Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-02

his account, lor "a the tree falls, 81 it mOs,
iic,) where we must all go--where mus, vc.
ry soon go, and by the same road too, H..
course of naiure-und where all of us. "a,
oil the evil day as long as we may, must ;,,>.
soon go. For what is the past but as a sr,;,.
and which Of us can look forward to as ma
ny We ars AS we have lived The last act .f
inteIc curse between us was an act, the recol
lection of which would not now be without.
Tor ali the Offices that all the men of the United
States have filled, or ever shall GIL He had
indeed, his faults-toibies, should rather saw :
and, Sit, who is without them Let such
and such only, cast the first stonc And thes,
toibles, faults IT you will, which every 6odv
could see, because every body is clear sighted
IN regard to the faults and f0ibles of others
he, have no doubt, would have been the first
10 acknowledge, on proper representation
Oh them: Every thing now is hidden to us
non uou torbids that utter darkness rests up
on the grave, which, hldeOus as it is, is lighted,
cheered, and warmed by fire from Heaven
not the impious fire tabled to be stolen from
Heaven by the heather, but by the spirit of
the iiving GOD, whom we all profess to wor-
snip, and whom hope we shall spend the
remainder of this day in worshipping, not with
| noutli-hOnor, hut in our hearts i'm spirit and
| IN trufh---that it may not be said of us also.
Tins people draweth nigh unto me with
their mouth, aud honoreth me with their lips,
nut their heart is far from me-" Yes, it ia
Just So Heis gone. will not say that our
loss IS irreparable because such a man as has
| existed may exist again. There has been :,
| HOMER there has been Shakespear. there
has been Milton there has been Newton.
There may then be another PrNKNEr but
There Is now none. And it was to announce
this event have risen. | am, said MIR. R. al.
most inclined fo belive in presentiments I
nave been ak along rs well assured ofthe fatal
termination of that disease with which hes
was affected, as am now. And have drag
Sed my weary limbs before sunrise to the
door of his sick chamber, flor would not
| intruue upon the sacred sorrows Of his fam-
| ly,l almost every morning since his illness
From the first had almost no hope. + move
you, sir, that this House do now adjourn.
| When Mr. X. concluded, the question was
taken on adjournment, and carried, mem. con.l
r.. SUPREME COURT.
| FEBRUARY 23.-The argument in the case
| OF the s4rrogdnte Barcetonese, the Spanish
Consul General, claimant, was concluded by
Mr. H'nder for the appellant, and by Mr..
Hu'Pef and Mr.. ID. Huffman for the respon-
dent.
| FEBRUART a6.-On the meeting of the
Court this morning, Mr.. HARpEn rose and
addressed the Judges thus:
| On the part of the Bar, may it please
your honorS, ann about to address request
10 the court, which am sure will accord with
It's feelings, and hope will not be considered
as inconsistent with its duty
" great man has fallen in Israeli The
oar has lost one of lis brightest ornaments
the court one of its ablest and most enlighten-
ed advisers.
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some expression of public regret should at.
| tend them to the tomb 1t cannpt be useful
or pleasing to them, but il tends to increase
the effect OF their example TO those who sur
| we, and TO soOthe the sorrow of their aflict.
ed relatives.
no where can such tribute more pro-
perry be paid to the memory of our departed
brother than here; where the pre-eminent
talents and requirements by which he adorn-
ed our profession. have been SD often display
ea ana he mas taken so large part in fixing
lhose great legal and constitutional land
marks, by the establishment of which this
court has conferred the most solid and exten.
slye benefits on the nation.
10 express our deep sense of this great
puDiic and private loss and as the most appro-
| pirate Tribute now Ia our power To- offer to the
memory OF the deceased, | request the courts
to allow this day for the uninterrnpted indul.
sencee. OF our feelings, and for that purpose now
| to adjourn
Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL replied in the
| following words:
AN very confident that / may say, in the
name OF all my brethren, that we participate
sincerely in the sentiments expressed at the
par. we all lament the death of Mr.. PINK
NEY, as loss to the profession generally, and
most especially to that part of it which is as
scinpied In this room. We lament it too as
loss to our country, We most readily assent
to the motion which has been made, and shall
direct an adjournment till Tomorrow at
| twelve"
| The following entry was directed to be made
on the minutes ofthe Court:
The Court being Informed that Mr..
| Pmkney, gentleman of this Bar, highly dis
tlnSuished ior bis learning and talents, depart
ed this life last night in this city, the Judges
have determined, as mark of their profound
respect for his character, and sincere grieffor
his loss TO wear Grape on the left arm for the
residue of the term and to adjourn for the
| purpose of paying the last tribute to his re-
mains, by attending them from the place of his
| death"
! After the adjournment of the Court, the
members OF the Bar assembled in the Court
Room Mr.. CLAY was called to the Chair,
! and Mr.. WINDEE appointed Secretary.
On motion of MIR. HARPER, seconded by
MIR. WEBSTER, it was unanimously resolved,
thst the members Ofthis Bar, rs mark Of
t5eir regret for the memory of their deceased
Brother, the Hon. WILLIAM PINKNEY, and
Of their deep sense of the loss which
the public and the profession have sustained
IN his DEATH will attend his funeral In body,
and wear Grape on the left arm during the pre-
sent Term
On motion of Mr. WurAToN. seconded hv