The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

e8 At q meeting of the members of the
Bar of the Third Judicial Circuit, in atten.
dance upon the Circuit Court at Athens, Nc.
Mimi county, Tenn, the Hon. T. NIXON VAN
DYKE was called to the Chair, and GEORGE
Brown, Esq., appointed Secretary.
The chairman announced the object of the
meeting to be for the purpose of paying some
appropriate tribute of respect to the memory
OF the Hon. THOMAS L. WILLIAMS, decd late
Chancellor Of the Eastern Division of Ten.
nessee.
On motion of William F. Keith, ESQ.,, il was
resolved that. committee of three be up.
pointed to prepare and submit preamble
and resolutions expressive of the sense of the
meeting. Whereupon, J. B. Cooke, George
Brown and T. E. =. Russwurm, Esos., were
appointed said committee, who through their
chairman, reported the following, which were
unanimously adopted, to wit:
With feelings of profound, and almost filial
regret, we have received the announcement
OF the sudden dissolution of the Hon. Thos.
l.. Williams. When those who have been
distinguished by extraordinary endowments,
and endeared to us by those superior quail.
ties of heart and intellect, which so highly
adorn humanity, are stricken from our midst.
We naturally feel and deplore the bereave
ment as public calamity; but when one who
has long stood the beacon of the fraternity to
which we belong, the Examinations OF whose
mighty mind have shed such brilliant lustre
upon the path we tread-the purity of whose
life, and the amiable and ennObling qualities
OF whose heart have contributed SO largely TO
exalt the profession we pursue, is removed
from our walks by death, we lament the af-
Fiction as one peculiarly visited upon the pro-
fession of which we are members. An ex-
tended notice of the life of the deceased.
whether in the more social and endearing
private relations, or as a lawyer and iurist, is
deemed unnecessary here, as in life he earned
and enjoyed wider and more enduring fame
than any mere obituary recital, however ex-
tended, could properly illustrate. In CON-
munlty where he passed the greater portion
OF his life, by whom he was so universally
known and esteemed, and over whose rights
he so long presided with such distinguished
abliity, unwavering firmness incompatible
and impartial justice, the announce
ment of his death will be received with the
deepest regret, mingled with grateful recol.
lections of what he was in life: a Just Judge,
an eminent jurist, an upright citizen, and an
honest man. Therefore
Resotved, That we as members of the legal
profession, cherish the most grateful rccollec
tions of the many ennobing virtues and en-.
dearing qualities of the illustrious deceased
Resolved That his life and example furnish
a model worthy to be studied and emulated
by profession whose aims are exalted, and |
whose views are enlarged and liberal.
Resoiged, That in his death the profession
has lost one of its chief ornaments, and soci- |
ETY. one of its brightest members.
Resotved, That we lament his death as a |
public and professional calamity, not likely |
soon to be repaired.
. RESOLVED, That we deeply sympathise with |
The family and kindred of the deceased in |
their affecting bereavement.
Resoived, That in respect for his memory |
we wear the usual badge of mourning for 80 |
lays.
ResotUed, That these proceedings be pub
ished in all the newspapers in the Third Ju.
iicial Circuit. and that copies be forwarded |
20 the surviving members Of his family.
On motion of George W. Bridges Esq, it
vas
Resolved That committee be appointed
o present the proceedings to the Honorable
Circuit Court, now sitting at Athens, and al
70 to the Chancery Court, at its next session,
md request that they be entered at length
lpon the records of said Courts.
Thereupon the Chair appointed Milton P.
arnagin and John B. Hoyle, EGGS, such COM
nittee.
The meeting then adjourned.
7. NIXON VAN DYKE, Pres.
GEORGE BRowN, Sec.