if it does not look like rain.' If I
tell him that the sun is shining, Judge Marshall will reply: 'All
the better, for our jurisdiction extends over so large a territory
that the doctrine of chances makes it certain that it must be
raining somewhere, and it will be safe to take something.'"

Mr. Sumner used to attend the sittings of the Supreme Court, which
were commenced at eleven and generally lasted until half-past three.
The Senate and House of Representatives met at noon and continued
in session until four and sometimes five o'clock. The Senate
generally adjourned over from Thursday until Monday, and the House
rarely sat on Saturday.

Among those with whom young Sumner became acquainted at Washington
was Dr. Francis Lieber, a well-educated German, who had fought at
Waterloo. He was for more than twenty years a professor in the
University of South Carolina, vouched for as "sound on the slavery
question," but he afterward became a bitter opponent of the South
and of its "peculiar institution." He was a prolific contributor
to the press, and he never hesitated about enlisting the services
of friends and acquaintances when they could produce materials for
his use.

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A. Stevenson
ANDREW STEVENSON was born in Culpepper County, Virginia, in 1784;
was a Representative from Virginia in Congress, 1823-1834; was
Minister to Great Britain, 1836-1841; died in Albemarle County,
Virginia, January 25th, 1857.

CHAPTER XIII.
JACKSON'S LAST YEAR IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

Mr. Van Buren, like his predecessor, Mr. Calhoun, suffered mental
martyrdom while presiding over the Senate as Vice-President. His
manner was bland, as he thumped with his mallet when the galleries
were out of order, or declared that "The ayes have it," or, "The
memorial is referred." He received his fusillade of snubs and
sneers as the ghost of Chreusa received the embraces of AEneas--he
heeded them not. He leaned back his head, threw one leg upon the
other, and sat as if he were a pleasant sculptured image, destined
for that niche of his life.

Henry Clay, then in his prime, was the champion of the United States
Bank in the Senate. One day in debate he broke out in the most
violent appeal to Martin Van Buren, then presiding in the Senate,
to go to the President and represent to him the actual condition
of the country. "Tell him," said Clay, "that in a single city more
than sixty bankruptcies, involving a loss of upward of fifteen
mi