The most interesting event connected with the Prince of Wales' progress through the United States was the visit, with President Buchanan to the Tomb of Washington, of which it has been truly said :

The party, in addition to Mr. Buchanan and the Prince and suite, consisted of Miss Lane, Mr. Cass, all the heads of departments and their wives and daughters, and several others of less official note. The steamer in which they made the excursion was the Government cutter Harriet Lane. Only those of the royal and official party were admitted on board, not excepting the gentlemen of the press, for the worthy host of the White House had said, in reply to a ques tion bearing upon them, “No ; the press is to be suppressed on this occasion.”