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at this time, until his death in 1891 , so that, as far as 

 mixing in society went, Sheridan was the sole sur- 

 vivor of that illustrious trio. General Sherman's 

 daughter caused some sensation in New York 

 in 1889 or thereabouts by interviewing herself for 

 one of the newspapers. His brother, John Sherman, 

 of whom we saw a good deal at Washington during 

 our Mission, was a Senator from Ohio. The two 

 brothers bore a strong facial resemblance to one 

 another, though the Senator had a genial expression 

 wholly absent in his brother's stern countenance, 

 which was hard, resolute, and thoroughly character- 

 istic of his brilliant but somewhat relentless record. 



It was at this party that I first met Colonel John 

 Hay and his opulent wife ; also Mrs. Whitney, the 

 wife of the Secretary of the Navy, the recognised 

 leader of Washington society, who both in manner 

 and appearance reminded me greatly of the late 

 Lady Salisbury. 



On Sunday, the 27th, the Chief, Bergne, Beau- 

 clerk, and I chartered a landau and pair with a black 

 man as charioteer, and drove out some fourteen 

 miles to see the great Falls of the Potomac. The 

 water was low owing to the drought, and the falls 

 were not impressive in consequence ; but the 

 scenery and rugged rocks were picturesque, and as 



