Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis, v. 1-2
CHAPTER III.
THE GATHERING TEMPEST. Threatening Aspect of Affairs--John Brown's Raid--Pendleton's Gambling-House Neutral Ground--The Games and the Gamblers--Honors to the Deceased King of Cards--Vice-President Breckinridge--South Carolina Chivalry--The Slave Trade Re-opened--Lady Lobbyists-- Ellsworth's Zouaves--Owen Lovejoy.