CHAPTER V

NEWPORT

Ordered to Newport, R.I.--Phrenological chart--Lieutenants Mason, Beauregard, Hunt--Ascendency over employees--Newport society--Mr. Stevens welcomed--Personal appearance--Meets his future wife--Benjamin Hazard--Horseback rides--Family mansion--Charming Polly Wanton--Colonel Daniel Lyman--German class--Marriage of Susan to David H. Bishop--Death of grandmother--Urges additional fortifications--Proposes to study law--Friendly letter from Halleck--Takes part of Tilden; of H.L. Smith--Death of Hannah--Delivers address before Newport Lyceum--Lecture on Oliver Cromwell--Visits Washington--Fairhaven battery--Death of Susan--Death of Benjamin Hazard--Marriage, September 8, 1841 60