The true Democrat., 1857-03-17
STATE DE ARK SSAS.

and to whom his virtues were best known
 STATE OF ARKANSAS.
 La hie Snpreme Comt, Janaary Term, 1851,
 Srt,ojay -uorning, Narc4 H.
 Mr. Fowler arose and addressed the court. lNay a please He Court:
 Under the direction of my associates, have risen to perform the painful duty of pre- senting to this tribunal resolutions, adopted on ! yesterday at a meeting of the bar and officers of the court, touching the death of one, who. though yet young, has long occupied promi- rent position here-and, deservedly.
 Who of us, m making survey of the pro bable ci a, ,ccs of long life and usefulness, ire spective of age, from his apparently iron con- stitu;ion, would not have assigned to EBENEzER CUNiMINs the palm, and that he would still be in the field, when our mortal bodies were moul- dering in ruin? Not one, Yet he is gone, and we still live. What more forcible evidence that |" in the midst of life, we are in death!"- Should not every one of Us then, on this sad occasion, renew that cardinal resolution, too of- ten perhaps neglected, to render justice, love, mercy, and perform our whole duty to God and man.
 1 At the last meeting of this court, he was with us in full life, and as late as Monday even- ing was actively preparing for fresh and la borious duties before him, for his vigilance was sleepless, vet before the next mornings sun arose upon him. he was paralyzed, stricken down by the hand of Destiny, for his appoint ed hour had come; and about sunrise on the next morning of the llth, breathed his last. In the bosom of his mother earth, "Urien Seeps,"
 For almost twenty years he has been one of Us; and for his ndomitable energy, industry, perse yerance and integrity which have placed him ia the van, as well as his kindness of dis position, faith to his cliert, comi;y to his peers, am sure that none who hear me entertain a thought that he was not justly pre-emiucat- He had literally no enemy.
 But, he is gone; and this tdgQm which las been the theater of many of h.s highest efforts, and which h,S known him so long aud so we'll Will "kuow him TO more forever" He has gone to that laud, from whose " bourne no traveller returns" NuH1 .eagta retrorsu0l." Yet we trust, not a iand ot gloom; but in whose fields of light, in our native home, all who do their duty on earth Will bloom in eternal youth.
 have now feeb'y to complete my duty by asking that these resolutions may be placed upon the recordsof tLe court.
 "Atameetus Of tn: br and o'icers of the Supreme Couri at the court room, on the 18th day of March, A. D. 1857, GEoEGE c. WAT KISs, esq, was appointed chairman and Jo sEpH STILLwELL secretary.
 On motion, the chair appointed Mes>rs. 4. Foc1er 4 H Grlond and s IL Hsmpstead, a committee to prepare and report resolutions ex- pressive of the regret of the meeting, at the death of EBENEzER CUMMINs, a member of the bar-who made the following report; which was adopte4
 Tn addition to the ruin that Death has ] N. our brother EBENEzER CUMMINs, since the ad- i iourument of the Supreme Court on Saturday ! last, has been suddenly cut down m our midst -hurret from life of high hope and useful ness to his race IL mauhood's early noon-aul the surviving members of this bar and officers of the court, entertaining lively regard for his memory, and high respect for hs character, energy and professional abilities, and cherish i- all the relations of ile have
 ResRcei, That this in -eting with unfegned sorrow, deeply lament the untllnely death oi their brother EB&SEzER CUMMINs, aud viii re. tain al aisctiona,e remembrance. ot hi, many virtues, his perseverance,, his ability, and his worth, aS a lawyer a.d as a man, which have placed him in the front rArk of his profession, and male him eminent q citizen.
 Resolrel That, in manifestation of theil sense of the great loss, sustained by the bal and the community at large, in this atiictin- dislensatou of Providence, they will wear th { usual badge Of mourning for thirty days.
 Res0l0ei, That copy of these resolutions be furnished to the nearest relation os the de ceased, with an assurance to his family of tn, sincere sympathy and condolence of the ba aud officers of the court; and also that the Su rreme Court be requested to enter the same ol its minutes.
 On motion Col. Fowler was requested to pre- sent the proceedings of the meeting to the Su preme Court; and directed that copies thereof be furnished to the newspapers of this city fo publication.
 GEO. c. WATKINS, CH'n.
 J. STILLwELL, Sec'u"
 To which the court, by Mr. Chief Justic ENGLISH responded:
 "The court, in common with the members c the bar, and the community generally, wer greatly shocked and deeply pained by the sud den and unexpected death of Mr. CUMMISs.
 Comparatively young man, in the ful vigor of life, engaged in laborious and high useful professional career and making rap strides to very great eminence, his sudden fa was as unexpected as it s melancholy iu il consequent losses to his relatives, the commu uity in which he lived, the bar, and the Stat, Thus wastes man Truly, he cometh forth q flower, and is cut down lie fieeth also as shadow and contnueth not To-day Aealt and hope hatter him with promise of the en joyment of many years, but to mo,rotg, h sleeps with the pale tenants of the tombl
 Though the deceased has been cut down 8 the meridian of life, he has left many monu ments of his genius and learning as lawyer which will be transmitted to other ages, nc only in the reports, but in the memories an traditions of the people of the extensive di. trict of country which constituted the field (