Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-20

mise 81 lhe Late Hon. Caleb D.
smith.
On the meeting Of the U. :. District
Court ou Tuesday aftornoen last, Mr.
John A. Matson rosa and said:
MAY il please the Court--l am direct
ed By the Bar TO present TO the Court the
following reaolutions
WHEKEAs. The Bar Of this Court bss
again sustained loss in the death Of its
presiding officer, the Hon. Caleb H. Smith,
late Judge Of the United ststes Court for
District Of Indiana,
q Therefore. 10 indicate the esteem in
which We held him while living, and the
respect we entertain for bis memory. as
well "a onE ssnsa Of the Bereavement his
death haa oecasionsd,
Resofrsd. That the many virtues which
adorned the public aud private character
Of the Hon. Caleb D. Smith, during a
period OF forty years, in the Legislative
Hall, in the Cabinet Councils ofthe Ma
ton, and on the Bench, have sndsared
bis memory, TO as and made for him an
snduring monument
Resolred, That, although called to the
Bench late in life, the brief period ia
which be occupied Is, demonstrated the
high qualities which, ia other official po-
sitions, had won for him a proud dissin-
tinetion--a wise legislator. and sage
patrioetie Statesmen, and gave earnest
Of brilliant aud useful career ia the not
less important department Of govern
ment in uhieh bis last hours we're pass
| ed.
Resoired, That his death is public
calamity. in which the legal profession
loses one Of its brightest ornaments, our
beloved Stats, one Of its tried and true
sons, and the whole country patriot,
statesman aud jariss, whose place cannot
easily ba filed.
ResoLied, That these resolutions Be
! presented to the Court now 10 session, By
Hon. John A. Matson, With . request
that they be made Of record, aud that :
copy be transmitted to his family under
the seal of said Court
To the above resolutions Judge White
replied;
GgxrLEsrx.-The Court has receiy ed,
with much senaibility, the resolutions
passed By the Bar on the occasion Of
the death Of the Hon. Caleb B. Smith,
late Judge of the Court Of this District.
Fer thirty years Judge Smith has been
identified with the growing fortunes o.
our infant State. and his name and fame
win form part OF its enduring history
Honored and trusted by the people q
Indians, be- has distinguished himself in
various public positions OF high responsi-
, bility untii those horors were at length
appropriately crowned ~ seat in tn,
/ Cabinet Council OF the nation. Bearing
for . season, an honorable part in thoss
, high executive measures which, in thes'
, trying times, call for the wisdom Of oul
sAges aud the hrmness ofour brave men
declining health induced him TO surren
. der 50 distinguished post, aud, on th,
invitation of the President. to accept an
other field of labor scarcely less hoaora
9 bic, where it..wss hoped coagenial studiei
; aud the greater quietude Of the station
> might reinvigorats and restore shosc
wearied powers which we're sinking nn
der lhe pressure Of the stern aud unrem
!. iting duties that tasked his morning an'
his evening hours at the Capital Blu
alasl Death marks our earthly hoI /, an
follows as into our most sacred Fesrsat,
Judge Smith was stricken down q
too soon for his weeping family an
friends, but Just at that point where hii
tory leaves her most enduring mon,
mentS he died in the fnllbess of b
fame, before age had dimmed bis inte
lect or paralyxed that eloquent tengu
A whose clarion notes have so often ava
ened the deepest emotions Of bis aud
!. tory, and reused the people to thougl
and action.
- His successor, in announcing this r
sponss to your resolutions, Acknowledg'
to. the fores OF an efieial obligation to re
der the tribute Of truth, not dattery,
the memory Of our most gifted and en-
nsnt citizens, while he discharges de
Of friendship with which a pleasant a
quaintance of more than thirsy-6Ye yea
had united him to the deceased
The Court Join the Bar in the tend
OF condolences to the family Of Jud
Smith on account Of their great beres
!. ment-and order that the resolntio
- and proceedings Of this occasion be {
=. tsred on its records, and certified co
a.. thereof be transmitted to the family
-, the deceased; and as . further mark
ria respect that the Court do nov sdjou
FER uatil tomorrow morning.
\ Mr.. Justice Davis then said:
.,:s = Gentlemen cftAe bar:
- It ia euiaently proper that the 8
~, cessor of Judge Smith. Who has kno
r.. him 20 long. shoald make the main
q, sponss TO the address and rsaolunt
Of the bar. Although familiar vita
.sss. public career, had not the pleasure
bis personal eequaintancs uatii reeen
b. he had quick, ready, discriminat
intsllset, and charitable heart, and