The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-02-11

The following accouu, Of the renconre be.
tween Gen. Jock-on aud J. q. Adams, at
preslden, Monroe's leree, the night after Ad-
ans election over Jackson for the Pfsei.
d'ncy, to the H"u.e Of Representatives, is
taken irom Peter ParIey's "Recoilecllons OF
his Lifeli,ne:"
shall pass over other individuals present,
only noting an incident which respects The
Two persons in the assembly, who, most Of
all oilers, engrossed the thoughts of The vlsi-
tors. Mr.. Adams, the elscl, Mr Jackson,
the defeated It chanced, in The course Of
The evening, that these Two persons, involved
in The lhron9, approached each other from
opposite directions, yet without knowing It.
Suddehly as they were almost together. the
persons srocud, seeing what was 10 happen,
by sort of instinct. stept aside and let them
face. Mr.. Adams was by himself Gen.
Jackson had a large, handsome lady on his
arm. They looked at each olher for mo.
menr, and then Gen. Jackson moved for.
ward, and reaching out his long arm, said:
"How do you do, Mr.. Adams give you
my left hand, for The right, you see, is devo.
led TO the fair; hope you are very well,
sir" All this was sallanly and heartily
said and done. MIR. Adams took the Gen,
eraI's hand, an d said, with chilling coldness:
very well, sir; ! hope Gen. Jackson is
wellw
II was curious to see the Western planter
The Indian fighter, The stern soldier, who had
written his counlry's glory in The blood oflhe
enemy at New OrleaLs-genial and gracious
in The midst of court, while the old cou:l.
ier and dir rlomat was stiff, rigid and cold as
a slalue7 Il was all the more remarkable
from lhe fact that iour hours before, the for.
mer had been defeated, and The latter W as
victor in struggle for one Of the highest OBJ
iecls of human ambition. The personal char.
acter of ihe.e Two individuals was IN fact
we'll expressed in that chance meeting The
ga.lan,ry, The frankness and the hearliness OF
Of The one, which caplivated all the cold.
ness, the distance, the INSTRUMENTATION Of
the other, which repelIed all. A somewhat
severe, but still acnte analyst Of Mr.. Adams
character SAY: Undoub'eib one great rea-
ron OF his unpopularty was his cold aud an
,ipa,hic manner, aud The suspicion of selfish
ness i, suggested, or al leas, added greatly 10
coufirm. Noue approached MIR. Adams but
10 rece,e. He never succeeded-hs never
tried TO concilatc.
recollect an anecdote somewhat illusra.
live of this. When he was candidate Tor
the Presidency, his political friends thought 1t
advisable that he should attend a caIiis show
at Worcester, Mass, so as to concIlisIe the
number OF influential men who nigh. be
present. Accordingly he went, and while
there many persons weIs introduced TO him.
and among The rest a farmer OF tho vicinity
man of substance aud grea, rsspeciablluy,
On being presented, he .aid:
'Mr, Adams, am very glad to see YOU
NJ. wife, When she was a gal, lived in your
fathers family; YOU were then a li0ls boy,
and she has told ms srea, deal about you
She has very often eombed your heat"
"Well," said MIR, Adams. in bis harsh way,
al suppose she COMBS yoats MOVIE
The poor farmer skunk back like lsshsd
hound, feeling the smar, ba, utterly uneon.
scieas cfths prcvcca,ion