Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-01-22
Recollecticns of Chief Justice Mar
shall.

I S<1NIAs
In Bishop Meads,s Notices. .-of-the Old
Churches in Virgins" published in the
Southern ChurchmGn, are the following TO
collections of ,he late Chief Justice Mar
shall:
Il have mentioned before that Judge Mar.
/ shall had No hope of the revival CT the
Church in Virginia, though contributing
literally to the efforts made for it. He lived
to see himself mistaken, and to unite with
his children and grand children in the ser
vices Of our recuscitsted church. in the very
place of his nativity, and the scenes Of his
early life. In my frequent visits to Cool
Spring and Oak Hill, often met with him,
as h done at my fathers house, and
other. places in Frederick, in my more boy.
ish days. Though not communicant, he
was the sincere friend to religion and the
Episcopal Church. | can never forget how
he would prostrate his tall form before the
rude low benches without backs at Cool
Spring Meeting House, in the uidst Of his
children and grand children and his old
neighbors. In Richmond he always set an
example to the gentlemen of the same con-
formity, though many of them did not fol-
low l..
CAT the building of the Monumental
Church, he was much incomm ,ded by tbs
narrowness of the pews, which partook too
much of the modern fashion. Not finding
room enough for his whole body within the
pew, he used TO take his seat nearest TO the
door of the pew, and throwing it open let
was a most conscientious man in regard To
some things, which Others might regard a.
too trivial to be observed. 1t was my priv
ilege moro than once to travel with him be-
tween Fauquier and Fredericksburg when
We were both going to the lower country.
On one occasion, the roads being in their
worst condition, when We came to that most
part called the BLACK Jack we found mIry
the travellers through it had takena nearerand
better road through plantation. The fence
being down, OF very low, was proceeding
to pass over, but he said we had better 60
round, although each step was plunge, ad-
ding that it was his duty as one in office to
be very particular as to such things. As TO
some other matters, however,he was not SO
particular.
although was never very much given
to dress or equipage, yet was not at all
ashamed to compare with h IN during these
travels, whether as to clothing, horse, saddle
and bride; servant he had none. Federal
ist as he was in politics, in his manners and
habits he was truly Republican. Would
that all Republicans were like him in that
respect He was fond of agriculture, and
to crafty himself for the sake of exercise,
he purchased small farm few miles from
Richmond, to which he often went. On one
of my visits to Richmond, being in a street
near his house, between daybreak and sun
rise one morning met him on horseback
with bag of clover seed lying before him,
which he was carrying to his farm, it being
the time for sowing such seed.
But the'mosI interesting and striking fea-
lures in the domestic character of this truly
great and good man was the tender and as
siduous attentions paid to his afflicted COM
panion. Ms. Marshall was nervous in the
extre me; the least noise was someti ag-
Ony To her whole frame, and his perpetual
sndeavor was to keep the hoIse and yard
and out houses AS free as possible from the
slightest cause Of distress to her, walking
himself at times about Il house and yard in
his stockings without shoes. On enc occa-
sion, when she was in her most Distressing
state, the town authorities of RichAond
mani ested their respest Cor him and sym
pathy for her by having the town bell muf-
fed.