The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-18

speak how more sorrow fully do they
tell Of our irrepar4be loss. Oh, death.
thou art indeed terrible, 'and the tear,
the grOan, the kneIl, the pail. the bier,
and all we know, or dream, or fear Of
agony, art thine"
suppose, sir, there is scarcely one 10
all this assemblage who knew Mr..
Vertner for longer period Of time than
| did. He was, indeed, the friend Of nv
early DAYS. ! knew hira, and knew him
we'll, in the days of our b0yhood for we
were at College together those bright
and beautiful days when there was
such glory in the grass, such spiendor
in the flower" when to our charmed
visions this world was but weedlea
garden where every tint spoke natures
loveliness, every sound breathed heavens
melody, and every breeze was but em.
bodied fragrance. When, indeed, all
above was sunshine, and all beneath was
flowers. But, MS remember it we were
not at the same college together for
more than one year, or p rhaps little
longer, when he left, and went to Prince
ton, where he completed his collegiate
course. After this, for quite period Of
time, our lives diverged, and we were
widely separated. | do not undertake
to give the details of his life during this
period, for | am not sufficiently &C.
lquainted with them. only knew, AS /
was informed, that like thousands of
others, he had gone to seek his fortune
on the golden shores of the far-of Pa
cific.
But time, in its ever ceaseless rounds,
our materer years. Aud / we'll re-
member the time, the very day when /
again saw him for the FIRST time after our
long separation. 1t was on cold, bleak,
dreary winter day that we met at
country court, in the interior of my own
county, as opposing counsel in case to
be tried on that day There we spent
most Of the day renewing our old friend.
ship, and talking over old times-mutu.
ally surprised to find, that so late in life,
aud very near the same time we had
embarked in the same profession. After.
wards, residing, az we did, in adjoining
counties we frequently met, and from
that day on to the day of his decease,
we were, as in former years, warm per.
sonal frienIs. Always, at all times,
under all circumstances, Mr.. Vertner
WAS the same bigh-toned, honorable,
polished, elegant and courteous gentle
msn-always, the same VAIN, gener.
Gus hearted friend. Neither in social life
nor at the bar, was there ever any indi-
rectness in his conduct, or in his
methods. On the contrary, he was..always
perfectly open, candid, frank and
generous, in all Ihings, He was devoted
10 his profession, and rapidly attained
to aminenee and distinction therein, Az
lawyer, he was careIui and painstak ing
to an extraordinary degree. Able,
learned, conscientious, of the highest
integrity, he readily commanded that
success to which he was 80 Justly
entitled His character and reputation
were above reproach, and he was dearly
loved and greatly honored by the people
of his county.
Such, Mr.. President and Senators, was
the man who so recently stood here in
our midst in all the conscious pride of
health and strength and mental vigor,
such the Senator, whom we ali so
highly esteemed, and whose untimely
end we all so much deplOre.
But, cir, he is gone, and we shall never
in this word see him again. That
voice, once so eloquent, is now hushed
in death; that eye which so beamed
with intelligence and kindliness is
indeed now closed forever; his form lies
Wondering in yonder cemetery where
loving hands have laid him, hut his
example and HE good deeds live on
they will never die.
[Other addresses will appear to-monow.l