Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-24

Chief Justice Marshall.
SOME PERSONAL RECoLLECTIONs-TRAl
OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

SOME PERSONAL RECOLLECTlONS-IhAlA
OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
["Gath's' Letter
The basis of Marshalls ability at the bar
was his understanding. Not highly iead'
he had one of those clear understandings
which was equal to a mill-pond OF book
learning. His first practice was among MS
old companions in arms, who felt tnat ne
was q soldier by nature, and one OF those
who loved the fellowship OF the camp better
than military or political ambition. Rag
oed and dissipated, they used to come to
him for protection, and ut time when I'M
prisonment for debt and cruel executions
were in vogue. He not only defended them
but loaned them money. He lost some
good clients by not paying more attention to
his clothing. but these outward circumstan-
ces could not long keep back recognition of
the fact that he was the finest arguer of
case at the Richmond bar, which then con-
tanned such men as Edmund Randolph, Pat
rick Henry and later William Writ.
He was not an orator, did not cultivate
his voice. did not labor hard, but he had
the power to penetrate to the very center of
the subject, discover the chief point, and
rallv ali his forces there. If he was de-
Tending case he would turn his attention
to some other than the main point in order
to let the prosecution assemble it's powers at
the wrong place With military eye he
saw the strong and the weak positions, and,
like Rembrandt painting, he threw all his
light on the right spot. The character of
his argument was perspicuous, easy, on
); ward. accumulative reasoning statement.
He had but one gesture, to lift up his hand
} and bring it down on the place before him
constantly. He discarded fancy or poetry
in his arguments.
Among the cases he a,gued was the Brit
: ish debt case, tried IN 1898. The United
States now had its circuit court, and Chief
Justice Jay presided at Richmond. The
treaty of peace of England provided that
the creditors ON either side should meet
} with no lawful impeachment TO the recovery
of full value of all bona fide debts thereto
fore contracted. The question was whether
debts sequestrated by the Virginia leglsla-
ture during the war came under this treaty
/ It is Said that the countess of Huntington
: heard the speeches ON this case, and said
: that every one of the lawyers, if in England
' would have been given a peerage. Patrick
A Henry broke his voice down in this case,
1 and never again could speak with his ole
force. Marshall surpassed them all in the
, cogency Of his reasoning. AT that time he
7 was thought to be rather lazy.
He went into the state legislature IN 1852
e just before he was married. His persona
influence was such in Richmond that, al
: though he was constantly in the minority
be was always elected. His principa
1 amusement was pitching the QUOT, which
r he did to the end of his days, and could rims
L the meg, it is said, at distance OF sixty
: feet frequently. He arose early in tn,
{ morning and went to market, without ;
l servant, and brought back his chickens il
4 one hand and his market basket on the othe
L arm. He never took offense, and once
0 when dude stopped him on the street and
D asked him where there was a fellow to taket
: home his marketing,s Marshall inquir
' where he lived, and said, 81 will take it TO
you" After he got home with the othe
mans marketing, the dude was much dis
tressed to find that Mr.. Marshall had beef
E his supposed servant.
+ THE BANG DOOMED. The decadence o
g tie bang is announced A matter of sucl
:. Importance cannot be ignored. In all age
k the dressing Of the ,ia..r has occupied tn
It feminine mind to a very large eEtent. Thu
g Talmud informs us that Eve in the Gardel
: of Eden, at the dawning of the world
f curled around her rosy fingers the silkel
Il ringlets that fell upon her pearly shoulder
:, when she observed the approach of Adam
:. through the trees, Even St. Paul in hi
powerful epistles draws attention to TIL
fact that hair is the adjournment of woman
and charm that she should glory in. Tar
quin became enamored of Lucrece when hi
saw her shimmering tresses kissing he
blushing cheeks as she bent over her spin
ming wheel. Napoleon became infatuated
: when his eyes rested upon the raven coil
!, of Josephine. In view of the potent charm
l attached to "Only Woman's Hair" tn
: general public will be interested in learnin!
l that bangs are disappearing from the fore
{ heads of the fair leaders of fashion. 4
y few years ago young lady without bang
y would have been as obsolete as Seen
: postage stamp. Now one who wears bang
:, is looked at askance, as much so as If sh
4 appeared in a dashing jockey costume
The bang is out of date. 1t has served it
: purpose and must 90. The Few styles ar
= the Saratoga wave and the Grecian coil
l The Saratoga wave is revival on mOdi
= fed form of the custom which prevailed
y twenty-five years ago, when ladies wer
:. wont to part their hair in the middle ant
: bring it down in two seIii -csrcles from thu
!. centre of the forehead, covering the cars
= and fastening it at the back OF the head
. The new style makes the curve toward thu
! back of the head begin at the temples
! The effect is to bring out the attractive
4 features of the face and conceal bulgins
: foreheads and creased temples. The Gre
. ciaA coil is skillful twisting of the hair a
1, the back OF the head. 1t has very
= charming effect, ana 1a4as-es pretty wo
man perfectly irresistible Wilea she turn
her back.-Aagustu Constitution.