Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-24

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me. Then | remarked "lou need not dc
that Just let me feel your weight 80 as 10
| decide Il You are the better man. ana II SO
| I'll admit it." We were standing near nv
| yard fence-a post-and-rail, not over three
| feet high, but made apparently higner on
| the outside by q ditch. He had hitcbtd
bra horse inside. the fence reaching ABOUT
| midway OF the animals BODY. L TOOK
| good grip upon the fellows breeches ana
with one heave pitched him over easily
he was astonished but not hurt.
80" That will do for me-" he said'
and now perhaps you'll be good enougn
10 throw my horse over after me" III
try" said |. There was no real difficulty
about Il. | made the horse stand ranging
with the fence, got under him, seized MS
torelegs, and. by raising NJ my, BODY
lifted HIM high enough-a few incnes-t2
give him a heaye against the fence. anu
over he went. sure enough. My Nisi'or
, mounted and rode off quietly. -,
The feat of stopping gig by puliin;
against the horse was performed, accord
Ing 10 Francisco's DESCRIPTION. much a. "A
similar act is by modern athletes. Fran
cisco sIezcd the axle aud braced ms iegs
against a post. the strain being ON. ot
longitudinal compression upon the lower
limbs aud hips.
Our hero. as his name denotes. was or
Spanish or Italian origin, but OF unknown
pareniage, having come from shlpOoaru
NAen pOv.
"Wtll the DAYS ever return when we
shall see again such orators a Clay. Meh-
ster. Calhoun. and Preston, the applause
OF listening senates 70 command VT
shall we nave a country and a Constitution
worthy of such meny God only knows.
But We know this. that we have no moro
Of the thuuders of Roman eioquencc IN
either the Senate or the forum after the
fall Of the republic and rise OF the empire.
The course of tho Chef Justice IL tins
condition was. as might be- inferred IRON
his antecedcnts. conservative. u = GU
rlOus 10 note that he was not above Il little
| log-rollng. The tenure of the judiciary
aud the basis of legislative representation
were leading Issues. Judge Marshall was
Tor llte-tenure ON the bench and an appor-
tlonment OF legislators which should r.
cOgnize the slave population. Bat the
former he considered the more important,
aud he carried II. a, Nr. Conrad describes
NJ greater length than suits this article. by
intlmating his readiness 10 cOucede the
/ other point in order T. secure IT. but
Marshall the iurist and statesman : bet
ter known. outside Of his own state than
Marshall the man.
BUCHANAN s2EING.
zone of my most pleasant rccoll"ction-
Of Mr.. Marshall was about the time oi ;hc
early summer OF iS2~. when | was on a
VISIT e. Richmond. Judge Carr Mr. Con
RAIDS ia, acT-iu-iawl was member ot tn
old Senior guolt Clun that met NJ bu-
chsran Sprlng. Just across the rogd Iron
his house. Eliza Every memuer 81 TINS
cOnfraternity had the right to lny'tr ou'
/ guest, and he invited me at on az the
fOstnghtly meetings that took place du
ring ny visit. found but one other guest
besides myself-Mr. Aston. % south Caro-
Ina. Tho club was composed OF some ol
the old members. who were almost coeya
with Its existence. aud 81 tn" sons Il de
ceased members chiefly. There w,re the
Judges of tn Court Of Appeals, Old mer
! chants, and among the rest the Oio
/ Chief a. he was called. John Marshall.
He seemed To be the head nan OF the
/ tribe. The dinnert this day WAS delayed b,
/ his absence. old Jasper the tactotum. an
/ nouncing that Mr.. Marshall never mlsset
and would Lot st on the dinner till he dc
/ come. Richardson, mine host, was th'
/ caterer. and prepared the moderate beve
RACES, chiefly ale or porter-n0 VINE, bu'
"a mint-lulep Gs special iayot. After
while the tall. spare form or the old Jung'
was seen coming up the lane. EVERYBODY
/ crowded around u get ashahe OF his hand
! y
/ Glad - see you. Mr.. Marshhili We HA1
almost given You ont.
~ can tell You. boys said he to III
ward Mly0, Blair. and some OF the younge
ones. i nave rat thirty miles from M,
North Carolina courts to-day % ie Wit
you. but | prefer TO snake hands viii
that
That was n tumbler Of mlnt-iuleI
! which Richardson passed over the head
Of the rest - the Judge, and which lie hell
10 his mouth TIL the green's were dry
After mo plain, substantial Dime
I under ne trees, or bone III the open All
the business ot the day began. II Wa
pitching quoit4. The chief, long pas
three-core and ten, stripped oil coat an
waisicoat and took up his quolts. IN
heaviest III the collection OF brass ring
The mighty 0lscus flow from his hand Z
the peg truer than from any other ma
among them. He beat the boys. as wei
~ his contemporaries. The lmpuden
Youngsters would sometimes dispute Ia
ritch. Then the Judge, after appealing Z
every mas sight in hls favor. would cal
for a measurement. get down on his knee
bite a blade OF grass. and demonstrate b!
claim with ali fairness and good humor.
. was standing on the edge Of the pit
the long trench dug level for the exercise
with Mr.. Aston looking on. He SCENE
amazed rs we'll H. amused at the sages O
the law. and especially a. the boylsh gle
of their yeneratcd chiettain. SAID |
.Judge Marshall can beat them all. VIA
strength he must still retain ~ Murl thos
uuoits such distance Yes SAL
Aston. but what astOnlsLes me IS the VI
affected enjoyment OF these eminent oil
fellows. [ had heard Of the simple, plat
manners Of you Nlrginians, but this Is
me a novel and beautiful exemphhcatio
of them
-" After the games were over | observe
judge Carr with his coat still on his arm
while the others had resumed theirs. lher
seemed 10 be some cause of anusemeu
about the Chief justice. He was strIdin
about in o coat that would have gon
twice around him. ii va. Cars, VINO WA
very stout mau, while Marshall was Yer
thin"