And I think that Jackson's election may save the Union." If he disliked Jackson on account of his policies, he seemed to dislike journalists regardless of their political creeds.

To his eyes they were a pestilential crew.

Here is the first glimpse of Bryant, the great William Cullen Bryant, who as a mere boy had penned the beautiful "Thanatopsis." It is of the date of April 20, 1831.

"While I was shaving this morning at eight o'clock, I witnessed from the front window an encounter in the street nearly opposite, between William C.Bryant and William L.Stone, the former one of the editors of the _Evening Post_, and the latter the editor of the _Commercial Advertiser_.

The former commenced the attack by striking Stone over the head with a cow-skin; after a few blows the men closed, and the whip was wrested away from Bryant and carried off by Stone." Here and there are flung expressions of admiration for Bryant's verse, but the tone is of one speaking of the cleverness of a trained lizard.