The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-10

AT meeting of the Bar of the city
Of Jackson. and of the Third supreme
Courr District. held in the room OF VIC ou
nreme Court, in said city, on the z4IIl ua5 -
January. 1876, in respect TO the memory VI
tbe late Hon. Jno. B. Sale, of Aberdeen,
onmmittee was appointed to prepare APP
nronriate resolutions in reference Chere'o'
Who bee leave to report the following:
Col, Jno. b. Sale, after life full OF use
fullness and honor, has gone down 10 ne
grave. He expired at his residences III
Aberdeen. Miss, after a brief illness, on
sunday morning, 23d January, 1876 he
was born June 9TH, 1878, and had scarceiy
entered upon his twenty first year When ne
was called TO the bar at Courtiand, La"
renee County, Alabama. when ne at one
gave promise of those sighai aplilCles MliI9n
81 d;stin ouis6ed him in after years. Wltnlh
two wears thereafter, he was elected Juuge
of the County Court, the responslo 11
duties of which Office he discharged with
credit to him self and TO the satlsfaction Oh
| the people. rha
prominenr position of the law firms OF
| Sale q Phelan and Sale & Dowd, of that
/ place. and their deserved celebrity, belongs
| to the history of our commonwealth, anu Is
| too well known to require elaoolate Luon.
| ton here. Col. Sale com blned Win greaG
natural powers, the highest culture OF a
| well disciplined MIND. he was endowed ny
nature with those peculiar qualities thaI
| make a great LAWYER. He was an earnest
student, the soul IF method, and tireless III
| the discharge of his duties. Inc law never
had more devoted follower than ne, nor
one who more thoroughly appreciated It's
:. amable and admirable secrets" ana eA-
pressed them with more tluency, accu-
racy and ease. Though deeply IN love
with his profession, he was not IN
sensible to the charms of polite literature
| and greatly admired the beautiful ana SUP
| L. ia op1i in rf
| fed, he was not aUstere, but possessed thaC
gentle and unassumed dignity that belongs
| to a great mind and which attracts rather
than repels. He was a genial companion
and relished pleasantly or happy
| ''6OR mot"
His professional labors bore the stamp of
deliberate thought and perfect system he
spoke and wrote with remarkable ease ana
great precision, never t1orid or eXtraV-
agant in his diction, but clear, cogent,
analytical and graceful withal, and to
| crown all he was consistent chris
tan, leading member of the Methodist
church at his home. He leaves behind him
a record his profession may justly feel
| proud of: a character his church may re-
we're, and history in all respects honora-
BILE, useful and without reproach. In tes-
! timony of our high regard, therefore be it,
Resolved, That in the death of the Hon.
Jno B. Sale. the State is called upon 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
lived one of its most exemplary and re-
spected members.
Resolved further, That it is with pro-
found sorrow that we receive the sad tidings
of his death. and that we tender to his
stricken family our heartfelt ympathies
in this their greatest bereavement
Resolved further, That these resolutions,
as a testimonial of our lasting regard for
our departed friend and brother, be spread
upon the minutes of the Supreme Court,
and that a copy of the same be furnished by
The clerk to the city papers for publication,
and also transmitted to his family.
w. S. FEATHERTSoN,
A. II. HANDY.
Ii, w. FOoTE,
II. I'll. CHALMERS,
VIM. IL. SIMS,
Committee.