Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-07-16
From ,ls HstiODsl Tnielligepcer.

MEATH OF CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL.
We have the mournful duty OF anuoun
90, ,bat the venerable and veneraiedH
|Cb,sf Justice Of the United States, JoHE
M,asu.IL, is no more. He expired al
his lodgings in Philadelphia (whilher be
had gone a few weeks before for surgical
add on Monday afternoon, the 9th mat.
in the s0ih year Of his age.
In noticing the disease Of this illusiriousl
citizen, who has filed for more than third
of a century, with universal confidence III
admiration, the most dignifed e. delicate
liz rot the most important trust that could
have been confided TO him by his country |.
land who has lived for more than half al
century in the unvarying affections OF b i'll
lcountrymen, the language of eulogy fromI
3orr pens would be as vain as unnecessary i
3Eiis long life has been one uniform histo
nv Of public sc rvice, and private virtue
And be has now descended TO the tomb \
crowned with larger share of public es-
TEEN and public regret. than any citlzenI
since the departure Of Washington. II 10
deed we may except even the Father OF
2his Country himself
Il is not for us TO attempt his character
= or his history. This is task for differeLt
! and ADLER hands, and it will in due time,
I'VE doubt rot, be performed 10 betting
5manner. In the mean time, for the inior
8mation Of those who may not be familiar
with the incidents Of the earlier history Of
the lamented patriarch, We copy the fol
summary from Baltimore cotem
2porary, which we believe 10 be substanti
Hally correct
John Marshall was born in Fsuqnier
8county, Virginia, on the 24th ofSeptemher
MISS, the eldest child OF Col. Ihos. Mar
Rshall, planter OF email fortune, who bad
Xfilteen children. From his intelligent IA
2.her. the future Chief Justice Of the Uni
ted States received the first rudiments Of
: education BY him he was introduced into
the study Of history and poetry. From his
Fathers tuition he passed. between his four.
8,eenth and eighteenth years, successfully
- Through the hands Of several teachers, one
3(of whom carried him as far as Horace and
q Livy, in the Latin Classics Upon thi,
Foundation he afterwards made himself q
#good Latin scholar.
In bis eighteenth year. while studying
Paw, he engaged enthusiastically in the
= growing controversy between Britain
Hand her American colonies, devoting much
Fine to military exercise in volunteer
#corps, TO training a military company in
: The neigbborhood, and TO reading the po-
Hlitical essays Of the day:
Il Ia the summer Of 1875, being in his
Satwentieth year, he was appointed LIST lieu
8tonant Of a company Of minute men enrol
s4led for actual service and was soon after
"a r,la rod NTH fhs. lr
Mbattle Of tho great Bridge where the British
wtroops, were repulse9 with great gallantry
Ejtn July, l776, he was transferred as frs
Mlieutenant to the eleventh Virginia regi
fancnt on the Continental establishment
81 The following winter he marched 10 the
Il North, and in l777 was promoted TO the
v rank ofcaptain. He was in the battle Of
ABrandywine, Germantown, s. Monmouth
BIN 1880 he returned home and resumed
m he study of law, while waiting Cor orders
Ixfrom the State Legislature. In the autumn
MOI the same year no obtained license tC
Hpractice, and rejoined the army, in which
gxhs continued till 1881, when, there being
"a redundancy Of officers in the Virginia
(2line. he resigned his commission.
"a He was distinguished in the service for
3courage and activity, and such was the es
Il imation in which he was held by his bro
Cher officers, that quarrels and points of
Indifference among them were often sub.
Snitted to his arbitration. Thus early was
Nae noted for that union Of sound judgment
Hand integrity which has since given TO his
=, decisions value and weight. unsurpassed
Mby those Of any other judicial tribunal in
gAthe world.
He IN 81 h. h.
Mn the spring of 1872 he was elected a
&member of the State Legislature, and in
Hthe autumn of the same year member of
q he Executive Council The following
3January he married Miss Amber. Ia 1884
Inc resigned his seat in the Council in or
Ter to return to the bar; and he was i'm
4 nediately afterwards re elected TO the Lee
legislature from Fauquier county. In 1897
HE was elected a member for The county of
AHenrico, oil which Richmond is the shire
town. He engaged warmly in the ANNA
1ted discussions Of that excited period. and
savas afterwards member of the conven.
u ion called in Virginia to ratify the Con.
ISsttution. In l7Ss. the Legislature having
spassed an act allowing representative TO
4 Tine city of Richmond, he was invited 10
Abecome candidate, and was elected. He
Scontinned in the Legislature till 1871 when
Vie retired, mingling, however, actively iD
The politics Of the day.
One of the earliest meetings called to
express public sentiment, as to the conduct
of Citizen Genet, was at Richmond, and
Mr. Marshall drew up the resolutions there
passed, expressing strong disapprobationI
oi Genets course, and deep sense of the
danger OF foreign influence. 10 1885, he
was again elected TO the Legislature,
Il A0out this period he was invited by pre-
sident Washington to accept the office oil
Attorney General but declined it on &C
count OF its interfering with his lucrative
apractice. Upon the recall of Mr.. MonroeI
Us Minister from France. president Wash
4 ngton solicited him to accept the apnoint