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16 one of those eloquent and patriotic addresses for which he was famed. It rang throughout the country for several days afterward. On one evening I had an interview, memorable to me, with Hon. Stephen A. Douglass at his house, which was accorded to me by the grace of his wife. Mrs. Douglass it is remembered had enjoyed as Miss Ada Coutts the national distinction of being the belle par excellence underlined of Washington society. The "Little Giant," as Judge Douglass was called by his admiring friends in Illinois, sat under the warm glow of his library lamp and I listened to his brilliant conversation and pithy comments upon the situation with great pleasure. When I asked him his opinion of the results should South Carolina fire upon Fort Sumter he answered