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CHAPTER III.

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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.