The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-01-01

RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF Hon.
JUDGE PETER E. VOORHEES,. Immediately
before the Court adjourned on Monday after
noon, December 23d, Hon. Alexander Wurts
as senior member of the Hunterdon County
Bar, said that one who had long been connect
ed with the bench as Judge of the Hunterdon
County Court of Common Pleas had lately
departed this life that it was fit some appro-
pirate notice of the death of Judge Peter E.
Voorhees, should be taken and suggested that
upon the adjournment of the Court the Bench
and Bar organize for such purpose. The
Court Immediately adjourned, and upon mo-
ton of Mr.. Wurts, Hon. Mercer Beasley
was appointed Chairman and e. p. Conkling
Secretary. Upon motion of Mr.. Wurts a
committee of three was appointed to draft
resolutions appropriate to the death of the
late Judge Voorhees, Messrs. Wurts, Van
Fleet and Allen were appointed as such COM
mittce, to report at the time to which the
meeting may be called.
On Tuesday, December oath, Judge Beasley
being absent, Judge Lilly was appointed Chair
man pro tenn. Hon. Alexander Wurts, as
Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions,
reported the following:
Since the last regular term of this Court,
Peter E. Voorhees,, then one of its Associate
Judges has ceased to live on earth. We no
longer recognize his familiar, genial and pleas
ant countenance on the Bench True the
chair he occupied is not vacant. 1t is filled
by worthy successor Such is official life.
The incumbent dies, but the Office survives,
and is at once administered by another.
Death, of itself, is SO common and SO certain
to all that its natural advent i'll our midst, as
general thing, does not, and should not,
create excitement outside the circle of relatives
and intimate friends still when one is re-
moved by death, who for many years, by
official position, had been intimately and pleas
antly associated with us in professional pur-
suits, had become identified with us in the
high and responsible duty of the administra-
ton of justice, who had discharged his share
of that duty in a way to command our respect
who, as public man, possessed in a high
degree the confidence of the community, and
who amongst those at his home, who knew
him best and well, was loved, trusted and
honored'as an earnest and active christian man
such AN event may well excuse some special
notice. Usage, with Bench and Bar, .justifes
1T, in this case our hearts prompt 1t therefore,
Res0toed, That, without intending any full
some eulogy to the memory of Peter Il. Voor-
hees, late a Judge of the Courts of the County
of iunterdon, offensive alike to good taste
and the feelings Of family and friends, we do
hereby express our sincere sorrow and regret
at the breach made in our association by his
recent death. We hold his memory u high
regard and believe that the people of the
county have just cause to lament the loss of
an honorable, efficient and valuable man as
judicial officer, as well as in other departments
of life
Res0Lped, That we tender our heartfelt sym
pathies to the surviving family of the de-
ceased, and that copy of the foregoing
preamble and these resolutions be forwarded
to them by the Secretary.
ResoJyed, That the editors of the several
newspapers of the county be requested to
publish the proceedings of this meeting and
further that the Chairman of the Committee
do move the Court of Common Pleas for an
order directing the Clerk of the Court to enter
them i'll the minutes.
Remarks were made by the Chairman. of
the Committee on reporting the Resolutions,
who spoke of the private and public life and
character of the deceased, and of his ability
as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
Mr.. A. v. Van Fleet, upon moving the
adoption of the Resolutions, said that the
highest praise we can ascribe to the deceased
is that he performed his official duties well,
and it is right that we should pause amid the
busy journey of life and pay this Tribute of
respect to him.
Remarks relative to the character of the de-
ceased were also made by Martin Wyckof
Esq, and Judges Lilly and Rafferty,, after
which the resolutions were unanimously
adopted by the Bench. and Bar of Hunterdon
County. f. p. COMPILING, Sec'y.