The town itself, then boasting about thirty thousand inhabitants, is finely situated, with substantial stone residences.

It was in one of these charming homes I found a harbor of rest during my stay in the city.

Mrs.
Stuart, whose hospitalities I enjoyed, was a woman of rare common sense and sound health.

Her husband, Dr.Jacob H.Stuart, was one of the very first surgeons to volunteer in the late war.

In the panic at Bull Run, instead of running, as everybody else did, he stayed with the wounded, and was taken prisoner while taking a bullet from the head of a rebel.
When exchanged, Beauregard gave him his sword for his devotion to the dying and wounded.
I had the pleasure of seeing several of the leading gentlemen and ladies of St.Paul at the Orphans' Fair, where we all adjourned, after my lecture, to discuss woman's rights, over a bounteous supper.