He would later visit New York and went to the New York Chess Club, held in Carlton House, and it was here that he was able to strengthen his game by playing more formidable opponents such as Col. Charles D. Mead, Charles Stanley, and James Thompson, who at first gave him the odds of a knight.

While in Paris he frequented the Café de la Régence where he often had games with Pierre Saint-Amant and Lionel Kieseritzky.

He played two games by correspondence, alongside a Mr. Ballard, with the Lexington club, as well as several matches via electric telegraph with Frankfort, Cincinnati, Nashville, and other towns.

That same year he played a casual game against the legendary Paul Morphy, albeit a losing effort.

In a match for third place he then lost to Theodor Lichtenhein, eventually finishing in the fourth position in the tournament.