The Arkansas banner., 1850-01-29


 PrOeeediags a. neesiag of the bar held in She .Sa9rems Copr, roosnoa the 10th of January. IsSO
 WHaEEAs. sinss ue las, adjournment Of tAi court. the HON. BENAHlS JoHSsoN, the Judge of the District Court of he United States for the Dis trict of Arksasss, ks departed this life, aud tss msmbsrs Of thS saE. a~irous Ou this occasion, and during the recess of tn court over which e lately presided. to pay heartfelt tribute of respect to hs memory. doe se klsA a,d dae from es.
 TAsrsfsrs Tesalse1, That while we depOre the death of ;As Hea, BENJAMIN. JOHNSON, as public IOss to the ooaR.y, ta he members of ihe bar sud the court over which he presided with 90 much ability, dignity aad imarialily, during periOd of near thirty years, disciargiug, dariag portion of that tIns, the duties f ths Judge of the Circuit Court as well as tho Iia,rict Court of the United Statss we are not aaaindful that he departed after having lived the allotted period of mans life on earth fal Of ysars, fa of hoaors. and in the faith and hops sf happy immortality.
 Reselved That we OFeF ouE sincere sympathy to the immediate family md relations of shc deceased for the loss they have asssned in the death of the venerable head of theii house. whOsa simplicity Of hesrt purity of perpOs and anisbae social qualities were such as to ender him to all who knew him well in the walks of piyate life.
 Resstosd, That the memory of a citizen SO es- ,eemed, public ofIicr 90 eminent and faithfaI, whose past life was sa intimately connected with the early sattemsnt aud history o rkansas, ought to be endearsd Io those who so long associated with him. and to all who would desire to emulate his virtues"
 MT. WArxfSs having presented the above pro- eeedngs and having addressed the court m relation to the character and history of the deceased moved that the resolutions be entered of record
 To which the court, by the Hon. C. c. ScoTr. Judge, replied: ..
 The court hta heard you, sir, with profound seusibty, and ever anxious to sustain the high character of the professon maintain it's rights and perpetuate its hcors, grant without hesitancy your motion made in behalf o( the bar.
 The name of ths distinguished Judge, whose death you have sunouncei, and which the prOres- sion, in commo, with the Bench, and the country has to mourn, vaose memory so well deserves the honor you design. is iatimarely connected with the whole histoy of this Stais that it is superfuous further to sllud; either to his many virtues iiusra- ted tn the pant, ef hs life and character on which we would dellg,t 10 dweli. or to- his tong and vat uabEe public sevices: for both are well known not ouly throughout Arkansas. but far beyoua her limits.
 We cannot refrain from saying, however. that his blameless Bfe sterling integrity, independence t1nu H. ity on the Bench and devoted patriotism present high points of character. challenging the imitation Of the bar and the Benck
 A true copy, Test: L. E. BARBER, Clerk. state of Arkansas, JANUARY TkRM, In the supreme COurt.> A. b. ie0o' A FowLEREsq., chairman of a meeting held by the meuberx cfihe Bar oi the Supreme court, on the 10th day ef January Inst, at the courtroom, pre- sented the following resolutions, aad, having sd- dressed the esurt in relation to the private worth and professional character of the deceased, moved that they be pntefei of record:
 Resolssd b, the members of the Bar of the Sa- prelne court d Arkansas ;hai we deeply Lament the loss which our profession and country have sas ed in the desh If our beloved brother, the highly gifted and eloquent JonN W. CocKE, whose geaius, talents and legal learaIos made him one ot the brightest ornaments of the profession l Rssolrsd, Tlat society may well mourn the death of one whose kind and generous impulses, whose warm heart aud noble nature had endssred bin to all who knew him.
 Rssoircd Thai in his death his adopted State has lost one of her pnrest sons whose devoted patiioi l ism was uniarnished by one selfish aspiration l Rssolesd That may all greve for the early death of one whose tune, whose ta'enis, whose bes energies were ever ready at the call oi his eoaniry his friends and bis brethtsn and whose humane snc generous hear, delighted in the defence ofthe weak Ihe helpless and oppressed.
 Rssoised That as iribate of respect for our de parted brother. we will wear the usual badge O mourning for be space of thirty days: anu thai ih' chairman move the Hoa: the Supreme court Una these resolutions be eatsted of record thetein.
 The court, by the Hon. C. C. Seorr, Jutge rep jed as follows; .,s s.. The eloquent remarks that have been made touch
 ing the private aud professional character of JoH' w CoeKE. having been heard with sensbiity bl the court win fad sincere response in the hesri of all who knew hin. Il was my good fortune L 1 bs one of tbeee and knew him well. Ills was indeed possessed of a brilliant, well bal aneed and highly cultivated mind and was gilte with native eIoqnenee, which aided Sy rich sior of learning, enabled hita to achieve and maintain high position at the Bar and equal distinction Ii another forum. But as liberal as was nature 10 hit in these endowipents, she was suil more boaniin indeed boaniifn almost to predIgahty. iH bestowin upon him heast atonee sincere, generous and kinc and in inlnsing into bis whole ehh ae,er so many the nobieF feelings and senti,nenis that exa'' oa nature. that, as a true man ahd man ot soul, b was far above ordinary wsn. And thus it was lhs no man was bis enemy.
 The Bench, no less than tbe Bar anl the county has sustained great in his death, for being ihor ougbly imbued with the spirit of the lawyer an ever keeping in view the high mission of The pro