Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-07-27

has como back to dust and ashes. n pilgrim
already ON his way to
''Ihe whatsoever country, from whose bourne
No Traveller rcturnE."
How could refuse to bear INV humble part
Ia the tribute "r respect which Won are assem-
LIED tn pay To the memory OF such man: a
'min n"t only hon"red ny me, in common with
ne wh"ie country, but tcuderly cherished, as
iaitti!ut TREND, from the U0rniug of his DAYS
| nd almost homthe morning uf mine; one with
'm" through life WAS delighted to take sweet
'nu"sri; Tor v hom felt an affection never chill
I'd tor moment, during nearly forty years
in"e it sprung up.
knew dear friend, sir, from the time
| Hat he entered the law school at Cambridge:
,ns ass"cned with him rs one of the Massa-
chnSc'tS delegation in the House Of Representa-
| 'iv"S at the Unitrd States, between whom and
| mv<elf there an entire community of f.e!in.,
a"d op"On OF aIlqucStionS of men and measures,
a"d !" It'll whom, III these late years, as his near
| "elghhOr, and especially when illness confined
aim at home, have enjoyed opportunities fthe
most intimate social intercourse Now that he is
gone, sir, feel that more is taken away
oi those most trusted and loved, and with whom
had most hoped to flush the Journey; nav
~ir, one whom, in the course ofnnture should
have preceded to its end, and who would hove
performed (or me the last kindly office which
!. with dropping spirit, would lain perform for
MIN.
Bnt although with n willing heart under.
take the duty you have dcv0lved upon inc,
cann0t but feel how little remains to be said =
II is but cchuing the voice which has been
heard from evc'y part Of the cOuntrY--from the
Bar, from the Press, from every association from,
which 1t could with pr0pricty be uttered, to say
that he stood ut the head Of his profession in
this country. Il, in his own or any other part
"t the Union, there his superior in anv
branch Il legal knowledge, there was certainly
M nfln slt,Ntt tod
learning ia the law with range almost bound
less ct miscellaneous reading reasoning powers
"t the highest order, intutive quickneSs of per
cePtloo, Il w0rincSS OF CircumSpcctiun never ta-
ken hy surprise, and an Imagination which rose
on a bold aud easy wing To the highest heaven
l"tlnvemtion. These powers, trained by Cliligent
cultivation, these attainments, combined aud
applied with sound Judgment, consummate skill
AMI exquisite taste, necessarily placed him at
tic head Hf the profession of his choice: where
since the death of Mr.. Webster, he Shonc with
ont rival. With such ENDORSEMENTS, formed ut
the hest schools Of professional education, eyer-
ciSed with nnwcarcd assiduity, through long
professional life, under the spur Of generous
ambition, ard the heavy responsibility of an
evcr-growing reputation to hc srIStaincd-if
possible, to be Taised-hc could fill no second
place.
Bat he did not, like most eminent jnrists, con-
tet himself with the learning OF the fame of his
profession. He was more than most men in amy
proieSsiun, i'll the best sense Sf the word n man of
letters He kept up his acadcnical studies in aC:
eI life He did not think it the part either ofws.
tl"m or good taste TO leave behind him at school.
OF at college, the noble languages of the great
peoples of antiquity; but he continued through
life 10 read the Greek ard Roman classics. lie
was al familiar with the whole range of Eng.
lIsh !itcraturc and he had respectable aconaiTl-
lance with the standard French authors. This
wide ard varied circle Of reading not only gave
liberal expansion to his mind. in all directions,
hut it endowed him with grent wealth Of choice
but unStudlcd language, and enabled him to
command u richness of illustrations whatever
subject he had in hand, beyond most of onr
public Speakers and writer's. This taste for
reading was formed in early life.
While he was at tie law school at Cambridge;
was accustomed to meet him more frequently
than any other person Of his standing, in q
aIc"ve "C the Library of the University As he
advanced in years, and acquired the means of
gratifying his taste in this respect, he found a
miscellaneous collection, probably us valuable
as any otheri in Boston and he was accustomed
PlayIu'iy to say, that every Saturday afternoon,
after the labor of the week, he INDUCED himself
in buying and bringing home a new book
Thus reading with Keen relish, as a relaxation
from professional toll, and with memory that
nothing worth retaining escaped, he hecame
living store house of polite literature, out of
which, with rare facility aud grace, he brought
forth treasures, new and old not deeming these
Inst tho least DrpCiouS