Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-07

absorbed was he in the subject itself. But
his arguments, whether before the court
or before the jury, whether Of law or Of
fac., were always put forward with great
power and effect He was a great adYo-
cate as we'll as q learned lawyer. As we
all know, be had but barely began his
capser as q Judge upon our Chancery
| bouch place he bid fair to adOru so well,
/ WHEN disease and death smote him down.
but IL was his rare social brilhaney
amongst his brethren of the bar which
4 was his chief charm. In this he bad no
| equal. Attractive and captivating in ev-
| cry circle, il was reserved for his Intimate
snd immediate associates OF the bar TO
| enjoy the fullest measure Of his social
| abandon. BE was usually most prodigal
/ Of those rare gifts OF a social quality. AT
| the annual attendance upon our supreme
/ Court he would caDtiVRte the court no less
| with his brilliancy and Incompatible VII
Whfn a of the bench than with his pro-
/ found arguments when on It. Who OF US
who have thus known Yerger can ever
/ forget him2 Many now present-yOu
| yourself Mr.. Chsirman-can bear testi-
monV to these wonderful traits OF charac-
tea, rekindled, as they seemed 20 be, each
succeeding year. But he is gone, and /
drop tear of unfeigned grief over his
new made grave. May He who 'tempeTs
bereaved widow and her f4therless chill
dren.
REMARKS BY t. s. AYREs.
At the conclusion of Avery's speech, T.
| s. Ayres was called upon, and he rose and
spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman-I did not intend to say
anything now, for dare not trust myself
to speak OF the many msnly virtues Of our
departed friend and brother, Edwin NJ.
Varoar Thirty vaarg auO gf07E and 7 q rat
looked on his manly form, his bright,
genial and glowing face, as It was then, |
inspired with the geniOus Of greatness as
a lawyer, aud kindness of heart that re- |
spOnded to every claim of sympathy and !
charity in social and professional life. He |
loved his profession he understood, and /
prscticed its philosophy and its religion, |
for he never refused to protect the ia the
cent or respond to the call of thOs were
trouble, without fee or rewg. c.
The name of Edwin NJ. Yerger, forher-
that time, was synonymous with lea NJ.
ing, Logic and law. Generous and no
unanimous in his social life; kind IN
his domestic relations, and great in pic
profession, he died, as he had lived, "
out all enemy. Those of US who kI
him longest, mourn his death the mraet.
and i; becomes Us, with manly resig
ton, 10 submit TO this sad bereaVen
and public loss, with the hope that
the cares and duties of life. He now rch,
Joys tsst rest and happiness that aw snts
those who die in the triumph of a ChgoOd
tian faith and blessed Immortality. :
evidence of mourning friends and pit Of
fessiOnsl brothers. now around me, hirtste
halo Ger the struggles Of life, and Iural
sants the rainbow of hope in the stoBOm-
cloud of professional strife. and
Judge Swayne also made s speech pre-
]
Mr.. BeecheT, st this point, moved AND
81 Ina "a Yart,sr -Ous
Judge Brown said he thought the "a 70
ton, of course, very well and perfecF ay
proper in its place, but it seemed to hr on
that il would be first necessary to adOps.nIuu q d
| resolution to the effect that the memb{ tne
of the bar of the city do attend the fune. ES5s
ofthe late Judge Herger, and he read e tL-lS
| following resolution: AuG
ReSOlUed, That the members of the Ianu
attend iu a body the funeral services an an
the Hen. f. NJ. Yerger at St. Marble
uzGn m Z irstsIt st IIF0o CLOCK pm IueSus MS
Judge Brown, in Offering the resolutio
said:
Rhetorical utterance Is by nature forbidd
TO the genuinely stricken heart, when in
climax of sorrow. Words can but feebly ess
the first and fresh emotions Of grief Theing
must be past 10 every atillcttOn before n a
L
or apprO priately indulge In the depletion ~
a real bereavement, or present a just pOrtTai-
ture Of the departed, who have been admired
and loved. The Hood OF sorrow submerges
for the moment the entire domain of thought
and action. IL Is with the utmost cOnstraint,
and under the seYereSt control OF feeling,
sell-impCSed, that dare to trust myself in
/ the task OF expression on the sad occasion
! which has convened us. This gifted bar has
never been called upon by death to pay atiec-
/ ttOuate respect to nObler intellect or greater
heart than that which has Just passed from
! us To announce that f. NJ. YERGER is no
| longer with us in the flesh is 10 halt for a
moment the headlOng rush Of everyday life
with alto remind his cOtem pOraries that
| the brightest star Of their professional flrma-
ment has disappeared-tO suggest TO the eager
and younger pursuer of professional renoWu
that ever the brightest OF us all must at last
descend to the gloom of the graye-that for
human excellence and human renOWn there
is no Immortality, and that We must rest
alone in he Christians hope for that cOutlu-
ued life and being, which Intellect and soul
alike crave. The presnt is not the moment
for that Just acknOW ledgment Of the rare vir-
tues and intellectual force which made up
the fame Cf our much beloved brother. When
our seusililities shall be less moved and our
feelings more collected than now in the first
bitter ebuutlOn of sorrow, that tribute to his
memory can be presented which his pTe-emi-
nence in our midst justly demands
On motion of H. Clay King, the fol-
| lowing were appointed a Committee on
| resolutiO ns to report to a meeting of the
bar 10 be held in that room on Wsdnes-
day at noon; Hon. Henry G.. Smith,
Judge T. W. Brown, Colonel W. 7,
Avery, Colonel George CAN'T, Colonel E.
A. Bseoher, T. 8. AYres, Colonel D. X.
McRse, General W. Y. G. Humes, NJ. c.
Perkins and W. II. Stephens.
The following pail bearers were ap
noinfa1.