Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-06

AT nee ing OF the Members vi the bar, the
Officers Of he Court, aud the eli liens Of Prince
" II am County, Virginia, in the Court House
al BrentsYill- on Monday, the lst Of February,
(be.ng Cour, day. Col jam GIBSON was cal,
led 70 The Chair, and MoRDEsAI b SINCLAIR
appoin,sd SrcJe AIRY; Whe'eupou, the subJoin-
ed resolutions, offered by JOHN w. TYLER, were
adopted,
On presenting The resolutions, Mr.. TYLER re.
marked
I ri>e, Mr., Chairman, 20 offer resolutions In.
dioai,e Of the regret which We all mus, feel al
the de- sih Of our much este. med and beloved
fellow-citizen, JOHN MAcRAE. In doug SO,
Sir, do not nran 20 at emp, an euIogiom on
the memory Of that mos, amishie aud hes, Of
men In this assembly. and in his house,
where he was so well known and 80 highly va
lued, eulogy were useless and unnecessary -
That respect, admiration, and sf ctinn. always
consequent oil az intimate acquain anee with
his character. is Tar Paramount To any enconi-
UNI that could bes'ow Ye', Sir, il is q con-
ISOLATION TO know-and I derive a melanc holy
erati6c a ion in the knowledge Of the fset-that
The ,asi mom-a's Of this virtuoUs man were in
perfect accordance with his whole life. lie
died, Sir, as he had lived without fear and
without reproach. You, M Chairman. and
myself, and many others around me, feel deeply
sensible Of the breach which his death has
caused in our social intercourse. A frierd and
brother has been unexpectedly aiken from our
nomSeTs-an eminsny aud valued citizen has
be n called from his earthly labors, in the prime
OF his lie, and IN the midst Of his usefulness -
and deep AMI lasting wound has been inflicted
on the society Of our county, in the consum-
nation Of this sad catastrophe. 1t belongs,
then, TO us-'o This his na'ive county, and re
sidenee nsarly all his lie-lo whose ei,izsns he
was fohdIy and affreiionately attached, and in
whose welfare he never ceased, TO AXE deep
and anxious ineres,-to offer some public una
alterations OF our feelings AZ his unlimely end
therefore, Sir, propose the following resou =.
tons for the adoption Of thi, meeting:
hesoired, That the members Of his meeting
deeply d,plore the loss which society hs,h sus
famed in the death Of their highly valued and
much lamsnted fellow citiz n, JoHN MAcRAE.
Resolvsd, That The member rs Of this Bar and
the Officers Of ,his Court cherish, in lender re-;
eoilrc,i lion, the virtues ,ha, enohlrd and adorned
his charac,er; the pure and sincere sympathy
that h,ll"wrd his friendship; and IN. moral
and inten-c usI worth ha, sndear,d him in
private and exalted him IN public lite.
Rssoiped, That we sympa,hixr with his family
IN the me lancholy di>pensation Of Providenc
which has severed the tesderest ties, and
bIighted the fondes. expecta ions
Rfsolred That, in testimony Of these FEELINGS
we will wear the usual badge Of mouroing for
thirty dass. ~
Resolved, That 4 copy Of these proceedings,
sigued by the Chairmsn and Secretary. br puo-
lished in the Richmond Enquirer, the M local
ln,rligencer, Phenix G.zet,e, aud Pohi' al
Spectacle, and one Other be transmitted to ,hc
family OF III. deceased.
JOHN GIBSON. Jc. Chm.
MoRDxoAI b. SINcLAIR, Sec'y.