INDEX. Smith, William Prescott, of Baltimore, 538; Speaker, election of, 32, 375; speeches at, Stanton, Edwin M., 76; his position and ac- tion as War Minister, 185; letter Fred. P., Secretary of Kansas, 119. Still, Peter, story of, 210. William, his Under-ground Railroad Stockton, Commodore, his wager with James Stormy Session, a, 109; two months' delay John T. S., college-mate of Charles Sumter, firing upon, opens the Civil War, 158. TAINE, HENRI A., on biography, 411. 443 Texas, annexation of, opposed by J. Q. Ad- Thompson, Chief Justice James, of Penn- John R., of New Jersey, a strong Toombs, Robert, of Georgia, the stormy pet- Traveling forty years ago, 162. UNCONSCIOUS courage, anecdote of, 290. VAN BUREN, JOHN, a dinner-table despot, 70. WALKER, ROBERT J., anti-slavery Governor Walsh, Mike, of New York, 113. Washington, 80; at table, 427. VALUABLE STANDARD WORKS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIBRARIES, PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. 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