{"id":201,"date":"2012-03-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-shannon\/?p=201"},"modified":"2021-12-05T10:13:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T15:13:30","slug":"february-19-1862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/2012\/03\/01\/february-19-1862\/","title":{"rendered":"February 19, 1862"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nFebruary
\nAlexandria 19,,<\/span>
\n7<\/span> p.m.
\nHave<\/span> been at
\nWashington since yesterday afternoon.
\nFound Charlie on Pennsylvania
\nAvenue. We did not attend
\nthe Presidents reception because
\nhe did not have any. We
\nhowever spent the evening very
\npleasantly calling of [?] Gautiers
\nand purchasing some books.
\nDid not get to bed till this
\nmorning. Had some music
\nbefore retiring in the parlor
\nof the Central House. Quite
\ninterested in the old gentleman
\nwho helped me sing.
\n“The<\/span> star spangled banner\u201d
\nand<\/span> who in his
\nyouth could \u201csing all the
\npopular songs\u201d; who was personally
\nintimate with many of the<\/p>\n
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great men who had figured at
\nWashington, delighted in an
\nexecution or a duel, thought John
\nBrown hung \u201cmost beautifully\u201d
\nprofessionally speaking, and would
\nhave liked to have seen him
\ntaken down and hung again
\nand the operation repeated –
\nwould have gone a thousand
\nmiles and walked, too, to see
\nit. Knew O. Jennings Wise [?], Pryor,
\nand all that clique at Richmond,
\nthey were cold blooded and
\n\u201crashly [?] game\u201d as he termed it.
\nHe knew all about the duel
\nin which Cilley was killed\u2014
\nand had been engaged himself
\nin several personal affairs.
\nStrange<\/span> old man! Such
\nsentiments are very well
\nfor Feudal times\u2014But for this
\nage how sadly behind hand! [?]<\/p>\n

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Today having arisen about 11 AM
\nwe visited several establishments
\non Pennsylvania Avenue, Willard,
\nand the Sanitary Commission. Finally
\nI went to the capitol alone, and there
\nafter admiring the beautiful paintings
\nthat have recently been added to
\nthe original collection in the Rotunda
\nwe passed on to the splendid
\napartment where the members of
\ncongress were in session.
\nGrow<\/span> was in the chair
\nperfectly at home directly by
\nhis side that Prince of young
\nparliamentarians Morris. The speaker
\nwas guiding the house with
\nmasterly skill and the tide of
\nbusiness swept it on. Bill after
\nbill was presented, and hardly
\nhad the gentleman from Wisconsin
\nwith feeble voice pronounced its<\/p>\n

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object before seized by the page
\nit was placed in the speakers
\nhand;- then we hear the
\nStentorian Voice of the clerk
\nas with hurried speech he
\nnames again its title and
\nobject.
\nWhen<\/span> this very uninteresting
\nbusiness was going on Suddenly
\nup rose Mr. Crittendon [sic] of Kentucky
\nand asks leave to interrupt
\nthe gentleman but for a moment
\nthis was readily granted. He
\nwanted to communicate to the
\nHouse a message which he
\nhad just received from Gen\u2019l. McClellan
\ninforming him of the capture of
\nGen\u2019l Price and his staff. This
\nwas received with loud and
\nlong applause. What clapping
\nof hands!<\/p>\n

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Shortly afterward Hickman of
\nPennsylvania introduced a resolution
\nof inquiry relative to a paragraph
\nin one of the Baltimore papers which
\nreflected on the loyalty of Mr.
\nVallandigham of Ohio. The latter
\nreplied at once and with considerable
\nspirit. Then followed one of these
\nCongressional affairs of which I
\nhave frequently read. The members
\nleft their seats filled the aisles and
\nstood upon the floor in front of
\nthe speakers desk. The excitement
\ngrew more and more intense, and
\nfinally the sharp slap of the
\nspeakers hammer accompanied
\nby his not less sharp voice ordering
\nthe gentlemen to retake their seats
\nput an end to the altercation.
\nFinally the resolution was withdrawn.
\nA<\/span> short time afterward I withdrew
\nalso. The Senate I did not visit,<\/p>\n

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but I stepped into the court room
\nof the U.S. Supreme Court. There
\nall was quiet and thoughtful.
\nJudge Black was at the bar
\ntalking to the judges in a very
\nlow voice. His whole tone and
\nmanner was thoroughly conver-
\nsational. Judge Tawny was all
\nattention and seemed to be well
\nversed in his duties as Chief
\nJustice. Clifford looked younger
\nthan any other one, and much
\nmore active. How interesting a
\nplace this is! Here the brightest
\nintellects the bar has ever furnished
\nhave been gathered and here
\nhave they won their brightest
\ntheir freshest laurels. The
\nimmortal Webster, Clay, Calhoun,
\nJay, Marshall, Wist [?] and
\nChoate! Before I went out an
\ninteresting and able speaker<\/p>\n

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began to address the bar. It was
\nReverdy Johnson- one of the first
\nlawyers in America.
\nHaving<\/span> seen this much of the
\nCapitol wended our way to
\nGautiers where an excellent dinner
\nwas in waiting for us. We
\ntried to do it full justice, and
\nI think we succeeded.
\nWhile<\/span> there we overheard
\ngentlemen talking of an armistice
\nand a speedy termination of the
\nwar. So soon? Well I care not
\nhow soon it is done only that
\nit be done well.
\nGiving<\/span> Charlie parting instructions
\nand a hearty good bye I get on
\nboard of the Omnibus we soon
\nreach the boat and in three
\nquarters of an hour I am walking
\nthe streets of Alexandria.<\/p>\n

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An hour afterward I set out for
\nthe camp. A drunken sentinel
\nlevels his piece at me and
\ncocks it. I was unarmed and
\nso had to turn back upon him. I
\nfinally got him to the Provost Martials
\noffice and another put on in his
\nstead entering charges against him.
\nThe captain and Major- The
\n\u201ccounterfeit\u201d-\u201c$118.\u201d -\u201c$132.\u201d- the 2nd
\nLieut- \u201cRight into line wheel- left
\ncompanies on the right into line-
\nAnd a hundred other little incidents
\nof varied nature.<\/p>\n

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Shall<\/span> I not remember this
\ntrip to Washington?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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