Washington, November 30, 1859.
Everybody but me is busy about the organization of the House
of Representatives. That, and the execution of John Brown day after to-morrow,
are the only topics discussed.
I heard Wendell Phillips lecture on l'Ouverture at Philadelphia,
to an immense and breathless audience.
SOURCE: William Salter, The Life of James W. Grimes, p. 121
