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were prominent in the early history of the State. After the excited contests of a not uneventful life, he now yields his spirit to the God who gave it. No pæans of praise are sung by the populace; There is something no general cry of mourning is heard. more attending his departure, however, than the ephemeral sorrow of the crowd or the passing cry of the multitude when one they admire is taken from their counsels.

For years, removed from active public life, he passed the last part of his The contests days in the quiet and industrious pursuit of his profession. incident to the life of a public man were with him things of the past; devotion to professional duties was, for the most part, remembered and practiced.

Passing away under these circumstances, it is the members of the profession to which he belonged and in which he was distinguished, the clients that he faithfully served, and the courts to which he gave the benefit The resoof his ripe learning and scholarly attainments, that feel his loss. lutions of the bar, which you present, contain but a truthful tribute to his sincerity and devotion as a friend, to his general worth, to his nobility of soul, and to his bright and cultivated intellect.

our social us practice in relations that Gentlemen, let true sincerity which ever characterized his social life; let us emulate in our professional relations that industry and true devotion to the cause of his client which was his habit, and if it be the decrec of Providence that our years shall be as his, let us remember and practice the marked characteristics of our Then, when denied even friend and brother in the last years of his life. the power of locomotion when he was a sufferer, the subject of disease and pain, when he was the head of a family whose education, whose sustenance, whose all depended upon his labor, he was still eminently cheerful. Clothed with all of these responsibilities, and the subject of these afflictions, yet his mind was still clear, his will still controlling, his spirits still buoyant and bright; in fact, to those who knew him well for the past year he seemed to be the simple incarnation of something spiritualto be possessed of something beyond and above the ordinary elements that appertain to humanity, as neither age nor pain, nor responsibilities of cause a shadow of sadthe gravest character, could repress his spirits or ness or despondency to cross his brow. profit by the rich legacy he has left us.

Let us emulate his virtues and

It is the order of the court that the resolutions of the bar be spread upon the record; that a copy of the same be forwarded to the family of the deceased, and that a copy of the proceedings upon this occasion be furnished the reporter for insertion in the next volume of the reports of this court. It is further ordered, in respect to the memory of the deceased, that no business be transacted by this court during this day, and that the court adjourn until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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