The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-02-25

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FUNERAL SEzuoN-Yeeterday morning, at IL
O'Clock, the bell of the Presbyterian church on
Franklin street, heard ringing forth the solemn
| and impressive invitation to funeral CEREMONY
At about 70 o'clock the remains OF the venerable
| and respected SAmrEL TAYLOR, Esq, were brought
into the church, the pslibesrers being composed of
the Eos, eminent judges and leading lawyersi in the
| State The members of the bar of Richmond,
Manchester and adjacent counties, turned out en-.
| mssss, to do honor TO the memory of one who has
40 frequently been styled the "Faher Of the bar of
| Virginia." large assemblsge of our most prsmi.
| nent citizens filed the church. The Rev. Mr..
| Moore, preached the funeral discourse. After
reading the regular lesson and delivering fervent
prayer, be gave GU; suitable hymn which was
sung by the choir.
He then read his text as follows: First Samuel,
2oth chapter, and the last clause of the Sd verse
| "There is but a step between me and death" The
Rev gentlemen stated at the outset that after max
ing apreliminary sketch of the life of Mr.. TAYLOR,
he would refer more particularly to the principle
| inculcated in the text. He then proceeded az fol.
| lows:
The death of an honest and honor able lawyer is
| great public calamity. The importance OF the
legal profession Is SO great its relations to every
department OF human life are SO manifold and
deep its influence on the enjoyment of l1fe Eper.
ty, reputation tand property is so profound, that
every man has direct interest in its purity and
elevation. Let its tone be hisb its morals pure,
anlf - srat \ e.
stood in the past one Of the great break waters of
| human history; wall of adamant against lawless-
meas On the one hand aud despotism on the other
andis the earthly symbol of that most sacred of
the attributes of Jehovah, mis- uubending and IN
| furnished justice. But If its members be cotrup:
and impure and the spirit of pettifoggiog supplant
the spirit of high forensic honor every interest in
society must suffer, for every man is exposed to
| the power OF annoyance, which INSCRIPTIONS
malice can SO readily use in the necessary exibil-
ity of the forms oflegal process. And SO many are
| the temptations that may be offered 10 cupiIity
and meanness in the transactions OF ife hat moth.
| ing but an elevated tone Of professional honor
can protect the community from that worse
than Egyptian curse, spawn of mean and ma.
Hgnant petdfoggers, whose singing annoyances
|
AID justice into disrepute and contempt Hence.
when any one whose influence is command
| ing and whose example is pure, IS removed from
the profession, it is public loss which ought TO be
| acknowledged by public sorrow But " hen to a
| profess ional and public influence of the highest
character there is added private worth and private
| influence, that draw around its possessor the love
well as the admiration Ct those that know him,
the l5ss is yet greater and the grief yet deeper,
than any public calamity will ordinarily call forth
Such combination of mournful facts brings us
together this morning, In the language of another,
| "the father of the Virginia bar" has fallen and
therefore, OILY the bar Of Virginia. but the peo-
pie of Virginia have met with loss the extent of
which none but God can know. We who have
mingled in the amenities OF his private life, who
have al his feet and listened to his rich and ow
ing conversation, well know that we shall not soon
look upon his like again. 1t is therefore but it
| ting tribute to his memory that we should turn
aside from our daily walks and pay tribute of re-
| spect for his memory, and love for his name in
the observance of the last sac rites which close his
earthly history.
| Samuel Taylor was born in Cumberland county,
Va, in Oct. 1881. In infancy, his father removed
to Kentucky, where the energy of his character
| and force of his mind gave MIN great prominence
and influence among the settlers of what then was
truly the dark and bloody ground. About the age
of Is he returned to Virginia to reside with his un
cie the late Chancellor Taylor, where he prepared
himself to enter on the practice Of law, which he
did in Manchester about 1904. This. for nearly
half century, has he been engaged in the labori.
! of h
in his case owing to the extent of his circuit of en-,
gagements, was peculiarly toilsome. From the
first, he Yves characterised by marked traits of
character. Although not favored with a complete
education, the wonderful tenacity of his memory,
which seemed incapable of losing particle of its
contents and the great accuracy Of his judgment,
which seemed rarely ever at fault compensated
for the want of this scholastic training His in.
teilectual attributes were mainly of tina. broad,
massive and powerful kind, that fitted MIN pecu.
iary for the practice of his profession. His mind
| was like some broad, massive pyramid where
| every part rested on an unmoving basis of strong
common sense. Clear judgment and a retentive
memory were the attributes tina. always presented
themselves to an observer; and over and around
them all there played delicate wit and humor
| sndt sAoVu Will SidCcIul gov l6e stronger lea
lures of his mind and made him most charming
companion in his private life as well as a most
| agreeable debater, as often evnced in his profess
sional career.
| But his most remarkable and memorable quail.
| ties were those of the heart There never walked
| the earth one of whom it might be more emphati
caly said, he is an honest man Honesty that never
| brooked a stain; integrity that hated an insin.
| cerity as much as moot minds resent an injury;
truthfulness that had all the exactness of photo
| graph and gave back the uneoored representa-
ton of all that was entrusted 10 ii, the uniform
manifestations CT his character. There was no
thing that would strike stranger sooner than the
scrupulous exaciness of his statements Of fact
which were always made as if given under oath,
| to be placed on record as testimony in the case
| then under discussion. This was apparent in his
public as well as his private life. He had not one
conscience for the forum and another for the FIRE.
| side but was in both the same unbending, i'm.
Penetreble type of honesty and uprigntness, inca
pable of doing that in public lie which he would
blush to do in private Hen ce, when representing
| The county of Chesterheld in the Legislature
| (Which he did in both branches of I'D ne was elect
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