of a New York
daily newspaper, or of any newspaper except the venerable daily,
_National Intelligencer_, while _DeBow's Review_ was the only
American magazine taken, although the London _Court Journal_ was
regularly received, and bound at the close of each successive year.

Jenny Lind created a great sensation at Washington, and at her
first concert Mr. Webster, who had been dining out, rose majestically
at the end of her first song and made an imposing bow, which was
the signal for enthusiastic applause. Lola Montez danced in her
peculiar style to an audience equally large, but containing no
ladies. Charlotte Cushman appeared as _Meg Merrilies_, Parodi and
Dempster sang in concerts, Burton and Brougham convulsed their
hearers with laughter, Booth gave evidence of the undiminished glow
of his fiery genius by his masterly delineation of the "wayward
and techy" _Gloster_, and Forrest ranted in _Metamora_, to the
delight of his admirers. Colonel John W. Forney told a good story
about a visit which he paid with Forrest to Henry Clay soon after
the passage of the compromise measure. The Colonal unguardedly
complimented a speech made by Senator Soule, which made Clay's eyes
flash, and he proceeded to criticise him very severely, ending by
saying: "He is nothing but an actor, sir--a mere actor!" Then,
suddenly recollecting the presence of the tragedian, he dropped
his tone, and turning toward Mr. Forrest, said, with a graceful
gesture, "I mean, my dear sir, a mere French actor!" The visitors
soon afterward took their leave, and as they descended the stairs,
Forrest turned toward Forney and said, "Mr. Clay has proved by the
skill with which he can change his manner, and the grace with which
he can make an apology, that he is a better actor than Soule."

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Millard Fillmore
MILLARD FILLMORE was born at Summer Hill, New York, January 7th,
1800; was a Representative in Congress from New York, 1837-1843;
was defeated as a Whig candidate for Governor of New York, 1844;
was elected State Comptroller, 1847; was elected Vice-President on
the Whig ticket headed by Z. Taylor in 1848, receiving one hundred
and thirty-six electoral votes, against one hundred and twenty-
seven electoral votes for W. O. Butler; served as President of the
United States from July 9th, 1850 to March 3d, 1853; was defeated
as the National American candidate for President in 1856; and died
at Buffalo, New York, March 8th, 1874.

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