His hand was so tremulous that he could scarcely write his name to the note legibly.

I think it probable that he will never pay me.
He informed me he was detained at Washington attending to some business in the Indian Office.

I supposed he had returned home at the adjournment of Congress until he called to-day.

I doubt whether he has any business in Washington, but fear he has been detained by dissipation." The second of Mr.Polk's entries is a corollary of the first and reads: "About dark this evening I learned from Mr.Voorhies, who is acting as my private secretary during the absence of J.Knox Walker, that Hon.
Felix G.McConnell, a representative in Congress from the state of Alabama, had committed suicide this afternoon at the St.Charles Hotel, where he boarded.

On Tuesday last Mr.McConnell called on me and I loaned him one hundred dollars.