New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-13
* ributo 10 The SFcmcry 81 William Cnrtis
Noyes in the Courf OF Appeals.

Noyes in the Courf OF Appeals.
A. the opening of the Court OF Appeals on
Tuesday last. e,.'rGre onney read tic esoialions
adopted at the meet ng o. tie Bar OF NewYork CITY
g. respect 20 the late llam CARTS Moves and mcvod
.tat they be recorded on The minutes Of The Court
TIJunsf Co,lsIoCK then rose end SAID;
NYuPLEAsy THE Coi-Er. rake q Measure tninrlea
l the sadness to the Occasion,in rising o. sec
e,n1 the motion which has hecnmade that the roct
es o. The New-York Bar be entered on be mlnle,
ais Court. Our deceased friend and brother was ore o
Sic most hobOi-d practitioners al this Bar IL Is aere
kh0t tie highest and besi enOlts 81 pioie-scnl'
Sfa were put forth II is here that his u 81 yalabe
sruuphs were achieved and IT is here ihat his lip
loarniug his varied accom- piishmens H. al aGyo-
x+te not loss than his exceience and worth as pri
vato citizen and Christian .lienan' slo"io re-
-oeiye the ocmpemoraoa whicn they So well Gescr'e.
A mOng the recOiecilUBS OF bis ptoifaS!o0a8 cLceF
hic3 press upon 1t as R0meat tee 10 one VINE
Is peculiarly suitable 10 be meutiOAed here. PrOdahi
Sire most difficult and inipItaHt legal controversy n
which be was ever engaged was The celebrated hiion
end Half Million Trust cases. Indeed. a e0niroTers!
Sscre impnr;ant in The stake InNOyed HLe tac pcles
eoncerned has rarey arisen ~ tis coui ny hf No!e
4 think. ebar~e Of tde cas'S IRON mex
origin After being Itlgatod ioi many years !"
fbe subordinate courts Icy "efo OIOu-n, !"
fhis Court for final ailnd cation now W'c'seE
G ut ycnIs ngn ana occupied It's eNerslVe NJ eitlol
(r nearly thirty Gays. IL happened u me IN another
euationaio be present and tO listen {" thai discussion
end remember II ,he highest intellectual sailsihc'
son which ever enjoyed Hose o. !"n iIoh9r' I9e
move Witnessed equal "is.lAy o. forensic lp""''
o. one SIDE were ire cunsu ornate learning rae massive
logic and the keen discrimination OF the eA JnF.-
bronson ana bctrd'it ne, W" ii" np' ~ Nh
,Ieu,h Of this STATE. With them was Nicholas HUI
v hose powers of argument were rarely eve! o''I-
yna;chcd Opposed 10 ilese gfcit hhlaGohlsS "ti'
<Pt opor Butler and keHt. W lh them was our disin'
euslsd friend saddcu departure nom he sctIr
Sfbis ca-thlY labors and iriuupls now deplore O
Lin is bnt the simple Truth say that he Wa, not
ztBsHs para 40 least the W"rilT anu efhh asst
n antagonist Of the eminent men whom have he'1'-
How Areting AMI trtnsitp-y ate crc1y exc !.ollcl
ard rrestuess Oi al That noble eIr't o. tAeh' 'o
Aes1 ng Ons survives; TIE rest nave PoNt 10 tNs
Andrcd Gust. They have snuk rs tlat sun"'l D.
til know no waking mis- tue morning OF i'r''
Y-fecto On when they HId AL OF ns -hHH ne sum
1Doned By TIE trumpet Of tie archahgei 70 q
higher bar where perfect Justice, et % nope VIII 90
Slenda1 with mercy through tie I.cdcemcr Of MAKE d.
J have known Mr. N,ycs during nearl! the Woo ei
xny professional lie. ae bad tne aacriminaing ihino
xIe patient industry and uniing devotion TO the a-
xprpsts Onmt;ed 10 his charsc Wnirh are p'Uci thh
fhc highest gIf Ol mere Gen U.s. ~ th",t guaIii4ih
he rose 10 tle first raut, ID prrctce ~ te hlfesl
~Gsr ~ bis profession, Gd mas h! %, LIN VI I,
cXampc as WORTHY Of elnblIO". 1hd u u eAe"1Ies t
l. ~ those who commence &c struggle Tor Jo-inc
GuHe Although knew ban iO'% ana wen or
O. donltia.s eujayca more intimate relations with
5m During the last rec 1ears ~! bis lie we were
associated IN Gases Of difficulty and impoTian,e era
y q one can be more impressed tAan cu with the ioss
Which DIR profession and society hay So iahe D. DIS
doh Ills erllneucc severe ava tp-s law. CT " s
eCf'fnod by tie uniform correaY Auh eLyl'y % 5 me
tIauaer and Illuminated by the radiance o. Ls rFh'e
ara domestic virtues Viewing a. We Gd from amer
en- sandpoints tie great social ana pciitlch
tuesfinns which aqitate the pu'Hc miHd IN THIS
<oIntrT and are ever shaking our pillars 81
Guvernment ngd society. i c.ecI'uiy aecoioed
e. an all the since ~ ant eJ.hesiirss OF liIri
izent conviction. lie himself Tas FAR TOO cultivated
60 WIG and ust ~ be Tolerant to% ara tAe i4Ae con
- ctOns Of other men II j. among tc ithesI sht p
faciion. Dermtteo 10 ne - believe tina. enjoyed his
end,iip a. gave - him nufcaelf"!iI nv own.
CHER 5udFe DRsIp saiu: When the judges WHO sot
o. the bench OF ts Court TIE last wear met IN contu
1 on LIST mOath ant ard If tie Sudden death o. Ir
f.4~ z .FIlv AZ gU p ID
flc law Lad been exth gushcd bat thai esch one %
chem had lost personal rieDd lam a'taoT4IO 10 Sai
tagt these t0Vk thcr seats here al t eoDchceeh'
81 the present year, inil gym .Ht w nc u
rersary fct for our great loss. For nYset The DO"
Iras peculiarly niN.ctiuc. ] ipu Known NJ. NoTes
longer than any member oil tie Bar 81 the I'tEch ana
IL known him intimately aud vel! More than iriy
years agu snccessyey Students with Henry H.
IS RS person OF gc4t Aus and one 90 lac b;oss
brilliant lawyers If bis line, but whose name, aias
tsHch j. the tfdDsit0T' Vgibr U poi"AOAal feh0Wb) -
. most efaccd from The memory Of the younger mem
bers Of the Bar. AZ ieft A.r SlTsS eiicc' Oh ny
Submission TO tie Bor, Sir. Npyos sac
ceedcd me. and first profess on'l 1altnt r.
o. MS admission 10 tie Bar, became MS
when removed 10 Utica he also came there aud prac'
iced law for some time ia thu .iy aud tea. tTeDt,
fyc thirty years ncD he let ica for the city 81
1ew-York. 1t ismos gratifying t. he able TO say tLat
during iuat long period Of tur relations have D'c
animate aud confidential aud That no single sn1ds OF
sierncc 81 even coiGncas his ever intet'ehod. Inc
los, therefore peculiarly affective one to me-
eto II 10 Geepg arencd. hOth upon personal atu pup
&c grounds. " men great NM u taken away u m
Us we nTe ap; a. inquire a3 10 The pieuomi-
ainting characterisiics Of bis mind. OF Mr.. koyeH
- may be said that although gned with talents
81 very high order, H. Lad Of the irreg-
niarit - Hnd eccentricics 81 gcHius. There
1orkabe harmony m his intellectual powers. and in his
habits Of thOn-ht and coudurt His Intellectual efforts
were n htf ana Intermittent but steady aud pcist-
en- and he gave to everything s proper p.acep. Os.
e5nul efforts domestic dItics attention to his irends
and devoOn To- his duiirs q ciuzen-none were IN
excess; al illustrative o: the remarkable harmony
OF lis lie and character, and showed that II he
did not possess eXll5ed imagination the qu,li.
tics which are supposed 10 define nan II genius
io vet possessed in great perfection those perhaps
more useful qualities which lead to emEcnce in a
memory. Probably be never read case or examined
could enable him 10 cli up and apply II when he sub
scqucnv had occasiOn foi Its use. Bui without gong
further need but sny that born aud bred IN tie coun
try, lie went a. the metropolis without family connec'
fOns " any adyauttOns aid; he successfully encoun-
ter'd tbs immense competition which Le necessarily
net aud very toOk his place Ia the 'front.' rank oil
the profession. In profession omneBcc is the re-
suii OF labor and ability. aud IN not ntnined by acci
dent the capiice II fortune II IS enough 10 say
hin that In q strange city he reached an emnence ard
achieved Il rehOwn whic1 few have attained The only
remark which could bt made IL MIR koyes which was
hot hOeeiher Mandatory, was that he p"sised III ms
efdnous iobOrs Ia The dr,rmPnt ~ his health; end
~ was natter o. c"rcrI to his friends that, having
sclhiied arg competency r. The reward oi bis pro
'eeslOnol it and great %. finr - Tolls ~
&L0 IUl mDal lnyu-el he EluLIi mol have tdkeL