Year: 1867

A correspondent of the Richmond


Times gives the following: The late al.


ovation to its place on the Washington


Monument of a bronze statue purportine.
as expressed on its pllnth, to be a renre,
sentatlon of Chief Justice Marshall, has
carried my memory back to long time
ago when the old chief used to be- bof,ro
US us In ms own proper person daily.-


Though was but a boy then, his rersop
and appearance are before me as if had
seen him but yesterday. 1t was but sew
eral years Ills habit, during the recess of
his Courts, directly after breakfast to
leave his house Corner Of Marshall and
Ninth Streets for walk, call for old
Mr. Daniel Call (his brother-in- law
they married sisters and with him to take
his exercise. Their usual route was
along Eighth street to Leigh (on which
street | then lived, } and thence nm 70 the
Brook turnpike, and many times a lone
distance on that. 1t used to be related
'hat on one occasion SO engrossed did he
ana Mr' Call become in some discussion.
or conversation which engaged them
that they found themselves ot oSbort
L ump' (seven mills miles from tbisl be.
fore they woke up to the consideration
OF the length of their walk.


1t is difficult to imagine more total
uissimilarlty in personal appearance than
mat between Judge Marshall and Mr..
Can. The latter was tall, large boned
man,stooping much. In walking his stem
was stride, which was accompanied by
an odd way Of swaying his head from
side to side. A long, old and old fash
Toned green plaid cloak, fastened to the
throat by silver chain and hook, was his
lnvarlable wrapping Marshall was al
ways close to his right side. As well as
| can remember, he was nearly six feet in
hight, very thin and as straight as a reed,
his ronnd, somewhat small head erect be.
tween his shoulders, his body encased in
an old-fashioned, squalc.cut black coat.
buttoned nearly to his throat; knee breech
es of the same color, and stockings on a
pair of decidedly thin legs. These with
low-quarter, buckled shoes, and low
crowned, rather broad ,brimed hat struck
square on the top Of his head, completed
his attire. | never knew him to wear a
cloak or any other extra wrapping
One thing | should remark, that as often
as have seen him l have no recollec-
tion ofobserving that his apparel was 9TH
er than rusty. His clothes, it must be
supposed, were sometimes new. but I
never saw them thus Ills carelessness
about his dress was proverbial. He wore
Grape on his hat from the day of his wife's
death to that of his own. On one occa-
sion | had the opportunity of getting
good look at him with his hat off. He
was selecting some chickens from cart
near the Second Market, (Which chick
ems by way, he afterwards carried home
himself) He held the hat in his left,
while he felt the chickens with his right
hand. His spectacles were turned to
the top Of his head. His hair was still
plentiful, grizzled and coming much over
his forehead, (Which was inclined to be
low,) terminating behind in a small queue
or as was called "pig-tail." His face
was much wrinkled; eyes dark or black,
and as bright as diamons; but not over
hanging, and mouth very slightly COM
pressed. His whole expression gave me
no idea of the stern Judge, but of the
gentle, benevolent, warm hearted, kindly,
unassuming, honest man that he was.
This slight and imperfect sketch will,
perhaps, serve to bring the person of the
good old chief before the minds eye of
many of our readers. | would like to
ask them if the statue just erected on the
square is like him? When l am asked
the question, answer emphatically, No!
1t gives no idea of him as he was.


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