Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-22
HONORS TO GEN. MCCONNELL.
Meeting OF the Ear-Resolut.Ons Adopted ard
Speeches Made.

The adjourned meeting of the
Bar was called to order yesterdsy J
morning at 10 O'Clock in the Dis
trict Court room by the Chairman
J G. Howard, Esq.
c. E. Thorn, Esq. from the Com.
mittee on Resolutions, read the fol.
lowing report:
Your Committee offer the Jollowing
estimate of their late associate
and iegat brother, John II. Nc.
ConneU:
He was man kind and amiable
in his domestic relations; winning,
yet courageous, In his Intercourse
with the world. His opportunities
for amassing wealth were frequent.
His accumuIations were exhausted,
as soon as attained, by an indis
criminate generosity So character
istic of our pioneers. His life was
one of constant labor and unceas-
ing charity. With an extensive
professional practice, running back
to the dawn of our Statehood, and
Involving millions in its results,
there has never been a whisper
against his Integrity in his private
or official relations.
Such u character is rare in these
disj0inted times; and richer in
heritance for his bereayed children
than ''stacks of gold or sums in
sealed bags"
We have each of us experienced
his professional courtesy, that
scorned all artiiice and strategy.
He was affable alike to bench aud
bar, to witness and ltigant; ever
tue polished gentleman in the
most heated controversies.
The mental abilities of our de-
ceased friend were large and mark
ed, almost to eccentricity. Upon
the substratum of a complete class.
ical education he mad built an edi.
fice seemingly of all usual and re-
condite learning. We doubt if
Macauly possessed a more attentive
and retentive memory. His mind
WAS storehouse of ancient and
modern history, Of every character
of biography and auecdote, aud
the III, ug!Ils nf tie Greek and
Latin aEes; aid all the literary
wtatOu> IN Ills at en.i were ready
apd hurui-lied far immediate use.
Perhaps i,r h al u fau.t in his for
ensic tlorIs ia fertility of ilIUstra-
ton and digsrssive analysis in
storehousa OF his. He was equally
at home in the quliut black letter
of the common law ms in its mod
ern phases; and ripe and rich
scholar outside of his profession.
We all remember him-but now
with mournful pleasure-with
constant volume in his hand liter
ary, legal, phil0sophic, historic or
work of fancy-nervously treading
his Office or his parlor. His thirst
for acquisition seemed disease. 1t
was rare treat to listen TO his re.
call of the minute history of our
public men and their individual
agency in the formation of our in
stitutions.
AS the poetic Faust, he seemed to
have outslripped all erudition.
We have lost hearty and gener-
Gus and genial end most accom-
plished friend ana brother--and we
feel the deprivation sorely.
He loved to encourage ami edu-
cate young men; and the State is
full of his mourning disciples.
Because he was soeXeellent hus-
band and father, we sincerely con-
dole with his bereaved family; and
tender them our hearty sympathy
and sorrow.
Your (ommittee propose a reso-
luton, that the bar of Los Angeles
wear the usual badge of mourning
for thirty days; that our two courts
of record be- requested to spread
our proceedings upon their min
utes; and that copy of the same
be transmitted by our Secretary to
the family of the deceased.