The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-02-16

At meeting of the Bar OF the city
of Jackson, and OF the Third Supreme
! Court District. held in the room of the Su-
/ p'eme Court, in said city, on the oath day Of
January. 1876, in respect to the memory of
| the late Hon. Jno. B Sale. OF Aberdeen, a
! committee WAS appointe! to prepare APP
prOpriate resolutions in reference thereto,
| who beg leave to report the following:
Col. Jno. b. Sale, after life full of use
| fulIness and honor, has gone down to his
grave, lie expired at his residence in
| Aberdeen, Miss, after a brief Illness, on
Sunday morning, 23d January. 1876 He
was born June 9TH, 1878, and had scarcely
entered upon his tWeuty-iiI st year when he
Was called to the bar at COurtland, Law
renee County, Alabama. when he at once
| gave promise of those signal abilities which
| SO distinguished him in after years. Within
! two years thereafter, he was elected Judge
of the County Court. the responsible
| duties of which Office he discharged with
credit to him self and 10 the satisfaction of
the people
In 1916 he remov. d ta Aberdeen. The
| prominent . sitioa II tn law firms of
! Sale Il Phtlan aud Sale q ID wd, of that
| plac and their deserved celebrity, belongs
| 10 tie history of or commoR%Palth and i
| too we'll known to require rllbo ate men
! ton here. Col SSa,t. com bintd Win great
natural powers, the highest culture of a
well -dispi plined miHG. he was endoNe ed by
| nature with those peculiar qualities That
make a great lawyer. He was an earnest
student. the soul Gf method, aud tlreiess In
| the discharge Of his duties. The law never
| had more devoted follower than he, nor
one who more thoroughly appreciated It's
amiable and admirable secre,s," and eX-
pressed them with more fluency, accu-
racy and ease Though deeply in love
with his profession. he was not in
sensible to the charms of polite literature,
| aud greatly admired the beautiful and sub
! lime in nature and in art. Though digni-
fe0, las gas not auSterf, but possessed 6hat
/ nd n hnlnnUS
| to a great mind and which aFtsa1ts rather
| than rcpeIs. He was a genial companion
and reished pleasantly or happy
soon 4.sot.
/ Hisbrofesstoral l lebors bore the stamp of
| deliberate Thought ana petfest gyettm m. He
| spoke and wrote with remarkable ease ana
greet precision, never forid or e&trav-
| agant l. bis diction. but clear, cogent,
saalytical ana gFacefpi Yithal, and to
crown al he was 2 e9pSlstept chEis-
tia,; leading member OF the Methodist
church At his home. He i6avGE behlnd him
record his profession may justly 4fel
nrond of: A character his church may Ie-
we're. and a history in all respects honora-
BILE. useful and without rerroach. In tes-
ti%eny ofPR high regard .t therefore err ore ne IT,
Jno. B. Sale, the State Is caited ppoE to
mourn the loss of one of her most valued
sons, the Bar one of its brightest Orna-
ments, and the community in which he
| DFStl one Oh It's ulOSb cAcluPtdIS anu IT,
spected mem bers.
Resolved further, That 1t is with pro-
| found sorrow that We receive the sad tidings
| OF his death, and that we tender to his
stricken family our heartfelt sympathies
| in this their greatest bereavement.
Resolved further, That these resolutions,
as a testimonial of our lasting regard for
orr departed friend and brother, be spread
upon the minutes of the Supreme Court,
| and that Il COPY of the S ame be furnished by
| the clerk to the city papers publication.
| and also transmitted to his family.
w. s. FEATHERTsoN,
a III. HANDY.
Ii. w. FooTE,
IL. II. CHALMERS,
|, WIN. Ill. SINS.
Committee.