New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-15
PTBLIC Mk'EILNGS.
MELTING OF THE BAR

TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY or EDWARD AN.rRD,
ABNER BENEDICT AID HGNRY \ BRADY.
On SATURDAY m acjoura,d meeting oi the Bars
of tbs City and OF Brooklyn. VS. held IN the
Court Of Common Poss, cry H7ll Ses-l ork in
ntLiaclJ af or the sojoUrnment OF he Cour at about
O'Clock, T. NJ to pay tribute Of respect TO the
meuory OF three membcs oi TIE New-fOrA Bar. Ei
wtld Sai ford Abuer Bonedlcr. aud Horny A Brady,
rhu shiIed from Liverpool IN tie Arctic on her last
voyage and when tb9 Coam,ttso of the joint Bars
uau d soon after % her lo-s 80 received,
had afer waiting for upva'd Of three months from
tie cot, Of The ok, given up al hope of hcsr
IL f them again and scc"rdIuely csied the shove
n.'tIg To tao such st,ps A. m CIR q instances re-
CURED The atebdsnco Wa very numerous, the
COURTROOM beng crowded with memh' r. OF the tsO
Ber- arc Fcrs"nal ifieucs # the dc eased.
BEsJ + Is TIER called 70, meeting ,o order, ard
ntniDsttd for President Chief Justic, OATLEr. who
war unanimously elected.
JUICES BETS and lSGRaHAS were elected a. Vice
Presidents, aud II Dodge, Eco, as Sccrotary-the
former gentleman beng nominated by eI Recorder
Inlou, and hr Dodge by Register Bradford.
The Vi Presidents took seats on the bench beside
the President.
Mr. DODGE read the resolutions Of the last meeting,
whereupon
B F. But and addressed the Chair. He
refe1ed 70 the receipt Of the news Of the Arctics
lOss and tie INTEL genoe that at the tiae there
were on btard OF the Inflated vessel four dis.
tipgufLed members Of the Bar Of this City
Samuel NJ. Woodruff and the three gentlcmea whom
the present meeting convened 10 lament and
honor; and 10 tie rescue OF Capt Luce which fol-
lowed close the melancholy intelligence, and
whose simply pathetic narrative len doubt u the
fate II Mr.. Wol druf.
Mr. Butler read the following resolution:
The ICES Of the Arctic by hcb many hearts sad
hcues IL our o.n coumgu, and elseshere stricken
.Ls cesosied has ssn orasht together The eubsi. Of he
Bar tie Gi,s Ct sew iora AID Brooklyn A. former
MEETING elpe,s'd Sentiments OF respect add csthy
rsfsTspee prot sona brother. ssnae Woodruff
then received TIE painful csByiction fore ed upon
that hose Sho peished that awful cst.opas
ss5e,ore AbssT b.psest snS a,nFy .dy E.srs Ia
u tie ad reality Ench la now convened "a w. taefs
Rols,d That while bow with humility and
i'm Land has fallen thus heavily upon sod
b. GlY ympsbEe with al who hsve teea called 10 shns Ia
DUTY Huh trib1tss u honor .sorJ q oar
brethren publicly eIpT-ss feelings u and condo
cree ocessi. ned By their death
DAslEL LORD moved the adoption Of the resolu-
ton and offered The following one
Resosed Thst the eeah Of Ed.sd ssIdfod 10 the prime
o. is .ss pfols-on 500 me s.e nave se'.nsd ae.,y
nth siaeia u'faDee tsst al able learned and
qs'n sEy.r b, The fra. rank Of his 1rof,soa that
Sc IN nouss1s 40 honest MAJ ne hss hsh
ssen and be soes sen4 personal qualities yreay
70 tffLd. snd dcpofo, sCrroS
in ely he hso Of Iseaness When h hopes
Expectations L he GlILsss Of theu accomplish
Mr. Lord then addressed the Chair. He alluded
TO The mpressvene.s OF the occasion the weight of
learning gniry lent ii by the presence of
b.rs OF The Judiciary, and the soennty Of il. refer.
tnce 10 the dead. The meeting, he said, would fail
Of ts object if it did not make grateful comnemors-
ton of their character d~eI VIVA, their his-
81. II -
Lord then spoke Of Mr.. Ssufords character &c de-
serving Of speciL notice and gave tolersbly de-
tailed biographical sketch Of tha, gentleman.
EDwARD j. BURR seconded the resolution, and
offered the following:
hssossG Tat 10 ~ death Il lbrer Berea Pa the pa
Of ihs ~ La Of s.aef sd .s
eoG9Hity citizen q eG2es. segia ADd uss.sssss. L14