CHAPTER XXXIV.
MARCH 5, 1850--NOVEMBER 10, 1854 Precarious financial condition .-- Regret at not being able to make loan .-- False impression of great wealth .-- Fears he may have to sell home .-- F.O.J.Smith continues to give trouble .-- Morse system extending throughout the world .-- Death of Fenimore Cooper .-- Subscriptions to charities, etc .-- First use of word "Telegram."-- Mysterious fire in Supreme Court clerk's room .-- Letter of Commodore Perry .-- Disinclination to antagonize Henry .-- Temporary triumph of F.O.J.

Smith .-- Order gradually emerging .-- Expenses of the law .-- Triumph in Australia .-- Gift to Yale College .-- Supreme Court decision and extension of patent .-- Social diversions in Washington .-- Letters of George Wood and P.H.Watson on extension of patent .-- Loyalty to Mr.Kendall; also to Alfred Vail .-- Decides to publish "Defense."-- Controversy with Bishop Spaulding .-- Creed on Slavery .-- Political views .-- Defeated for Congress.