Dying of Disease in War.

"But there are others who equally claim a place in our sad remembrance. I mean those who died from disease, whose fiery hearts were extinguished in the dull camp or on the gloomy march. It is easy to die in battle. The spirit is stirred to a courageous madness by the rushing squadrons, the roaring cannon and the clashing of steel. All the fierce instincts of our nature are aroused, and the soldier seeks for death as the bridegroom seeks his bride. But to waste away with sickness, to be crushed by the blows of an unseen enemy with whom you cannot grapple, to know death is approaching slowly, but surely, to feel that your name will occupy no place on the bright scroll of frame-thus, without any of the pride and rapture of the strife, to meet bravely the inevitable tyrant, is the highest test of the soldier's courage, the strongest proof of the patriot's devotion.

Thousands of sparkling eyes are eagerly watching for your return. Tears will fill them when they seek in vain among your thinned ranks for many a loved and familiar face, but through those tears will shine the smile of joy and welcome, even as the rays of the morning sun glitter through the dew-drops which the sad night had wept."-From speech in New Orleans to returning soldiers from Mexican war, 1847.

General Jackson.

"General Jackson on the currency is like a man who should seize you by the jugular vein, and, substi

tuting his own will for the self-regulating law of health, ordain how fast or how slow the life-blood should course through it."-From speech in Portland, Me., in 1837, at twenty-nine years of age, while there on a visit: Memoirs, p. 224.

Credit and Confidence Built Up the West.

"It is the twin influence of credit and confidence which has built up the great West to its height of power and industrial grandeur. Armed with these peaceful implements, American industry and enterprise, it has subdued the wilderness and caused it to rejoice and blossom as the rose."-From his Portland, Me., speech in campaign of 1840.

Paid From $50,000 to $100,000 for Others.

"He paid from $50,000 to $100,000 for endorsing others' notes. What he had paid he had been compelled to raise by mortgaging his property."-Shields' Life, p. 389.

Recourse to Classical Dictionary.

"Prentiss' "Classical Dictionary' was the fountain from which he always drew when about to make a speech. Said it was an invincible weapon for giving interest and effect to a stump speech; that he never knew the shirt of Nessus, the labors of Hercules, or the forge of Vulcan to fail.”—Memoirs, p. 28.

Soared Like an Eagle.

"After teaching more than a year, and completing his legal studies, Prentiss was admitted to the bar in 1829; and after this rose like an eagle cut loose from the cord that had bound it, till he soared above all his profession in the State (Mississippi), and ranked among the first orators of his time."-Nathaniel Wright, Esq., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Law Practice at Twenty-Six.

"His practice at twenty-six years of age was as great as that of any young lawyer in Mississippi."Memoirs, p. 138.

At Twenty-Eight Won a $100,000 Case.

Won a lawsuit when twenty-eight years old in which the interest in the land gained was worth $100,000."-Memoirs, p. 220.

Marshall Praises Him at Twenty-Five.

"In 1833, at twenty-five years of age, he addressed the United States Supreme Court, and in spite of his youthful fire and highly wrought fancy, his thoughts were so happily fortified by deep reading and deep thought, that he instantly attracted the notice of Chief Justice Marshall, and called forth from that master mind involuntary praise, who said, 'If it were not for his surpassing eloquence he would gain the title of the best legal mind in the country.?"-Memoirs, p. 122.

Asked to Address the Story Law Association, Before

Webster and Choate.

"In 1849, the year before his death, Prentiss received one of the highest compliments of his lifean invitation from the Story Law Association of Harvard University to deliver the first annual address. He had to decline the honor on account of his health. Then Webster was chosen, but could not act, and at last it fell to the lot of Rufus Choate, who proved himself equal to his fame."-Shields' Life of Prentiss, p. 417.

Had Chronic Dysentery.

"During the last few years of his life he was reduced to a mere skeleton by chronic dysentery, and made his great argument, in 1850 at New Orleans, in Pultney's Heirs v. City of Lafayette, sitting, being too weak to stand. This case involved millions of dollars worth of property."-Shields' Life of Prentiss, p. 418.

Clay's Appearance in New Orleans in 1844.

"When Clay visited New Orleans in the campaign of 1844, being a candidate for the Presidency, a thousand voices called for a speech from Prentiss. He lifted his hand, and pointing to the group surrounding Mr. Clay, said, 'Fellow-citizens, when the eagle is soaring in the sky, the owls and bats retire to their holes.'"-Shield's Life, p. 333,

Campaign for Congress in 1837.

In 1837, in his campaign for Congress, he said: "For ten weeks I averaged upward of thirty miles a day on horseback, and spoke two hours each weekday. I had my appointments made in advance through the State, and did not miss a single one, rain or shine."-Memoirs, by his brother, p. 243.

Logician and Rhetorician.

"His logic was as accurate and subtle as that of a schoolman, while the fairest gems of literary culture adorned his rhetoric."-Said of his speech in contest of his Congressional seat in 1837.

Declined Professorship of Law in Louisiana State University.

"Upon the death of Mr. Wilde, Mr. Prentiss was offered the chair of international law and equity in the State University of Louisiana, but declined on account of the absorbing duties of his profession.”Shields' Life of Prentiss, p. 398.

Hissing of a Goose.

"Being hissed when denouncing repudiation of State bonds in Mississippi, he paused, and pointing his finger in the direction of the sound, slowly uttered: 'Rome was once saved by the hissing of a goose, but I doubt if this republic ever will be.'"Shields' Life, 312,