A Belle of the Fifties / Memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-1866. Put into narrative form by Ada Sterling

by Virginia Clay-Clopton

• Acklin, Miss Corinne, [97], [117].
• Adams, J. Q., [62].
• Aiken, Frederick A., [309], [320].
• Alabama, University of, [17].
• Aldrich, Reverend Mr., [241].
• Apothleohola, [108]–10.
• Arrington, Anne, [3].
• Arrington, General William, [3].
• Ashley, Lord, [117].
• Astor, John Jacob, [42].
• Ayr, Colonel, [307].
• Baggioli, Signor, [97].
• Baker, General, [279]–80.
• Bannister, Reverend J. M., [183].
• Barrow, Commodore, [174].
• Barry, Mrs. Captain du, [222].
• Bass, Mrs. (of Mississippi), [72].
• Battle, Alfred, [6]–7.
• Battle, Mrs. Alfred, [6]–11.
• Battle, William, [7].
• Bayard, Thomas F., [92], [117]–18.
• Bayard, The Misses, [78].
• Baylor, Eugene, [132].
• Beauregard, General G. T., [188]–9, [368].
• Benjamin, Judah P., [238]–42.
• Bennett, James Gordon, [118].
• Benning, General, [205].
• Benton, Thomas Hart, [42], [77], [80], [150].
• Bertinatti, The Chevalier, [38], [40], [71]–2.
• Bickley, Captain R. W., [298].
• Bierne, Miss Bettie, [36].
• Big Spring, [162].
• Birmingham, Alabama, [17].
• Bishop, Mme. Anna, [104].
• Black, Judge Jeremiah S., [300], [309]–10, [314], [329], [362], [370], [376].
• Blair, Montgomery, [152].
• Blakeman, Captain, [332]–33.
• Blind Tom, [104]–5.
• Blount, Mrs., [95].
• Bochsa, The harpist, [104].
• Bodisco, Baron Alexandre de, [25], [31], [39].
• Bodisco, Baroness, [31]–4.
• Bodisco, Waldemar, [34].
• Boileau, Mme. Gauldrée, [78]–9.
• Bouligny, J. E., [119].
• Bouligny, Mrs. M. E. P., [81], [281], [318], [364]–6, [373].
• Bozio, Mme., [101].
• Bragg, General Braxton, [191].
• Breckinridge, General J. C., [173].
• Bright, Senator John, [369].
• Brooks, Maria Brewster, [9].
• Brooks, Preston, [51], [95].
• Brooks-Sumner encounter, [104].
• Brougham, John, [103].
• Brown, Aaron V., [69], [70].
• Brown, Mrs. Aaron V., [69].
• Brown, Senator A. G., [140].
• Brown, John Potts, [237].
• Brown, Robert W., [187].
• Brown, Miss Rose, [43].
• Buchanan, James, [20], [63], [77], [87], [90], [106], [108], [150].
• Buckner, Simon B., [173].
• Buell, General D. C., [172].
• Buena Vista, [68].
• Burlingame, Anson, [142].
• Butler, Senator A. P., [218].
• Calhoun, John C., [77].
• Camerana, Marchisa Incisa de, [72].
• Campbell, Miss Henrietta, [76].
• Campbell, John A., [64], [74]–5, [178], [243].
• Campbell, Mrs. John A., [76].
• Capers, Bishop, [17].
• Carlisle, J. M., [292], [320].
• Cary, Clarence, [174].
• Cary, Miss Constance, [174]–5.
• Cass, Miss Belle, [30].
• Cass, Lewis, [77].
• Castle Garden, [101].
• Catron, Judge John, [74].
• Catron, Mrs. Judge John, [74].
• Cavendish, Lord, [117].
• Chaillu, Paul du, [111].
• Chambers, Judge William L., [55].
• Chapman, Governor Reuben, [182].
• Chase, Chevy, [28].
• Chase, Salmon P., [58].
• Chestnut, Mrs. General, [43], [50], [206], [227].
• Clarke, Daniel, [82].
• Clay “Castle,” 18.
• Clay, C. C., Sr., [19], [74], [83], [88], [109]–10, [236], [281], [375].
• Clay, Mrs. C. C., Sr., [19], [35].
• Clay, Clement Claiborne, [11], [15], [17], [88], [97], [132], [139], [143]–7, [157], [161], [193], [195], [204], [242], [245], [248].
• Clay, Henry, [77], [88].
• Clay, Hugh Lawson, [28], [154], [164], [206], [235]–6, [242]–4.
• Clay, Mrs. Hugh Lawson, [166], [175], [191], [195], [243].
• Clay, James B., [88].
• Clay, J. Withers, [228], [236]–7, [254].
• Clay, Mrs. J. Withers, [284]–5, [340].
• Clemens, Jere, [13]–14, [19]–21, [161].
• Cleveland, Grover, [75], [92], [118].
• Clingman, Gen’l Thomas L., [95], [307].
• Clopton, David, [43].
• Clopton, Mrs. David, [55].
• Clyde, The William. P., [260].
• Cobb, Howell, [30], [121], [210], [240]–2, [248].
• Cobb, Mrs. Howell, [30].
• Cobb, W. R. W., [21], [23].
• Cohen, Miss, [104].
• Coke, Mrs., [71].
• Collier, Miss Evelyn, [50].
• Collier, Governor H. W., [4], [15], [17], [44].
• Collier, Mrs. H. W., [6]–9.
• Columbus, Mississippi, [15].
• Colquitt, Alfred, [195].
• Comer, Major Anderson, [191].
• Comer, Miss L., [84], [128], [135], [215].
• Cooper, Elva E., [352].
• Cooper, Dr. George E., [333], [350]–2–3.
• Corcoran, Louise, [121].
• Corcoran, W. W., [120], [123], [308].
• Corcoran & Riggs, [81].
• Crampton, British Minister, [25], [36].
• Craven, Dr. John J., [298], [333], [345].
• Crisp, The Comedian, [10].
• Crittenden, John J., [77], [83].
• Crittenden, “Lady,” 84–5, [140]–1.
• Croxton, General, [279].
• Culver, George, [155].
• Curry, J. L. M., [43], [55].
• Curry, Mrs. J. L. M., [55].
• Cushing, Caleb, [64].
• Cushman, Charlotte, [103], [139].
• Cutting, Mrs. Brockholst, [95].
• Cutts, Miss Addie, [35], [106].
• Dahlgreen’s Raid, [203].
• Davis, Jefferson, [68]–9, [75], [147], [157], [173], [235], [244]–6, [256]–262, [298], [348].
• Davis, Mrs. Jefferson, [54], [134], [167], [206], [256]–7, [265], [301], [347].
• Dean, Julia, [102].
• “Dearborns,” 5.
• Dickens, Asbury, [77].
• Doane, Bishop, [138].
• Dobbin, Secretary of Navy, [64]–8.
• Dolan, Pat, [57].
• Douglas, Mrs. Stephen A., [35], [133], [310]
• Dowdell, Congressman, [20], [23], [25], [48], [49].
• Drake, Major, [4].
• Drew, Mrs., [176].
• Duke, Colonel Basil, [191].
• Du Val, Mrs. Gabriel, [170].
• Eames, ex-Minister to Venezuela, [140].
• Earle, Mrs. Mattie Orr, [52].
• Ebbitt House, [25], [42], [51], [59], [314].
• Echols, Major W. H., [302]–5, [315].
• Eggleston, Colonel, [248]–51.
• Emily, [61], [101], [130], [169], [242], [278].
• Endicott, Mrs., [79].
• Enquirer, The Richmond, [26], [237].
• Erlanger, Baron d’, [30].
• Evans, Augusta, [207].
• Evarts, William M., [344].
• Ewing, Thomas, [288].
• Fern, Fanny, [58].
• Fillmore, President, [83].
• Fitzpatrick, Benj., [20], [55], [147].
• Fitzpatrick, Mrs., [25], [55], [57], [91], [377].
• Fitzpatrick, Master Benny, [55]–7.
• Fitzsimmons, Miss Catherine, [213].
• Flash, Captain Harry, [197].
• Forrest, Edwin, [102].
• Fort, Mr., [4].
• Fort, Martha, [4], [15].
• Fort, Mary, [4].
• Fortress Monroe, [94], [240], [261]–2, [269], [281], [298], [334]–7, [345]–52, [378]–9.
• Fraley, Captain, [260].
• Frémont, Mrs. Jessie Benton, [78]–80.
• French, Dr., [284]–5.
• French, General S. D., [199].
• Gaines, General, [82]–3.
• Gaines, Mrs. Myra Clarke, [82]–3.
• Gamble, Mrs. (of Louisville, Ky.), [303].
• Gamester, The, [10].
• Gardner, Charles, [25].
• Garfield, James A., [62].
• Garland, James, [307].
• Garner, Colonel, [192].
• Garnett, Muscoe, [50].
• Garrett, Mr., [107]–8.
• Gautier’s, [31], [70].
• Georgetown, [28], [31].
• Gilbert, Mrs., [103].
• Glentworth, Hamilton, [138].
• Gordon, General John B., [206].
• Gottschalk, Louis, [49].
• Granger, General, [331].
• Grant, U. S., [20], [315]–17, [357].
• Grant, Mrs. U. S., [316], [317].
• Greeley, Horace, [330].
• Green Academy, [160]–3.
• Green, Duff, [300].
• Greenhow, Mrs. 35.
• Grey Eagle, The, [155]–6.
• Grisi, Mme., [101].
• Guthrie, Secretary James V., [30], [70]
• Gwin, Senator W. M., [86], [126], [132].
• Gwin, Mrs. W. M., [126]–37, [152].
• Haldeman, R. J., [289], [292], [357].
• Halleck, General H. W., [260].
• Hamersley, Mrs. 120.
• Hammond, E. S., [212].
• Hammond, Senator J. H., [96], [213], [231]–2.
• Hammond, Mrs. J. H., [219], [232].
• Hammond, Paul, [232].
• Hammond, Mrs. Paul, [36], [215].
• Hampton, Colonel Wade, [213].
• Harper & Mitchell, [110].
• Harper’s Ferry, [165], [306].
• Harrison, Burton, [174], [368].
• Harrison, President, [83].
• Havilland, Major de, [129].
• Henry, Professor, [76], [111].
• Henry, Senator, [203].
• Herbert, Mrs. Hilary A., [9].
• Herstein, Robert, [302].
• Hill, Benjamin H., [247].
• Hill, Miss Henrietta, [247].
• Hilliard, Miss, [46], [127], [138].
• Hitchcock, Major, [333].
• Holcombe, Professor James P., [209], [229].
• Holt, Joseph, [54], [148], [271]–5, [287]–314, [320]–28, [364].
• Holt, Mrs. Joseph, [127].
• Homestead Bill, [21].
• Hood, General J. B., [239].
• Hotel, Brown’s, [42], [51].
• Hotel, National, [23].
• Hotel, Spottswood, [167].
• Hotel, St. Charles, [82].
• Hotel, Willard’s, [112], [306]–7, [315].
• Howard, Mrs., [95].
• Howell, Miss Maggie, [256], [260], [265].
• Hudson, Lieutenant, [266].
• Hughes, Judge, [309]–10, [362].
• Hulseman, Baron, [44], [89].
• Hunt, John, [160].
• Hunter, R. M. T., [75].
• Huntsville, Alabama, [17]–8, [157], [164], [172].
• Hurlburt, General Stephen A., [222].
• Ihrie, General, [307]–315.
• Institute, Hydropathic, [22].
• Intelligencer, The Washington, [325].
• Irving, Washington, [13].
• Ives, Mrs. Cora Semmes, [173], [174].
• Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (“Stonewall”), [188].
• Japanese Embassy, [110]–113.
• Johnson, Andrew, [35], [288], [311]–12, [318]–29, [340]–4, [354], [361], [364], [371]–3.
• Johnson, Colonel George, [192].
• Johnson, Reverdy, [75].
• Johnson, Colonel Robert, [318].
• Johnston, Albert Sidney, [172].
• Johnston, Dr., [93].
• Johnston, Joseph E., [152], [188], [236].
• Johnston, Mrs. Joseph E., [167].
• Johnston, Mrs. W. D., [255].
• Jones, General George Wallace, [77], [80]–1, [129].
• Jones, Mrs. Thomas Benton, [78].
• Kean, Charles, [10].
• Keck, Lieutenant, [252], [254].
• Keitt, Lawrence M., [95]–6.
• Keitt, Mrs. Lawrence M., [96].
• Kennedy, Mrs., [313].
• Key, Francis Barton, [95]–6, [130], [133].
• Kierulf, Miss Rose, [90].
• King, Butler, [174].
• Lamar, Colonel, [205].
• Lamar, Mrs. Lucius Mirabeau, [255].
• Lamar, L. Q. C., [43], [48], [75], [181], [204], [377].
• Lamar, Mrs. L. Q. C., [48], [130].
• Lane, Miss Harriet, [89], [90], [104], [114]–130.
• Lanier, Clifford A., [55], [197]–9.
• Lanier, Sidney, [197]–9, [201].
• Lay, Bishop Henry C., [379].
• Lee, Robert E., [189], [227], [242], [368].
• Lee, Mrs. Robert E., [201].
• Leese, Mrs. William, [90].
• Le Vert, Mme., [12]–17, [35], [213], [368].
• Lincoln, Abraham, [75], [119], [245].
• Lind, Jenny, [101], [105].
• Ligon, Governor, [55].
• Logan, General John A., [184].
• Longstreet, General James, [187]–8, [358].
• Lubbuck, ex-Governor Francis R., [258].
• Lumley, Mr., [37].
• Lyons, Lord, [141].
• “Macaire, Robert” (play of), [10].
• Magruder, Colonel John B., [152].
• Mallory, Miss Ruby, [176].
• Mallory, Stephen R., [30], [147], [170], [177], [195], [209], [235], [246], [249], [313], [367], [370], [377].
• Mallory, Mrs. S. R., [158], [167].
• Marcy, Miss Nellie, [63].
• Marcy, William L., [62].
• Marcy, Mrs. W. L., [63].
• Mario, Signor, [101].
• Marlboro, Duchess of, [120].
• Marshall, Chief Justice, [74].
• Marshall, Henry, [174].
• Mason, Miss Emily, [201].
• Massonis, The, [39].
• Maury, The Misses, [78], [92].
• Maury, Dr. Thos., [358].
• Maury, Professor, [76].
• May, Dr., [51], [358],
• Maynard Rifle, [105].
• McClellan, General G. F., [63].
• McClelland, Secretary, [64].
• McClung, Alex. Keith, [15]–16.
• McDaniels, The, [201].
• McEwan, Captain, [298].
• McLean, John, [77].
• McKim, Charles, [273].
• McQueen, General and Mrs., [51], [56].
• Memphis, Tennessee, [72], [157], [222].
• Mercer, General, [274].
• Merrick, Mrs. Judge, [54].
• Miles, General Nelson A., [267]–8, [275], [292]–3, [296], [334], [345].
• Miles, Porcher, [36].
• Miller, Major, [307].
• Mississippi, Territory of, [4], [160].
• Mitchell, General O. M., [181], [183].
• Mitchell, Miss, [183]–4.
• Mobile Meadows, [10].
• Montague, Mr., [11].
• Monterey, [15].
• Moore, Sydenham, [188], [190].
• Morgan, General J. H., [169].
• Morgan, Senator J. T., [153], [378].
• Morris Island, [143].
• Morrow, Dr., [110], [112].
• Muhlenberg, Lieutenant, [334].
• Myers, Lieutenant Henry, [126].
• Myers, Mr. Frederick, [274].
• Napier, Lord, [30], [89], [114], [117], [133].
• Napier, Lady Nina, [114].
• Nashville Female Academy, [15].
• Nashville, Tennessee, [15], [172], [236].
• New York Herald, [355]–6.
• New York News, [237].
• Nicolay & Hay, [73], [86].
• Norwalk, Connecticut, [27].
• O’Conor, Charles, [290]–1.
• Orr, James L., [20], [51], [314].
• Orr, Mrs. James L., [52]–3.
• Ouseley, Sir William Gore, [134].
• Palmer (Heller), [38]–40.
• Parepa, Rosa, [101].
• Parker, Mrs. A. S., [119], [281], [321], [340], [367].
• Parker, Reverend Henry E., [148].
• Parrish, Mr., [123].
• Partington, Mrs., [128]–137.
• Patterson, Mrs., [339].
• Patti, Adelina, [37].
• Pember, Mrs. Phoebe, [201], [277].
• Pendleton, George H., [146], [304]–5.
• Pendleton, Mrs. George H., [89], [130], [303].
• Pennsylvania Avenue, [28], [42], [102], [306].
• Perry, Commodore M. C., [110].
• Pettigrew, General James G., [188].
• Phillips, Philip, [229], [248], [254].
• Phillips, Mrs. Philip, [151], [201].
• Phillips, The Misses, [104].
• Pierce Administration, [27].
• Pierce, Franklin, [28], [59]–63, [68], [87], [106].
• Pierce, Mrs. Franklin, [28].
• Pierce, T. W., [271].
• Pillow, General Gideon J., [69], [172].
• “Pocahontas” (Play), [103].
• Polk, Mrs., [71], [368].
• Poore, Ben Perley, [128].
• Pope, Colonel, [160].
• Podestad, Mme. de, [368].
• Potomac, The, [28].
• Prescott, Harriet, [64].
• Price, Lilly, [120].
• Pryor, Mrs. Roger A., [44], [47], [179].
• Pritchard, Colonel, [258], [261].
• Pugh, George E., [146].
• Pugh, Mrs. George E., [44]–47, [89], [97], [133], [146], [303]–4.
• Raasloff, Minister from Denmark, [150].
• Ramsey, Admiral, [95].
• Ramsey, Marian, [95].
• Randolph, Mrs., [173].
• Rattlesnake, The, [227], [241].
• Reagan, John H., [258].
• Reames, Vinnie, [369].
• Redd, Mrs., [225], [233].
• Reedy, Miss, [169].
• Rhett, Colonel Robert Barnwell, [355]–6.
• Rich, Mrs., [90]–94.
• Richmond, Va., [168], [206], [236], [239].
• Richmond Enquirer, [26], [237].
• Riggs, Mrs. George, [37].
• Riggs & Corcoran, [308].
• Robinson, Reverend Stuart, [287]
• Roddy, General, [183].
• Rogers, Representative, [325].
• Rountree, Mlle., [94].
• Ruffin, Edmund, [145]–6.
• Sanders, Miss Narcissa, [69].
• Sandidge, “Little Jimmy,” 131.
• Sartiges, Countess de, [30].
• Scarlett, Lieutenant, [136].
• Schaumberg, Miss Emily, [116].
• Scott, Alfred, [315].
• Scott, Captain, [33].
• Semmes, Mrs. Myra Knox, [174].
• Semmes, Raphael, [144], [370].
• Semmes, Thomas H., [246], [249].
• Seward, Frederick, [81].
• Seward, Senator W. H., [58], [81], [131], [136], [238].
• Sewing Machines, The New, [103].
• Seven Pines, Battle of, [187].
• Shea, George, [292].
• Sherman, General W. T., [230], [232]–3, [239].
• Shipman, Lieutenant Lemuel, [298].
• Shorter, Eli S., [164].
• Sickles, Daniel E., [52], [97], [118].
• Sickles, Mrs. Daniel E., [52].
• Slidell, Mrs. John, [29].
• Smith, General Gustavus W., [188].
• Smith, General Kirby E., [154], [246].
• Smith, Judge William, [160].
• Smithsonian Institution, [124].
• Soulé, Congressman, [174].
• Sparrow, General, [229].
• Spence, Alice, [184].
• Spicer, Emily, [65], [66], [90].
• Spicer, Commander W. F., [65], [66].
• Spofford, Mr., [64].
• Staeckl, Baron de, [38]–9.
• Stafford, General, [205].
• Stafford, Samuel M., [9].
• Stannard, Mrs., [174].
• Stanton, Edwin M., [289], [312]–14, [344], [361], [364].
• Star of the West, [143].
• Stars, Falling of the, [7].
• Stephens, Alex. H., [242], [258], [370].
• Stevens, Miss, [50], [95].
• Stevens, Thaddeus, [356].
• Stone Mountain, [17].
• Stover, Mrs., [338].
• Stuart, General J. E. B., [170].
• St. Thomas, Island of, [150].
• Taney, Roger B., [73]–4.
• Tayloe, Ogle, [307].
• Tayloe, Mrs. Ogle, [30], [119], [307].
• Tennessee, Palisades of, [19].
• Tetlow, Captain J. B., [298].
• Thackeray, W. M., [104].
• Thomas, A. J., [104].
• Thomas, General B. M., [278].
• Thompson, Mrs. Jacob, [29], [86].
• Thomson, Mrs. J. R., [118].
• Thomson, William, [91].
• Toombs, Senator Robert, [30], [243].
• Toombs, Mrs. Robert, [86].
• Townsend, General E. D., [374].
• Tracy, General E. D., [155], [165]–6, [190], [193].
• Tree, Ellen, [10].
• Tucker, Lee, [174].
• Tunstall, Brian, [10].
• Tunstall, Sir Cuthbert, [10].
• Tunstall, George, [232].
• Tunstall, Peyton Randolph, [3].
• Tunstall, Thomas B., [9], [13], [14], [26].
• Tunstall, Tom Tait, [90].
• Tuscaloosa, Ala., [4], [6], [9], [15], [17], [109].
• Tyler, ex-President John, [144].
• Vallandigham, Clement L., [146].
• Vallette, Captain Octave, [207]–8.
• Vogell, Dr. Henry C., [335].
• Voorhees, Daniel, [369].
• Walker, Aunt Dolly, [205].
• Walker, Leroy Pope, [182].
• Walker, R. J., [75], [357].
• Walton, Octavia, [35], [368].
• War, Black Hawk, [80].
• War, Revolutionary, [3].
• Ward, Miss Josephine, [118].
• Warrior, The Black, [109].
• Watterson, Henry, [47].
• Wayne, James M., [77].
• Weed, Thurlow, [58].
• Wesselhœft, Dr., [22].
• Wheeler’s Brigade, [232].
• Wheeler, General Joseph, [234], [259].
• White House, The, [26], [85], [106], [130], [339], [354].
• Whittle, Major and Mrs., [229], [242], [254], [278], [279].
• Wickliffe, Sisters, [54], [202].
• Wigfall, Louis T., [246]–7.
• Williams, General A. S., [35].
• Williams, Buxton, [185]–6.
• Williams, Harriet, [31].
• Wilson, Henry A., [358]–9, [360]–1.
• Wilson, General James H., [250], [254], [276].
• Winder, General John H., [187].
• Winter, Mrs. Annie, [207], [258].
• Wirt, General and Mrs. Wm., [69].
• Withers, Miss Hattie, [127].
• Withers, General Jones M., [164], [192].
• Withers, Mrs. Jones M., [223].
• Withers, Robert, [244].
• Withers, Dr. Thomas, [153], [348].
• Wood, Benjamin, [289].
• Woods, Colonel, [278].
• Wynans, Ross, [369].
• Wyeth, John A., [279].
• Yancey, William L., [16], [180]–1.
• Yulee, David L., [147], [274].
• Yulee, Mrs. David L., [54], [202]–3.
• Zollicoffer, General Felix K., [172], [197].

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[1]. Apropos of this reference to Mrs. Douglas, Col. Henry Watterson said to me: “Her passport into Washington society was her relationship to Mistress Dolly Madison, who was her grandaunt. It is true, Mr. James Madison Cutts, Mrs. Douglas’s father, was a department clerk, but he was the nephew of the former mistress of the White House. Mrs. Douglas was very beautiful,” Colonel Watterson continued. “I remember stepping into the Douglas library one morning, and coming upon her unexpectedly as she was dusting some bit of precious bric-à-brac, over which she extended a personal care. She was en negligée, and, as the colour mounted her cheek, upon my unexpected appearance, I thought I had never seen so beautiful, so rosy a girl. I told Douglas so!” A. S.

[2]. Writing to Mrs. Clay from the Department of the Interior, late in 1885, E. V. D. Miller said of Mr. Lamar, then Secretary of the Interior: “Those nearest in his labours only understand and have compassion for him, to try to save him all we can. He would take us all in his arms, and confer the greatest benefits on us if he could; and a more tender, appreciative, industrious, kind-hearted man I have never been associated with, to say nothing of his giant intellect and cultivated brain and taste. I never knew him until I came to this office with him and saw him in all these entangling relations. I used to get angry and avoid him because I thought he neglected my requests and was so indifferent that there seemed to be a lack of respect; but a closer knowledge of the demands upon him have disarmed me entirely, and I fight him no longer.” A. S.

[3]. As Governor of Ohio.

[4]. “President Pierce was one of the handsomest men I have ever seen!” was the remark of Colonel Watterson to me, while dwelling on those ante-bellum personages. A. S.

[5]. “I remember,” said General Joseph Wheeler, “hearing of those innovations, and that the guests entered the dining-room two by two, and left it in the same order, to the music of the orchestra. They introduced the custom of announcing the arrival of each guest at receptions, by having a functionary call the name, aloud, a novelty against which a good many rebelled.” A. S.

[6]. Wrote the Assistant Attorney-General, William A. Maury, in 1885, to Judge Campbell: “I called on the President in company with Judge Gilbert and Mr. Corcoran, and, a most fitting opportunity having occurred in the course of our talk, I pleased the President greatly by telling him you said he was the biggest man who had been in the White House since you were a child! Which Mr. Corcoran supplemented by saying, ‘And Judge Campbell is a man who means what he says!’”

[7]. Held between Messrs. Cleveland, President-elect, and Bayard in the official residence, which is segregated from the Capitol.

[8]. Asbury Dickens, Clerk of the Senate.