Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-11-05

ssTh3 hand Of the reaper
Takes the ears that are h0dTV;
But the voice OF oar WeGrcr
Walls mlG1aiLOOd III glory.
The Aubunla winds ;Cshing,
Watt the leaves that are SereSt
But oar FO7Ce7' was in flushing,
When bLghtinS was nearest.
He whose loss we deplo!e was III the meridian
of his life and Of his fame-that fame, by steady
and successive elevation had reached Il point
from which it's light was visible thr0c shout his
native State, and indeed, FAR 6eyOa,i It's limits.
lie had placed this immediate Jewel Of the
soul where neither loss nor Qiminution was to
be anticipated.
What then, Sir, can / say OF consolation or re-
lief in this startling summons to the tomb, Of one
of our most beloved, admired and cherished
brothers? Struck down almost ii the very Forum
which he had for years adorned hy his learning
and elcquence and, perhaps, owing his doath to
the irtensity of it's excitenents his brethren have
been too much stunned by the su;:lonnoss OF the
blow to realize. as yet, the extent CT their loss
Diving with his professional "larneE5 o." and
almost in the very act Of giving battle to his
adversary, he has been married from the stirring
scenes Ct this "breatllIng world Of igh, and
life, to the dark and silent mansions Of the
dead. Bus q few days elnce and this hall rung
with a voice which shall hear 10 more for
ever, that tongue, on whose accents Go-i.sAtGd
hearers hung with rapture, anG mai band 0pGn
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valley.
Alas! Sir, what shade AZ, and Whist
shadows we phr5ue.''
respectfully ask that the follow ins I3,viuiiyns
may De entered OF record
Att neetiig Of tho clC1ubcr5 Il IN V.I.nii.g-
ton Bar, held tbs first day OK November: 1859, st
| Hon Hugh Waddau y7as cs!lad 20 tho Chair. and
| Chas NJ ntedman requested to act 81 Secretary
| On motion Ii committees Consisting OF AIessre
! Strange Tulpio and EJnn9Cr WIS appointed to
orepare resolutions EXPRESSIVE cf the sense OF the
! meeting who reportcd tue fol owing, which were
nnanim"nsjv aGootei.
| WHEREAS 1t has pleased Almighty God TO re-
move II rom earn e. o EtSoS Gs1
the memory of one 7. eminent in his profession
PoSa1od " hn 5enb ~ f,-~a pa~so
the Bar has b Ga deprived of one OF ats soundest
cste epd ., n<ri.r,t man Whose evamnIa Of
courtesy, charity and high principle, Was iutluen-
viii leave its impress long after bis removal.
Resosc1@, Tat not only the Wilmington Ear
ed sfvgrc o. by this dispsns.t;nn o. provi-
denco "isich taxes from US o:'e wo enjos Cd an
Cd intitn .tcly connected with the judicial aud
leglsia'lEo i'tStoIy OF t1o oS;'e. ,...
bp !. by precopt and example, he strove to mai
l III ,1lef' Enu e'Spd'0 sne cnt&o'eI o. ms
lowoa no temptation Of gain to cause him to for
T 5%r W Ts a'1' o. th MAN.
ID requested to present the foregoing resolutions
Court Of the United states now in aes ion' and
ask that the same may be spread upon the min
Resolced, That the family of orr deceased bro.
her nave our heaIttet Sympathy II their severe re-
meeting furnish them with a copy OF thceo roso-
iuI Rs15i,e7 ,cba. coov 10 furnbo, to tho ctv
newspapers for publication:
CHARLES NJ. rrrDTSS 9ccret l,I~5: ''l''''
inst abont the close Of Mr. wa11a]l's
remarks Mr. pbe1ns the District Attorney
from New York who Is bora in Tho intcr.
est of tho Ct,varn,,a,t in tho casa y? the
C,,5n and her officers and with whom
Judge Person was associated in that trial,
entered the Court room. Seeinr tho snb-
4ect presented. he beorel leave 70 odd his
testimony of appreciation Of the merits and
gentlemanly Qualities OF the deceased, He
said in substance that never during SC
short an acquaintance as he had with the
deceased gentleman had his feelinos and
admiration been won to such an extent
AS an associate counsel he had found him
able and learned, afordipg most lnateria