Pennsylvania, 61.
Seward, W. H., and Greeley, 95; on repeal of Missouri Compromise, 164. Seymour, Horatio, as War Governor of New York, 54; his purity and ability, 54; in Presidential canvass of 1868, 54.
Purvis, Robert, distinguished colored man, Sherman, General W. T., as President of
220; his passport to Europe, 221.
Putnam, General, anecdotes of, 306.
Randall, Josiah, 239.
Samuel J., 192.
Military Academy of Louisiana, 51; rejoins U. S. Army, 51; visits Louisiana, 1866, 51. Slavery, in States and Territories, 154; North- ern and Southern Democrats on, 170; ef- fect of Kansas-Nebraska Bill on, 177; change since abolition of, 216.
Randolph, John, Senator, his duel with Clay, Slifer, Eli, of Pennsylvania, 141; his early
Ritner, Governor of Pennsylvania, and liberal South, the, return to the Union of men of,
education, 137.
Rossini at Paris in 1867, 280.
Rothermal, P. F., artist, 192. Rush, Richard, diplomatist, 22; his career, 22; co-operates with Democratic party, 22; Minister to France, 22; in London, 23; his "Occasional Productions," 23; descrip- tion of Louis Napoleon, 27.
SARGENT, AARON A., U. S. Senator, 293. Saturday Night Club of Philadelphia, 190; editors at, 194; ex-governors at, 196. Savage, John, 71.
Scandal a poor political weapon, 238. Schuylkill River, 381; of its name, 383. Scott, Thomas A., 192.
Winfield, nominated for the Presiden- cy, 70; as a correspondent, 94; an- ecdote of, and Jackson, 94; at sixty- seven, 102; his career, 103
Seamen not politicians, 201.
Self-made men of Congress, 298.
218; improvements in, 272. South Carolina and Nullification, 129. Spencer, George E., U. S. Senator, 295. Sprague, William, as War Governor of Rhode
Island, 54; his resemblance to Ellsworth, 54; his patriotism, 54; elected U. S. Sen- ator, 54.
Spring, Rev. Samuel, Revolutionary patriot, 326.
"State in Schuylkill," 381.
States, their honors to their great men, 373. Statuary, American, at Washington, 332; in Capitol, 339. Stenographers, 238.
Stephens, Alexander H., appearance and characteristics, 165; on Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 165; for negro equality, 217, 220; his mental powers, 311; speech against Civil Rights Bill, 313.
Steuben, Baron, 68. Stevens, Paran, 44.
Thaddeus, his severity, 181.
Senators, some U. S., since the war, 289, Stevenson, Andrew, of Virginia, 297.
John W., U. S. Senator, 297.
Stewart, A. T., 44.
William M., 292.
Stockton, John P., U. S. Senator, 297. Robert F., sailor and explorer, 30; his career, 30; instrumental in purchase of Liberia, 30; efforts against slave-trade and piracy, 30; builds steam sloop of war Princeton, 30; in California, 31; elected U. S. Senator, 31; din- ner at Washington, 32; as a host, 33; his political actions, 33; his wager with Buchanan, 34, 409.
Rev. Thomas H., 311.
Story, Joseph, on a sermon by Edward Ev- erett, 14.
Strong, Justice William, 193 Stuart, A. H. H., 217.
Sullivan, Judge Samuel, 297.
Sumner, Charles, speaks on Kansas-Nebras- ka Bill, 173; in 1854 and 1872, 176; his education, 253; Washburn, Blake, and Muhlenberg on, 253; and the Kansas con- troversy, 254; his crusade against slavery, 254; his hospitality, 255; after the war, 256; his last days, 257; an Englishman's letter on death of, 258; his industry, 258; his dress, 259; as a host, 259; his affabili- ty, 260; in Philadelphia, 261; his unself- ishness, 262; letter to Mrs. Furness, 263. Sumter, Fort, news of firing upon in Penn- sylvania Legislature, 67.
Supreme Court of the United States in 1861, 227; present justices of, 228, 337; its old room, 336; its new room, 337.
Truxtun, Jackson's horse, 417. Tussaud, Madame, her museum of wax fig- ures, 394.
Twain, Mark, as a humorist, 185. Tyler, John, saved from death by a song, 32; a good horseman, 418.
VAN BUREN, MARTIN, defeated at Balti- more Convention in 1844, 79; as a horse- man, 418.
Vaux, Roberts, anecdote of, 221.2.
WADE, BENJAMIN F., in Missouri Compro- mise Repeal debate, 156; on negro equali- tỷ, 157.
Walker, Robert J., 33; in Democratic Con- vention of 1844, 79.
Walter, Thomas W., architect, 335. War Governors, 44; mention of, 55. Ward, Artemus, as a humorist, 185. Warren, James, 109.
Mrs. James, 109. Joseph, 109.
Washburn, Henry S., on Sumner, 253. Washington, city of, improvements in, 273. Washington, George, Bancroft on youth of, 37; his friendship for Judge Peters, 356; his ancestry, 396; speech in Virginia Con- vention, 402; on horseback, 412; his entry into New York city in 1783, 413; his car- riages, 414.
Wax figures, Madame Tussaud's collection of, 394.
Webster, Daniel, his estimate of Everett, 11; letter to same, 12; and Jackson, 61, 134; and Clay, 62; and the Greeks, 68; and Nullification, 122; replies to Hayne, 124, 126, 127, 128; his dress and appearance, 127; as an orator, 127; and the Force Bill, 130; his reply to Calhoun, 131; his popularity, 131; on Jackson, 132; speech on Jackson's protest, 135; Stephens on, 165.
Weed, Thurlow. at eighty, 211; his career and character, 212; at Greeley's grave, 212; his desire to edit a weekly newspa-
Wells, Charles F., Jr., incident of his gen- erosity, 248. Welsh, John, 194.
Wentworth, John, his treasury of anecdote, | Wise, Henry A., on Sam Houston, 44.
Matthew, his portrait of Lincoln, YATES, RICHARD, as War Governor of Illi-
Windom, William, U. S. Senator, 295.
Windsor Castle, 384.
nois, 55; elected U. S. Senator, 55.
Yearick, Mr., of Pennsylvania, elected to Legislature over Middleswarth, 139.
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