Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-01-11
COURT.
Proceedings I'm Memory Of the Late
A. m. Hilth0use. Esq.

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Hon. George w. Merrill moved the
adoption OF the resolutions Of the Eureks
bar in respect to the memory of the late
A. M. Hillhouse, Esq, and in an eloquent
and feeling address paid a handsome trib.
ute to the character and legal attachments
Of the deceased.
Col. A. G. Ellis, on part of the bar Of
the Supreme Court, moved also the adop.
ton Of some supplemental resolutions com
memorative of the virtues and talents Of
the deceased, in a neat and eloquent speech.
Judge F. W. Healy seconded the motions
in a eulogy which we print to-day.
Chief Justice Leonard then read an ad-
dress, ornate and eloquent, expressive OF
esteem, and regret for the death of SO
illustrious and so able a member of the
bar.
Under the order of the Court the resolu-
tions were adopted, and together with the
addresses were ordered to be spread upon
the minutes Of the Court, and ordered
printed in the coming volume of the Neya-
da Reports.
We regret that we were unable to obtain
the addresses OF the Hon. Geo. W. Merrill,
Col. A. G. Ellis and the Chief Justice
on behalf Of the Court. q
Following is the eulogy of Judge Healy /:
MAY 1T PLEASE THE Court: 1t is with
more than ordinary feelings Of sorrow,
incident to such a mournful occasion. that
| now rise to pay my feeble tribute to the
memory of departed worth. When a man
full of years and full OF honors passes
away, however deep may be our regret, we
can still find consolation in the thought
that in obedience to the natural law the
limit OF human life was reached and we
yieli with resignation to the inevitable !;
bee Ause, though delayed, the sad event
was to have been reasonably expected.
But when one is stricken down in the full
vigor of youth and strength, in the full
possession of every mental and physical
qualification, ere the prime Of manhood
has been reached, torn from us rudely as
the lightning rends the oak, we cannot but
bow in weak submission to the mandate OF
Death; for the thought is ever uppermost.
90 this taking off should not have been"
We cannot realize that the "sun has gone
down while it is yet day" 1t seems too
much like a great tragedy in which Nature
was the chief actor.
Although our brother, Adelbert Milton
Hillhouse, has gone to that bourne from
whence no traveller returns" yet his
memory shall be long cherished, and
his bright example be q subject
for emulation through the coming
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stance to invoke the ancient and honored
maxim, "Nil nisi mortuus bonum;" for
the most truthful portrayal Of his nature
know him, seem the glowing language of
eulogy. 1t is hardly necessary to state to
this august tribunal, before which his
legal lore has SO often been displayed, or
to this assembled bar, with which he has
80 often COPIED in forensic encounters, that
his reputation as a lawyer was, in this
State, second to non His mind was at
once clear and vigorous, analytical and
logical. He possessed an intellectual
grasp which could hold captive the great
est legal principles, and could with equal
facility reduce the simple elements to the
complex or the complex to the simple.
Although Industrious, he was nc mere case
lawyer; but always sought decisions on
principles, and always e~ndeavored to per-
form his share in elevating Law to the dig
nifty Of an exact science. l had the good
fortune to nave been associated with him
in some cases, and know that he had
burned his midnight oil " in ample prep
aration.
Possessed of a great love OF the good
and the beautiful, he loved poetry and ora
tory, and especially delighted in the legal
orations of Curran, Erskine, Plunkett,
Webster, Writ and Pinckney, who were al
WAYS his ideals Of great advocates. He
deeply regretted that his early o%pportuni-
ties prevented him from acquiring an extern
sive knowledge Of the classics, and this re-
greet was often expressed, for his great nat
ure scorned to decry the requirements he
did not possess or the attainments he could
not emulate. With q reputation coexten-
sive with the Pacific Slope, he still retained
that ever true and ever constant concom-
militant OF greatnesst-he modesty Of e.
Mus.
His nature was grand and noble his
great heart embraced humanity. With the
modesty OF q maiden, he possessed the
valor Of a hero. Magnanimous as he was
brave, he Stunned quarrels where others
Of smaller nature would have pressed
them In the endeavor to escape an impugn-
ment OF courage. With q refined nature,
liberal and enlightened ideas, he was al
ways ready to excuse the shortcomings OF
humanity. Like q worthy citizen OF a
Republic, he was a true gentleman natur-
ally, totally free from art in address and
manner and easy Of access to all. No law
year, no matter how limited his reputation
or learning or talents, ever felt dwarfed in
his presence nor did any worthy human
being, no matter how humble his station
in life, ever meet with q rebuff at his
hands. Is it any wonder that, while such
q high character was admired and respect
ed, the possessor of it should be loved2 Is
it any wonder that one Of the great politi-
cal parties should have chosen him for its
leader in this State, and by its recorded
expression declared him worthy OF a seat
in the Senate of the United States? Is 1t
any wonder that many outside of that
great party earnestly hoped that he might
have, at no distant day, occupied that high
position in the councils of the Republic?
The true chivalry of his character may
be proved by the noble tribute to his wife,
framed by his own hand. while in the full
vigor OF health, in the most solemn of le-
gal instruments-his will-wherein, in
touching and simple eloquence, he be-
qeathed to her the sole care of his children
and his property ''for to her." it reads,
81 owe all that / am and all that ! expect
to be-" What a grateful acknowledgment,
amidst the glamour of the ambitious
dreams of professional and political pre-
ferment With such development of ex-
cellence at forty years, what might we not
expect at mature age2
Each one within the sound of my voice
is less happy to-day because Of the absence
Of our departed brother. These walls,
that have so often echoed to his words,
seem sad and somber. No more shall we
behold his towering form, his noble face,
his kindly-beaming eye, his genial smile,
nor feel our hands again within his honest
grasp. He has gone from us. and "the
places that have known him shall know
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