circle--that respect, courtesy, and kindness, which he always manifested for the female sex-that absence of all selfish feeling that benevolence, and that kindly charity, which was not only a principle and rule of his life, but an innate sentiment of his heart. All these might be spoken of in terms of unqualified respect and admiration; but the task has been already done by the hand of another, his intimate companion and friend, for twenty-four years, and in a manner which none may hope to equal or even to imitate.*

In bringing this sketch to a close, however, I cannot refrain from introducing the following tribute to his domestic virtues, from the pen of a venerable kinsman, as preserved by one of his eulogists—a tribute as full of affectionate tenderness, as it is of a touching simplicity, and genuine truthfulness :

"He had no frays in boyhood. He had no quarrels or outbreakings in manhood. He was the composer of strifes. He spoke ill of no man. He meddled not with their affairs. He viewed their worst deeds through the medium of charity. He had eight sisters and six brothers, with all of whom, from youth to age, his intercourse was marked by the utmost kindness and affection; and, although his eminent talents, high public character, and acknowledged usefulness, could not fail to be a subject of pride and admiration to all of them, there is no one of his numerous relatives, who has had the happiness of a personal association with him, in whom his purity, simplicity, and af fectionate benevolence did not produce a deeper and more cherished impression than all the achievements of his powerful intellect."

And to this may be added the last, perhaps the most generous and affecting tribute of that devoted associate, who mourned his loss, not as a friend only, but as a brother-a tribute less to be valued on account of any poetic beauty, than as an evidence of that warm affection, and that undying and reverential admiration, which STORY never ceased to entertain for MARSHALL. The lines, written but a few months after the death of the Chief-Justice, were intended as an inscription for a CENO

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* Sketch by Judge Story. Miscellanies, pages, 676 to 682.
† Mr. Binney. Address before the Councils of Philadelphia.

"To Marshall reared-the great, the good, the wise,
Born for all ages, honored in all skies;
His was the fame to mortals rarely given,
Begun on earth, but fixed in aim on Heaven.
Genius and learning and consummate skill,
Moulding each thought, obedient to the will;
Affections pure as e'er warmed human breast,
And love in blessing others doubly blest;
Virtue unspotted, uncorrupted truth,
Gentle in age and beautiful in youth;

These were his bright possessions. These had power
To charm through life and cheer his dying hour,
All these are perished? No! but snatched from time.
To bloom afresh in yonder sphere sublime.

Kind was the doom (the fruit was ripe) to die,—
Mortal is clothed with immortality."

ROGER B. TANEY.

ROGER B. TANEY.

To the stranger who for the first time visits the Capitol at Washington, there is no more interesting or attractive place of resort than the hall where are held the sessions of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is situated on the ground-floor of the building, in the story below that which contains the chambers where the two branches of the National Legislature assemble. The approach to it, through the main part of the Capitol, is by no means inviting. It is from the dark, damp, cellar-like, circular enclosure immediately under the rotunda, where groups of colossal columns are thickly clustered together for the support of the dome above, conveying to the mind the sole idea of solid, massive, Egyptian-like architectural strength. A hall leading from this enclosure to the south entrance of the Capitol conducts to the Supreme Court room, an apartment of moderate size, which, though neat, is perfectly plain in appearance, and simple in its decorations and furniture. This apartment is lighted by windows immediately behind the seats of the judges-the bar and the audience sitting in front. The consequence of this arrangement is, that so far as the audience is concerned the light is defective, and it is often difficult, and in a dark day impossible, for those sitting immediately in front, to distinguish the features of the members of the Court after they have taken their seats.

If the visitor desires to see the Court in session, he has but to take his seat and wait patiently until the appearance of the Judges. He will ordinarily observe some few members of the bar, other than the counsel engaged in the cause under argument, sauntering in, and taking their seats, and occasionally strangers or other visitors attracted