Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-17

DIED., the Ie'idenee Of Mrs. susannah Block, a, Rocte,ts,
srS nvDsos, the only son Of Mrs. s"a jaa H. Hudson NJ Of t chs.;ol Tsri
-, On the 18th inst, Mu. FRAscK, r. JAMES, wire of Nr.
Joseph :; James 10 the aad year Of he, age.
city, w., M nns E a,n,, a"sdr G,ny' in . Tho s,,h year Of her age, anera
iude. Though the loss Of her relations and rrio %%n !. ir ns,i :. ys aG's'
S%. '%sS ' "'i her 'a %os ssP;' ~in, m 's% . i@s% a... .sa, .s .i a S. ..,sff ny
m-,oa Sunday the 9th instant, a, curpopor copI, House.
rnos,s WaIxEn L'eHrroOr, CcrkO Of the Superior aud County
os~ F1 In wi U"h on Monday night, Captain Ears TAYLOR,
ceased s was a To"nt y MANY !; IN sI ~ Ssn , year Of his age. The de-
,sn a large circle Of friends and relatives by whom his death viii
yious TO hi. death, on busiaess, when ho was seized with a severe
~ a. bis residence in Winchester, on wednesday,. Tas 's sse sh
As early as the latter end Of March, or the commencement, Of
April, iia5. Judge white, then a boy at school, nd Oniy is yeats
province Of Virginia, and in June following marched to Boston at
Washington. Instance. of such ear and entire es 1"n' Z" ,s .
10 be-. for"os,es eric iS of o~t 2i. as even at tnsr glorious and never.
nasi,v IN =, gS'" a % boy was soon distinguished by hi; courage aud ca
ranks to the Office of Lieutenant. a BRILLIANT career q W ' seam y
IS & way to Oh high I'd dl!iaedon, Is S : not not S SsS" d %1S sssiy y GsfS fought To- sss
hot skir@ish with the enemy a, the Short His i" y" Jet sssss and "a a. 2
IL ec de,so N ars rhisS 81 gn,lan,,y, he fell At tho, hoad of tho
s oy %Huns ao leave 0y hi% "n Il" G by 0g 9%a ; hi; comrades, we're
ms PROSTATE and deplorable condition did not protect him from tho
q mosEst, was supposed by the brutal . %i%%' %Ro ' i"si Ssa end "a !; OF
nave :, pSa an end q his suffering. His life a saved, however,
by curiosity after the enemy had passed on, afforded him the 3" %e sp0.
S So"oI ,e, ,o1oiGo fractured SSi1n and spinm"s.slsd; and the severity of the
""Wu, WSchWt WIN NE unskIIiuIness OF the surgeons. cau,ed
hin u endure Tor seven months, a living death. Finally in tho
spring l.I9, ms wounds closed, and from that period he began TO
tGeoyer h,sheallh and strength. Though permanently famed by
his wounds, no again joined the army, and endenvored TO obtain
employment But by this time the number Of supernumerary Off.
GERS a oec mo 10 great, that he was compelled TO abandon he al
tempt in despair, and to beiake himself, with a shattered and en-.
feebled constitutions, to civil pursuits.
.o ~ commenced Go.n ne The practice Of tho law in D December, 1873, and
though ms professional omoloments far exceeded the narrow incoma
which tho frugal policy OF the commonwealth has assigned To- IN,
Judges, he was tempted to accept of tho office of a Judge of the
GENERAL Court OF Virginia. From that period, until tho wear 1895.
S%ase w. was known to the people of Virginia as ono Of It's most
aoIe mn ~ indeiatigdbio Judicial servants. But though the peo-
pie o Virginia in general have witnessed his ability 10 the general
court, none knew. so well ms the people of his own crcuit how ar,
dnous, how faithful and how valuable were his services, first in
ID oh DIstfict Court, and for a number Of yenrs after in the an.
p " courts Of the tcotb judicial district. None knew so well
what a mass OF business he annually labored through, for a long de-
ues OF yeaI'Ihow ule andhow upiigh, he was in the discharge OF
ms judicial duties, aud how admirably he blended, while N tho
bench, the dignity of the judge with tho courtesy Of the polished
gentleman, ~
The excessive weight of those IatorS at length crnsbcd him. He
20 unfortunate. IN tho fall Of the year 1894, while in attendance
." the general court, as 10 fracture again the same limb which bad
D'sh shattered IN the military service of his country. Eufe.bIed
10 health by the long confinement cceo.ioned by misfortune, no vet
attempted, IN March, 1923, in very inclement weather, to pyocSed
10 i"uroun, where the first torn If his circuit was TO be held. But
70 us journey, a stroke Of paralysis terminated his brilliant iudi.
his life.
From this nhlistion he never recovered. hut was confined 10 III,
mouse almost "rhout intcfmtssion, until deoth delivered him from
ns snneInss lUiHehcsfer Republican.