Daily Republican., 1885-01-15


day morning, at the Court House and
took action on the death Of the late |
Andrew G. Gray. Judge Wales was
called to the chair and George II. Bates
was elsc ted Secretary. Judge Whiteley,
John g. Patterson, William q.
spruance. John H. Rodney and Levi
q. Bird, Esqs., were appointed q COM
mittee to draft resol utions of respect for
the memory of the dead and Of condol-
ence TO the friends of the deceased. In
presenting the resolutions Judge
Whitsley gave an interesting bio
graphica. sketch of the deceased, In
which he said that he belonged to an
older generation of lawyers, such ~
Chancellor Ridley, Chief Justices
Clayton, Booth and Gilpin, and 1t was
no reflection TO the present generation Of
lawyers TO say that 1t is not equal TO the
past.
Continuing, Mr. Whiteiey said when
Mr.. Gray came to the bar he WAS the
compeer of Vandy Ike, Rogers, James A.
Bayard, Richard Bayard, the Reads,
| Rodney, in this county. In Kent, II
M. Ridgsly, j. M. Clayton, Fra ne aud
NJ. w. Bates. In Sussex. Peter Robin
son, Cullin and my brother Wootten.
They may not all have been giants, but
there were giants in those days. But
among them he soon acquired reruta
tion rs lawyer which was not only
honorable but highly creditsble.
1 The following are the resolutions pre-
sented and adopted
WHEREAS, Death has removed our
Oldest mem Der, and one Of whose char
acter We regard with pride, not nly as
. lawyer. but as u man, the bar of New
Castle do
Resolve, That by the death of An
drew C. Gray ,lEsq. the bar Of this coun-
Ity and State have lost member who,
by his learning in the law and faithful
Ipractice thereof has secured the respect
and esteem Of all OF his associates, and
one who, by his npo.less and benevolent
life, has commanded the high oonsiders-
tion and afiectionate regard OF all who
knew him.
j Resolved, That Mr.. Gray g life since
his retirement from the bar has furnish.
cd by his careful attention and manage
ment Of one Of our greatest corporations,
! q grand illustration of how the clear ,di-
rect and logical mind can adapt itseli
to and preserve and benefit business in.
terests.
Resolved, That we tender to his fami-
!ly our respectful sympathy In their be-
reavement.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
presented to the Superior Court of the
State for New Castle County.
Resolved, That ~ further evidenct
of our respect we will attend the .u ne
I. raj In body.
In secondinR the resolutions, Mr.
Spruance said
, " The death Of Mr.. Gray removes nj
r ancient landmark. While he seldom
held public office, he was for more thar
half century conspicuous figure IL
!, this State. As lawyer OF wide ex
= perience and sound, clear judgment
!. and as the promoter and manager o.
some OF our most important corpora
Z tions, he exercised an extensive and
a beneficial influence. He read LatiI
;. with facility, quoted Horace by tn,
page and had enough Of the grammar
and construction to keep we'll abreast
< II not ahead OF his sons and grandsoni
: while preparing TOR college. lie was Q
i great lover of books and they were til,
solace of his old age. He was man o.
D strong and decided opinions, which he
o expressed and maintained with forct
9 aud courage, but always with due con
sideration for the views Of others. He
y was n man of scrupulous honor.
w ullb lew VI ulf 10
. main, he leaves behind him, beyond
the circle Of his family and kindred,
. many who deeply mourn his loss and
> revere his memory.
0.John H. Rodney said :: In secondinp
these resolutions ! can only say that no
one can more sincerely mourn Mr..
Gray's death than myself, who has
loved and honored him from my very
boy hood. | think of him as one tC
D whom l could almost go for paternal
ad vice and receive from him paternal
sympathy.
Levi c. Bird said The name OF
, Andrew &. Gray was connected with,
nay, was q part Of, the hisory ofthe two
great enterprises of which the State il
and should be proud. l reler to The
Delaware and Chesapeake canal and
the Delaware railroad-both great un
dertak kiDgs in their day the Two greal
v ighways of commerce connecting ouI
b people and our homes with the outside
world, and carrying our products 10 the
/, growing markets ot the great cities OF
the larger States. To no one man in
Delaware with possibly the exception
of the late Chancellor Harrington, are
: the people of this Peninsula more in.
3 debted for that railruUd which has 10
dtNOIODtu dll Jul
teresis than to Mr.. Gray.
Hon. l.. f. Wales said Mr.. Gray
was the last survivor of the group OF
lawyers who were at the bar of New
Castle comfy at the time of his admis-
sion. He had for his ex.mplars and
companions, James Rogers, Reed,
, Black ). Richard II. and James A. Bay.
ard, the Johns, father and son, John
Wales, Booth ,Gilpin and Rodney. Soon
after his admission Thomas Clayton
was appointed chief justice under the
present constitution, with the late
. Chancellor Harrington and Thomas
2 Robinson as his associate In this coun-
lty. He was the junior of all have
. named, but ! can count only six of
the present members of this bar who
? probably remembe him as an "ctive
practitioner in The courts of this State.
The last time we saw him was in
, this room two months ago, while his
son was closing for the State the last
o capital care tried IN this State. and that
he was TO he taken 80 soon, seems pro-
vidential thar he should at the winding
up of his ripe life have Witnessed the
eloquent appeal OF that son in whom he
bad such just pride. Another land.
mark of the earlier days has gone, and
? In his death the bar laments its senior,
and the Stale her loss.
: George II Bates, in an extended
!, glorious trinute, said My only pur-
pose In rising at all is to refer to one
incident OF Mr.. Gray's life which
should endcar him TO every citizen OF
this State-an incident which has not
:, been referred TO, aud which has always
= resteI upon my mind as one Of the
e strik ing evidences OF the strength and