The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-14
The Late Judge EphraHn .. Fish
er, of Mississippi

The recent and sudden death ofths di>tin-
ouished LAWYER and jnrist-at George
TO En, Texas, to which place ne iiao just
changed his almost lifetime residence IN
Observation-Disclosures woro from those
Who knew him best, concerning man.
whose name is a household word in the
great State of Mississippi, at the least, ana
Generally, known among the lawyers OF the
United States.
,Jndye Fisher was born near Danvilie,
Kentucky, IN Lincoln county 1 SWiiicn He
removed to Mississippi, in 1883, and
has since lived there, up to with
i'm few months of his death AT
first, he located at Vicksburg, and remained
there for several years connected with
the Clerks offices, ana com piet1ng ms 1tgai
studies under the direction of Joseph Holt,
ESQ now Judge Advocate General In the
DEPARTMENT of Justice, at Washington.
Sub ,eauently he removed to North Mlssis-
sippi, (where he has stree reslded)
where he practiced at the bar for some nj
teen years, and long stood In It's IluIlI 1ahh'
He was elected 20 Judgeship in the High
Court of Errors and Appeals, about the year
1851, winch high place he resigned before
the late civil war He took no active part
in that calamitous struggle, but was lnflex
ibly opposed to the Inauguration, as also 10
the ustlrpatious and violence that were the
consequences of it. AT its close he was the
choice of the Constitutional Convention for
Governor, but showed such Indifference To
success that he was defeated by rival candl-
dates Since then he resumed his practice
at the bar, and more recently was one OF tue
Judges of the Circuit Court, appointed
by Governor Alc0rn's administration.
He was possessed of qualities and
characteristics of heart and mind and
purpose in such combination as are
very rarely found. He united with chiv-
air0us sense of honor and integrity of heart
| 4 hat In
and Justice; generous and magnanimous
| soul that responded always to the cry OF
| poverty or oppression and sympathised with
| the eak and frendless.
HIS life was grand illustration of I'M
bending integrity, and OF steadfast and un-
alterable devotion to principle. Intellectu-
ally he had few equals His mind was of
the comprehensive order which grasped
readily aud Immediately the great and es-
sential and controlling features of any sub
| iect and presented them markedly and pow
| erfully.w neither in social conversation, or in
the imprisoned language of the advocate.
or in the majestic announcement ofJudicial
| opinion. A, a practiclng lawyer, he was a
very Coke upon the elementary principles
of the law; and no man was more familiar
with forms and precedents. These, united
with a magnificent common sense under
standing, made him most formidable oppo-
ncnt But like al! great men he had a true
| humility which made him deferential to in
ferors. Taken altogether, he was a man of
unique mould and of sterling worth. Mod
ern degeneracy had not reached him. The
features of his character had the hardwood
of antiquity. In the days of Washington
he would have been a Marshall, or in the
late revolution a Chase. His nature was
above mere partnership. No man can
speak in disparagement of the heroic char
acter of his virtues, for he builded OH rock
j. Y. NJ.
| January, 1877.