Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-18

: his judicial duties Be so absorbed liz ths
pursuit OF truth and principle, ~ 10 have
no thought OF Consequences 70 MIN WHOSE
money or property, CT perhaps whose
lIOerty or life depends upon the issue
But q moments reflection gives q com
piete solution to tke apparent enigma Ia
ais Character. And In that SOLUTION he
rises nigh above sl ordinary ueu, all
common minds. He has all the sffec-
ions and sympsthies OF other men, all
Inc gentleness and love Of q kind hus-
Osad, father aud friend. But he has
such implicit faith ia the majesty and
Justice or the law; such entire cUDhdenee
tnRt the tar will do right, that he has no
thought, no desire, no ambition but to
administer the tGW With exact ACCURACY
and fidelity.
Much as I admired snd loved Judge
Humphreys, [ would not in the slightest
particular oveT-drsw his character. nor
claim iochimR higher place Than hejustiy
saouid and does fill IdOuet not thess
nave been and ara those who sxesiied
niA n some branches OF legal learning.
! ZEE too deeply and ssdiy his loss % be
WING aDy should suspect me OF one
Sofd Joo muca OF praise, audi Will bus
repeat the frequent remark Of al Classes
Of practitioners before him, when I say
ne was . "m3dsl J adye.U Take him all
"a 81, the best We ave had in Tsnnes-
It was not alone among LAWYERS that
Judge Humphreys was loved and ad-
mlEed. The people Of his entire Judicial
circuit had unlimited e01hdsnee il his
integrity and purity OF life and chsrac-
Ter, q ais eminent fitness for Judicial
station. his last term expired 10 May,
1907. An election was held Ia most, l
DetleVe In al the COUNTIES OF the cir
cult, to Ill the Office for the next
term. without electiOnseri1g or asking I
for it, or 6 far SIS Inc ofice was cor.
eeEned, even leaving bis home, be re-
esiVed ali the votes cast, or so nearly ali
that the vote va called 5 unanimous
one.
But ne never went % the bench under
ma election. War was raging with it's
destroying and des0lsting evils, and the
were closed. Ia the early part or
the war, IS stated 10 the resolutions [
suonnlIi ne lost a son-a young ma OF
much promise, TO whom he Was grsstly
attached. He fell upon the bloody held
SAIieh, where we're slain so many he
role young men OF West Tennessee.
This, L have reason 10 believe was the
greatest grief of Judge Humphreys life.
But ne bore Il without q murnur; he
uttered no Complaint. Several times
during tbs war, ths necessities caused by
Il, ot ms and his neigahors' fami-
lles orcdght him 70 Memphis. To his
itIehus hefe with whom ne was Intimate
u was evident on 9 c returning visit,
q great grief was ST his heart and
health wgsgEsdgally giving vgv.
the last eight or ten MONTH ha
bad rapidly failed. Some Of US who last
aim here two CT taFee months ago.
feared We would meet him no more
IN this world. And so it has proves
Va the IOsh OF september, 1858, at his
residence q Sau6ryilIa, in Fxystts
county ,a5 your Honor full well Knows
VIII tne surviving members OF his fani-
~ arcCud him, and with an uaEsveriny
rust in God, ia full possession OF ma
faculties, be DeaesfuIiv ana
quietly started on that Journey we all
must take, and from Whicn none return.
For nay " pREt, may &c please YOUR
Honor, l feel With unusual grief and re-
yrst the death OF Judge H~umphFeys. I
him As the tIuest and osst friend
ever had, q OF all meu I ever knew.
would most have desired to De Ike
him. With AL tins simplicity OF e child,
innocent and apparently ignorant OF
-HSO ordinary vices CT Dsot When IN a
investigation the truth was
to be ascsrrsinsd, or great ques-
-io1s OF law solved and principles au-
piled, he entered upon the work with an
ssrneslness and direetDess, and brought
10 Gear sueh al educated and well Ill
-eeted force and power, as I think [ have
never seen e4ualed. With ambition. q
man Of his ability might well aspire TO
position men ia this life ayar attain
Bat ne had 40 ambition, excep. in ali
he relations Of life to do his duty. Aai
hose whO knew him best, best know 4,
how truly and fully ne gratided that
ambition. s
As 3 citizen, as q Iagyer, as aJadgs, as
husband, father, friend, and more than
VI these, as an humble, dsvOut, sincere s
jhrissisn, | esn only ssy-repeating the
words Of his immediate friend, near his
lome-"T That We msy meier IO0s upon t
lis peer again" {