Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-06


have mentioned still living. Among
them was the great Andrew jackson,
Siias Wright, of New York, ga liant in
those days; Lewis Cass, Badger, and
Mangun, of North Carolina; Reverdy
johnson, of Maryland, James Bucha-
nan, William c. Rivers, William
Archer, of Virginia; John Tyler, OF
Virginia; McDuffie, of South Carolina;
DrumgoOle, of Virginia; John j. Crit
| tenden, Berrien and COlquitt, of Geor-
gia: Dixon ii. Lewis, of Alabama;
Clayton, of Delaware; William X.
King, of Alabama; John Bayard, Jas.
X. Polk, Martin Van Buren, and Mer-
rick, of Maryland; Thomas Richie,
Horace Greeley, Francis Z. Blair and
many others. Now into the House
came for the first time shoal of men
who have since made their impress,
whether for good or evil, upon this
country's history. There was stephen
A. Douglas, of Illinois; Howell Cobb,
of Georgia. Douglas and Cobb before
the session was over were considered
rival aspirants for the Presidency. This
recalls to my mind an anecdOte: In 1856
the Georgia delegation stopped on
its way to the Cincinnati Convention;
James Gardner was at their head.
Toombs gave them a dinner. Breck-
inridge, Douglas, Cobb, Linton, Ste
phens and myself were invited,
and were present. When the company
had all left except those named, Mr..
Gardner filled up a glass and said,
''Here's health to all of you," and
turning to Messrs. Douglass, Cobb and
others standing in a circle around him,
he said, ''And here's hoping that you
may each live to be President of the
United States" Douglas Immediately
said to Cobb, THAT is long life to you
Cobb"
Cobb was something of wag and
being fond of a joke, it is remarkable
that he was so sensitive when the sub
ject of one. McFadden was a favOrite
name with him, and he made it famous
in Washington, as tom Collins has
recently been rendered famous The
hack-drivers there always knew every
body in tOwn-that is, if you would ask
them to drive yeu TO such and such Il
place, they always say, Yes; yes, sir,
etc. Well, Cobb in the evening walked
up to a company of hack-drivers, and
asked them if any of them could drive
hin, to Mr.. McFaIden's. All sang out,
eyes, sir; yes, SIR and Cobb hoped
into one of them-the finest One-and
was soon closed in, and off rolled the
hack. After awhile the hackman
asked, Where was it you wanted togo
to-" To Mr. McFadden's," answered
Cobb. .'What street does he live on =
asked the hackman. II don't know,
said Cobb; you told me you could carry
me there. and yon must" 50 round
about town he got good ride, looking
out for Mr.. NcFadden.
Hale was fond of a quiet joke, and
the agitation recently going ON in the
Senate, called to mind waggish reply
of his to Mr.. Clay. The latter APP
preached Mr.. Hale during the discus
sion of his great compromise measures,
and urged him to quit his opposition.
Mr.. Clay said: ''Hale, this agitation
is wrong; il is mischievouS, anG will
have disastrous effect upon the coun-
try. Besides, there i nothing in it"
Mr.. Hale replied: Nothing in it. You
are mistaken, Mr.. Clay, | think thereis
a great deal in it. This agitation, a.
you call it, sent me to the United States
Senate. Do you think there is nothing
in that
After Clay's defeat for the Presidency
by Mr.. Polk, he addressed large colo
nization meeting at the Capital. The
pressure to hear him was immense.
Sheppard, of North Carolina, who was
more waggish than Clayish, snappingly
remarked that Clay could get more men
to run after him to hear him speak, and
fewer to vote for him than any other
man in America.
The most scholarly man in the Con-
gress of 1913, except, perhaps, Mr..
Adams, was George z. Marsh, of Yer
mont He was an exquisite writer, and
was so thoroughly posted on all sub
iects upon which he arose to speak,
that he was sure to be listened to at
tentively, though he had no OratOrieal
pretensions whatever. He was subse-
quently Minister to Turkey and TO Italy.
He still lives in the full vigor of intel
lect, a is evinced by his recent eontri-
buttons to JOhnsOn's new Encyclopedia
John j Hardin was a brilliant mem
Der of the House. He was a whole
sOuled, elegant fellow, and died death
that became him, so heroic was it, at
Buena Vista. The Illinois delegation
was very strong, and Douglas, Hardin
and the rest kept up furious debate in
the House nearly all the time. A dis
pute arose among the members as to
how the name of that State should be
pronounced. Mr.. Campbell, of South
Carolina, insisted the proper pronunci-
alton was lie Noise, and referred the
matter to John Quincy Adams. The
venerable man quoted Virgil" to the
effect ''that it was not for him To settle
such disputes" and added, "but from
the demonst rations in that hall, he
thought the State should be called al
Noise.