Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-07-22
tie Professor Mitchell.
Asheville Ne'os that Profe.,o,
IN House " on the 9Th
sgoing- to MI. Tbos.
he would retnrn
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June, '.i'"s ~, &c, River, and >--
Wilson'S on oai >g. Ills Ssiy was found u
on Monday fo'Iown III the "Gat Tail Fork"
7th instant, in poo ss saws
Caney Kiver. The Nes. ain bsd fallen ahoit i.
"a storm of wind and Mountain houses whic
an hour after DR.. NJ. left the hat; and it is SUI
probably detained him somew Caney River pat
posed that he either passed the seeing it, (pe
(hve miles from the house, without go down tn
haps surrounded by fog) or desired to 4 ascende
ridge from the Cat Tail" which he hi, We of til
years ago, and instead Of keeping the midi IRE b,
Ridge. edged off until he came to the River, h, &c!
a brook; in attempting to force his way down WI
from its singular wild ruggedness, he met with his
melancholy fate. The cliff around the face OF
which he seems to have been clamberng at the t'me
and where the moss and stones to which ne appeared
to have chung had given way, was ABOUT 90 Ut ~
feet above the pool; which latter iornea oy the
cascade about fourteen feet deep ana as many
His body, which was still ly,..s at the DOT
tom, when taken fronrthe water natu. al looking
and undistgured except by bruise on the 70. e'eau
which led to the suppositon he was probably s.. '''
ned to insensibility by the fall. His watch, founo
on his person. had stopped at little past eight. in
dcating probably, nearly the time of the catastro.
phe, which occurred on moonshiny evening"
The Neacs after noticing the praiseworthy aacrity
and earnestness with which the people generally,
and especially "the hardy mountaineers of Swan
anoa, Caney River, and Ivy" turned out to search
for the body, adds
"On Friday, the corpse was met at some distance
from Asheville, by a large number of citizens, in
carriages and on horseback and, on its approach to
the town, the Court adjourned, all houses of
business closed and the bells of the churches toed
as the crowded procession followed the coffin in
mournful silence to the Presbyterian church. Here
eloquent and touching funeral sermon was
preached by the Rev. DR.. Chapman-instructive and
vet consong as he pronounced words of warning to
the living and described the scene in that lonely
dell where in the awful solitude of those towering
mountains, amid the sound of those rushing waters,
with none but the angels of God around, the Chris
tan found death; and we can but believe that the
God in whom he trusted, did not forsake his servant
in that hour" At the close of the discourse, the
body conveyed to its last resting place in the
Presbyterian burying ground"
We give below the proceedings of the public meet.
ing held in Asheve on the reception of the melan-
choy intelligence:
From the Asheville News.
PUBLIC MEETING.
1t having been announced in Asheville, on Wed
nesday morning, sth July, instant, that the dead
body of Professor Elisha Mitchell, of Chapel Hill,
had been discovered in the vicinity of the Black
Mountain pursua Mt to short notice large meeting
of the citizens of Buncombe county, and many 9TH
ers from distance, met in the Court House at o.
click in the afternoon Of the same day, when on
motion of z. B. Vance, ESQ., Rev. Jarvis Buxton
appointed Chairman of the meeting.
Mr.. Buxton, on taking the chair, made some feel
ing and appropriate remarks, explanatory of the
object of the meeting. and upon the services and
character of Professor Mitchell in his relations to the
University, also as a man in his social and
domestic relations, and christian gentleman.
He said he knew the deceased well, having been
member Of his household while student at College,
and that to know him, was to love him.
On motion, John d. Hyman was appointed Secre-
tary of the meeting
W. NJ. Ship, after prefacing with few remarks,
in which he bore testimony to the exalted character
Of DR.. Mitchell, and his eminent services in his de-
votion to science and education offered the following
resolutions, expressing desire that they would be
adopted:
Resolred, That I'VE have heard, with the most.pro.
found regret, the announcement which has lust been
made of the sad and melancholy death of Rev. Dr.
Mitchell, of the University of this State
Resolved, That in the death of Dr. Mitchell the
University has lost of its most tried friends; the
Faculty one OF its ablest members, science of
its most Jealous votares; and the church of God one
of its most faithful ministers.
Resolred That in the opinion of this meeting, it
would be highly appropriate-shoud it meet the
appreciation of his family-that the remains Of the
deceased be deposited upon some eligible point of
the Black Mountain; place with which his
call public attention to its superiority ir height to
any point in the United States, East of the Rocky
Mountains.
Reso1red That, in our opinion no more suitable
testimonial of respect to the memory of the deceased
could be given, than the erection of appropriate
monument upon the mountain, with which his name
and sad fate so intimately associated; and, to
carry out this purHSe, we ask the assistance of all
good citizens of the State and the friends of educa-
ton and science generally.
Resolred, That to the family of the deceased we
extend heartfelt coincidence and that the Chair
persons to convey to them copy of these resolu.
tons and express our sympathy in their sad 5ereave
ment.
Reso1red That copy of these proceedings be for
warded to the President of the University, with
request that he convey to the Faculty and Students
deep sympathy in the great loss they have sus-
tanned in the death of their oldest member and most
experienced instructor.
Res0lred, That the Chairman appoint committee
of six to take such steps they may think advisable
to carry out the object of the 4th resolution
Resolped, That a copy Of these proceedings be
published in the Asheville papers and that the pa
pers of the State generally be requested to copy.
Hon. Thomas L. Clingman said he approved of
the resolutions and hoped they would be adopted.
lie added his testimony to the eminent services of
Professor Mitchell in his explorations of this section
of the State, both in regard to its topography and
geology.
Rev Dr. Chapman made some eloquent and touch.
ing remarks in relation to the sad calamity that had
called the meeting together:
2. B. Vance, Esq, being called upon, narrated the
circumstances, as far as they had been asccrtaned
that attended the death of Professor Mitchell. He
also said that great credit was due to large num-
Der of gentlemen, principally persons residing in the
vicinity of the Black Mountain for their untring ex-
ertons to recover the body of the deceased.
On motion, the resolutions unanimously
adopted.
In accordance with the 5th resolution the Chair
appointed the following gentlemen as committee:
Rev. DR.. Chapman, VIM. N. Shipp and James W.
Patton, Esq'rs. On motion, the name of the Chair
,,on ,oc ,ddad to tho lief