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VOLUME XXI---NO. T..

men ; his benevolence in befriend-
ing others-always ready and even
anxious to do favor. His feelings
were Catholic and liberal, and no
man eyerlived who had more per-
sons ready to witness to the fayors
he had done them. In the State
and out Of the State, in Congress
and in the army, everywhere hosts
rise up to witness, as [ do, the ia
vors he so cheertully conferred
On the Bench his kindness. his pa
tience, his magnanimity shone in
full lustre. y
He was the most useful of men.
There was not a time, from his
youth, when he had not high and
difficult office to fill, either in the
State, ,or army;s orson the Bench,
and yet he was the most active and
efficient man in railroad enterprises
or any Of the great schemes Of the
present day. His country. his
State, the community in which he
lived felt thathe wastheir benefac-
tor, and will long mourn his loss.
Peace to his ashes. His memory
will be fresh in coming ages. |" Rs-
geqniats 0re.'
He was an eminent statesman,
not mere politician. His views
were more onsthe model of English
statesmen than those of the South.
He was no abstractionist, no fol-
loweri in his reasoning Of aristotle,
but man like Bacon, who looked
at fact, and saw with an eagle eye
the exact condition of affairs and
their remedies, and his history
alone will tell how his common
sense views and practical judgment
have been impressed on the State,
and on his grave will write:
"Well done, my noble sonl
Thou hast been wise, patriotic and kind.
"What constitutes Q state9 l5s
Men, high-minded nens
Men who their duties know,
But know their rights, and knowing
them dare maintain. !" E
The meeting then adjourned saas
die.
On the following morning upon
the re-assembling Of the Court, the
preamble and resolutions being
presented, His Honor Judge Cooke
acknowledged them in the follow
ing remarks, and ordered them to
be spread upon the minutes Of the
Court:
Gentlemen Of the Bar: Before
passing the order directing the
Clerk to spread upon the journal
Of this Court the preamble and
resolutions adopted by your meet.
ing on yesterday, and presented
this morning to the Court through
your Chairman, Gov. Perry, as a
tribute of respect to my most dis
tinguished predecessor, Judge Orr,
1 desire to add my testimony to the
fact of his great moral and intel
lectual worth, as well as the i'm
loss which the Nation
has sustained in his death,
Living in a distant section of the
State, I never had the good fortune
to make his acquaintance, [ am
therefore unprepared to speak from
personal knowledge of his natural
and highly cultivated social charac-
ter. Others have borne ample tes-
timony to his many excellent social :.
qualities, both of mind and heart.
But this [ do know, as a public
man and statesman none ever ex-
hibited more sagacity, .forethought
and wisdom than Judge Orr. For
his years, no one has ever attained
to that hlgh success IN PuDllc iile,
or endeared himself to our whole
people as he did. In our recent
troubles incident to the war, none
understood our wants so we'll as he
or assisted more in bringing order
out of chaos. In his death the
Government of the United States
has lost great patriot, and an able
and faithful servant. But we are
the greatest sufferers. His person
al Influence for good, so often felt
in our midst, is lost to us forever.
His voice is silent. He is dead.
Died in a distant land. But died
at bis post. Peace to bis ashes.
B. F. PERRT,
Chairman.
WHITNER SYMMEs,