Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-13
Price Four Gents.
Death of Judge Seymour.

| February O. 1904. His illness was brief lasting only fortnight-and be seemed to
 sink steadily from the first. His funeral will
 be on Monday at o'clock.
 Judge Seymour was one of the soundest
 lawyers, most eminent jurists, and thorough ly pure and upright men in Connecticut. No man was more universally respected and | esteemed. No man ever more thoroughly de- ! served the esteem in which he was held by all classes. An honest, true and upright
 man, pleasant neighbor and true friend, as
 well as learned and wise judge, was lost to l the community when Origen s. Seymour died.
 His reputation was as wide as the Union; but it was only here at home in Connecticut
 that he was thoroughly known and best es- l teemed.
 His first appearance in public life may be dated from his election by his native town,
 old Litchfeld, to the Connecticut Legislature,
 in 1892 He.and Judge Loren P. Waldo l then of Holland, were elected to the Legisla- ture for the first time in that now long past year and by curious occurrence of cir cumstances their subsequent lives, in their i public positions especially, were thrown much together, and strong and close per sonal friendship has always existed between 1 them. Judge Waldo was two years the sen- for of Judge Seymour.
 Judge Seymour was from the start man of mark. He was subsequently, and repeat ! edly elected to the Legislature, and was look | ed up to as one of the ablest lawyers in that body, if not in the State. He ripened like | sound and late apple, growing stronger with his years until on the supreme bench, he l became one of the leading minds in that emi- | r1on frIh xrac lad fo ! the frat place.
 He was chosen judge of the Superior ! Court in 1855. In that position he served with great credit and distinction for eight l years. In the excited times of the ''war | feefing' he and Judge Waldo were left off, in '63, (though both were strong Union men, | and perhaps what might be called ''war Dem ocrats and Judge Pardee was put in Judge Seymour's place-Judge Phelps taking Judge Waldo's. In 1870 Judge Seymour was appointed to the Super for and also to the Supreme Court. In 1873 he was very heartily made chief justice of the 1 highest tribunal. In "A he left that high office by the constitutional limit of age. It was earlier than the period of his judi cial life when Origen S. Seymour was elected to Congress. Judge Waldo, who was with him in the Legislature, was also much with him in Washington-both being members of Congress thirty years ago. Judge Waldo was elected to the Thirty first Congress in 1849. JuOSo seymour WaS eIecIeQ to that Congress, replacing Judge Butler, of Fairfield county, his Whig competitor and intimate and esteemed personal friend. Judge Butler had been in the Thirty-frst Congress with Waldo, of the First; Walter Booth, of the Second, and ex-Governor Cleveland, of the Third, for his colleagues He had paired" with Judge Waldo, for parties closely balanced in that Congress, the 'tfree- soilers" (Amos Tuck, of New Hampshire Booth, of Connecticut; Charles Allen, of Worcester, Mass; George w. Julian, of h. diana; Root and Giddings, of Ohio, and two others) holding the balance of power. Judge Waldo had to come home to Connecticut, and the election of clerk of the House made it important to the Wings to get Judge Buffers vote; but the Judge very firmly and honor ably refused saying he had asked Judge Waldo to pair, and he would not break his word. The result was the election of Dem- ocratic clerk.
 Judge Seymour was reelected to the Thir- ty-third Congress, in '53. It was at the end of that second term that his judicial life be- gan.
 He was always selected for important con- missions, which required not only sound le- gal knowledge, but strong, good native pow CT of judgment He served on the cAmmis- sion to revise the code and shape the Npew legal procedure act. Later, he served asNa prominent member of the commission on thA part of Connecticut to meet and act with similar commission from New York, to settle the long disputed western boundary line be- tween the two States, and fix the line also on Long Island Sound
 In 1864, the last full year of the war, Judge Seymour wasenominated by the Demo- crats for Governor of Connecticut. It was not from any of bis seeking. He against Governor Buckingham the 'var Governor and was beaten by 5,652. It was thought to be doubtful if the Democrats could, in that year. have run a stronger candidate. The nf ha oiVi hate burned lower, when, in after years, men of both parties made repeated overtures to him with view of his acceptance of some public office bespeaking popular approval At last, in November of last year, he yielded to the request to go once more to the Legislature and was almost unanimously elected-the Republicans as well as Democrats voting for him, and thus testifying to the feeling in which he was held by his fellow townsmen of Litchfield little incident, recalled now by his old friend, Judge Waldo, shows the feeling with which the three mutual friends, Judges But ler Seymour and Waldo, regarded each oth- CT, and especially how Judge Seymour was regarded He had gone to Washington, during the interregnum in his judicial duties, to argue case before the United States Stu preme Court, and there was taken very ill. The telegrams seemed to indicate fatal ls- sue But the Judge recovered and came home At the New Haven House, where he
 
 one occasion, Judge Butler took him and Judge Waldo to his private room to talk of the narrow escape He said he had feared
 Judge Seymour would die-"but," /" he added,
 ''he has been spared to us and here he is.
 How good it would be if we three could all,
 when we do go, go together !" Judge Butler
 went first.
 Two years ago Judge Waldo met Seymour at Saratoga. With him were Calvin Day, Charles H. Northam, and Mir. J. B. Eldredge and wife, all of this city. Yesterday his law partner, the Hon. A. P. Hyde, asked Judge Waldo to go with him to Saratoga, but Judge
 Waldo, thinking of what aC0s and what now is, said he would not go again to Saratoga. He will. however, attend the funeral of his old friend on Monday.
 British Rewards for Military Services.
 A return has been issued of all rewards given since 1885 for special military services to officers of the British army, specifying
 whether such rewards were in the shape of annuities for one or more lives, or in lump sums The rewards chargeable on the reven- ues of India were Major General Sir Will liam Mott, G. c. B., for life, e1 1000 per an- mum; Lieutenant-G General Viscount Hard inge, G. O. B., Governor General of India. for life, G5 ,OO0 per annum General Lord Cough, G. c. B., commander-in-chief of the forces in the East Indies, for life ,0OO; Major Gen eral Sir George Pollock, G. c. B., for life,
 e1 GOO; Maior-General Sir Archda1e Wilson, Bart, K. c. B.. for life, e1 ,OOO; General Sir Colin Campbell, G. c. B. Oord Clyde), con- mander -in-chief in India, for life, e2,O0O;
 Major General Sir James Outram, Bart, G.
 c. B., for his life, with continuance to his eldest son, e1, 600; General Sir Donald Mar tin Stewart, G. c. B., c. I. E.. for life, e1,- 900, or capital sum of el2,5oo, according to his option; Major General Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, G. c. B., c. l., V. C., for life, e1, 900, or capital sum of e2, 800, ac- cording to his option. The rewards paid from the Consolidated Fund or Civil Service
 were-in 1s40, Lord Seaton, e2,OOo per an- mum, for three lives; 1S46, Lord Keane, e2,- 900, for three lives; 1s46, Lord Cough, e2,- 900, for three lives; 1S46, Lord Rardinge,
 e3. 900, for three lives; 1855, Lord Raglan,
 g., ,OO0, for two lives; 1856, Sir W. F. Will liams, Bart, e1 1000, for life; 1858, Sir H. M
 Hayelock, e1, 900, for life 1858, Lord Napi- CT of Magdala, g., LOGO, for two lives; 1874, Sir G. J. Wolsely, e25, 900 gratuity. Lord
 Hardinge's pension was suspended until the
 23d of September, 1856, while he was recelv- ing pension of e5, ,OoO year from the East
 India company. The annuities to Lord Rag