Tribute of Respect to the Memory of Han. Joseph M. Logan. On motion of Col. John H. Crozier, the chair oppointed Hon. Thos. A. R. Nelson, T. R. Cornick, Esq., A. J. Ricks, Hon. T. Nixon Van Dyke, Col. D. M. Key, J. F. J. Lewis, Esq., Col. John H. Crozier and Gen T. D. Arnold, a committee to report to the meeting appropriate resolutions for their adoption. The Committee retired for a short time, and returned and presented the following preamble and resolutions: On two occasions since the commencement of the present Term of the Supreme Court, the members of the East Tennessee Bar who are in attendance upon it, have felt it their duty to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of professional brethren. In the one instance, we notice the death of Judge Peck, the Nestor of the Tennessee Bar; in the other, that of Col. Sneed, who died in this place, after the term began, in the meridian of his life. Again, the "silver cord has been loosened and the golden bowl has been broken," and we are assembled, suddenly, unexpectedly, and after a very brief note of warning, to notice the death of one who has passed away from among us in the full vigor of manhood, and almost in the morning of existence. During the first, and until the last day of the Court, he was among us, and one of us, and with us every day. He argued one or more causes, and was engaged in other professional duties. Apparently he was in the enjoyment of robust health; but on the last Saturday night week, he was suddenly prostrated by the violent hand of disease, and in one short week, has disappeared from the stage of human action. Engaged as we constantly are, in an avocation which constantly engrosses the mind with the business and the affairs of others, we are, perhaps, too little accustomed to reflect that there is an appointed time to man on earth, and that his days also are like the days of a hireling, and that ours too are numbered. The hand of the Great Reaper has been so busy, and has struck Tribute of Respect to the Memory of Hon. Joseph M. Logan. so near us, that we cannot but pause in the midst of our engagements, to repeat a serious reflection, and propound to ourselves a solemn question. "Death rides on every passing breeze; And lurks in every flower; Each season has its own disease, Its peril every hour. Our eyes have seen the rosy light Our eyes have seen the steps of age, Halt feebly to the tomb, And yet shall earth our hearts engage JOSEPH M. LOGAN, whose demise in this city, on Saturday, 2d October, has occasioned these and other sad reflections, was born in Abingdon, Virginia, on the 15th September, 1836. He was graduated at Emory and Henry College, in June, 1855, and licensed to practice law in this State, on the 23d August, 1856, by Judge David T. Patterson and the late Chancellor Lucky. He resided at Blountville, in the First Circuit, from March, 1856, until the fall of 1861, when he removed to Jonesboro, where he remained until the fall of 1863, and soon after removed to Knoxville, where he continued to practice his profession until the time of his death; having, in the course of his professional life, attended most of the courts in upper East Tennessee. He was commissioned by the Governor, as a Special Judge, and held the Circuit Court at Rogersville, in September, 1868. His mind was vigorous, his standing in his profession respectable, and his practice lucrative. Among his numerous acquaintances he will be especially remembered for his remarkably kind and social disposition, and was the favorite alike of childhood and of age. Affable in his manners, he had many friends and no enemies, and his death will be regretted by a large number of persons other than his relatives and professional Tribute of Respect to the Memory of Hon. Joseph M. Logan. brethren. In May, 1866, he married Fanny, the daughter of Charles J. McKinney, Esq., of Hawkins County, to whom he was devotedly attached, and of whom he was a most kind and affectionate husband; but the fair prospect of continued earthly happiness has been suddenly blighted; for, "as the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return no more to his house; neither shall his place know him any more." In view of the lamented death of our professional brother— Resolved, That the city papers be requested to publish these proceedings; that the courts now in session in Knoxville be requested to allow them to be spread of record as a memorial of our respect for the memory of the deceased, and that the Attorney-general and Reporter be requested also to publish them in the next volume of his Reports of the Decisions of the Supreme Court. Resolved, That we will, in a body, attend the funeral ceremonies in this city, and that the Secretaries transmit a copy of these proceedings to the respected widow of the deceased, with a cordial expression of our earnest sympathy and sincere condolence in her great bereavement. Upon the reading of the report of the committee, Gen. T. D. Arnold, after a few appropriate remarks, moved the adoption of the report, which was done unanimously. Thereupon, on motion, the meeting adjourned to proceed in a body, to the late residence of the deceased, to attend the funeral services. O. P. TEMPLE, ALVIN HAWKINS, Chairman. JAS. W. DEADERICK, } Secretaries. |