Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-03-05
A Meeting orthe Bar.

bteettnS o. the bar.
At meeting Of the members Of ID. b
of the city of Joliet, held at the Co..,
House in Joliet, Wednesday afternor
Feb. 9th, 1851, HJn. Josiah McR4
erts was called to the chair, and SV
Bowen chosen Secretary.
The object &C the meeting having h.
stated by the President. to be a. taks :,
considere ton the passage of suitatyi. "a.
lutions expressive Of the feelings Of q
Bar in regard to the decease Of our es,esr,
fellow citizen, Hon. Nelson ID ElwOod
Whereupon, on motion n committee
four were appointed by the chair Ia On
resolutions tu wit: Hon. S. W. Randi
F. A. Bartleson, ID. 6. Grover and Ha
Uri 0sgood.
On motion the President Of the r.
ing was added to the ,mmittee.
On motion the meeting adjourned
Thursday evening to hear the report eEa
committee.
Thursday evening. Feb. 2sth. 1861.
Meeting met pursuant to adjournmer
Judge Randall Of the Committee
Resolutions, made The following reno
viz:
The committee appointed to draft resi-
tions expressive of the sentiments Of q
bar OF this city, at the melancholy Prr
dence which has deprived our professio-
circle Of an esteemed associate and bro;s
member, Hon. Nelson ID. ElW0od beg lea
to report
hat in the midst OF very limited y
fessIOn admonitions continually visa
with uufaiiIng assurance that no man q
safely count upon life beyond the prev
moment. But few days ago, our bruth
was in health, in the prime Of his life.
parenily Jnst beyond the srst opening
his hopes-with an apparent fstsTe vii
might have demanded the ensy Of ma
and surrounded by present enticemer
to life which We might justly esteem hr
to surrender. His sphere was not in
profession alone-the forum was not
only field Of Labor The walls which 4
IN subsection the turbulent foods of g
river, bear the impress of his worknr
ship. His early manhood was schooIei.
the directing skill of our canal, and
later days were given to the railru.
which now minister TO osr prosperity. =
several years he rendered valuable and 2
ceptabie service TO our city in the capArr
OF Mayor, from which position he rein
with the kindest wishes of cur peopl.-
For several other years he has been one
the commissioners to superiniend T.
building of our penitentiary at this Ct
and has discharged his duty with such
tention and fidelity as TO have rectiu
from Gov. Yates n few DAYS before
death, a e-appOiniment to the same %
tion- without any attempt at eslogy.T
could hardly do less than 70 make this IN
reference to his past history. ide ltihsd
1t Is with the general prosperity and SOC
welfare ct oar western country. Asr
have caid he died comparatively n you3
man. The posts Of three score years mls
us feel the plying propriety Of appros&
ing dissolution. But when we see oner
tent uPon works Of usefulness TO our CO
munity eat down as il were in the prin,i
his manhood. with the hopes Of W
world open before him, and the hope
many looking to his uEefui future. VEN
well say that the ways Of just Provide,
are lnscrutable 10 our narrow vision.
The duties Of your committee wOuldr
be complete If we failed TO allude, for
single moment, TO the domestic circle Z
so desoIate by this melancholy dispenE
ton. One possessed Of his genial ouL
ties could not fail to shed light and che
around the family freside. But we sh
the bitter tear when we remember tb,td
threshold Of that house was not fr
crossed when the husband and father "
borne to his last resting place. Out in c
cool and sombre shades Of yonder eeuer
rest i've little ones, who have gone there
take up their abode before him. His srid
en- lady and one child who bears bis nan
remain to feel at heart the loneliness Off
house where the sun VI evening wiibdns
his last shimmeriDg rays from the lone.
hemthstoDe.
Resolscd, That the members Of thi,k
have learned with sentiments, and feeIig
Of deep regret, OF the death Of Hon. NJ
son ID. ELwooD. long q cherished meak
oil our legal fraternity-thatin all bis .
tercourse with Us, and each Of rs, as mes
oers OF the legal profession, he has, byh
uniform kindness, urbanity, and honor
Die department, woa cor esteem and y
spect-that as q man and q citixen, be -
distinguished by those noble qualities
head and heart, which made him. whites
life, universally respected, and in dssS
deeply lameR,ed and now that he Do
- N-''o y" VIC odIk falley, ana ~
no longer ningle with US in the walkst
professional lite, still VIC shall treasuIss
and cherish HE memory Of his many VI
tues with pleasing recollections, as The
snan, IN future, pass m review before u
hesotued, That while we bow 30 th1si
dispensation. we tender to the family an
immediate relatives Of the deceased d.
expression Of our heartfelt sympathy a.;
sorrow.
ResciOed. That a copy of these resOlv
tons be presented to the Sanity Of -
deceased.
RESOLVED, That a copy Of these resolr
nons, and the preamble thereto, be fun
ished the respective papers of this ely =
publication, and that the chairman Of hr
meeting be requested to present cOpls
the next term Of the Circuit Court Of u
County, and TO request that the sauss
entered upon the records Of the Court.
The meeting was then addressed
Messrs- Bartleson. Snapp. Bowen. Bic
brant, Breckenridge, Grover, Goods,
McRoberts, Barber, Judge Randall -
Logan, after which the Report and Rsr
lutions were unanimously adopted.
JOSIAH McROBERTS, PresidsDt.