Page:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography (1900, volume 4).djvu/250

216 and, owing to their faithful and spirited depiction of sea-life and of naval customs and characters, acquired wide and lasting popularity. While Na- thaniel P. Willis was in England, Capt. Marryat printed in the " Metropolitan Magazine," which he was then editing, a review of " Pencillings by the Way," containing personal abuse of the American author. Willis challenged him to a duel, and they met at Chatham and exchanged pistol-shots. In " A Code of Signals for the Use of Vessels employed in the Merchant Service " (London, 1837), Capt. Marryat described a system of marine signalling that was devised by himself, and which was adopted by the English and other governments. He made a tour in the United States in 1838, and on his re- turn home published "A Diary in America, with Remarks on its Institutions," displaying strong prejudices (1839). Other works treating of Ameri- ca are "The Narrative of Monsieur Violet in California, Sonora, and Western Texas, 1839 " (1843), and " The Settlers in Canada " (1844). His " Life and Correspondence " was published by his daughter, Florence. — His son, Samuel Francis, author, b. in 1826 ; d. in London, England, 12 July, 1855, while serving as a midshipman in the British navy, made notes and drawings for a book on Borneo, which he published after resigning his commission (London, 1848). In 1850 he established himself in California, but in 1853 returned to England and published an account of his adventures as a gold- hunter, with illustrations from his own sketches, under the title of " Mountains and Molehills, or Recollections of a Burnt Journal" (1855). — Frederick's daughter, Florence, author, b. in Brighton, England, 9 July, 1837, who married Mr. Ross-Church, and for her second husband Francis Lean, became editor of "London Society" in 1872, is also an actress and operatic singer, and has published more than forty novels and other works, including one on this country.

MARSCHALL, Frederick William von, clergvman, b. in Stolpen, near Dresden, Saxony, 5 Feb.," 1721 ; d. in Salem, N. C, 11 Feb., 1802. His father was commandant of the fortress of Koenigstein, and he received a strictly military education, but had no taste for the life of a soldier. While studying at the University of Leipsic he became acquainted with Count Zinzendorf, and eventually entered the service of the Moravian church. For sixty-two years he labored in its interest with unwearied faithfulness, first in Germany and England, and then in this country. He came to North Carolina in 1761, and settled on a tract of land that the Moravian church had bought of Lord Grenville, and which bore the name of Wachoria. In the centre of that tract Marschall founded the town of Salem, which is now a flourishing borough, the seat of the governing board of the southern Moravian church and of the celebrated boarding-school for young ladies. Other settlements were begun in the vicinity, and the work of the church prospered greatly under his supervision. He was a member of its governing board, and managed its finances. His military education gave a tendency to his ministry. In his official capacity he demanded implicit obedience to authorities, a strict observance of the discipline and rules of the church, and, when occasion required it, rebuked with great sternness. Personally he was humble, loving, kind, and rich in deeds of charity.

MARSDEN, William, Canadian physician, b. in Bolton, Lancashire, England, 18 Feb., 1807; d. in Quebec, Canada, 16 Dec, 1885. He came to Canada with his parents in 1812, studied medicine in London, England, and was graduated in 1830. He soon afterward returned to Canada, and, with the exception of five years at Nicolet, passed his life in Quebec. Dr. Marsden was for many years president of the College of physicians and surgeons of Lower Canada, and of the Dominion medical association, and was chairman of the committee of the Marine hospital. Among his writ- ings was a " History of Asiatic Cholera."

MAESELUS, Nicholas John, clergyman, b. in Schenectady, N. Y., 12 March, 1792 ; d. in New York city, 5 April, 1876. He was graduated at Union college in 1810 and at New Brunswick theological seminary in 1815, and was pastor of the Reformed churches of Grreenbush and Blooming Grove till 1822, when he took charge of the Greenwich church in New York city. Prom this pulpit he exercised a wide religious influence until he was compelled by age and infirmities to resign in 1858. He received the degree of D. D. from Rutgers in 1844. He published a sketch of Greenwich church and its pastorate under the title of "Gospel Ministry and its Results" (New York, 1842).

MARSH, Charles, lawyer, b. in Lebanon, Conn., 10 July, 1765; d. in Woodstock, Vt., 11 Jan., 1849. He settled with his parents in Vermont before the Revolutionary war, and was graduated at Dartmouth in 1786. After studying law he was admitted to the bar and practised at Woodstock, Vt., for about fifty years, becoming the senior member of the profession in Vermont. In 1797 he was appointed by President Washington to the office of district attorney of his state, and later was elected as a Federalist to congress, serving from 4 Dec., 1815, to 3 March, 1817. While in Washington he was a founder of the American colonization society, and he was a liberal benefactor of various missionary and Bible societies. He was prominent in the Dartmouth college controversy, a trustee in 1809-'49, and received the degree of LL. D. from that college in 1828. Mr. Marsh was president of the Vermont Bible society and vice-president of the American Bible society and of the American education society. &mdash; His son, George Perkins, diplomatist, b. in Woodstock, Vt., 15 March, 1801; d. in Vallombrosa, Italy, 23 July, 1882. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1820, admitted to the bar after studying law in Burlington, and speedily obtained a large practice. Meanwhile he was active in politics, and in 1835 was elected a member of the legislature, becoming at the same time one of the supreme executive council of Vermont. In 1842 he was elected as a Whig to congress, and served with re-elections until 1849, when he resigned to accept the appointment of minister to Turkey. This post he held until December, 1853, during which time he rendered valuable service to the cause of civil and religious toleration in that empire, and in 1852 he was charged with a special mission to Greece. (See .) He accomplished this task with a vigor that surprised the diplomatists of Athens and showed a masterly knowledge of the Greek constitution and legislation, as well as of international law. In 1857 he was appointed by the governor of Vermont to make a