Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-05-06

From the Democratic Pioneer.
Perquimans Superior Court of Law.
FRIDAY, April 18th, 1857.
His Honor Judge Ellis, presiding.
On the opening of the Court, r. R. Heath, mem
Der of the bar, and addressed his Honor fol
lows:
If your Honor please, am charged by my breth
rem of the bar, with the melancholy duty of presen
ting for your Honor's consideration and direction
the proceedings of a meeting held yesterday by
them, in relation to the death of their deceased
brother, Thomas F. Jones; and before proceed &c
communicate to the Bench the proceedings of that
Bar, whose honored organ am, must be permit.
ted to indulge in brief retrospect of the past a.
connected with the bar of the first judicial dstrc'
of our State 1t is now some years since lnaoe NY
first Superior Court in the County OF washington
Yet well do remember the reverentiai awe WIZ"
which approached the distinguished men VINO prac'
ticeI NJ the bar of that county. Little did then
think that in series of years, which 'oW seem 50
short, and so few, should find myself almost the
only survivor-yet, of twenty'three MEMBERS ,he'.
constituting that bar four only remain two only OF
whom are my seniors VI trutn, aea'n mas nu
sad havoc there elsewhere in the bar OF tins DIS
trict. The arrows of death have flashed thckly
around u.s. Some of our brethren have fallen, full
of years and honors others, in the meridian OF lfe
and of usefulnessstill others, who had just began
to wear their blushing honors. No section has es-
and her Singeltary; Washington her Pcot and her
Beckwith; BERTHE, her Hogg; jones' her Cherry and
her Allen; Hartford has not forgotten the loss OF
her Martin, and her more recent bereavement IN the
death of her Yancey; Chow"n grieves over the
death of the elder Houghton, whom | revered as
father, of the younger Houghton, whom loved as
companion and her Moore and her Iredell, all dis
tnguished, respected, beloved and honored of all /;
Perquimans still cherishes the memory Of her de-
parted Wilson while the pulse of Pasquotank IS
yet chilled at the recollection that her kinney, her
Elliott and her Ehringhaus are tenants of early
graves. Said not rightly that death has made sad
havoc in the bar of the Edenton District? Have not
the arrows of death flashed thickly and fatally
around our little band of brothers?
And now, here on the spot where our brother
Jones was born-amid the scenes of his tolls, his
trials and his trumphs-at the place a0here, and in
the time when We fondly expected to look upon his
manly features, and to press his friendly hand, has
again been stricken-a link has been severed and
dropped-the chain has contracted and we all feel
painfully feel-how much we have lost in the death
of our lalncnted brother.
He is dead He has left the scene of his trials,
his truimphs, and his atfections-has left it for that
land from whence none return-which gives back
no echo. In the person of our brother great man
has fallen. Who, among US, has not often witness
ed-aye, and felt-the weight of his blows, in the
intellectual struggles in which profession so of.
ten engages? A good man has departed. Who
does not ko that the qualities ofhand and of heart
were, in our brother admirably combined that
could tell which most to admire his reasoning
powers, or his affections?
A just man has gone. In period of twenty
years Of professional life no charge has ever been
even insinuated against his integrity. He has de-
parted, without stain, in the maturity of his intel
lect, ere the manly qualities of his noble mind had,
in aught, deprecated, leaving enemy to rejoice
none but friends to depore. Long may his memory
al tn no IF he
and to those who shall be added to the profession,
or succeed us. But, feel sir, that am wandering
from the purpose for which rose, and am substitu
ting the expression Of my individual feelings instead
of those of my brethren. l proceed to their re-
solutions.
Since it has been the will of Divine Providence in
the exercise Of his righteous power and wisdom. to
remove from US our friend and brother, Thomas F.
Jones, we, his associates of the bar, with whom he
has been so long connected in order to testify our
appreciation and admiration of his public and pri
vate virtues, do adopt the following resolutions:
Resolred, That in the death of our brother in the
full maturity of well cultivated intellect and with
large, profound. and accurate professional attain
ments, emnently fitting him to continue life of
great usefulness and honor, have lost of our
brightest ornaments and ablest membcrs-one in
whose firm and fearless advocacy the weak ever
found faithful friend-injustice and wrong an in
flexible and uncompromising foe-and Justice and
truth an earnest and eloquent defender one, who
by the amenity and gentleness of his manner the
purity and virtue of his actions, and the generous.
ness and integrity Of his nature, the sincere
friendship of all and especially secured and retained
the warm affections of his professional brethren.
Resolred, That in the decease of one who, by his
example less than by his precep:s, has so con-
stanty and largely contributed to the formation of
just, moral and enlightened public sentiment who,
by his legal knowledge and eoguence has so faith
fully illustrated the excellence and enforced the ad-
ministraton Of our laws, the bar, and the public
share in common and irreparable bereavement.
Resotred, That in respect to his memory, we wear
the usual badge OF mourning for thirty days.
Aesotred, That these resolutions be presented to
the Court now in session, by the chairman of the
meeting, and we request his Honor, the presiding
Judge, to order that they be entered upon it's re-
cords, and also that copy of them be sent to the
family of the deceased
Resolred. That the proceedings of this meeting be
published IN some paper in the District of general
circulation, and that the other papers in the District
R. R. HEATH, Czm'n.
JOSEPH CANNON, Secy.
In pursuance of one of these resolutions unani-
meusly passed by our bar, l, as their organ, ask,
that you canse them to be entered the records Of
the Court, TO the end that they remain, for all ne
perpetual monument of the esteem love and affec-
ton felt fol our brother when living-entertained
for his memory when dead.
Whereupon, His Honor responded that the mo-
tion contemplated mark of respect of which the
memory of the deceased is most worthy. AS law
yer, he adorned his profession with eminent attain
ments and an unwavering integrity of purpose in
the practice. His official department in Court was
ever marked with amiabilty and courtesy, that
at once engaged the affections of the BENCH and his
associates at the bar. A sound lawyer an eloquent
advocate, and an incorruptble practitioner is the
loss that the legal profession has sustained in the
deceased he ich Of
his own bright example. 1t is becoming that the
high testimony contained in the resolutions of the
bar, just ad to the many virtues of the deceased
should be commemorated among the records of the