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ncnts, he obtained a seat in the Senate of . the U. S. He soon distinguished himself there, but died in the ppme.of? life. ? When Attorney General, he occasionally attended our courts.
Richard Stockton resided in Natchez?was f,r6m New Jersey^?* son of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independents?' graduated at the head of his class at' Princeton, began a brilliant career m Mississippi?was attorney general I 'believe?quarreled with a New Orleans gentleman at Stovalls Springs, in Marion county, and in the dueLthat followed, was shot through the heart.
Harry Cage, of an influential Tennessee family, settled; in Wilkinson county, made a fortunate marriage, and by the influence of his wife?s connections, became circuit judge. He was afterwards elected to Congress as the personal and political friend of President' Jackson, but went off, like so many others, on the bank question, and lost his popularity. He and the famous Franklin E. Plummer, were canvassing the pine-woods counties together, but on opposite tickets. Both were trained electioneered:	They	stopped one*
night with an aged couple, who had lots-of children and grandchildren living around. Just before going to bed, Cage went to the woodpile under the hill, cut a lot of wood, and brought it in,for; the old lady to make her fire with next day. Hc\ was warmly thanked, and fancied he had made a ten-strike. Next morning at daylight, he missed Plv.mmer and the old lady, and on .looking-around he found her milking the cow, and Plummer holding the calf back by its tail!	.	'	Vwi
When they stopped for dinner next day, .there was a house full of little children. Cage kissed them all' round, but Plummer took the baby from its mother?s arms, tenderly laid it across his lap, turned up its little slip, and Began to hunt/or red-bugs/ The-mother was perfectly carried away; and when she saw her husband coming from the field, she ran to meet him and tell him what a kind-hearted man they had in the house.	?	j;-	.
Cage lost his temper, and, when they mounted, said to Plummer :	?Here	we separate?you are too aggravating?and if we I
travel one day more together, you will tempt me to shoot you.?
R. W. Webber was a Virginian; settled in Franklin county;-was eccentric and somewhat dissipated, but had a mind capable ?of, rapid concentration and the nicest discrimination ; clear as a sun-.;, beam and cutting as the sciinetar of Saladin. He too was cut off;, in the prime of life.	#	_	.	??	'.$???
Judge Adams was a Virginian, immigrating from Kentucky,'! where he had been eminent at the bar. He became in Mississippi'^