Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-07

MEETING or THIS BAR.-At an ad-
journed meeting Of the. Memphis bar
Yesterday morning in the law court
room, presiding Hon. Geo. Dixon, J, @.
McDavitt, secretary. Col. Ed. Pickett,
IT., chairman of the committee appointed
at g former meeting to draft resolutions
expressive of the members Of the bar,
in submitting the report Of the commit
tee, made the following touching re-
marks:
NJ. Chairman The occasion which
has called Is together this morning Is
one more fraHglt with sadness perhaps
than any similar n which has ever
convened cur bar. We have Ofteni in
this way, comnlemOrated the virtues Of
our deceased brethren, and borne U
testimony to an appreciation OF their
worth, our admiration OF their talents,
and our love for their persons; but in no
case has the sad event been summoned by
circumstance so m%ournful and touching
IS the present. Death, solemn indeed,
at ali times, must ever awe aud deeply
impress the heart, even in its ordinary
visitaticns-Wlen i gathers in its har-
vest Of b9oyant youth or mature man
hood. bV the common casualties which
lurG in the pathway Of men, or when IL
plucks the whitened blossoms OF many
winters, or when, in innocent childhood,
the silveTv veil Of sleep comes trembling
down and softly owe up forever the
face ofiife-this is the common lot butt
becomes terrible, indeed, when we be-
hold a friend and a brother, in the vigOr
OF his strength, stricken down without
warming by the hand Of an assassin, his
intellect in a moment forever darkened,
while physical life still liugers to ebb
rapidly away IN convulsive but uncon-
scious pulses. But while philosophy
teaches US that lamentations ~areFvaIn,
it also teaches US that We may
learn useful lessons at the grave.
The vanity of life and the intrinsic hol-
Iownsss Of its splendor trihing with the
baubles with which it glitters; and that
it is well TO commemorate the virtues of
the dead as an example and an incentive
to the living. For this purpose we are
assembled-not to real " stOried urn or
animated bust" but in accordance with
the time-hOn0Fed custom of our noble
profession, to place upon the records OF
our judicial tribunals IA testimonial Of
orr regard for our lamented brother.
There let US place the evidence of
our admiration for his talents, Of our
estimation Of his manly and generous
Qualities, and OF U regard for his per
son. There let il remain as long as
those records snail exist, a green and
refreshing spot in the desert Of litigation,
a contrast TO the evidences Of human
frailty which Judicial records preserve
and perpetuate, unread perhaps but
known to his contemporaries 20 exit
aud, perhaps, when those records shall
be covered with the dust Of ages, to pre-
sent to some future professional anti
quarry a touching proof that the lawyers
Of to-day could pause awhile from the
strife of passion and of conflicting in
terest to pay a merited tribute
TO departed worth, and bedeW a brothers.
memoF with a tear.
Our deceased brother was both q law
yer and a soldier. Twice he threw aside
the gown for the sword, and 10 both
characters he won deserved distinction.
To-day is the anniversary Of the day
when he won his spurs OF the bloody and
memorable field Of Shiloh, where his
skill and gsllantrv were conspicuous.
What q contrast Five years ago O-day,
aud al this very hour of the morning,
Bankheadis guns were flashing in the
sunlight Of Just such a beautiful spring
morning as this, pouring their vOlleyed
thunders on the foe, to-day he sleeps his
last sleep, unconscious Of the mighty
revolution which, long after the clash Of
arms has been hushed, is still roaring
and seething I've his grave. May We
not, then, in memory OF him say, apprO-
priately, with the poet