The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-10-18
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RESOLUTIONS OF Respect by the
Mason County Bar Remarks
OF CIlas. y. HOgg, Esq.

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Of CIlils- y. Hogg' Esq.
AT a meeting Of the members Of
the Mason County Bar held in the
Flaw office Of John w English, Esq.
3October 18th, 1877, the following
Resolutions we're unanimously adop
ted;-
Resolved, That the members Of the
Mason County Bar have received
with profound sorrow the Announce.
ment Of the death Of Judge Daniel
lPolsley, Of Point Pleasant, West Vir
3ginia, long and eminently disting
Finished as a inrist, and a goud and
Exemplary citizen.
Resolred, That We holdSn high es
climate the memory Of the deceased
las one of the great men of our State
Hillustrious for public services in the
Councils of the State and Nation, and
Aeminence and ability insthe profess
Elsion of the law,
Resolucd, That Chas. E. Hogg be
E9requestedto communicate these reso
Slutions to the Court, with the re-
Hquest that they may be entered on
1.-THE Record; and further, that copy
of the same be communicated to the
Family Of the deceased withs the ex
Hpression Of the sympathles of this
Hmeeting.
b Resolped, That out of further res
Z pect to the memory of the deceased
Hthat the Court be requested to adj
Niourn until tomorrow morning at {
Ho'clock, and that the members Of this
ElBar be requested to attend the fune
ral of the deceased,
b RESOLVED, That the papers Of Masor
Hand Brooke counties, be requested tt
Apublish these Resolutions.
4 Upon presenting the above Reso
Hlutions to the Court, Mr.. Hogg, said
HIlay 1t please yoar Honor
q Since the adjournment Of this
ECourt on last Saturday at noon, the
HELL monster, Death, has been In oul
4 midst, and carried one of our fellow,
Sbeings away into "That undiscover
he'd country from whose bourn NJ
Htraycler returneth," and left oul
Squiet town cnshrouded in sorrow
Eaud mourning,
b We now stand almost in the pres,
Fence Of death; and this is one Of those
Hoccasions on which "every voice is
nsilent except the voice Of sorrow anC
keulogy. The infrmaties of mortali
aty are forgotten, the good alone is re-
Emembered; criticism is disarmed
Hcensure loses its power men instinct
Hiyely concede, as they expect, thi'
Esad immunity to the grave. 1t is
Mlet us believe, an unconscious prefg
Duration Of the better life to come"
1t becomes my painful duty to an
b nounce to this Court the death o.
Ehim, whose learning and virtues once
Mgraced this Bench. | refer to tho
kIate Judge Daniel Polsley, Of this
Htown. But from this Court room he
Hhas gone-gone foreycr--to that
ECourt- above, not made with human
Hhands. Fromithis Bar he has beer
Esummoned to that eternal Bar o.
sJustice where the Great Judge of Tho
EUniverse presides. May we all in
Edulgc the fond and pleasing hope
Mthat our deceased brother at that
Egreat Bar stands before tho Judge
Hjustifod, and by Film assured that
ahis course in this life has been such
( Jas to commend itself to the favor d
gan avcnging God.
b The gentleman, upon whose death
al am now remarking, was born ir
EPalatine, opposite Fairmont, in Ma
Orion county, West Virginia, Novem-
Hber Sd, 1905. After spending child
Moods sunny days ut the place Of his
II birth, he came to this State, and be-
agan the study of law under the late
k1I lll4' IIOuIiISSi WIZ WAS IVVSu Az
Ehis talent and legal learning.
B Mr.. Polsley subsequently attended
MJudge fuckers Law School, at Win.
Echester, Virginia. After his admiss
Zion to the Bar, he located in the
Hpractice of his profession ut Wells
sburg, Brooke county. Here he soon
Eovinced his energy and ability as {
Elawycr and took high stand ut the
sBar. Whilst here and plodding the
Hweary way Of the Counselor, he deci
kded to tighten life's burden by mar
Sriage, which he did by wedding q
B. Miss Eliza V. Brown, whose mother
\ was sister to Mr.. Philip Dodridge.
h During Mr., Polsley's residence in
HBrooko county, he promoted the in
Eterests Of journalism to u large OK
l tent by editing a paper called the
E"Western Transcript" He was en-
kgaged in the labors Of an editor from
HlS33 to 1916, when he removed from
EBrooke to this county, and engaged
ain agricultural pursuits, which he
followed until 1861, when he was
@elected q member Of the Wheel
Eing Convention; and in the same
Nyear was also elected Lieutenant
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