Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-13
THE Late =. 8. Prentiss.

|lo,tnd sensation of sorrow and regret in all
rsrts Of tine country At a meeting of the
Bench sf1d Bar Of New Orleans, the fol-
lowing rcsolut As were adopted:
That this s,Rdcn and lmnentab!e event
|has covered the wlple community with
gloom, and il n general chlalnlty and |:
public bereavement. Tint ffe Hlustrious
deceased, although but for a few years one
|of our lar. Ind beedVe entirely Identified
with US, and was Of us, and we mourn him
|as a lost. loved and llonored brother; md
that, feeling it due alike to his great worth.
land to our duty, to place on permanent
record, n respectful tribute to his %llcrnory,
we resolve
/. That the Bench and the Bur Of New
FOrIeans, aud the whole legul profession,
lhave sustained Il great lind lrreparalde loss,
lin the death of their lan1citted brother, the
Hon. SargcAtt :. Prentiss.
2. That his urbauity of department. his
generosity Of disposition, his ellildIike sim.
fplicitv of manners, his general Kindness
and gentle,tess, i'll every act and word OF
Eprirate intercourse, endeared him to all
who knew him, hnd made them forget in
that intercourse the soaring genius which
$50 often commanded their admiration.
8. That as a forensic orator, he wits tin
rivnllcd ntIe versatility of his powers, IN
1.-The richness and vigor of his fancy. in the
range and readiness of his illustrations, in
Tins wit, lnimor and patlios. and in a rare
lcolnbination with these brilliant gifts, OF a
remarkable power Of logical analysis and
eirgtI hctlnen.
1. That although lie came to this State
sin the maturity Of his fame, as IN advocate,
from one in which II system of laws total
*Iv differing from our W prevailed, and
subjected himself to a ordeal always dan
gero,ls aud often fatal to distinguished rep.
utntious, we, his brethren and competitors,
Ituke rlensure and pride in beuring our tes-
6%ti,nuny to his eminent and distinguished
s%ttccrsH, III reaching, ut a very early period,
IL station in the front t,hk of the profess
lion here, and IN doing full justice to the
Expectations created by his former brill
lihnt career,
s. That it would be unjust to speak Of
Him only ~ a lawyer, and that a profession
&wllicl, has ut all times furnished the fore.
most champions of free and liberal prlhci'
pies, may Justly be proud of him, is a pat
sriot, as u statesman of enlarged views, as
IL fearless advMsate of what he deemed the
ri ght, and that the lines of a grcat poet to
\ whom he bore, , remarkable resemblance,
I~applicd to "A distinguished English orator,
EI,in:
h His elou,tctrc. Frightening whatever ii tried
Whether reason or fancy, the gay or the grave
I Was as rapid. and deep. and brilliant a tide,
As ever bore freedom aloil on IFS wave.
Il. That tile Attorney General be re.
! 1ucstel to present Il copy of the proceed.
lings Of this meeting to the Supreme Court
1at the opening of the mex term. and
lmove, on behalf Of the Bar, that they be
i spread upon the minutes of tho Court.
I 7. That a committee of five he appoint.
cd by the Chair, TO transmit Il copy of
these proceedings t. the widow of the de-
ceased, and cxprcsstyln suitable terms, our
deep and respectful sympathy and condo
lence.
AT Natrhez the demonstration of re.
gard and respect was equally Warm, and
! wherever the melancholy news has reach
led, the death of tins great and good man is
regarded us II public calamity. Wei, j,
may he 50 regarded. The country has lost
one Of its brightest intellectual lights, ere
la-e had diinncd ono sparkle of its glorious
lbrilliancy, aud society one of its oloblcst
and most valuable ornaments. @ @
TnE POPULATION or New MEXICO
Mr.. Hugh n. Smith, the Delegate to
congress from New Mexico, in a letter
recently published in the National 1ntelli-
gcnccr III regard to the population of that
Territory, says:
The census taken in New Mexico the
|vear before the entrance of Gen. kcarny
Blnto that Territory, showed the population
to he one hundred thousand, and W. or
three hundred over. This may not have
been taken with great accuracy, but the
Bhcst informed persons, and those who have
lived there longest, agree with me that
IVe have not less than ninety thousand.
T}r. Wislizcnus, who is generally correct
nghis accounts of travel, and who is relied
EupSsn rs good authority, in his statistics of
Gthas country, is certainly mistaken in say
ling Sllat t~en-twcntieths. or one half of the
gpop,Satiols are Pueblo Indians. / have
Rtravched through the settled part of that
county two or three times n year for the
Hast thfSSc years, and | know that not Il fifth,
Tor ~evenS,a sixth, are Indians. In the same
Enarrativ9 off DR.. Wislizenns, he says, in
another %f,!acc, speaking Of those Pueblo
Indians, RIhcy live always isolated in
their Villages, cultivate the soil, aud raise
some stocksand are generally poor, frugal
and soher.S These different tribes, of
which aboutNtwenty yet exist, ars reduced
ITO about ten thousand souls"
There are iS New Mexico from twelve
TO fifteen bundled resident American voters
|emigrants fropf.the different States, prin.
|cipaIly from th'Ss State of Missouri the
rest Of the population are Mexicans and,
|STaniards. Y
We can, at lcngNi,s congratulate our fell
low-citizens on the%e- appearance of their
lately submerged ftSds, and on the posi-
Flllijv of arain TRAVELLING from one mart of
the Parish to 'hs otheSwithont paying fer
'riage. The water no logger passes through
''tlle Crcvasse at the Gripd Lcvee, and the,
road is said to be practicable. The Rac-|
icourci road is however, III a very bad con-,
but a few days fife weather will