The New York herald., 1869-02-14

mdrkhDle That tleV were so DluRuIary acceptable
and nattering to every individual who came within
their reach But they were matter OF heart, not OF
manner-too respectful TO 0nend, too genuine to be
lumine half the world, yet the rays that fall us
seem peculiarly our own; 50 the genial glow OF his
se @ nscsS US all ana YET ean ie Ssr h
became marked and demonstrative. 1t was
interesting to observe with what judgment and
taste 1t then was guarded and directed. In the
celebrated trial OF the "Savannah prlvateers'-to
n b @ speaker fs great snd
felt the blows which he delighted to deal upon
prosecution, he was associated with some eminent
advocates. and also with some unknown 70 proles-
si0na fame experience. In his matchless address
to the jury he repeated, with careful credit some OF
the arguments which these humber allies had used,
and paid them tribute OF praise not less just In
conception than delicate In execution. or the four
leading counsel there arrayed-Lord Evarts, Brady,
In Ss . ana @
Haynes, arising under the laws for the suppression
q the slave trade and in the great fraud case Of
Kohpstamm, 1t viii not be easy to forget either the
Of sympathy IN the anxious labors which those pro-
6St 6I smiles % rom bench and and bar responded TO his
presence. He never appeared upon platform but
to be greeted by throngtng auditors. No banquet
From the charmed council to the festive board,
or human feelings the unbounded lord
Alawyer, an orator, scholar, q gentieman-all
fs nd mum ~ sae snd % 1s s ~
every hopeful struggle. Great IN intellect great IN
Hypsrions eurIs-ths front Of Jove himself.
Our hearts may well be touched as they rarely
have BEEN Words, unless OF nre; tears. unless oi
blood, should only mock their GRIEF.
Ye orators, whom yet our councils yield,
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e ;Dd D mind G ,bss sSaes
While eo9nence Wit poesy and mirth,
Survive within our souls while lives our sense
Of as sS. II 1s ms ,sss R1sqd s
When "a mighty spirit is eclipsed'-when death
comes to the noble and brave-we cannot but be
glad It Is the common lot We would not shrink
tread. We would not fail to seek them at last In the
better world beyond. Gentle, genial, generous
spirit Our hearts shall long resound with the sweet
music OF the solemn cathedral which breathed
prayer for thy peace and rest.
Stay not thy career;
know we follow to eterniyl
JOHN X. PORTER next addressed the meeting and
In the course OF his euogium said-We would not
part with him at the portals of the tomb without
uniting In one common expression OF our ateOtion
and reverence for his memory. When the sad tidings
OF his death reached us on Monday morning each
OF us felt sudden sense OF solitude, as light had
gone out in our way and IN sadness all alike waited
through the burial service to catch the last notes OF
his dying requiem. Those who witnessed that scene
needed other assurance that there we're mOurners
at many firesdes that had been cheered by his arec-
tons than the thousands Of hearts beating In unison
with theirs. There was, perhaps no man in New
York who united so many elements OF popular
strength and could have welded them to better pur
pose II he had chosen to them for personal am
bition. In the department Of letters, with his lib
eral and varied culture and his brilliant powers
writer he would have found 1t easy to reach high
order Of attainment; but he chose rather to COM
mune with man eye to eye In the scenes OF active
life. He was never dazzled with ideas OF political
ambition, and declined without moments hesita-
States. a POSITION which no man ia the country
could have filled more gracefully. The common
desire for wealth was not shared BY him.
In income, me- ''a he gave away with % an open '''t hama
that which would have enabled him to accumulate
The genial characteristics of his social relations
were among the powers which contributed to his
success as an advocate. HIS chivalric and manly
and honor commanded the confidence OF the bench.
So, too his ntrepidity Of spirit his loyalty 70 truth
ouence peculiar power Which was oftentimes nj si ir
resistble he had other advantages, not only in the
law, but In every department Of liberal science His
s' memory reientlve His facts + ranged t them. M
selves readily into order almost simultaneously
with disjoInted facts and circumstances. give hns
the bones and he would not only shake them into o
skeleton, but would breathe INTO them the glow Of
life. He had that unfailing common sense which
Shell so happily defined as the logic OF common life.
Whatever he touched he invested with life and
effective that It was the incident not the aim,
OF his speech. What he would say on given occa-
6lO0 none q nlb 0uutOTS COuu Out a were
sure before he opened his lips tnat new light would
beam on the subject which he was to speak. Elo-
quent as he was the greatest triumphs he won were
those he achieved by Intellectual supremacy He
never exhausted his resources In single effort
great az the speech might be. we always
one one Of those natures which, like the needle
OF the mariners compass, II 1t sometimes vibrates
always trembles back 20 the pole. We mourn him
brother and friend who has LETT an impression upon
us which time will never enace.
he felt that the committee in asking him to say
few words on this occasion had rght to expect II,
as ne had known our LOST friend and brother longer
and more intimately than any one present. Bueit
was that very circumstance which made 1t more
painful to him to discharge such Office. He was
the eg sat- he q
age Of six, on the bench IN his fathers
bound up with SO many memories, extending over
such range OF hills, interviewer with 50 many in
only with death. His father, q man somewhat ac.
complisned kept school in Warren street. In this
city, where he taught limited number OF pupils,
only two or three OF whom now survive, one OF
them being the present distinguished preate the
Archbishop OF New York. In this school the speaker
head and very small FORM with his great head
bending over his desk and his little feet playing be-
meath Y, intently fixed upon his lessons which ne
little II any indication Of the brilliant qualities by
which he was afterwards distinguished. This was
tue iHipTessiOn Vi HIS sCnOOlmdttS DuJ not OF MS
father, who always regarded him as q self
reliant, remarkable boy, who would one day
make figure In the world. He was
HIM as great, warm-hearted little boy, exceedingly
unselish, most aifectonate IN his attachments
young school OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES which
distinguished him through his subsequent career
and deeply impressed all with whom he came IN
contact last touching incident was proof of tins.
humble Irish servant woman, employed In a
house where he had stopped temporarily, bought o
camelia out OF her earnings, and. taking It to the
house. day or two ago, requested that II might be
laid on his cotin One incident relating TO his pro-
fessonal career might be interesting. IL was said
that great orators were made by study, care aud
practice. In his case II was otherwise The speaker
heard his first public speech and was present at
the first trial OF any importance In which he
summed up to jury. On both OF these occasions he
was as perfect and elected as much admiration as
from those who heard him he ever did In the later
efforts OF his maturer years. There was the same
felicity OF illustration, the same humor the same
1allcale irony and the same earnest energy which
made nls. 40 magnetic IN pu9le assspelagss Or be-
lofe Juies c,,s.. 49, III .,a - .,rnror,