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And a strange, weird tune they play
Till the air is sweet with harplngs
And with church bells far away.
e.. Boston journal.
From. Greenville Republican.
Tribute of Respect
TO THE MEMORY OF
Hon. James Lawrence Orr,
The sad news of the death 0.
Hon. James L. Orr~having reached
the Court in session on Wednes'
day morning, the 7th inst, his
Honor Judge Cooke, then presl'
ding. in respect to the memory Of
the illustrious deceased, adjourned
the Court for the remainder of the
day; after which meeting of the
members of the Bar took place:
when Gov. B. F. Perry, on motion
of w. E. Earle, ESQ.,, was called to
the Chair, and Whitner Symmes.
ESQ.,, was requested to act as Sec
retary.
Gov. Perry, the Chairman, ap:
propriately explained the object OF
the meeting, when the following
preamble and resolutions were i'll
troduced by T. @. Donaldson, Esq,
who supported them by we'll timed
remarks:
WHEREAS, we have heard with
profound grief the startling an
nouncement Of the death of Hon.
Jas. L. Orr, our Minister to Russia,
at St. Petersburg, at - o'clock NJ,
on Monday last; and whereas, he
has been intimately associated with
the bar and our people since he. at.
tanned to the age of manhood, and
has served US with distinguished
ability and fidelity in almost every
office, civil and military, within The
gift of the people, and particularly
in the high office of Judge of the
9Th Judicial Circuit, in which he
gained the confidence and the
highest esteem of the members OF
the bar and of the community, on
account of the learning, ability,
.mpartiality and courtesy which
characterized his administration o1
Justice; and whereas, we deem ii
proper, and esteem it as mournfu
privilege, to testify our appreciation
of his worth and our grief at his
untimely death; therefore, be it
Resolued, LIST. That in the death
of Hon. James L. Orr, the State
and the entire country has lost one
of its abest and most faithful pub
lie servants.
I'd. That the 9th Judicial Circuit
especially owes the deceased a debt
of gratitude which it can never re:
pay, for his prompt, impartial and
firm administration Of justice during
a period of our history immediate
ly succeeding a great revolution
which in a kindly spirit met the
necessities of tho times, saved US
from great troubles, and smoothed
the way to established order and
returned prosperity.
Sd. That we condole with the
family Of the deceased in the IRE.
parable loss which they have sus.
tanned, and that a copy of the pro
ceedings be forwarded to them by
the Secretary of this meeting.
.4th. That the Chairman of this
meeting present these resolutions tc
his Honor Thompson Fl. Cooke
the presiding Judge, in open Court
with the request that they be enter
ed upon the journals Of the Court
and that the papers of the city bt
requested to publish the same.
These resolutions were seconded
by Col. E. P. Jones, who spoke o
the early and long existing intimac,
between himself and Judge Orr
of the great ability and success
which had characterized hin
through life; Of his political course
which had been pursued with al
eye single to his country's good
of his ability as Judge, and th'
great behetits accruing to the coun
try from his administration of jus
tice, and the sound advice to tn
! people to obey the laws, whateye
those laws might be. Col. Jone
,, said he might add much more, bu
there were others present who pei
haps would desire to express them
selves on this occasion, and conclu
-; ded by feelingly :alluding to hi
sudden demise and the great los
, the country had sustained
Gen. s. MCGOWAN, of the Abbc
vile Bar, also rose to second tn
e resolutions, the following being th
substance of his remarks:
Mr.. Chairman: When I cam
into Court this morning 1 had n
knowledge of this meeting, and Il
to this moment had no thought <
8 saying word upon this sad oec'
sion; but at the suggestion (