Litchfield enquirer., 1864-12-29
fFrcm ihs \. '. Tribune of Mondas.1
 WILLIA1 CURTIS NoYEs.

The simple announcement that W,LLIAN T CURTIS NOTES is no more of earth will nake,a
 deep and sorrowrui impression. His death will no doIiht, elicit from the Bar of this Ci,y
 and of the State it and adequate expressions
 of the loss which it is called upon 10 deplore lin cogmon with the whole coihmuaity. For while Mir. Moves was lionorablS and promi-
 nently and usefnlly coneected with many em
 ployments of public intefest, yet it is chiefly las lawyer that hs will cdntinus to be es
 teemed and remembered long after the pres
 ent generation shall have jcined him in the grave.
 He was native of this State--born at
 Schodack. Renssela.r County "n the 18th of
 August. 1905. At the unusually early age of fourteen years he commenced the study of that profession of which he was destined to be sh
 eminent member, and completed his studies
 under the guidance 0! the celebrated Henry
 k. St0rrs. at Whitesborough in this State. In February, 1927, he was admitted to the Bar;
 and after practising his profession in Oneida County. aud gaining there d reputation as . sound lawyer and discreet advocate, he, in the 1 year 1858, came to this city. and tt once be- gan to lay the foundation Of that reputation
 which has since made his name known to the
 profession throughout the country. This rep
 utation was not. with him. the result of mere
 good fortune. It was the natural growth of
 steady labor, undeviating rectitude, and eleva-
 ted ambition.
 Mir. Moves was one or the delegates from this State to the Peace Convention in 1861.
 Ready on all appropriate occasions to act in
 accord with his fellow-ciiisens. in matters
 which affected the common veal. yet he was
 never found amoE4 s>>ose whose constant. un-
 necessary and obtrdsive presence weared the
 public eye. Thl dy of politics rather than
 the machinery 'sveisctiuneering was to his
 habit and tastes. He was an intelligent and enthusiastic member of the Whig party, in the days when the heart of the nation was
 fired by the eloquence of Clay, and the mind
 steadied and instructed by the enlishtenina
 Judgment of Webster. Upon the dissolution of the Whig party. Mir. Moves found sympa thetic and hearty reunion wilh many of hls old political friends in the Republican party and in the late Presidential canvass that party had few abler or more earnest supporters.
 His memory will be gratefully preserved by many of our public and charitable institutions with which he was efficiently connected. On Thursday night last. Mr. Moves met. as usual with the New England Society to cele : brate it's annual fes,iv,ty. He WAS elected its {, President for the ensuing year, and delivered . an of hand, but felictous inaugural address , The next day lie suffered an attack of paraiy
 sis, which induced his death early yesterda,
 morning
 5 Mir. Noyes's life has been rminently useful , To eloquence he made no pretense mere de l clamation he despised. It is as lawyer tha we admiringy contemplate him. It is as sucl that those te whom he was best known vii
 hereafter with much pleasure speak of him
 And that pleasure must be inc: easeI " hen i t.,t years occupied so much of his reflection, stud e and time, has been left by him in compe,
 state. We allude, of course to the codlc;l ton of the Laws of the State of New York on which he, associated with other dss n
 guisbed lawyers. has been for so loag tim' :, engaged. The future student an praclitioue A of the law will find, as be pores over ,he Re : ports" of our highest tribunal, that very man. | of the most important cases, involving tn
 settlement and eiucidation of fundamenta principles of law, are enduring monuments c 0 tine tact. learning. and persistent advocacy o
 WILLIAM CURTIS NoyEs. Ills briefs and ar . guments were SO exhaustive of the history 0 :, law on the subject under discussion, that the, . will be resorted 10 as copious sources to light
 en the labors of professional rcs..ya,,cnes. 4 e life of usefulness IS one Of the highest honoi
 iIe is gone-but his works remain.
 e The New York Herald of Tuesday, has tn following particulars of Mv.s,NoYes' last mo-
 ments:-
 t Mir. William Curtis Moves, the eminent law . yer. so we'll and favoTatiy known in lnrtI0poli- tan society, expired about noon on Christml
 day, after a brief illness. at his residence 1T Fifth avenue His decease was al, event yer, 0 much unexpected. On last 'Thars'lay evenin. q lie was present at the banquet of the New England Society at the Astor House, an. seemed to be in the very best of health ant spirits. Vigorous and healthy in appearance - no one imagined that the hand of death- wa = even then upon him, and that few hours sub seuuent he would be lieess corps ll
 sudden demise is one of those dreadlnliy appal ling incidents tIla. remind nIankird 50 forcibi, 8 of their dependence upon the great Gver oi y life, who makes and destroys in his own in scrutatle and divine wisdom. On the after /, noon of the day of the New Aigland annlyer sary he was elected President of the societ, e and delivered characteristic speech. whici
 showed no indication of decaying physique o
 intellect He left the festive board at nigh
 apparently in the most robust health. The
 next morning. as he was in tho act of dressing r to come down to his business as usuul, hs Wa D suddenly struck with fit of apopiexy and te to the floor i:s .nsible. He was taken up placed in bed and medical assistance procure, : without delay But the hour for the physician ' had passed No medical skill could an, | logger avail The distinguished lawyer. pur, aoliIcian and uubemished citizen hal run h,s
 course. and hun1u''- -sesncy was powerless t, save. He recovered sensbility about tw. o'clock on Friday afternoon but his limb, | were paralyzed, and all the signs of inevitabl, | death presented themselves. About noon o
 Christmas day he ceased to struggle and tht breath of life passed from his body. in th' midst of the circle of sorrowing relatives ant l friend. which surrounded hrs couch.
 8 A singular incident connected with his at . tendancs at the New Eng land dinner on Thurs
 day should be mentioned. It is stated that b, hal not attended New England dinner befor. 3 for about six years. when on the same evening f 5f the festival he suffered the loss of loved
 child. He made up his mind never to be pres ent at the dinner again. but was prevailed up on to break hls resolution. on finding that he } had been elected President of the society," His deatl, so soon after the last dinner coin ciieuce which has struck many Of his friend
 as being very remarkable. The funeral ser vices will be held to morrow afternoon at thre o'clock, at the Madison square Presbyteria, } Echurt.i, eas-4=->asz | '