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OBITUARY NOTICES 
 
 FUNERAL SERVICES 
 
 OF 
 
 JAMES HUMPHREY 
 
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 PJilXTKD FOR THE FAMILY. 
 
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 H00090N & GRUMMAN, PRINTERS, NEW HAVEK, CONN- 
 
ArTEK the death of Mr. IIimi-iirey, many iiotucs of his life and 
 tributes to his memory were published iu the daily papers. These, 
 with other more formal expressions of rej^ard and testimonies to his 
 worth, have been colleeted by his family for preservation, and are 
 printed in this Miinorial. 
 
 They value them >;reatly as offerini^s of love and respect from those 
 who were associated with liim in his public and professional life, and 
 also in the more intimate relations of social intercourse. 
 
 Thc> many letters tilUd with appreciative admiration, and expressive 
 of alTectiunate sympathy, addressed to them in the first days of their 
 great sorrow, will be sacredly cherished ;— tender words mingling with 
 the memories of a life to them so blessed,— a life now "hid with 
 Christ in God." 
 
 Brooki.tn, Dcreuibcr, 1866. 
 
J^M:ES HTJIMPIIKHJY. 
 
 (Diod June 16, 1866.) 
 
 Friend of my youth, mj- counselor and j^uide, 
 
 In whose clear mind my wak'nine mind discerned 
 
 How strong the truths which from thy lips I learned 
 To shape a life by goodness glorified, 
 And to all nobleness by love allied. 
 
 With what fit words can I thy loss deplore ? 
 
 Or how shall earth the vanished light restore, 
 Snatched from our longing eyes when Humphrey died? 
 
 Tear-blinded sorrow strives to read, in vain, 
 
 The meaning of this mystery of pain. 
 Why, when our need was sorest, the pure ray 
 
 That beaconed us, is quenched in sudden night; 
 
 But Faith, clear-eyed, looks up, and lo ! the light 
 We mourned as lost, is merged in perfect day ! 
 
 Brooklyn, June 17, 1866. New York Tribune. 
 
Si b i t n it r 11 ^loiiccs. 
 
 (/'Vo;/i the Brooklyn Daily Union, June 10, lS«iG.) 
 
 The Death of Hon. James Humphrey. 
 
 Hi-foiv the roninins of our late Representative in Con- 
 gress (Hon. y\. V. Odell,) have left oureity we are called 
 upon to perform the painful task of announcing the death 
 of his predecessor and successor, the Hon. James Hum- 
 phrey. The death of this gentleman was sudden and 
 shocking to his friends and to the community, though 
 many ha.l known him to lie in feeble health for many 
 years. On Tuesday last ho left the city, not strong, but 
 a|tparently no weaker than he had V»een for a long time, 
 and with all his faculties of mind and body yet under 
 the control of the stern and patient will wliich liad so 
 long held them to their work. On arriving at Wilming- 
 ton, Del., he felt too ill to proceed, and stoj.ped in the 
 hope of regaining the precarioiis tenure of liis strength, 
 and refrained from informing his friends at home, saving 
 them, with his invariable tenderness and self-sacrifice, 
 from undue alarm. Yesterday morning he left Wilming- 
 ton for New York, and arrived at his home last evening, 
 his strength exhausted and liis life slowly ebbing. The 
 utmost that care aii.l medical skill could do was to delay 
 the sure en<l for a few hours, and alleviate whatever suf- 
 fering attended its apjtroach. He die<l at about one 
 o'clock this morning. 
 
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 Mr, Humphrey was a man a\'C'11 known in tlie commu- 
 nity. He was at the time of his death fifty-four years 
 old, and came to this city in 1838, twenty-eight years 
 since. He was the son of Rev, Heman Humphrey, the 
 President of Amherst College, and was a graduate at the 
 early age of nineteen from that institution, being a mem- 
 ber of the class of 1831. He studied law in the Law 
 School of Yale College, and shortly after being admitted 
 to the bar married Miss Battell — of an old and honored 
 Connecticut family — and removed to Louisville, Ky., 
 where he was engaged in practice from 1836 to 1838, 
 when he took up his residence in this city, where it has 
 ever since continued to be. His business was in New 
 York, where he soon acquired a large and eminently re- 
 spectable clientage, and enjoyed the confidence of some 
 of the most extensive and best known houses in New 
 York and in the country. Among these may be named 
 such men as Hunt Brothers, Claflin, Mellen & Co., J. R, 
 Jaffi-ey & Sons, S. B, Chittenden & Co., Hoyt, Tilling- 
 hast & Co., and others. As a commercial lawyer he was 
 eminently succesful. His judgment was mature, delibe- 
 rate, and thorough ; his reading was wide and judicious ; 
 and his learning was unusual in extent and in its avail- 
 ability. Before judge or jury he was calm, unimpas- 
 sioned, clear and convincing. His manner towards all 
 was Tirbane and considerate, and his character both won 
 and commanded respect. His cultivation, apart from his 
 profession, was of fine quality, and constantly pursued. 
 To a naturally sensitive mind he added refined and 
 scholarly tastes, disciplined reasoning and reflective 
 powers, acute perceptions, a delicate a}>]ireciation of the 
 beauty of intellectual truth and the attractions of study, 
 and a persistent and untiring industry in its pursuit — 
 qualities which the heavy burden of professional life 
 
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 noviT trM>lK>l '-at, :iu(l the fricliou of jiolitics novt-r wore 
 :i\vay. 
 
 A^ :i i.oliticiaii Mr. Iluinpliroy was principally rcmark- 
 alilc t'.r tlu" (i.K-iity with w ITu'li ln' aillu'ri-d to jtriii('ii)le, 
 the skill ami atti'iitioii which lu- dcvottMl to the advance- 
 ment of his i»arty, and the really <;reat strenixtli of his 
 personal attaclnnents. lie entered ])olitics early in the 
 First Ward <if our vity, in the affiiirs of which he has 
 ever sini-e retained an active interest. He was not act- 
 uated hy sjieeial ambition, but hy that <;enuine interest 
 in puhlit- affairs which was stront; witli him, and which 
 lie always insisted should l>e felt by every good citizen. 
 He was for two terms a member of the Common Coun- 
 cil, and for one term the Corporation Counsel, and was 
 always an in<bistrious and efficient worker. In 1858, 
 when di'clinin!:; health compelled liim to abandon the 
 practice of his jjrofession, he was nominated and elected 
 to Compress, and, after having recruited during the re- 
 cess, took his seat. In the exciting pnind which ensued 
 lie was firm, calm, temperate, and uncompromising. He 
 reeoi^nized in the incipient rel)ellion mIhcIi Congress en- 
 countered toward the close of the session, an unjustifiable 
 ai)pcal to force from the sacred and "inviolable decision 
 of the people by a constitutional election. Anything 
 which looked to modifying that decision under the influ- 
 ences of such an ap]»eal, or a threat of such an ap]>eal, he 
 condemned unqualifiedly, as striking at the foundations 
 of our Government and introducing into it an element of 
 danger which would be inevitably fatal. He recognized, 
 also, that at the back of this attempt stood, as its animat- 
 ing cause, the institution of Slavery, and with that — 
 knowing its influence, the purposes of its advocates, and 
 the terrible relentlessncss of their cruel determination — 
 he coidd have and would have no compromise. These 
 
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 were the views which guided his action as a member of 
 the famous Committee of Thirty-three, and which in- 
 spired the few words which he spoke, when fit occa- 
 sion offered, in defence of the integrity of the Govern- 
 ment. 
 
 In 1860 and 1862 he was the candidate of his party for 
 Congress, but was defeated by Mr. Odell, whose person- 
 al popularity was aided by tlie fact that many Republi- 
 cans voted for him to help hold the Democratic party to 
 the loyalty which he represented. In 1864 he won an 
 easy and decided victory over Mr. Faron, who was put 
 forward by the Democracy, no longer able to be checked 
 in its course towards pi'onounced sympathy with the 
 South, Durino^ the last session of Cons;ress he has hold 
 steadily to the logical consequences of his views above 
 stated, voted generally with those who may be most ac- 
 curately described as moderate radicals, and manifested 
 a determination that the Rebellion should not only be 
 put down, but its last sparks trodden completely out. 
 He was a member of the Committee on Commerce, and 
 Chairman of the important Committee on Naval Appro- 
 priations. In his routine labors, and in the attention he 
 gave to the varied affairs of his large district, he fought 
 steadily and patiently against the progress of a disease 
 which sapped his strength, inflicted great suffering, and 
 hampered his energies in every direction. He was in his 
 combat with the troubles that thus beset him a moral 
 hero, and maintained his part with unwearying and un- 
 complaining fortitude. 
 
 In closing this brief and insufiicient notice of the career 
 of a really noble man, we would say that the unvaried 
 routine of a professional life, and political services which 
 were more substantial than brilliant, do not afford evi- 
 dence of the intrinsic virtues that all his friends recog- 
 nized, and which were of a high order. 
 
His death di'privc:; the city of a faithful, pure, and up- 
 right reprosontativc, a hiijli-miiiiU'd and intellit^ent citi- 
 zen, and a man of great and unusual jtrivoto worth. 
 
 {Ftom the X. Y. Etvnlttg Pbst, June lUti.) 
 
 Death of James Humphrey. 
 
 James Iluniphri'y, .Mcnibcr of Congress from the Third 
 district of this state, died at about one o'clock this morn- 
 ing at his residence in Brooklyn. He had been here last 
 week for a few days, and returned to Washington on 
 Wednesday, but in eonsefjuence of sudden and severe 
 illness came home yesterday, only a few hours before his 
 death. 
 
 For several years he has been more or less an invalid, 
 and many times his attacks endangered his life. Origin- 
 ally his disease was iiiHanimatory rheumatism, which at 
 intervals for several years past has atHicted him. It is 
 supposed, however, by his physicians, that the attack 
 which thus suddenly terminated his life was a))()}ilexy. 
 
 He was a son of the late Kev. Dr. Ileman Humphrey, 
 for many years ])resident of Amherst College. He early 
 exhibited the line mind for which his father was distin- 
 guished. A graduate of Amherst College, in the class of 
 1831, at the early age of nineteen years, he commenced 
 his legal tudies at Yale Law School, and from tliat insti- 
 tution removed to this city, and became a student in 
 the law office of the late S. P. Staples. 
 
 After his admission to the l)ar he married, and removed 
 to Louisville, Kentucky, where he practiced his profession 
 successfully until the year 1838, when he removed his 
 
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 office to this city, and became a resident of Brooklyn. 
 His professional career was one of marked success. He 
 soon secured a large clientage among tlie leading com- 
 mercial men of the city, whom he attached to him as 
 long as he continued tlie practice of his profession. 
 
 Although not one of the brilliant and dashing forensic 
 competitors, he was always distinguished for his learning, 
 candor, fairness and clearness of thought, and was very 
 successful where those qualities avail most. As a pro- 
 fessional adviser he was eminently successful, and gave 
 great satisfaction to his clients. 
 
 Mr. Humphrey's political career did not in the least 
 tarnish the reputation which he had acquired as a gentle- 
 man and a lawyer. The first public office that he held, 
 so far as we can learn, was that of alderman of Brook- 
 lyn. He was soon after appointed Counsel to the Cor- 
 poration, and in these new relations in life he sustained 
 the same character he had always borne, of an honest, 
 clear-headed man and a gentleman. 
 
 In the fall of 1858 he was selected by his party as a 
 candidate for Congress in the Third district, his oj^ponent 
 being George Taylor, also a lawyer, and popular with his 
 party. The district was strongly democratic, but owing 
 partly to some disaffection in the democratic ranks, and 
 in part to the great personal popularity of Mr. Humphrey, 
 the contest resulted in the election of Mr. Humphrey, and 
 he retired from the practice of the law and his connec- 
 tion with the law firm of Barney, Humphrey & Butler, 
 and devoted himself to the duties of his new position. 
 Mr. Humphrey was not a frequent speaker. His judg- 
 ment, good taste and true modesty were always exercised 
 in selecting the proper occasion, and in careful prepara- 
 tion. He was very active in the various committees of 
 which he was a member. His time of service embraced 
 
some dt" llu' tiviii'.: pt-r'uxls of tlu' country's liistoiy. 
 TIu's*.' (lutii's wiTi- imi»ort:uit, ami \\v a(<iuitt<'il liinisclf in 
 a *Tr(lita1)K' inaiUHT. Ih- was an acth c and usi-rul mcni- 
 Iht ot" tlir ('oininitti'f of 'riiiit y-t lirci' in tin- session con- 
 vened aliont tlie liiuc of tlif lii( akiiiLT out of the rebellion. 
 His earnest lovallv and eiitliusiastic devotion to the 
 prineijdes ot" fiei'doin and tlu- i:;overnnu'nt were well 
 known, aiul were nuule to Ik- telt on all suitahle occasions. 
 
 Mr. Iluin|ihrey was a canclidate tor re-eh'ction in 1 soo, 
 but was defeated by Moses V\ Odell, the shock of whosi- 
 death, within the jtast week, had scarcely passed before 
 this sad e\ ent occurred. 
 
 3Ir. IIuin]ihrey was re-elected in 18(34. lie visited 
 Europe last year with his ianiily, and resorted to the 
 celebrated springs at Wiesbaden for the benefit of his 
 health. ]>ut his friends assure us that the result was not 
 favorable, and that there had Ix-en a steady decline since, 
 so that he had fully dcternrnu-d to withdraw from puldio 
 life at the eml of his pi-e>ent term. \\v was in his tii'tv- 
 tifth year. 
 
 (From the N. Y. Times, June I7t/i.) 
 
 Hon. James Humphrey, M. C. 
 
 Kings County, while j)aying its last tribute of respect 
 to the remains of its honored son, Odell, is again called 
 to look upon the face of <leatli, to mourn the loss of a 
 beloved, respi-cted and iiselul citizen. The Hon. Janu'S 
 Humphrey, Mendter of Conu'ress from the Third <listrict, 
 reached his home on Cohunbia-street, Brooklyn, at G 
 o'clock, Thursday evening, aii<l died of ii'n acute attack 
 
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 of" rlieuiiiatisin. Tho mere (lro])j)ing of a name from :i 
 list of ;^50,000 residents ordinarily signifies little beyond 
 the narrow limits of a domestic circle, Init in this instance 
 it would he difficult to indicate the exact extent of the 
 disastrous effect Mhich the unexpected, and to worldly 
 vision, untimely death of ]\Ir. I]mn])hrey will produce in 
 social, ])olitical and religious circles. Mr. Humphrey 
 was born in Fairfield, Conn., on the 9th of October, 1811, 
 and when a mere lad developed lai'gely a love for liter- 
 ary pursuits and attainments, a love which was nourished 
 by an appreciative mother, and cultured by a discerning- 
 father. When sixteen years old he went to Amherst 
 College, of which his father, Kev. Ileman Humphrey, 
 was for many years the honored President, whence he 
 was graduated in 183]. For a while he devoted himself 
 to teaching, and assujued at one time the conduct of 
 the Plainfield Academy ; but desiring a more extended 
 and less confining si)here of labor he moved to Loiysville, 
 Ky., where he practiced law with marked success. In 
 1838 he came to New-York and established himself in tlie 
 practice of his profession in this City, but living in 
 Brooklyn. He early identified himself with the more 
 public spirited of the citizens, and devoted himself to the 
 advancement of the interests of the City. His natural 
 goodness of heart and purity of intention attracted the 
 Christian clement toward him, and from liis first residence 
 in Brooklyn he was recognized as an efficient and accom- 
 plished Avorker in the orthodox vineyard. His influence 
 socially, )iaturally led him into the crooked path of poli- 
 tics wherein he W-;ilked with commendable singleness of 
 purpose, living alike unblemished by corruption, unsullied 
 by unfairness. As a local manager he was successful, 
 and was made from time to time the recipient of such 
 civic favors as his fellow-residents could confer upon him ; 
 
 
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 :iii«l tiiKilly in l>.">s lie w :is ret urnrd, Ml'lcr :iii i'\citiii<x 
 I'oiitot, MS nuMnliiT of Coni^rcss tor the Tliinl district. 
 Mr. Iluiii|iliit'v's licalth was by no iiirans niL:Lr*'<U :i">*^ 
 ills j>liv^it|iic was trail, so that whiir iK-voliiiLj liis mental 
 eiuTiiii'S to till' iiitiTists ot' his coiislitiiciits ami tlu- couii- 
 trv, he louu'ht coiiliiuially :il)attk' witli disease, in wliicli 
 lie was often worsted. As a memlier ot" tlio C'onunitteo 
 ot" Foreii;n Atfaii's ."\Ir. llnm]ihrey ser\ cd t"aitht"nlly, in- 
 tc'iliiriMitly, and witli jxreat cTodit. His vii'wson all topics 
 were soundly conservative, always gronnde(l on equity, 
 and LTnided !>v the jirinciples of justice, lie wa'^ defeat- 
 ed 1)V Mr. Od.ll, who suecei'ded him, l>iit at the last elec- 
 tion he was nominated almost by acclamatit)n, and elected 
 easily, to the entire satislaction, not only of an immense 
 oonstitueney, but of the powers that be at "\Va>hiiii;ton. 
 A tinn friend, and a saicacious man, with the present 
 Ignited States ^larshal, Mr. C'ani])bell, and one or two 
 other.<, ."Mr. lliimj)hrey has majiatred for many years the 
 internal economy of the Union party in Kinus County, a 
 county which has justly been re^^arded as a Democratic 
 (Gibraltar, where a I'nion victory was sonicthini: to be 
 proud of. Mr Humphrey was not a popular orator, but 
 his spei-ehes pfissessed a merit wluch very i"ew "■ populai-''' 
 addresses have — they bear reading-. His manner was 
 slow, inipressive; his matter was c;iret"ully cnnsidere<l, 
 well weiLched and ele^•antly phraseil, calculated to con- 
 vince the head rather than win the heart. Pei-sonally, 
 although out of health for many yeais, .Mr. Humphrey 
 was very ])0|)ular. His bearinu; was courteous, his man- 
 ner social, his habits Iiospital»le. He understood men, 
 was a i)atient listener, a l"aithful friend, and a conscien- 
 tious counsellor. A thoroiiixhly i^nod man, sountl law- 
 yer, eonscii-ntious citi/.en, able letxislator and fiitiifnl 
 frienil, has <_rone, leaxiuLT a void whicii tinu' may bridire 
 but never till. 
 
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 {From the N. Y. Ilrrald, June 17th.) 
 
 Hon. James Hiimphrey, 
 Moml»er of Congress from tlio Third ConG;i'cssional dis- 
 trict of tliis State, wliich is formed by a poi-tion of Kings 
 comity, died yesterday morning at his residen(!e in Brook- 
 lyn. Mr. Ilnmphrey was a native of Connecticut, he 
 liaving been l>orn in Fairfield in JNl 1, and was therefore 
 in tlie lifty-fiftli year of his age. He was the son of Rev. 
 Ileman Ilumplirey, President of Amlierst College, at 
 which institution he graduated when only nineteen years 
 old. After perfecting himself in the study of law at 
 Yale College, he took up his residence in Louisville, Ky., 
 where he practiced his profession for two years. In 18.38 
 he left that city and removed to New York, and has since 
 resided in this vicinity. In politics Mr. Humphrey was 
 an old line whig, and as such made his entree in public 
 life as Alderman of the First ward of the city of Brook- 
 lyn, to which position he was chosen by his party friends. 
 He was subsequently selected for the post of Corporation 
 x\ttorney of Brooklyn. From the whig party proper he 
 drifted into fi-eesoilism, and in 1S5G he took his stand 
 with the republicans and battled for Fremont for the 
 Presidency. In the fall of 1858 he was nominated for 
 Congress, in Avhat was then the Second disti'ict, on the 
 republican ticket ; aiid, although the district Avas largely 
 democratic, he was elected, owing to a split in the ranks 
 of his opponents and the running of two candidates. In 
 the Congress to which he was chosen — the Thirty-sixth 
 — he was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
 and also served on the special committee of Tliirty-three 
 on the rebellious States. He was again a candidate in 
 1860, but was defeated by Hon. Moses F. Odell, just de- 
 
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 ceased. Two years :iltcr the' saiiu- caiidKlafes weiv i»ut 
 in iiKiniiiatioii l»y tlieir ivspi'clivu parties, and a similar 
 result tolliiwed. rndauntt-d l»y tlefeat, in lSi)4 lie, for 
 the fourth time, canie u|m.ii tlu- political track tiirCoii- 
 yjressiniial hoiKirs, aiiil L,faiiu'<l a comparat i\ I'ly easy vic- 
 tory over his aiiti-w ar democratic opponent, -Aud took his 
 seat at the opening; otthe ])ri'seiit Congress as the repre- 
 sentative of the Third district, lie was a niemhi-r of the 
 House Committee on CVtmmeree, and (.'hairman of the 
 Committee on Naval Appropriations. .Mr. Humphrey 
 was l»v no means brilliant in dehati', and never eaused 
 much sensation l>y his movemi'uts, but was what is 
 styled a workinjx member. Socially he was much re- 
 s]K.'eted, and enjoyed a large circle of friends and ac- 
 fpiaintances. 
 
 (From the X. Y. Tribune, June IS///.) 
 
 The Hon. James Humphrey. 
 
 The Hon. .Taiiu's Humphrey died at his resilience, cor- 
 ner of Columbia and Pierrepont-sts., Drooklyn, on Friday 
 niirht. Mr. Humjdirey, who was 54 years of au;c, was 
 born in j-'aii-ficld, Coim., and was tlie son of the late 
 Heman Humjihicy, D. I)., President of Andu-rst College, 
 where Mr. .James Humphrey graduated with honor and 
 ilistinetion. He removed to Ib-ooklyu in ls:i'.iaiid l)e- 
 came a prominent member of tlu- li.ir. He was lor some 
 time associated with the firm of liarney, Humphrey tfc 
 Butler, of New-York, and about the same time he took 
 up his residence in the First Ward of the City of Brook- 
 
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 lyn. In 1848 he was elocted Aldonnan of the Ward; 
 AV'as re-elected in 1849. In 1850 and 1851 he served as 
 Corporation Counsel. In 1858 he was urged to accept 
 the nomination for Congress, and was at that time re- 
 garded as the leading man of the party. lie accepted 
 the nomination and was elected by a plurality vote, Mr. 
 George Taylor and Mr. E. B. Litchfield being his Demo- 
 cratic competitors. In 1860 he was renominated, but the 
 District being largely Democratic, he was defeated by 
 Moses F. Odell. In 1862 he was again beaten by Mr. 
 Odell. In 1864 Mr. Humphrey was the Republican can- 
 didate, and was elected by a handsome majority. He 
 was regarded as a most useful and hard-working man in 
 Congress. He was a good scholar, a genial companion 
 and an amiable arentleman. 
 
 [From the iV. Y. Independent, .Time 2\st.) 
 
 Death of Mr. Humphrey. 
 
 The sudden death of Hon. James Humphrey, Member 
 of Congress for Brooklyn, was a painful surprise to his 
 friends, although lie has long been an invalid, whose 
 early removal from life was often anticipated. He died 
 at his home, on Saturday morning, about one o'clock, 
 aged 54 years. 
 
 For ten years he has suffered intensely front disease, 
 which baffled both the scrutiny and skill of the medical 
 profession; and all that time has lived, as it were, by 
 maintaining a constant struggle with his malady. Ten 
 years of active and honoi'able usefulness were thus wrench- 
 ed from the grasp of death. 
 
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 (ir;i<lu;itiiiir at tlif (•(>IK"_''(' of wliicli \\\- fatlii-r was the 
 hoiiorol i>risi<U'iit, iii4ln' class of is:il. at tlic aL,'*' <•< 1 '\ 
 lie soon cnlfrril u|n»n tlic |)rulrssiun of law, fi> wliicli Ik- 
 (It'Notf'l his life, aini in wliicli lie L'liinctl (li>l inct ion. tir>t 
 at Louisviilt', aii«l aUcrwanls at the New ^'ork har. 
 
 In the transition from one city lo the other, ho sjieiit a 
 si'asoii as aetinij professor <>f Kht'toric ami Belles Lettres 
 at his folleu"!', suit|ilyim; the jilace of Prof. C'oiidit, wlio 
 liad resii^ned. In that hrief ))erio<l he niado im]iressions 
 and furnisheil lessons of liti'rary taste, of im>ral jiriiici]>le, 
 of earnest amliition to excel in worthy pursnits, npoii in- 
 irjMMious vonth that came under his instruction, that have 
 ItrouLrht forth i-ich fniit^, and w ill iie\-er be forL'''>tten. 
 
 I lis mental orL:;a!iization was exfjuisitly refined and 
 sensitive, and he possessed a tasti- for estlu-tie enjoyment 
 and culture, which, without his ele\ated principle and 
 vigorous purpose, mij^lit have deL;euerate<l into weakness. 
 Hut an earnest heart and a solid jud;j.inent of the coni- 
 ]»arative value of thinij^s prevented him from evir sacrilic- 
 ing the propir emls of life 1)V postponini^ the useful to 
 the ornamental. 
 
 In 1858, the state of his liealth compelling relaxation 
 of his ju'ofessional labors, he was elei-ted to Congress 
 from the Third District, and sei'ved during the last half 
 of Kuehanan's a<lministrati(ui. lie was not distinguishetl 
 as a constant jiractitioner on the Hoor, but soon iusjiired 
 great confidence as a man wise in council, «le\otcd in 
 patriotism, firm in decision, and i-nergitic in aceiunjilish- 
 ment of whatever was deliberately resolved upon. He 
 shared in all the efforts to avi'rt 1 he calamity of civil war 
 — jK'isistent to the last in endeavors to secure peace, but 
 without ever ])ro])osing to sacrifice the authority of the 
 Government, or the interests of liberty. 
 
 lie was defeate<l at the election in ISGO, and again in 
 
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 1862, through the ])ersoiial ])()i)ul:u-ity of Mr. Odoll. In 
 18G4, Mr. Odell liaving (k'cliucd th% canvass, he was again 
 elected, and tlms was ))ennitted to die in tlie harness. It 
 is remarkahle that those two personal friends, hut polit- 
 ical rivals, died the same week, of chronic and incurable 
 disease — one cancerous and the other rheumatic — and the 
 remains of both lay unburied in Brooklyn on Saturday 
 morning. 
 
 In his genealogy, in his education, in his firm adherence 
 to princi})le, in his reverence for law with devotion to 
 liberty, he was a Puritan of the Puritans, John Brown 
 Avas of his near kindred. And with all that, liis exceed- 
 ing love for the beautiful, the delicacy of his taste and his 
 nicety of discrimination, may serve as an example of the 
 kind of esthetic fruits which that old stock is likely to 
 bear under the favor of genial circumstances and oppor- 
 tunities for culture. 
 
 ]VIr. Humphrey })0ssessed a mind richly furnished in 
 professional and other learning, in elegant literature, and 
 in the fine arts. He had thought much on public aftairs. 
 His line of professional service had made him familiar 
 with the principles of general hiAv and national polity. 
 He entered early and heartily into the renewed discus- 
 sion of the Monroe Doctrine, as first taken up in this 
 })aper in connection with the French invasion of Mexico. 
 He ^\-ould have been one of our most accomplished and 
 useful foreign ministers, had the recommendations of 
 friends succeeded in bringing his name within the rule 
 by which such appointments were dispensed under Mr. 
 Lincoln's administration. 
 
 He had a sound judicial mind, and would have adorned 
 the bench by his learning, im})artiality, and rare powers 
 of discrimination, had the wishes of some been success- 
 ful in j)i-oviding for him such a post in place of a re-elec- 
 
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 lion to CoiiLTi'iss. Bui tliul u MS not lo In-; In- l;<)1 iIk' 
 ]»(>st wliuli ]\v pri'll rii'tl, ;iiul i-loscd his life in llu' jicr- 
 lormaiiif ot" tin.- ilulirs to wliicli Ik; was ilovoti-d, aiul lur 
 wliiili 111' \N as admiralily «iuaiilii'(l. 
 
 In his privati' liJc, as a |iul»lic--s]>iriti'(] citizen, an orna- 
 nu'nt and doliij:lit in the most cultivated society, a most 
 alU-ctionate son, hu>l>and, and father, a faithful friend, a 
 lovely and exemplai'y C'hi'istian, he was a model to all, 
 anil a hlessin«; to all who came within his reach. He 
 had conijileted an honoral)le career, and was removed in 
 ihe midst of his hiu-hest usefulness, (itod knows l)est. 
 
 {Fruiii the Brouklyii I'liion, Jxiie ISth.) 
 
 Tribute by Rev. Dr. Storrs. 
 
 IJev. l)i-. Storrs, at the conclusion of his morning- <lis- 
 eourse yesterday, which he had preached from the 12th 
 verse of the Ooth Psalm — "So teach us to number our 
 days that wi- may a])]ply our hearts unto wisdom" — thus 
 feelingly alluded to Mr. Humphrey: 
 
 I need not say that this suhject, though never untimely 
 or inaj)propriate, has taken the ])lace of one ujion which 
 I should otherwise have preached this morning, because 
 of tlie imjiression made upon mv heart, and on your own, 
 l»y the death of one whom we have loAe<l and honored 
 long, and whom ivw, I jiresume, in the congregation have 
 known as long, and not many better than myself The 
 first member of the congregation witli whom I became 
 acfjuainted — my intercourse with him lommenced when 
 I was a more lad of 15 or IG years of age. He was then 
 mv instructor; and here, while his unbui'ied tlioULrh life- 
 
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 less body remains among us, I rejoice to bear -witness, 
 not for his honor, but for the utterance of my own affec- 
 tionate admiration and love, to the influence which I de- 
 rived from him when, as a youth of 16 I think — almost 
 30 years ago — I received from him instructions, the influ- . 
 ence of which has never left me, and the effect of which 
 has appeared in whatever has been worthy of notice, or 
 worthy of exercising an influence upon others, in my sub- 
 sequent life. As I think iipon his life, how brief it seems ! 
 So few years, after all — and now ended forever! As I 
 think upon his life, how near I seem to stand, myself, to 
 the invisible world ! A step, and one is there ! " I am 
 faint," and he was gone. As I tliink of his life, how I 
 bless God for that faith in Christ for which he now blesses 
 God more than for everything else — more than for all 
 offices, honors and influence, and admiration of the world 
 — for that faith in Christ through which he has been re- 
 ceived to the presence of God, and of the Saviour, and of 
 a father and brother who had gone before, and of the un- 
 numbered multitudes of the redeemed. How I bless God 
 for the patience which God Avrought in him, through the 
 very experience of sorrow and of sickness. Few of us, 
 my bretliren, will ever be called, I trust, to fight so stern 
 a battle Avith disease as he did — for ten years battling 
 constantly against the power of a sickness that made 
 every exertion doubly hard, that took the joy from almost 
 all the ordinary pleasures of life, and that made him 
 aware continually of the contrast between what he would 
 do if he had physical force at his command, and what he 
 was compelled to do. It is hard to wear the chain upon 
 the outward limb ; it is harder to wear the chain of sick- 
 ness, encircling the very soul itself It is hard to be re- 
 strained within limits which we cannot pass, which are 
 palpable to the senses ; it is harder to be hampered on 
 
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 every si.lo l)y the limitations of a teebleiiess which wc 
 cannot master nor override. I bless God lor the power 
 of resolve which came with that loiii; sickness, and whidi 
 wrenched snccessive years of life from the verv ^M-as|) of 
 death. I lijcsstiod for the cai)acit y, and foi' the culti- 
 vated faculty, which shall he more illustriously exhibited 
 in heaven than ever here, ami t*ar more usefid. I bless 
 (iod tor the expectation of a |iuiir love and a perfect svm- 
 pathy, continued immortally; for the oppoitunities that 
 shall he given, in the infinite leisure, of conversations that 
 were too high for us while here — of conversations on 
 themes that were familiar to the mind of him who has 
 gone from us, that shall hereafter delight him fbrever. 
 And catching what would be his word, if he could speak 
 to us, I would say to you who have admired and honored 
 and loved him here— to those of his own profession — to 
 those of his own age — to those associated with him in 
 this congregation from the very beginning of it — to those 
 who liave lieiv later met with him, and to whom his 
 l)resence was always a ))resence most beautiful and at- 
 tractive— I say in his name, "Faith in Christ is the one 
 essential conditicm of prosperity. LifV on « arth is only 
 great when it closes in life on high. The grace of 
 Christ is more to me, to-day, than everything else the 
 world has held. And while I bless God fbr many things 
 —looking back on life, I bless Ilim most of all' for the 
 Word of truth, for the Church of Christ, for the grace of 
 the S])Irit, for the Divine .Ministry of j.ain !" 
 
pcctinig of iht Behi %ot\x ^clcgiition, in 
 Congress. 
 
 At a meeting of the Delegation from the State of New 
 Yoi'k in the two Houses of Congress, held at the Capitol 
 in Washington, on the 18th day of June, 1866, for the 
 |>urpose of taking aj)pro])riate action in regard to the 
 death of the Honorable James Humphrey, of New York : 
 
 Hon, Nelson Taylor was appointed Chairman, and 
 Hon. Robert S. Hale, Secretary. The following resolu- 
 tions were unanimously adopted : 
 
 Whereas, on Saturday last, the death of our friend and collcafi^iie, Hon- 
 orable James Humplircy, Representative from the third Coni;ressional 
 District, of New York, was announced to the House and country: 
 
 And, Whereas, it is due alike to the private and the public cluiracter 
 of the deceased, that we, his collea.i^ues, who know his tidelity as a Rep- 
 resentative and his worth as a man, should pay his memory a tribute 
 of respect : 
 
 Therefore, Resolved, That we have learned with profound rcfi,ret of the 
 sudden death of our brother and our friend, in the prime of his life and 
 in the full vis^or of his intellectual powers. 
 
 Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Humphrey, Conjjress and the Coun- 
 try are called to mourn the departure of one of the National Council, 
 who brought to the discharge of his public duties a calm, clear and un- 
 biased Judgment, an intellect refined and adorned by the highest cul- 
 ture, a conscience which ever recognized tlie right and made it the rule 
 of action, modesty which was proverbial, and a personal demeanor 
 nuirked by the kindness of courtesey which sprung from a noble nature 
 and a christian spirit. 
 
 Resolred, That by the Providence which tlius afflicts the nation, the 
 State of New York has lost one of its purest Representatives, who per- 
 formed his duty to his State, and to his constituency, so well and so 
 w isely as to merit and receive universal approbation. 
 
 Resolved, That we tender our sincere sympathies to the widow, fiimily 
 
and nliitivos of llio il.tia-i-d uiuUr tin ir hcrouvriiieiit, iiiul tlnit tlic 
 Sucrutary bi' reiiuistiil lo tninsiuit to Mrs. Hmnplin-y ii i-opy of the 
 prort'cdiiitfs of tliis nirotiii;;. 
 
 I{i-M>lit<l, Tliat till- CImir appoint a Coimnittif of siv.ii n><iiit)trs of 
 tin- Nfw York Diktat ion. of wlioni tlic Cliainnaii ^hali In- one, to at- 
 tend tin' fiUHTal of tlic dec rased, at Brooldyii, on Wednesday, Jnne 
 
 •Jdtli, at :{, I'. M. 
 
 NELSON TAYLOR, Clinimmn. 
 
 HoiiKitT S. Hai.k, Strnt'iri/. 
 
 ihocccbinAs in iht (Tommon (Louncil of 
 l^rcohlnn. 
 
 Till' I'.oai-d of AldcniK'U asscinLk'd t.ii Monday, Juno 
 IStli, lS(i(i, at 2, 1'. M., tlu' Pivsidcnt, Aid. Bliss, occuiiy- 
 iiiiX tilt' c-hair. 
 
 AIUt the reading of the minutes of the previous ineet- 
 \u<i — 
 
 Aid. Cashow otl'ered the following resolutions: 
 
 W/iorax, Since tlie last mettinf: of the Board the liand of death has 
 stricken down the Hon. Moses F. Odelland tlie Hon. .James Ilnniphrcy, 
 two of tlie most respected and honored citizens of Brooklyn, " shining 
 marks," both; and 
 
 W/irrrnx, Their lontr career of inildie service and usefulness in the 
 local. State and jjenerul >rovernnient— Mr. Oddl havinir for many years 
 nerved as an honest, capable and faithful olllcerof the national troveni- 
 inent, and .Mr. Humjdirey havin); been a member of this Board and law 
 olllcerof the city, and held other positions of iiublic trust anions us, 
 and l)otli having' represented the people of the :WConi:ressi()nal district 
 on the tloor of Conj^ress durinic the darkest hour of the country's his- 
 tory to the satisfaction oftheir constituency, aiul distinguished as daunt- 
 less and unflinching,' advocates of Union and liberty, and by their f,'reat 
 purity of i)rivate and unselllsh i)ut)lie spirit— had (greatly endeared them 
 
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 to all classes of their fellow citizens, so that their loss is to be rc^^arded 
 as a public bereavement; therefore, it is by this Common Council, 
 speakini^ on behalf of their constituents, 
 
 Resolved, That in the death of Hon. M. F. Odell and Hon. J. Hum- 
 phrey the people of Broolclyn are called upon to mourn the loss of ex- 
 emplary, Christian gentlemen, unselfish and patriotic fellow-citizens 
 and honest, capable and incorruptible public servants, taken away from 
 them in the ver\ prime of life and in tlie heii^ht of their usefulness, and 
 that to the families of the deceased, in their ijreat bereavement, his 
 Honor the Mayor be requested on the part of the city authorities, and 
 on behalf of the people they represent, to tender their sincere sympathy 
 and heartfelt condolence. 
 
 Jiesolred, That these resolutions be spread at large upon the minutes 
 of this Board, and a copy thereof be delivered to the families of deceased. 
 
 Resolved, That the Hon. James Humphrey having been a member of 
 the Board, and an officer of this City Government, this Common Coun- 
 cil will attend the funeral in a body, and as a further mark of respect 
 wear the usual badge of mourning for 30 days. 
 
 Aid. Hinsdale, in rising to second the resolutions ad- 
 dressed the Board as follows : 
 
 It seems to me fitting that we should suspend our 
 ordinary routine of business to honor the memory of 
 public servants so generally respected and esteemed as 
 were Mr. Odell and Mr. Humphrey. Mr. H. for three 
 years discharged in this Board the very honorable and 
 responsible trusts reposed in him as Alderman of the 
 First Ward. Mr. Odell has never, that I am aware, oc- 
 cu])ied a seat in the Common Council ; but they have 
 both so ably, so intelligently, and so acceptably, repre- 
 sented this city in the national councils during a series of 
 years; they have been so identified with every enter- 
 prise which had for its object the welfare of our soldiers 
 and their families during the war ; they were so thorough- 
 ly and consistently loyal to the Government in that im- 
 portant crisis of our history ; their public lives were 
 marked with such integrity of character, and stich obedi- 
 ence to princij)les ; in their private Walks and associations 
 they so well illustrated the Christian virtues, that I am 
 
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 siuv the (■oiiiiiiMiiity in which they (•(iiiiiiiaiiilcil such uni- 
 versal ivsjicit, and wluTf thi-y wrie ivixaitlc'tl with so 
 inml) atVfctioii hy hirLTC ciiTli-s of fViciKls, will cxju'ct 
 iVom us w hat no nu'inliiT ot" this IJnanl w ill lU'cni inap- 
 ])roj»riat(.' — a publii'. ri'n>o;iiition ot tht- loss thi-y have sus- 
 taitu'd by tlu'ir ivnioval from us. I iIktcIoit second the 
 resolutions. 
 
 The ri'solutions were then unaniiUDUsly adopted and 
 the Hoanl adjourned. 
 
 
 {Kztract from the ^fi!lulrs of the Board of Direcfom of the Lonf) Jsfand 
 UUtorical Society, June 18, 186G.) 
 
 Jamks TlrMninKV, our fellow townsman, one of the 
 Counsellors of our Soeii-ty, and a member of Cons^^ress 
 from tlie third district, died sutldenly at his residence in 
 this city, on the If.tli of June, 1866. 
 
 When a really noble man falls in our midst, it is be- 
 coming to pause anil drop a tear over the halloweil dust, 
 and inscnbe in a brief memorial our sense of the loss we 
 have suBtained. 
 
 James Humphrey was no common man. Son of the 
 late Heman Humphrey, President of Andicrst C\)lleLrc, 
 he graduated at that institution at the age of nineteen 
 
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 years. Clioosing tlie profession of the law, he finisliod 
 his initiatory course of study at Yale College Luav 
 School, and in the office of a distinguished lawyer in New 
 York. He commenced the practice at Louisville, Ken- 
 tucky, hut returned to New York in 1838, and estahlish- 
 ed his home in Brooklyn, where he has since resided. 
 His connection with our city government as a memher 
 of its local legislature and Counsel to the Corporation, 
 furnished his first introduction to us as a public man, 
 and the ability and fidelity with which he discharged his 
 duties in these relations gave promise of his future. 
 
 .Vs a lawyer his associates sjieak of him as a thorough 
 student, a clear minded, earnest advocate, a safe coun- 
 sellor and a magnanimous adversary. He ])Ossessed a 
 rare magnetism which attached friends to him devotedlv, 
 which secured a permanent clientage, and, coui)led with 
 his inaidiness and sincerity of address, won fi^vor at the 
 hands of Courts and Juries and respect from antagonists. 
 
 Although his career as a statesman was not extended 
 it enabled him to i^i-ove the excellence of his qualities in 
 that sphere. His first tei-m as a member of Congress 
 commenced in 1859, and embraced that most interesting 
 and exciting period of our national history w'hen red- 
 handed rebellion was first lifted against the life of the 
 nation. 
 
 A ri])e scholar, a patient and laborious student of the 
 principles of government, an eai'nest lover of freedom 
 and free institutions, and able at all times to present his 
 views cogently and gracefully, his good judgment and 
 genuine modesty caused him to refi'ain from mingling in 
 every discussion ; yet when he did speak, his carefully 
 prepared efforts commaiuled the attention and resjx'ct of 
 the House. But it was in the committees of which he 
 was a member, especially the famous committee of Thirty- 
 
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 throe, that his tacMiltics, his unostentatious luul un- 
 wearied lahors were more prominently tested ami ajtjtre- 
 oiated. 
 
 Kesidinix in a district wlu>re political majorities were 
 adverse to him, his admitted worth and personal ]M)j)ulari- 
 ty secured for him a second term, ami it was while in the 
 active discharge of its duties that he lell — at the nu'ri- 
 dian of his fame and usefulness. 
 
 Hut it is ot'liiin as a man that his friends most delight 
 to s]>eak. In form slight, hut graceful and dignified, he 
 bore u|>on his countenance not oidy the impress of a 
 strong intellect, Imt the assurance of a genial and sincere 
 heart. 
 
 Unselfish antl sympathi^tic, no one ever in vain ai)plied 
 to him to assist in a worthy project, or to aid in jiromot- 
 ing a meritorious amhitiou. Kind and courteous to all, 
 there were few who servi-il friends more prom]itly or 
 elieerfully. Enemies he had none; for as he spoke ill of 
 no one, malice could fiml in him nothing for detraction. 
 
 It was reserved for the la>t ten years of liis life to de- 
 velo]»e that practical endurance and moral heroism which 
 were such conspicuous elements in his character. Never 
 r<jl)ust in his phvsieal structure <liseasi' marked him for 
 its own, ami his life ever since has heeii one of confiict, 
 at times with the most acute sutiering, and, again, with 
 that feehleness and lassitude (hat sujiervened. ^'et amid 
 it all, not even the serenity ot" the domestic cirele was 
 disturhed hy a m\irmur ; .-nel the visagi' which he hore 
 to his daily wi>rk of duty and Mxial inlircoursi-, so cheer- 
 ful, so pt'aceful, was like a henediet ion. If, restrained hy 
 tliose fetters with which we know his mental and physi- 
 cal powers were girt — he achieveil so mucli, what wmild 
 he not have accomplisheil with untrammelled powirs? 
 Well has it heen said of him that "during all tliat time 
 
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 he must have boon aware continually <»f the contrast he- 
 tween what lie would do if he had jjhysical force at his 
 command, and what he was compelled to do." Who 
 shall ever tell of liis desperate struggles through the 
 thick oloom that often surrounded him, of his often 
 tottering steps in the buttle of life — begirt by various 
 and renewed assaults of the "great destroyer" — the 
 vibrations between hope and fear, as he heroically pressed 
 onward and upward ! 
 
 Viewing his compai'atively short life and his calm de- 
 parture, truly may we say — 
 
 '■■We are of such stuff' 
 "As drciims are Diade of; and our little life 
 "Is rounded with & sleep" — 
 
 and how feelingly Ave may add : 
 
 "Goodness and he fill up one monument." 
 
 Resolved, That this imperfect testimonial to the memory of our late 
 lamented associate, be inscribed on the permanent records of this So- 
 ciety. 
 
 Resolved, That a copy of the same be transmitted Ijv the Secretary to 
 the family of the deceased. 
 
 J^Us0luti0ns 0f i\it ffirah)f0rb Coal ffompunn. 
 
 i> Til "<'' t'j 
 
 At a meeting of the Directors of the Crawford Coal 
 Company, held on ^Tonday, June 18, 18G0, the following 
 was unanimously adopted : 
 
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 Wirre.tf, Tliis Hoard has Wvu iiifoniu'cl of tin- smldtii ilfiith of lion. 
 Jaim-8 niiiiipUruv, one of its iiRiubers, and liitu Prciiidcnt of the Com- 
 puny— 
 
 J{,x;lr,;l, Thul iu OUT liiteriodrse witli liini, in rt-fereiice to the busi- 
 ness of this Compnny. and in all other nuittci-s, we desire to hear wit- 
 ness to and reeord our hii;ii repird for his iutelli;;enee, and of him as 
 a eonrteous, pure and hit^h minded ^;entlenum, and a nohle Clirisliau 
 man ;— and to exjiress our rei^ard for his loss and our synipatliy with 
 his family and friends. 
 
 Jiesulntl, That the above he entered ui)on the minutes of this Com- 
 pany, and a eopy of the same be sent to his family. 
 
 A true eopy. 
 
 KVKKETT 11. CLAIM', PrenUleiit. 
 
 Jicsolutions of the pinion tenant 
 
 At a s]>c'cial ineetitii; of the Kiiisfs County Union 
 Leatine, lu-M at tlu'ir IJooins, on Monday fvcniiit;, June 
 18, J. .M. \';m C'utt, Ks«[., utVcrcd the following; itsoIu- 
 tions, wbic-lj were unanintously a<l<i|it».Ml : 
 
 JifxiAvrtl, That this Club unites its sympathies with the private prlef 
 and the publie loss oeeasioned by tin- lamented death of the two last 
 Conj,'ressional Representatives of the district in which we are assembled. 
 
 /{/■xolnil. That thoui^h diverse in their t^eneral jiarty ties and associa- 
 tions, they were closely united in their devotion to the a.ssailed nation- 
 al lla>? and endanifered Union, and have lert us an example of patriotic 
 Bcrviee, and of integrity in their iniblie and private lives, which will 
 preserve their memory ever grateful and ever tureen amon« us. 
 
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 Eesolved, TLat Moses F. Odell and James Humphrey not only died in 
 office, but impaired and shortened their lives by their ftithful public 
 labors, performed amid the stern scenes of civil war and in the irentler 
 offices of peace ; and that they both earned from their constituents and 
 country what their constituents and country now gratefully award to 
 them— the plaudit, " Well done, j,'ood and faithful servants." 
 
 Besolved, That the Secretary cause these resolutions to be published 
 in the papers of this county, and in the New York Evening Post, Tunes 
 and Tribune. 
 
 JOSEPH REEVE, Preskhvt. 
 
 Daniel J. Ro;^s, Secretary. 
 
 Meeting of tk li'inqs (roimtii ^nv. 
 
 (From the Brooklyn Union, and Eagle, June 191h.) 
 
 A numerously attended and influential meeting of the 
 members of the Kings County Bar was held this morn- 
 ing in the Special Term rooni of the Supreme Court, to 
 express their sense of the loss sustained hy the decease 
 of the Hon. James Humphrey. Several well-known 
 members of the New York bar were also present. 
 
 The meeting organized by the election of Ex-Judge 
 Morse as Chairman, and Mr. I>enedict as Secretary, 
 
 Hon. Joh:n^ Greenwood arose and said : 
 
 It is well known to all of us here, that Ave meet for the 
 purpose of paying a tribute of respect, as well as of ex- 
 pressing in some degree our feelings on the occasion of 
 the recent sudden decease of our esteemed friend and 
 brother, the Hon. James Humphi-ey. Though feeling 
 
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 •■■'tiivly iM:nl..,uatf to ,,n,|,r,ly ,]isrli:n-r (Ik. .luiy u liic], 
 l';i- .1c\..Im..| „,m,i, nic :it tlif iv.|ur>l ,.|' sum.. .itliiTs, I 
 ris,. r..r tl... [..irpusi. uf i.inkiii- a Vi.iy tv\v ivmarks in I'v- 
 l:iti(.ii to tin. (Iratli of our laiiu.|it(..| iVici,,!. Alllioii-h I 
 iH-v.T ha.I tIiri.lrasutvor,.njoyin-il„.ii,(iiiiat.. ac.,u'aiMl- 
 aiu-L-of Mr. lluMii.liivy, y,.t I h..„l (h..ju,.ut opi.ort.iuitU'S 
 of personal (•oniimiiii.at ioi. with hiiii, aii.l, t hcivroiv, of 
 foniiintra just cstiinatc of iiis t.Iiara.f.r. II,. was pos- 
 si'sse.l of tnic> inanlioo.l ; a nice and lwu (li-liiatc si-nsc 
 of honor, hut .listiiiiruisho.l rather, I think, l.y the niihU-r 
 virtues, :uul havini; :it all times a true -entleiuanlv spirit 
 an,l hearinur. With n-ar-l to his liic-rary taste and men- 
 tal eharaeter, it would he perhaps more becoming 
 others to speak of him— those who had a more intimate 
 ae.puiintanee with liim and a Letter kiiowledire of Ids 
 eompositions and ^.irorts— luit I reeolleet havhi-r heen 
 l»resent on one oeeasion when .Mr. Jlumidirey, sur- 
 prised all wlio jia.l i)reviously known him, l.y the 
 sph.n.li.l eff..rt he mad.- <.n that oecasi.ui, whieh" was 
 the delivery of an a.ldress l.efore the New Knrrland 
 Soeiety, a society whieh formerly existed anioni,^ n^ hut 
 whieh is now no mor... That ad-lnss was pulijish.d in 
 pamphlet form, and therel.y thousands ha-l the ojip.u-- 
 tunity of readini; it. It was a production of rare literary 
 merit and l.eauty, and one which raised him in the esti- 
 mation of the piddic as a s(.holar,hi^rlK.r in the school of 
 taste an.l relinenient than i.rol)al.ly he had been before 
 rei;arded as occupvin<_r. 
 
 With re.v'ard to his jx.liti.al chara<t(.r I have nothing 
 to say on this occasion, cxc..pt that thon-h m some r*- 
 6i)ects .liffering fn.m him, he was alwavs sincere an.l 
 moderate in his views a.i.l expn-ssions. X,, .,n,. ,...,n ac- 
 cuse him of insinc.rity ,,v want of intcLrrity. In the 
 latter resp,.(.t he pri.s(.nl.d an exampl,. worthV of imita- 
 
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 tion. I was impressed last Sunday Tnoniing, by a remark 
 used by the pastor of the churcli where Mr. Humphrey 
 attended, — a man of rare private character and mental 
 attainments, and universally esteemed as one worthy of 
 the higl^est respect, — who said of Mr. IIumj)hrey, that he 
 (the pastor) had in his early years derived from Mr. 
 Humphrey, who was then his teacher, some of the most 
 valuable impressions he had ever received. I thought 
 there could be no greater praise tluin that. Mr. Hum- 
 phrey was then, perhaps, 24 or 25 years of age. I can 
 only say in conclusion that while this sad calamity is an 
 admonition to us all to be ready for our final end, it is 
 also an admonition for us all to imitate the beautiful ex- 
 ample which he has left us. 
 
 In conclusion, I would now move that a committee of 
 three be appointed to draft suitable resolutions in token 
 of our feeling. 
 
 Tlie motion was adopted, and the Chair appointed as 
 such committee Ex-Judge Greenwood, Gen. Crooke and 
 Ex-Judge Birdseye. 
 
 The committee retired and soon after returned and 
 offered the following resolutions : 
 
 Mesoh'cd, That the sad and sudden death of the Hon. James Hum- 
 phrey is an occasion requiring of the bar of Kinj^s county an expression 
 of their regard for him and his many virtues— and their regret for his 
 loss. 
 
 Resolved, That Mr. Humphrey was the example of a ripe scholar, an 
 accomplished lawyer, and a pure man, who united with those charac- 
 teristics the kindest, most courteous and amiable qualities of the heart. 
 He was a rare instance of the lawyer and politician who never mingled 
 the asperities of professional or oflScial contests with the social inter- 
 course of private life. His private, professional and public life are all 
 alike worthy of him and grateful to the atfectionate remembrance of 
 his associates. 
 
 Itesolwd, Tliat the members of the bar of Kings county will in a body 
 attend the funeral of our departed friend on Wednesday, 20th inst. 
 
 Resolved, Tliat a copy of these resolutions, signed by the Chairman 
 
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 and Si'cri'tary otlliis uurtimr, he pri'sontid to tlic fiimilv (if Mr. Hum- 
 pliroy — witli our lu-artfclt fviuputhy fi>r tlicm in their hiTcavi-iiuiit, and 
 our hupu that tht y may timl comfort in ttu- lussiiranci- tliat as* he was 
 pure and true in life, and estreincd of all nu-n, so now, as we trust and 
 believe, lie is liappily at rest. 
 
 Alien .1. SpooiuT, Ksij., inovfil the inloiitioii of the 
 resolution"-. 
 
 .losHiA .M. \ AN ('oiT, Esi]., arosi' ami sai<l : I should 
 not <lo justice* to n»y own t'ei-linLCs if I sutti'red tliis occa- 
 sion to jiass without a sli<;ht tribute to the memory of 
 Mr. Iluuiphicy. The presence of this numerous l)ar, 
 drawn from both sides of the river, attests the respect 
 which is felt for Mr. Humphrey. For nearly ten years 
 he has l»een kept tV.nu any active particii)ation in the 
 conflicts of his profession, and is not therefore so famil- 
 iarly known to many of the yountrer bar as he is to us 
 who wer»' enj^aLjed with him in Itusiness years ago. My 
 ac(piaintance with Mr. Hum))hrey is of rpiite an early 
 date. I first km-w him when we l)oth were jiiembers of 
 the law school connectt>d with Yale College, at New 
 Haven. .My actpiaintance with him began there, and I 
 there for the first time saw the gentleman, the scholar, 
 the careful student, the exemplary liigh-toned man which 
 Mr. Humphrey ever afterwards appeared. AVe were 
 both, also, after that time, fellow-stu<lents in tlie office of 
 an eminent menibiT of the Xew York bar — Mr. Stajih's. 
 W e f )llo\ved our common studies together for a consid- 
 erable time. After leaving that office I think Mr. Hutn- 
 phrey went South and ]»ractice<l his profession in Ken- 
 tucky. \Yhen he ri'tiirne<l to Xew York he found me 
 occupied in llie pi:ntice of" my profession. AYe took an 
 office together, and I imjirovt-d my ac<piaintance with 
 him, and b«came assured of those fine ijualities which had 
 struck me when I was first .uquainted with liiiu. Mr. 
 Hmnjthiiy < aiiie to the study of the law witli a <-omj)ara- 
 
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 tively mature mind. Ho liad already passed tlirouo-li liis 
 college education iVom the position of a student to that 
 of a tutor, and had attained a ripe scholarsliip when he 
 commenced his i)rofcs8ional studies. I, also, heard the re- 
 mark made by Mr. Humphrey's pastor last Sahbath, that 
 thirty years ago Mr. Humphrey was his tutor, ]Mr. Hum- 
 phrey was at the time pursuing his jn-ofessional duties of 
 rhetoric and eloquence, and had formed a style of speaking, 
 at that early period, which he so gracefully exemplified 
 afterwards in the Courts, and much of which, I think, his 
 eloquent and distinguished pastor catight from ^h: Hum- 
 phrey. Mr. Humphi-ey was unquestionably a sound and 
 able lawyer. His i»reparation of his causes was faithftil, 
 laborious, and conscientious; and I think he never ap- 
 peared in Court without showing he had fitted himself 
 by labor and ertbrt to aid the Court in its arduous duties 
 in the administration of justice. Mr. Humphrey was not 
 only a lawyer and a gentleman, but a Christian lawyer 
 and a Christian gentleman. He drew his principles of 
 law, and of the ethics that were to be applied to causes 
 before the Courts, not only from text books and adjudged 
 cases, but from that higher law to which he acknowledged 
 his obligation, and to which he never was ashamed to 
 app>eal. He was a model of geiitlemanly manners, and 
 of a Christian s])irit in the pursuit of his profession. He 
 was an example in his integrity for us, his contemjioraries, 
 and the junior bar that follows him. I know of no man 
 whose life at the bar might be more safely commended 
 to his profession than that of jMr. Humphrey. Undoubt- 
 edly there have been more astute lawyei's; there may 
 have been gentlemen at tiie bar possessed of higher 
 powers of logic, but, take him all in all — as a nian, faith- 
 ful to his client, faithful to tlie Court, faithful to him>elf, 
 faithful in all his professional relations — in his entire 
 
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 coursf I do not know a <j:«'iill«nian wliost' rcronl is a lii't- 
 tfi- ni-oiil lo-(lav tlian that of Mr. I IuiM|ilirfy. -Moic 
 Karnril lawvirs tlicrc nia\ liaw Itrcn, luit none inoiT 
 lionoraMt — none w lio li:i\c Irt'l a niorc sate (•\ani|)I(' loi- 
 ns to follow ; and I am sure it is the voict' of tlu' wliolu 
 profi's^ion w litii I sav, that no man lias U-ft us moi'i' rc- 
 s|)i'i'tr<l, that no man will li(> to tlu' iLjrav*' moiv univt-r- 
 sally n\icri'ttcd, than Janus Ilnni|iliiry. 
 
 K\-.Ind«H' I.iciKN IJiKiisKvic followi'(l. Hi' said: — I 
 wi>li to add a wonl or two in rcfcn-iiff to tlu' cliaraftiT 
 and liti' of (Mir dciiartfd lirotlicr, and in doinir so I desire 
 to rail attention to what always secnu-d to me to he the 
 most remarkalde featiiri' in tlii' life and i-hai'acter of Mr. 
 IIuinj)hrey. It was his entire siniplieity and sineirity in 
 every act ot" his lile. In all thiniis, the simplest and 
 most casual, as well as the ^i-eatest and most im|)ortant, 
 !Mr. IIum]ihrt'V wa> a man entirely ))ure, sim|ih', and sin- 
 ci're in all his words, in all his ilesires, in all his aets. 
 lie seemed to me evt-r moved hv one single ])rincij)le, to 
 hriuix lorward the ]iert"ormanee of duty in hand — whatso- 
 ever it was — and i'ndea\oi- to do it honestlv, faithfnllv, 
 ami eompletely, and theie lea\c it. lie was frei' of every- 
 ihim; like uuile or di-eijition, and w ith a lu-art overtlow- 
 \\\'^ with i^ood feeling', not onlv toward his client, hut his 
 prolessional o|>i>onent in the cause; for theC'oiii't, whose 
 officer he was, and for his opponent's interest as well as 
 th.-it of his own client. I think that vaw liardl\ lie s.aiil 
 of any otlu-r law yeidf w lioni ucknow. As i ha\c heard 
 it said of Mr. Humphrey hy one of his ow n clients, since 
 his decease, that lie\<'r did he ^eek to pre--s heyond w hat 
 was rii^ht and just the inti-rest of \\]-i client to the injurv 
 of liis opponent's client; and 1 lliink this will lu' the 
 universal V(»ice of those who knew him, that he nevi'r 
 80ui>;lit to obtain the success of his client where he lion- 
 
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 estly believed tliat justice did not demand sucli success. 
 I believe it was this success, thus assured, which enabled 
 Mr. IIuin])hrey, by intellioent labor and constant appli- 
 cation, to obtain the whole of his case, so as to present it 
 faithfully and truly ; and tliat it was an element of suc- 
 cess with him, which is stronger than many of the elements 
 which influence us in the contests of the bar, to press, 
 sometimes, for more than we ought to obtain. The sim- 
 ple desire of obtaining that which was right and true and 
 just gave him success in his efforts. And I wish to testify 
 from my own knowledge, from all the associations I had 
 Avith him in society, in political life, in professional life — 
 to bear my hearty witness to the kindness of his heart, 
 to the purity of his life in all things. It is certainly re- 
 markable that two very eminent citizens of Brooklyn, 
 who have de])arted during the past week, should have on 
 all hands testimony borne to the purity, the uprightness, 
 the Christian sincerity of their lives ; and that their ex- 
 ample in this respect should be received by men of all 
 ranks in society certainly is a lesson which we may take 
 to ourselves, that tlie real and true gain which every man 
 ought to strive for is tliat sincerity, that uprightness, that 
 purity of character of which we have had here such emi- 
 nent examples, in not only the life of the gentleman whose 
 career we are now met to speak of, but of one who was 
 so intimately associated with him in the regai-ds and 
 wishes of this community. 
 
 Hon. Henry C. Murphy next spoke as follows : — I do 
 not know that I can add anything to what has been so 
 ably and ehxpiently said in relation to the departed. Our 
 brother has fallen under the inexorable hand of death, in 
 the highest vigor of his intellect — one who, by his learn- 
 ing and example, was calculated to be most useful to so- 
 cietv and to obtain an honorable distinction for himself 
 
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 His iTiiunal has iiiadc :i son^il)!*' \^:i\) in tuir fVoiil ranks, 
 an<l \vi' cnulil nut if we wniiM, and we uonM not il" w c 
 c'ould, 111' insi'iisiUlo to tlu' loss. I will not speak ot" 
 his jirivato and personal charnctiT, which has bcon dwelt 
 upon liy t lie gentlemen who have preceded me, Imt I will, 
 for a niunient, look at his ])idilie eliaraeler. I became 
 acipjnintod with liin\ at his iirst establislinient in onr city, 
 now about twenty-five years ai^o, and I liave maintaini'd 
 durini; the whole period since until his (h'ath a friendly, 
 thout^h not, ]ierha])S, an intimate inten-ouse with him. I 
 differed from him on many jioints, particularly in refer- 
 once to ])uldic )>olicy ; but perhaps that very dittereiice 
 or antniTonism has enabled me the better to judge of liis 
 character and apj)reciate his worth. .James Ilunijihrey 
 was >ini'ere and decidiMl in his opinions; courteous and 
 gentlemanlv alwavs in maintaininix tiicm, which he did 
 with marked ability. And yit, sir, he never did justice 
 to himself, I thoULrlit, for he si'cined to s]iritd< from that 
 jirumiiience wliich he was iullv entitleil to take in ]iublic 
 debate. Soon after he cauu' to our city he became a 
 member of our Common Council, where he remained for 
 several years, taking there a very ]>rominent part in tlu' 
 delil)erations of tluit body, when the presence of txcntle- 
 n\en, of citizens of cliaractei', <^:i\v importance and con- 
 sideration to those deliberations ; when such men as John 
 Skillman, and Joseph Sprague, and Thomas (r. Talmagt', 
 and Thomas E. Jerrold — now mimbere<l, like him, with 
 the dead, when Fisher Howe, Samuel Smith, Jesse C. 
 Smith, and others it is unnecessary to mention, took part 
 in them; — there Mr. lluiiiplinv iriade himself thoroughly 
 accpiainted with tlu- .alfaii's of ourcilv, with its financial 
 and general municipal interests, in all of which he mani- 
 fested a deep interest, and where he (pialilied himsidf 
 eminently for the position to which he was :ifter\v:irds 
 
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 called of being its Counsellor. That (Inty, or the duties 
 of that office, he discharged faithfully and honestly to the 
 city, and he has left his impression upon his fellow-citizens 
 as an honorable and faithful officer. From thence, shortly 
 afterwards, he went into the councils of the nation. TavIcc, 
 I believe, has he been elected to that position, and there 
 he has filled prominent places on committees, and labori- 
 ously and industriously discharged his duties. In his 
 whole public course, as Alderman, as Counsellor of the 
 city, as Representative of this district in Congress, James 
 Humphrey has pre-eminently shown himself a pure and 
 honest man. He has gone from us, sir — as I have said 
 before — in the acme, as it were, of life ; but he has left 
 behind him a character demanding our respect and regard 
 — a fit and worthy example for those who come after 
 him — a character which we who have known him will 
 never forget. 
 
 Alden J. Spoonee, Esq., said: Mr. Chairman: — A 
 moment yet remains after the very thorough review 
 Avhich has been made of our friend's life, his character and 
 his services, and I feel that it is more for myself than for 
 him that I say that which I am impelled to say on this 
 occasion, of the impressions made by him when he early 
 came to Brooklyn, upon me — impressions which have 
 continued through our long intercourse from that time 
 to the hour of his death, although that intercourse Avas 
 not the familiar intercourse of every day life, because we 
 have not all of us the intercourse we could wish in the 
 busy life of a great and growing city. But Mr. Humphrey 
 was one of those men of whom Shakspeare says : " One 
 touch of nature makes the whole word kin ;" and to have 
 made his acquaintance by one of like sympathy was 
 always to have held it ; I think it must be said of Mr. 
 Humphrey particularly, of all our public men, that he was 
 
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 out' of tlioM- will! never siiii'jlit Ihhiois. I have liail sonie- 
 tliini; to ilo with thnisiiiii;- hoiiuis uimhi Iiim in the cDurse 
 ul" his i-an-tT; and tlidiiuli lie was slirinkinLrlv nunh'st, as 
 soiiH' otliiT s|K'aker has reniarkeil, he w a-- early taken to 
 1)0 one ofour counseUurs, one of" our aeti\c men in |iul»lie 
 busiiu'ss. ^[odcst as he was, it was soon t'ounil he was 
 eminently suited to such liiisiness, althonixh it was soon 
 found that the most en\inent tinulties ot" the mind were 
 struiiijlint; ai;ainst the eiieroaehiiients of" disease. In 
 ovory situation in which Mr. IIum|ihrey was jiiaced he 
 seenuMl to he doim; his utmost to come u\) to the full 
 stature of r/ »ii//i. His clear and analytical talents a>i a 
 iawver wi-ro such as eminently fitted him lor his ri'Sjionsi- 
 l)!e career. Mr. Sjiooni'r went on to state that his as. 
 soeiations with Mr. Humphrey were moie of" a scholarly 
 and literary eiiaracter tiian otherwise', and s|ioke veiy 
 highly of' him in this rcLrard. 
 
 Judtre DiKK.M.VN I)ron'_;ht the remark-; to a closi' with 
 a touchiuLT and elo(|Uiiit euloMry upon Mr. liumiihrey's 
 omineut services in the couiirils ot' the ("ity ( io\ (•rniiicnt 
 and of the (TO\i'rnment of the nation. What he |iarticu- 
 larly wished to he ini|iressod on the mind was the ad- 
 A'autatjes to l»e dcriveil hy all ]tarties in elevatiuLT men of 
 tlie standard of James llumiilirey to positions of" trust 
 and responsibility. 
 
 The resolutions were unanimously ad<)pted. 
 
 Before adjournnu'Ut it was resolve<l, on the motiiMi id' 
 Jo-.hua M. Van Cott, Es(|., that the har attend the t"uneral 
 ot' Mr. Hiimphrev to-morrow afternoon at :i o'clock, from 
 the Church of the I'ili,Mims, corner of Henry and I\em- 
 si'M streets — each memlu-r to meet in the Supreme Court- 
 room at - !-■_' <i'clock, weariuLT the u-ual had^e of mourn- 
 ini; upon the hit arm. 
 
^^rartcb^lrc^s of Ibe Mnitetr Stales Oistiict 
 
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 June SO, 1866. 
 
 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN' DISTRICT. 
 
 BEFOKE JUDGE BENEDICT. 
 
 The Court was opened yesterday for the first time in 
 the new Court-room, which was found to he a pleasant 
 room to tlic eye, and apparently a pleasant one to speak 
 in. After the return of process, the Judu'e announced 
 that the calendar would he called, and cases could be 
 set down for any day but yesterday. 
 
 After the calendar was called and the cases set doAvn, 
 B. I). Sillhnan, Esq., United States District-Attorney, 
 nioved the adjournment of the Court as a token of respect 
 to the memory of Hon. James Humphrey, whose funeral 
 was to take place in the afternoon. 
 
 Mr. SiLLiMxVX prefaced his motion with the following 
 remarks : 
 
 In accordance with the wish of my brethren of the bar, 
 and I doubt not in accordance also with the feelings of 
 the Court, I rise to move the suspension of our accus- 
 tomed duties in order that we may unite in the funeral 
 ceremonies — tlie last sad tribute of affection and respect 
 to our deceased friend and brother, James Humphrey. 
 In his death the profession, the community, and the coun- 
 sels of the nation have lost an eminent and able lawyer 
 — a useful and honored citizen — a pure, upright and faith- 
 ful statesman. The resolutions adopted at the general 
 
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 nu-ctiiii: of till' har, Iii'ld yi'sti-nlay, ;m.l tin- canicst an. I 
 C'lociuciit laii-uaui- <.!' the i^fiitU'iiK-n wlin addnsstd that 
 liU'i'tiiiiT, attest tlicir Aw], sense of 1 la- puhlir loss and 
 their hi^h a|.|ire<-iat i.m of his talents and his virtues. 
 The St ion ii- and earnest lanmiau;e of those resolutions and 
 addresses wi-iv not tlie words of straiiu'd or undeserved 
 C'ulo<ry. They were hut a simple and truthful tiil)Ute to 
 distiniruislu'd worth. It is rare that we tin. I eonihined in 
 any jmhlie ni.an merits so varied and so inarkeil as those 
 which a(h)rned the eharaeter of ."Mr. Iluin|.hrey. .Alanv 
 men have leaniinii-, many men have inteirrity, many men 
 have stronir powers of reasoning, many men have eulti- 
 vated taste and warm hearts, and refinement and Ljentle- 
 ness <»f nature, l)ut we sehh)m find such (jualities so 
 blended in a hai-nioiiious whole. 'I'o my jiini.u- hrethren 
 of the bar, mIio have become its active members since 
 Mr. II. ivtiretl from its more constant duties, I may say 
 that he was a nn>del and an ornanu'nt to the profession. 
 He possessed the qualities of mind, nature and learnin<r 
 for the hisrher walks of the law. He was conspicuous 
 for that great foundation virtue on wfiich all other 
 yirtues rest— truth. The Court was always sure and 
 the Jury soon felt sure, that hv could m)t state as law 
 or fact anything- that he di-l not bt'lieve to lie true. The 
 Court knew that in statini; the law or citing authorities 
 he would make no partial statement — that he would con- 
 ceal or withhold no (|ualifying part of a decision or a rule. 
 He was courteous to his opponents. He was not of the 
 vulgar school who indulged in personalities towanl tlie 
 o]ipositi' eoiiiisel, or who seek to carry theii- case by abuse 
 of |)arties, or rudeiU'ss and uid'airness to witnesses. He 
 tried his cau>e on its merits and on the law, and the Court 
 and the Jury knew when he ch.sed that they had received 
 from him a fair an<l honest and most able presentation of 
 
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 tlio case of his client. In liis career, which Avas not brief, 
 for he was approacliing- three score years when summoned 
 by the inexorable call, Mr. llnmplney had achieved 
 much. More fortunate than most of our callino- whose 
 fame ends with the u-rave, he had attained not only the 
 honors of his jirofession — the nriinera officii — but he had 
 been elected among the rulers of the land, and his name 
 is honorably inscribed in the records of the nation. He 
 had not only mastered the learnino- of the law, and become 
 prominent in the ranks of the Bar as counsel and advo- 
 cate, but he had participated in the administration of the 
 Government of the country, and in its guidance at periods 
 of critical and momentous importance. His excellent 
 judgment and vigorous sense and practical business tal- 
 ents led to his early selection by our citizens as one of 
 their municipal council. Thereafter he became their 
 legal adviser and guide in the capacity of Counsel to the 
 Corporation. The fidelity and ability and integrity with 
 which he performed these duties indicated his fitness for 
 a still higher spliere, and he was twice chosen by this 
 great and intelligent constituency as their representative 
 in the halls of Congress. How truly and loyally and 
 fixithfully he performed his duties there I need not say. 
 We can only wish, for our city and ourselves, that his 
 successor — whoever he may be — may emulate his exam- 
 ple, and deserve the esteem and achieve the iufluence and 
 usefulness which he attained and wielded in the councils 
 of the nation. 
 
 The ])rotracted ill health from which Mr. Humphrey 
 suftered seemed never to have dulled his intellect or 
 checked its action or enfeebled its powers. His body 
 was weak and frail, but his spirit was strong and active. 
 His attainments in professional and political knowledge 
 were great. In general scholarshi}) he had few superiors 
 
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 ami>n<4 us. lie was :i man of rare litcrai'v at laimiiciit s. 
 His taste, uatiirallv lUlicatc ami iciiiicil, \va-~ cuhix atol 
 by familiar kii(>\vK'(lLji' of tlu- ln'st autliors. His inaiincrs 
 wore those of a ]>()lislu(l ixi'iitUMiiau — ixracetul, amiable, 
 eimrteoti<, nliiied. Al\\a\s cuiisicUTate of tlu- leeliiii^s 
 atid sensibilities of others, he ri'eeiveil the spontaiieous 
 respei't, detereneo, ainl luLTh rcLTard of others toward him- 
 self. Ills lidelily to duty, to his friends, to his eoiuitry, 
 was as sure a-< the sun to his i-i>iii'j-. In that lioui' of 
 dread ami doubt, when treason reared its crest, when so 
 manv. even in oni' own sect ion of the eountry, Lrave un- 
 certain si^rns. no man thoiiLiht of askiuL^, What will l)e 
 the eoni"<e of .lanu's llum|>lirey';:' It would ha\c' been 
 impossiliK' tor such a heart and sueh a soul as his to ln' 
 elsewhere than on the side of his eountry. All that he 
 possessed — his very life's blood — wonhl have been a tree 
 gift for her safety. In speaking of sifeli natures, Sir, I 
 cannot forbear allusion to another noble man whom death 
 lias so recently taken from us. Though Mr. Odell was 
 not a member of our immt'diate ]>rofession, he was one of 
 that brotherhood of good and jnire ami able and faith- 
 ful men and jiatriots whom Avcail love and honor. Such 
 men as Huinidirey ami Odi'll not oidy have oui" I'aiMU'st 
 reiriird and gratilmle for their good deeds, but tlu'y leave 
 examples the intluencc of whi'h will bhss their fellow- 
 nu'ii long after they themselves have gone to their gi'eat 
 reward. 
 
 The motion was seeondeil by ^Ir. ^ a \ S.\ntvo(»i{I), 
 who said: — In rising to second the motion whi<h has 
 been ma<le, I desire to sav that I eoiu-ur in the sentiments 
 of appreciation of our departed Irii'ud which have been 
 so well expressed by the Dist rict-Attorney. My ac(inaint- 
 ance with .Mr. 1 Iuin|)hrey goes back to the time when he 
 was a student in tlu- law school at New Ha\cn, then 
 
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 uiidor the cliarge of Judoo Daggett. I entered that 
 school of sound legal learnuig before he had completed 
 his coui'se, and my acquaintance Avith him commenced 
 there. It is not, therefore, ina})])ropriate for me to state 
 su(;h impressions as I have received from my long ac- 
 <iuaintanc(! ^vith him. 
 
 In that scliool he ^vas distinguished for his amiable 
 deportment and kindness, for liis high literary culture, his 
 patient industry, and liis careful investigation of what is 
 controling in legal principles. lie had the capacity in no 
 ordinary degree of clearly stating legal propositions, a 
 quality Avhich is generally esteemed by the profession as 
 essential to proficiency in ethical and polished science. 
 Knowledge of principles is power ; but to tlie effective 
 use of that power the faculty of clear and definite state- 
 ment, which he cultivated, is essential. 
 
 With tliese qualifications, his success as a lawyer was 
 assured from the start. The question was only one of 
 time, and, as we all know, the expectation was not dis- 
 appointed. In his private and professional life he was 
 altogether exemplary. His views of the great social and 
 political questions which have shaken the Government to 
 its foundation wei-e embraced by him on solid convic- 
 tions. I do not ])ropose to enter upon these, but I may 
 say that his public life was marked by integrity, finnness 
 of j)urpose, and a following of what he believed to be 
 right in principle and most conducive to the best inter- 
 ests of his countr}^ 
 
 Tlie removal of such a man from active life is always 
 to be dejdored. In his death was a loss sustained, not 
 only by his family and his more intimate associates, but 
 by the Bar, of which he was an honorable member ; by 
 the community in which he lived, and whicli was the 
 better for his influence ; by the Church in whose faith he 
 
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 l)(.'li«\i'«i, :iiiil liy llic Stall', ol" wliicli lie was :i usct'ul 
 jmltlii- stTV aiit. Owv tin- LTiax I's of such men plants ami 
 rtowiTS t'ViT s|iriiiir. 
 
 With these remarks, 1 set'oml the motion, ami I think 
 tiirther that some memorial should lie ]ii-e|iai-e(l and en- 
 tered in aeeordani'e Avit h custom npon tlu- minutes of the 
 Court. 
 
 .Mr. ]\. I). Uknkdk r maile n few reniai-ks, noting that 
 it was the moral exeelleneit's of the deeeased whieh i'S])e. 
 oially made liini an example, and would make him missed 
 by the IJar and in the community. 
 
 The Jud<j;o saitl, I can add nothiuLT to what has been 
 saiil liy the members of the Bar, except that I concur 
 with cverythinij that has fallen from the lips of tlie 
 speakers. And in commemoration of the bigb patriotism 
 and exalted works of Mr. Humphrey as a man and as a 
 member of the Bar, I shall direct the Court to staml 
 adjourned. 
 
 I also appoint Mi'. \:\u Cott, ^Ii". Van Sant\oord 
 and Mr. Owen, a committee to )>repare a })roper memo- 
 rial to enter u]»on the minutes of the Court. 
 
 The Court tlu'ii adjourned. 
 
|ics0hitions of tljc ^ome MnBmitnct ft ontjinng. 
 
 At a special meeting of tlie Directors of the Home In- 
 surance Company, lieM on Wednesday, 20th Jnne, 1866, 
 the following was ordered to he entered on their min- 
 utes, viz : — 
 
 Wfio-eax, We have been apprised of the decease of the Hon. James 
 Humphrey, one of the original Directors, and active members of this 
 Institution, it seems titting that we place on record some expression of 
 our feelings in regard to the loss we, as well as his family and the large 
 circle of friends by whom he was so highly and justly esteemed, have 
 thereby sustained, and it is therefore 
 
 Resolued, That in the recent death of James Humphrey, one of the 
 founders of this Institution, an active and valuable member of its 
 Board of Directors until the day of his death, and the Law Counsellor 
 of the Company during the lirst six years of its existence, we acknowl- 
 edge the dispensation of Him who doeth all things according to His 
 all-wise purpose, and truly lament the loss from our circle of one whose 
 conservative counsel was ever esteemed of great value, and whose cour- 
 teous and gentlemanly deportment especially commended him to our 
 personal and affectionate regard. 
 
 Resolved, That in thus recording our estimate of our own personal 
 and ofHcial loss, we desire also to extend to the family of our deceased 
 friend, and associate, our sincere and heart-felt sympathy for them in 
 the great sorrow with which they are thus visited. 
 
 Resolved, That we will attend the funeral of out late associate this day. 
 
 Remlved, That a copy of the above Minutes and Resolutions, signed 
 by the Officers of the Company, be transmitted to the family of the 
 deceased. 
 
 CHARLES J. MARTIN, Rresident. 
 
 John McGee, Secretary. 
 
3r n It c r :t I § c r b i c c s 
 
 (Fi-ioii the Brooklijii I'liion, Jmi'' 2\xt.) 
 
 Tlu' fiiiioral of lloii. .I.-uncs Iluiiiplircy took jdaco 
 yi'strnlay attiTiionn, (Jmic L'Otli). At "J o'clock ])rivatc' 
 servict's weiv licld :it his late resilience. No. 101 Coluin- 
 bia Street, •\vliicli were iiniiliicteil liy the Ke\ . Dr. Storrs, 
 ami atteii(k'<I hv a lafje nuinlier of" relati\ I's ami tViemls, 
 and the CoJi<;iTssioiial (U'let^ation. At tlicir dose, the 
 reii\aiiis were l»orne to the ("liurch Dt'tlu' Pili::riins, where 
 pu1)lie services weri' lieM. 
 
 Here a larire imiiiher of friends of the deceased had 
 gathered awaitin<; thi' services, and iiieditatiiiLT, tind(ni1»t- 
 edlv, on till' shortness of lile and the cirtainty of death 
 tf> evi-n the most useful and the most accomplislu'd. The 
 ]>uli)it was heavily <lia]ied, and at each side of it sat nu'U 
 prominent in e\crv deiiartnicnt of science ami literatun-. 
 with manv oi" w hum >Mr. Iliiin)ilire\ had ln'cn |>ersonally 
 ac(|uainted. 
 
 Shortly after ."! o'clock l{e\. Dr. ]iudin2:ton, I'ev. ^Fr. 
 Heechi'r, and Kev. Mr. (tallauher, of St. Ann's, entered 
 the i»ul|»it, an<l in a few moments later the head of the 
 jiroeession entered the vestibule. The mat^tiifieent floral 
 crosses, wreaths, and the still nmre beautiful crown were 
 jilaci'd on the table, ami tlM'U, as tlu- dee])-1iine(l oriian 
 sounded a dirixe, and tin' choir clKiiitrd the re<|uiein, — 
 "Blessed are the de:nl who die in the Lord." — the pro- 
 cession moved, with measured tread, up tJie centre aisle, 
 Dr. Storrs at its head, and the remains borne by the fol- 
 lowing-named pall-bearers : 
 
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 Judge Benedict, U. S. Court, 
 B. D. SiLLiMAN, U. S. District- 
 Attorney, 
 Wm. AI/Len Butlek, Esq., 
 A. A. Low, Esq., 
 J. Causon Bkevoort, Esq., 
 
 J. S. T. Stkanahan, Esq., 
 H. E. PiEUREPONT, Esq., 
 S. B. Chittenden, Esq., 
 R. P. Buck, Esq., 
 Walter T. Hatch, Esq., 
 Anthony F. Campbell, Esq., 
 
 Geo. W. Parsons, Esq. 
 
 Following were tlie family and relatives of the de- 
 ceased, and the Congressional delegation, consisting of 
 Hon. W. E. Dodge, Eighth Congressional District of New 
 York ; Hon. Thos. T. Davis, Twenty-third Congressional 
 District of New York ; Hon. Nelson Taylor, Fifth Con- 
 gressional District of New York ; Hon. Daniel Morris, 
 Twenty-fifth Congressional District of New York ; Hon. 
 Charles H. Winfield, Eleventh Congressional District of 
 New York ; Hon. Wm. A. Darling, Ninth Congressional 
 District of New York ; Hon. Stephen Taber, First Con- 
 gressional District of New York ; and Mr. Goodenow, 
 the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. 
 
 The remainder of the procession consisted of a large 
 number of friends. 
 
 The coffin was borne to the front of the pul])it, and on 
 it were ])laced the floral tributes. Then all Avere seated. 
 At the right of the pulpit were the members of the bar, 
 at the left the Common Council, while in the front pews 
 were tlie jiall-bearers, the relatives of Mr. Humphrey, 
 the members of Congress, Dr. Crane, Commissioner Ber- 
 gen, and so many distinguished citizens that, once com- 
 mencing to enumerate them, we should have but little 
 space for anything but their names. 
 
 The o}»ening prayer was olfered by Dr. Budington, and 
 was very coin])rehensive, consoling, and, as Avell, affect- 
 ing. The following hymn, by Montgomery, (music, 
 "Oakesville," by Cli. Zeuner,) was then sung: 
 
Siiitr wc the soiiij of those wlin stiind 
 
 Anuiiul tin- tt<iiml tliroiu-, 
 or i-wrv kimliid. i-rmic, iiiul huul, 
 
 A iiuillitmlc iiiikiiowii. 
 
 Toil, trial, siiUVriiiu; ^till uwiiil 
 
 On rarlli tin- )>ili:iiiii's tlinmi;; 
 Yot U'lirii we in uiir low I'stiitc 
 
 Till' Cliurili Tiiimipliant's son;;. 
 
 " Woitliy tlif I.ainli for sinners slain," — 
 
 (.'ry tin; roiU-ennd iiliovc, 
 " Bk'ssiniX anil honor to obtain, 
 
 And rvcrlastinir lovi-I" 
 
 " Wortliy till- Lanil)," on turth wo sinj?, 
 
 '• Who died our souls to save! 
 Henceforth, O Heath! where is thy stin^'I 
 
 Thy vietory, O {{rave!" 
 
 Si'li'ctioiis fn.iii till- K]iistlc to till' Ci.riiilliiaiis wen- then 
 read l)y \lv\. Mr. (lalhi^cluT, assistant rector of St. Aiiirs ; 
 al"tci- wliicli the folIowiiiLr liyiini, by ^Moiitoonu-rv, (inusie 
 l)y K. Swci-tscr,) was tlicii suiio- Jty llic dioir: 
 
 TlnTi' is a calm lor those who weep, 
 
 A rest lor weary pilj^riius found: 
 They softly lie, and sweetly sleep, 
 I.ow in the irround. 
 
 The soul, of origin divine, 
 
 God's i;l(jrious iniaffe, freed from clay, 
 In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine, 
 A star of day. 
 
 The sun is hut a sjiark of lire, 
 
 .\ transient meteor in the sky; 
 The soul, immortal as its Sire, 
 Shall never die. 
 
 ,\t tin- close of this livmii, .•iiiiiil tlie ileep slilliiess o\' 
 tlie ]ila<-e. lJc\. I)r. Srni;i;s clcli\ ci-ed tlic ti i!!i p\\ iii(_r ad- 
 dress : — 
 
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 We have gatliei-ed, my friends, in tlie horise of God, to 
 commenionite tlie virtues, to call up again to our thoughts 
 the various excellencies and l)eaulies, in the character 
 and life of him whom God hath suddenly taken from \is ; 
 as well as to call upon God in prayer for His blessing 
 upon those who remain heliind, and especially upon those 
 who Avere nearest and dearest to our dei)nFted friend ; as 
 well as to praise God for His great goodness and kind- 
 ness manifested to him wlio now, in His own wisdom and 
 love. He hath summoned to Himself Our fi-iend himself 
 would be the first, if living and present with us, to re- 
 buke or to forbid any words of excessive eulogy — any 
 words whatever of eulogy, indeed, that did not redound 
 to the glory of God, from whose gift he received what- 
 ever he possessed, to the honor of liis Divine Lord Avhom 
 it was his joy to serve, in whose cross Avas his only hope, 
 and in whose smile is noAV his perfect heaven. Admonished 
 by Avhat I knoAv and you know that his Avishes Avould 
 haA^e been, I shall speak of him but briefly and modestly; 
 keeping tar within, i-ather than going beyond by a single 
 line, Avhat my heart i)rompts, Avhat your hearts Avill re- 
 spond to ; Avhat we shall all recognize as true and just, 
 and proper to be said, of him avIio is no longer Avith us 
 except in spirit. 
 
 We haA'e gathered here — his friends and neighbors — 
 to mourn tor a friend, Avhose presence Avas always Avel- 
 come, a source of gratification and of joy, in our social as 
 in our public assemblies ; whose presence we shall miss 
 hereafter, feeling that an element of grace, of beauty, 
 and of attraction, is fi-om them forever Avithdrawn. We 
 haA'e gathered, as having been associated with him in 
 A'arious pul)lic institutions, to bear Avitness to the fidelity 
 Avith Avliich he discharged the manifold duties that there 
 devoh'ed uj)on him — the patience and cheerfulness, the 
 
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 into«jrrity anil llir kimliif^^, wliicli lu- always inanifrstfil 
 ill his inti'icoiirsi' with otht-rs. Wo liave ixatlicvi'd, as liis 
 associntt's :it tlu' bar, to ».'\|»i\'ss our soiisc of the lidclity 
 with whitli he |H'rli)niii'il the ililliciilt, I.ihurioiis, ami 
 n'S|Mtiisilik' tliitii's iiitnistiMl to him in tlu' discliarLjc* of 
 his proti'ssioii. Wc have LTathi-rnl, as tliosi' who now 
 ail mill istcr the cix il utlairs of the (io\ crniiicnt of tliis city, 
 to ti'stity our rt'S]»cct for iiiin who foniu'rly l»oro hiirii and 
 honorahh' part in those councils ; as those who were asso- 
 ciated with him in tiii' National councils, to testily to the 
 respect whiidi his character, iiis jiowers, his consistency 
 and steadiness in the maintenance of the principh-s which 
 seemed tti him just, inspired in those who were tliu< and 
 there ass«»ciated with him. 
 
 ^lany men are admired ami honored lor what they 
 accouiplish ; and are mourned, when they are taken irom 
 the W(»rld, because of the jdans which have been left un- 
 finisheil, and which it seems impossible that any other 
 hand should take up and complete. \\'i' mourn for the 
 frieinl \\ho has left us now for what he \\as in himself. 
 ^^'e aclmiit-d, and Iioiku'ciI, ami loved him I'oi- that while 
 he was with us in the body; we sorrow for the absence 
 ot' that, which was so rich and rare and i)eculiar, now that 
 God has calie<l him to Himself Thei-e may be nthers to 
 take up ami accoiu|dish in his place tlie ollici's w liich lu' 
 has filled in tlu- world. There may be otheis to cari"y 
 out to suci-ess the plans which he has left unfinished. 
 Hut liow shall we till anain the vase with that precious 
 ointment, the fragrance of which made his liou-^cliold so 
 swe«'t, and his whole ministry in it so beautiful and 
 blessed V How shall we recall the siibt le music of that 
 eiiLjatrinLr and deliLrlit ful characti-r u hich has now vanished 
 fr<im our sii;lit ? 
 
 For what he was in himself we loved him, and we miss 
 
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 and mourn him now for that. It is not too much to say 
 that our friend wouki have been a rare and a remarkable 
 man in any society. Perhaps a character, a nature like 
 his, would have seemed more native to other climes and 
 other lands than those in which he saw the light, and in 
 which he had his early training and his later develop- 
 ment. We are accustomed to think that so much of 
 gentleness and courtesy, so much scholarly refinement 
 and poetical taste as were combined in his character and 
 temperament, are hardly adapted to win large influence 
 in a democratically-organized society like ours ; hardly 
 adapted to meet its rude buftets and contests. And yet 
 here God gave hini his birth, his being, and his beauty, 
 and brought him to that development which we lovingly 
 contemplated, and now lovingly remember. There 
 always seemed to me a singular union of qualities, that 
 are ordinarily regarded as opposite, and perhaps expulsive 
 of each other, in him who has been taken from us. 
 
 What one would have noticed in him first, perhaps, 
 was his scholarly taste, the fineness of his mind, his natu- 
 ral and aflc'ctionate sympathy with all that was beau- 
 tiful in literature, with all that was exquisite in art, with 
 all that was noble in eloquence and reason. The literary 
 instinct was natural and strong in him. He dearly loved 
 to collect choice books ; to surround himself with repre- 
 sentatives of the fine arts. His library Avas always a 
 place of rest to him. He would be the first to be referred 
 to in any society upon any question of literary criticism 
 or taste; the first to be referred to for verifying or for 
 correcting a quotation, especially from the earlier Eng- 
 lish writers. But at the same time that he was thus 
 scholarly and refined, with this beautiful aptitude for 
 whatever is attractive in literary investigation and at- 
 tainment, he was a man of the most steadfast attachment 
 
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 to ]>riiu-i|il(' ; ol" 'j^wni |n-:i(t ical skill ami ciicrfry — wluMi 
 in lit-altli — ill lU'roiniilisliiiii; tlu' j)l:uis which wtTc lu-ci'S- 
 s:irv to cariv his roiiv iitimis into practice; a constant 
 worker I'or that w hich In- Itclicvcd in ; an I'arncst Itclicver 
 in |irinci|iK's tliat coninu-ndctl themselves to his judLTinent 
 and conscience as reasonable and ri;jjht. All the (U'licaey 
 of" hi-^ naturi', all the tineness of his sensibility to litera- 
 ture and cultnri', never interleied for an instant with that 
 steadfastness of conviction which he had inherited from 
 his ancestors which had been eultivate«l and unfolded by 
 the rcli<;ious influences that were thrown around him in 
 his childhood and youth, and w liith he liad cultivated in 
 himself as a necessary element of excellence and of power. 
 
 Every one must have been struck, too, with the natural 
 kindliness of disposition w hich was manifest in our friend, 
 which was native to him, and which was tlic source of 
 that lieautiful courtesy of manner which is so rare in our 
 society, so rare and admirable in any society, but which 
 to him was as native as the son<; is to the bird, as bril- 
 liancy of color to the wing of the butterfly. He could 
 not be otherwise than courteous, one miijht almost say, 
 if he tried. The grace of courtesy was instiiu-tive with 
 him ; inwrf»ught in the essential libre of his constitution ; 
 having its foundation in that genuine native kindliness 
 of heart which revealed itself in every word and look 
 and gesture, which enabled him to overcome in a degree 
 the reserve that was also natural to him, and to mingle 
 with men with far more of heartiness, and cheerful re- 
 s])onsivenes8 to their greetings, than except for such con- 
 stant kindness of disposition he Avould have been likely 
 to show. 
 
 And yet Avith this kindness there was united a grand 
 frankness and fearlessness of s]»irit. His kindness itsell" 
 was fearless, and was sometimes heroic. We attended the 
 
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 services a day or two since — the funeral services — of one 
 who was liis competitor througli two heated and exciting 
 political contests for the office whicli oiir friend held at 
 his death, and had held still earlier. It is a fact which 
 was brought to my knowledge last evening only, by the 
 nearest male relative surviving of him whose funeral we 
 attended the last week, that during one of those contests 
 there Avere two charges made against the personal char- 
 acter of Mr. Odell, the competitor of Mr. Humphrey, at 
 which he felt himself sorely tried. Accustomed to the 
 charges that fly about in the newspapers, and in the 
 speeches of men, when political contests are exciting, he 
 yet felt himself pierced by these charges, whicli touched 
 the integrity and manliness of his Christian character. 
 And in each of the instances, before a word had been 
 said by anybody else, Mr. Humphrey, his competitor, — 
 who was to profit, if anybody was to profit, by the cir- 
 culation of unfounded charges against hira who was con- 
 testing his place, — arose and indignantly denied that the 
 charges could be true, saying, "I know him, he is a 
 Christian man — a Christian gentleman ; it is impossible 
 tliat this should be true." In the one instance a charge 
 publicl}^ made was thus publicly and immediately denied. 
 In the other instance a charge which had been prepared 
 — with no intent of malice, but under a misconception — 
 for pul)lication, was withdraAvn, silenced, and destroyed, 
 through the personal interposition of Mr. Humjjhrey. 
 
 I speak of this to illustrate the frankness and fearless- 
 ness which were united with his kindness ; that kindness 
 which wrought in him always, and made him what he 
 was — which made his presence always a source of en- 
 couragement and cheer, because it was always expressive 
 of sympathy. It was a kindness that Avas united with 
 the most perfect frankness, and with a wondrous fearless- 
 ness of spirit. 
 
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 A fonstitiitioii like his, so jxrafcl'ul, ainl (U-licatc, in 
 hanuoiiy willi all that is htvi-licst and iat»t l)taiiliriil, 
 ratlu'i- than witli that whi.h is niiailcMl and st i-diiLT, niiirlit 
 liiivf uivi-n the iniprossion of wcakni'ss, latht-r than of 
 viyor — llu- iin|»ri'ssi()n, iicrhaps, of soini'thinLT ainiust 
 t'tlV-minati' in its licantilnl yiiitli'iioss — c'.\('f|it lor the 
 iilnst fat ion wliicli lie uavi' of other (|nalitirs ; I'spccialiy 
 lor thi- heroic I'ortitnih' witli which he liori' the \ui\<j: and 
 stern di>ci|iline ol' sickness w hicli was laiil npon him. 
 Think ot" him! lor ten years, ti^htini; against the power 
 of a disease w iiose enerLrii'^^ nianacUd and ])ervaded his 
 system, without a word ol" complaint tVom iirst to last; 
 elieertul to the end; always say inij;, "■ I am belter than I 
 was," whi'ti he was asked ol' his health; always ri'aily 
 to undirtake any acts of lViemlslii|) tor those w h(»m ho 
 loved, lieyond the limits of his streiiuth, the iiatuial ten- 
 derness and ixenerosity of his spirit leatlini^- him to forget 
 for the monu-nt the manacles, in\ isilde hut tenacious, l»y 
 which he was Ixuindl How ditlicult it is for any (»ne of 
 us to sntfi'r sickness foi- a ilay — for a week — without 
 havini; some morl»id conditions oenerated in the mind 
 tlirouii'li the physical inlirmity; without becomiiiL;-, as w e 
 say, nervous and e\<ital)U', irritable, ])erliaps, on the 
 Kli<;litest occasion. And yet, throuyh all those years, no 
 word or look of impatience or irritation, hardly a murmur, 
 ci'rtainh- not a com plaint, came from him on w hom ( iod had 
 So heavily laid His hand. Ah I how this was illustrated 
 in the last days of his life I Sei/ed in the ^rasp of a pain 
 so protra<-ted and so intense that he said Iiimself that 
 with all his previous i-xperience of siitreriuLr, he hatl never 
 known what it was to sutler until that hour; compelled 
 to remain upon his journey until he reached the City of 
 Wilmini^ton ; then compelled to leave the train, and seek 
 succor ami rest; lin<;erin<f through the night in this in- 
 
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 tense suffering, and through the days that followed in a 
 suffering so intense as to be jirenionitory of death, as he 
 felt it to be — he yet would not startle his friends at home 
 by letting them know of his condition, but preferred 
 that the first message they heard should be that brought 
 by his own li])S and by his own presence. You may tell 
 me of the soldier dying on the battle field, in heroic con- 
 secration and self-sacrifice ; to me there is an image of 
 higher heroism, and more perfect self-sacrifice, in that 
 solitary suffering — endured all alone, through unwilling- 
 ness to excite the fears or to startle the hearts of those 
 whom he had left behind. A true hero of the world, 
 fighting against disease, submissive to God, cheerful to 
 the last ! Retaining his consciousness to the very end, 
 almost his last words were those of affectionate unwill- 
 ingness to have the face that was dearest to him with- 
 drawn for an instant from his sight; his very last words 
 — words of touching, pathetic weakness — " I am faint." 
 And so he went into the presence of his God ; into the 
 world invisible ; into the communion of the just ; into 
 the experience of the redeemed. 
 
 The last trait that I would speak of was his earnest and 
 humble faith in Christ. Born in the midst of a religious 
 household, educated under the influences of one of the 
 most religious of families, always entirely correct and 
 exemplary in his outward habit and custom of life, im- 
 pressed by religious truth, persuaded of the truths Avhich 
 had been taught him in Ids infancy and childhood, and 
 with which he had been familiar through the discourses of 
 the pulpit, through religious treatises, through the pages 
 of the Scriptures, in all subsequent years — it might have 
 seemed that he, if any one, need have made no definite 
 consecration of himself to Christ ; need have acknowl- 
 edged in ])ublic no dependence upon the Redeemer for 
 
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 ar«H'|.t:iniT with tlu" Father. Tlir iiitlufiiccs of the 
 (.ii)S)K'l. aixl oftlio (Jnn-i- ofCiod ac( (•iii|i:iiiyiii^ thn, lia<l 
 ini))rfssf(l Hu'iiisc'lvos so siU-iitly and s<> suhtly on his 
 miixl aii<l cuiisfioiirc, and .ni his hcait, tVom the cai-lii-st 
 yi-arsot' Ids IJlc, that whih' 1, evi-ii many ycais a<:o, knew 
 that \w was truly a Christian disc-iph-, 1 I'oarcd thiir 
 wouhl iM'Vir «'oinf a crisis so vi\ id in his i-xperiince that 
 1h' wouM Irrl tiiat lit- had passed there the line of sub- 
 mission, and li;id Itei-ome eonseiously enumerated tu(iod. 
 Hut that line was reat-lu'd throuudi the ministry of siek- 
 lU'Ss, wlneh hnniudit that erisis ; and without anythin<^ 
 like fear — alter his siekness had wmuuht its work, after 
 he was jiroiiouiued eonvaleseent — without any shadow 
 of alarm upon his faee, lie said to me as I stoo<l by his 
 bedside: "I have been brought, in this my siekness, to 
 reflect upon what I have lont; neulecte<l to do — to conse- 
 cnito mvself ]>ublicly to the J.ord Jesus Christ. As soon 
 as I rise frniii niv bcil I propost-, with (^od's help, to unite 
 myself to His jM'ople, acknowledixing my depentlenec 
 uiKUi the Lord and Lriving myself forever to His service.'" 
 And at this sacramental table, to whicii we have brought 
 his lifeless body, he thus gave himself to tlii' .Master who 
 •went through death before him that the grave might l)c 
 T)les.se<l to him, and made a ]Miital to eternal life. 
 
 Ever afterwards it was a sonice of great regret to him, 
 tiv«iuetttlv expressed, that his contiinied physical iidirm- 
 Ity, from which he only had a present, temporary, and 
 piXM-arious release, preveiitt'd him from taking jiart as 
 etticiently and as constantly as he wouhl otherwise have 
 done in the public services of the Church of Christ. "l"n- 
 to him it was given,'" — as the Apostle said to the Phili])ian 
 eonvei-ts, — " unto him it was <jiveii, to sujf'i r fur the sake 
 of Chi-ist f not to do much, to say much, to give much 
 — these I'hilipian converts could not thus accomplish 
 
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 luucli — but unto tliem it was given to suiier iu their 
 time for tlie sake of C'lirist, Unto our friend, passing 
 thi-ougli tl>e furnace of this protracted sufiering — niontli 
 after month, and year after year, fettered by this disease, 
 and still bearhig it witliout complaint and without repin- 
 ing, with cheerful fortitude and trust in' God, with sub- 
 mission to God's will, and a faith that looked beyond the 
 Present into the Hereafter — to him it was given to preach 
 from the pulpit of pain a lesson of ])atience ; to preach 
 from the sick bed sermons of resignation, submission, 
 and fortitude — better, nobler, and more eloquent than 
 any spoken discourses could ever liave been. 
 
 So we remember him whom God hath now called to 
 Himself — for what he was, for what he is ; and we antici- 
 pate with joy the time when, parting ourselves from the 
 body, we shall be joined, not with him only, but with 
 the great comjjany who have gone before and who have 
 now welcomed him into their number. How a death like 
 this, of one with faculties fitting him for large usefulness, 
 with the culture of years just wholly ripened unto fruit- 
 age, with his influence in society widening every year — 
 how the death of such an one brings to our thoughts, my 
 brethren, the invisible and immortal world ! It is im- 
 possible that this life is terminated. It is impossible that 
 all the precious gifts God gave to our brother are now 
 to be laid iu the grave — have ceased to be any longer. 
 It is impossible, but that he has ascended to realms 
 nobler and brighter than this which it is given to us to 
 inhabit ; to offices far grander than those which we are 
 permitted to fill ; to a vision of God, in comparison with 
 which oui- utmost knowledge is merest ignorance; to a 
 com])lete purification, which is a source to him of ever- 
 lasting strength and everlasting gladness. Thanks be to 
 God, that the veil is rent, that the immortal realms are 
 
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 broualit near to \is, ami tliat \vi' mny know lliat, ihoimli 
 lu" shall not ntuni to us, we shall siirily, it" we are 
 Christ's, iro ii|i to him. 
 
 To tliose associated with him at the bar, in tlie city 
 councils, in the National C'onirress, in tlii' various institu- 
 ti<»ns ot" which he was a iiuinher; to thosi- associated 
 Avilli him in this church of Christ ; to all ol" us — how the 
 lesson comes ol" the hriefuess ot' this life, how soon its 
 crowded and liurr\in'j," vi-ais will all lie ended, liuw [iroxi- 
 inate at every step we are to the Invisible! how sharjily 
 comes the admonition to us to ]iri']iare to hear the voice 
 that shall in like m.innci- call its away, whether it come 
 at ndilninht or at the cock-cn)winLr, or in the mornini; ; 
 and t<t be readv, whenevor it eonu's, to answer the sum- 
 mons with submission and t'aith ! And how blcsst'il 
 abovi' this cotlin Imh-oiuc tlu-se i^rt-at and Lfi'.-icions ]irom- 
 ises, never so ])ri tious as when we look to them from 
 amid the clouds of" lu'reavement and of sorrow ! how 
 |trecioiis abo\e all words becomes that Cross of Christ in 
 which he trusted, and whose emblem lies u]ioii Ids coliin : 
 whose eud)lem has l)i'en chauii'ed to him now to a glori- 
 ous reality, as Christ Himself, beudimr from Ilis throne, 
 has <;reeted Ilis di<ci]iU' enterinir with ]ia]m and white 
 robe and soult and crown, w ithin the irntes of peail, and 
 feelinuj at last the very }>it'rcetl hand of the Lord clasping 
 hi.s! 
 
 (^od be jiraised for all lie gave him here! (bid be 
 jiraised tbr all the i-ccollections we have and shall have 
 <d" him while we lixc! (iod bi- praised for the urandir 
 i|Ualilies and nolder powei<, for the ]ierl"e<t liberation 
 from all feebleness ami pain, which He has giM n to him 
 above! (bid be praised for the hope which we mav 
 have, tliroULrh Christ, of walking with him, and talking 
 with liim, in the inlinite li-isure of immortality ; where 
 
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 no virtue slmll ever l>e conceived Lliat lie shall not aspire 
 to ; no knowledo-e that he shall not seek to gain ; and no 
 office that shall be too high for his disenthralled and ini- 
 nioilal powers ! (iod help ns, keep ns, quicken and guide 
 lis, and at last bring us to Ilis own presence, and unto 
 Iliiu be all the praise. Amen ! 
 
 At tlie eonchision of this address notice was given that 
 at tlie conclusion of a prayer, to be otfered by Rev. Mr. 
 Beecher, the remains would be taken to the southwest 
 tower of the church, where all wlio wished to view them 
 once more would have an o})i)()rtunity of so doing. 
 
 The folloAving hymn — which was written by the Rev. 
 Dr. Jk'tlnine, formerly of this city, a warm personal friend 
 of ]Mr. Humphrey, and which had been sung at liis own 
 funeral, several years since — was then sung — (music, 
 " Greenwood," by Sweetser,) : 
 
 It is not death to die — 
 
 To leave this weary road, 
 And 'mid tlie brotherhood on high, 
 
 To be at home with God. 
 
 It is not death to close 
 
 The eye long dimmed by tears, 
 And wake, in glorious repose 
 
 To spend eternal years. 
 
 It is not death to bear 
 
 The wrench that sets us free 
 From dungeon cliain, — to breathe the air 
 
 Of boundless liberty. 
 
 It is not death to fling 
 
 Aside this sinful dust, 
 And rise, on strong, exulting wing, 
 
 To live among the just. 
 
 Jesus, thou Prince of life ! 
 
 Thy chosen cannot die ; 
 Like Thee, they conquer in the strife, 
 
 To reign with Thee on high. 
 
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 After this liviMii, tlu' IJi\. II. N\ . ni;i;i iiKij olliTtMl the 
 l"ollo\viii<4 )ir:ivi r : 
 
 Our l'';ithfi\ ur n'lulcr Tlicc (Mir lliaiiks, that liti' ami 
 iniiiitirtalit V -aw luiniMJit !<• I'lLrlit in thr (!os|icl ihMiim'li 
 .Jesus Christ, oiii' Lniij ami Sa\ iour. \(» lonLt'i-r in-ccl wo 
 wamlcr aloiu- in the ilust ami <larkni.'ss and lilindness, 
 loiiij^iui; after, and havin'jf a-^iiirations tti discei'n, what 
 others have Ionised li>r anil ha\ e m>t attained. Xo longer 
 are we left lin^erinix amidst the niysteri<'S and ii^noranee 
 more ])rotbund lliat lia\»' liew ildi ltd the minds of nii-n 
 in times jiast. Tixiu art the w ay, and tiie lil'e ; and in 
 Tliei', and thronuh Tln'c, \\v hehold the iflorioiis realities 
 of the s])iritnal world — the luaxcn, the future, the reali- 
 zation of that for which we loni;-. And we know that 
 these inward st i-iviiiLTs aiv of tlu' S|iiril, uttering' thin<;s 
 1)V us imperfeetlv eoneeive<l, and w liieh alone we eould 
 not know until we had experieiiei'd the witness of God 
 si'Ut ti> US thrnui:'h them. And away from home, and 
 almost iiiiiorant nf dui- J'areiit, or of our needs, Thou dost 
 by the Holy (ilmst awaken in the soul lonujings at-ain lor 
 the higher and liettii- land ; Thou dost te4ch us to love 
 Thee; TluMi dost teach us how little estate there is in 
 this life — of how little Worth is ex eiythini; lu're; and 
 dost te.ieh Us of till' eternal lifi' beyond, by Thy Holy 
 Spirit ami Woid. And 'i'hon, by Thini- own royal nature, 
 dost love us — a Sa\ iour loviinj; us indeed, and lo\inj^ us 
 fore\«'r, not alone accordini; to the ])ower or the measure 
 of di>cernmeiit in us, but accordini; to the measure of our 
 faith when we shall stand arrayed before Thei- in the I'ull- 
 iioss of Thy <_dory. And Thou hast nia<le all that which 
 of old seemed dark or murky, transparent and luminous 
 to us. Joys are ixreater with us who walk in this li^lit 
 than with those who walked without it. And sorrows 
 are no more now to us sorrow lul. Thou hast taken awav 
 
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 from lis the bitter pangs that liave afflicted iis, in giving 
 the strengtli to those of us tliat are weary, and comfort 
 and consolation to those of ns tliat are sorrowing and in 
 disappointment. And we are enahled to rejoice in in- 
 firmities, and to Avear them as a badge of triumpli. These 
 things, which men aforetime have called misfortunes, and 
 grievous burdens and calamities, we bear with fortitude 
 and with faith in Christ. And Ave find our life and our 
 faith come up in the pressure of sorrow ; and all its griefs, 
 mortifications and self-diffidences, are taken aAvay and He 
 gives us to feel that we have wrought in us the hope of 
 glory. And now, O Lord Jesus, Ave thank Thee that 
 there are so many witnesses to this blessed work — to 
 these truths Avhich Thou hast revealed to us in the Word, 
 and that Thou hast so far transformed and art still 
 transforming the ordinary course of human experience, 
 that Ave walk not as other men — for to us in our exjjeri- 
 ence death is not the victor, but led captiA'e. SorroAvs 
 that are around and about the Christian are no longer 
 depressing. These tears that avc shed are but as dew- 
 drops that fall in the night to make all things more 
 beauteous in the morning. And Ave render Thee thanks, 
 O Thou blessed Saviour, for this poAver of Thy love and 
 this inspiration of faith. And Ave are to-day gathered 
 here, O Lord, to Aveep and to rejoice — to be glad in sor- 
 row, to speak somcAvhat of our loss but more of our gain. 
 We thank Thee for Thy servant's life and ministrations ; 
 Ave thank Thee that Thou hast thus sealed again Thy 
 covenant Avith i)arents, and that Thou hast caused them 
 to remember that they may rear a child in the Avay he 
 should go, and it shall not be in vain. We thank Thee 
 that in him the virtues of his ancestors haA-e been made 
 manifest and augmented. The prayers of father and 
 mother have not been in Aain, and the early consecration 
 
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 oanu' <':irly in alminlaiit fniit ami bk'ssiiii; u|miii Iiim ulio 
 was till' ohji'ct nf it. \\\' ihaiik Tlui' fur liis l^ciiI Kiicss, 
 for his iiicfkiifss, ami for liis luimility. \Vi' thank 'IMiee 
 lor all ill him that won nu'ii to admiration, and to love; 
 and that he liorc tlu'st- uifts of l»i-auty and iriacc not for 
 himself hut forotlurs. Wi" thank Thee that Thou did'st 
 <ri\ t> }iim i-h'arnt'ssof iK'iTi']itioii and Hrnincss of conscience, 
 aiul that in the midst of |.olitiial iiiHucnces, and in coin- 
 mcrcial connections, he iiiaintaiiie<l a rri-nerous and dis- 
 interested cliaracteir; that lie walked before men to show 
 them tiiat men e(ud«l he tirm and not harsh, that one 
 could he full of love and yet stroni;. We thank Thee 
 for this testimony that he has Ixirne for Jesus, and has 
 left for us to ])rolit l)y. And we thank Thee that in 
 public affairs he was a witness and an e.\am].le for us — 
 that in publie aft:iirs, where men are so carried about by 
 currents of selfisliness and ambition, he discIlar^■ed all 
 his duties to his iVieiids, his party, his c-ountrv and his 
 God, and maintained a name and character briiiht and 
 spotless, and a memory ])nre in the sii^lit «)f men. And 
 we thank Thee that TIk.u hast liiven our vouui; men an 
 example showing that a man can succeed, and be true 
 and pure and unselfish; that manhood in the Lord Jesus 
 Christ is consistent with worldly prosperity. For all 
 this which Thou hast presented unto us, we render Thee 
 tlianksgiviiiLT. And yit how much more have we to 
 praise Thee lor— lor that store of wealth that he has left 
 to the household — for the jiower and beauty of that U)ve 
 to those who may speak henceforth not of their h.ss, but 
 rather of his infinite gain— for being assured that he now 
 enjoys the higliest glories around the throne of (^od. 
 For his truth and pureiiess and gentleness and love, wliich 
 made his the household of attection, Ave thank Thee; for 
 that which Thou didst by a discipline of suffering make 
 
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 liira — it is Thy work, O Lord God of his fathers, and to 
 Thy name be all the praise. And we thank Thee that 
 Thou hast made it to appear in his life how easy it is to 
 gain the victory over bodily infirmities ; that Thou hast 
 rebuked our oft repeated repinings at the voice and call 
 of disease and pain ; and that Thou didst make him stead- 
 fast and immovable, always abounding in the work of the 
 Lord; and in the midst of the sea, in the waves that 
 seemed going over him, in the long period of darkness 
 and suffering, that Thou didst give him songs and hymns 
 in the night, and cause him to rejoice. This is Thy work, 
 O Lord God of his fathers, and to Thy name we give the 
 ]»raise. And now Thou hast taken him to Thyself; and 
 we are glad, and heartily give thanks, that he shall not 
 wear this body in darkness and suffering any more. Thou 
 liast completed the work for Avhich Thou sentest him into 
 life, and hast called him back again, after long Avaiting, 
 to be blessed, with a crown and with song and with 
 eternal rest. And Thou art glorified, and heaven is hap- 
 pier, and new victories speak forth, and new graces, and 
 a new element in that harmonious love around Thy 
 throne. The flood is passed ;' the winds are behind ; no 
 darkness shall ever know him more ; his day of triumph 
 has come ; his period of probation is passed for him. 
 Only for him is henceforth the rising of that glory as a 
 star that shall know no setting in the nobler firmament 
 above. For his translation to glory. Lord God of his 
 fathers, we thank Thee. 
 
 Now be pleased to remember those to whom on earth 
 Thou hast given so great a blessing. Remember them 
 still. Thine handmaiden ; Thou didst love and comfort 
 and sustain those women that knew Thee when on earth ; 
 Thou didst remember them; Thou didst know the very 
 heart of woman ; Thou didst know jiain, and bore it with 
 
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 all its t'xtivmity of sufVt'iiiiLj. Bo pleased to do Thine 
 otKce wtirk here, and whatever is meant tor her ii\ this 
 affliction, heyond the interpretatinn ^>l' our linite minds, 
 whatever is meant lor iier in this iitlliction, j.ut comfort 
 and consolation into lier lieait. l.oiil, «li aw near to her; 
 and h't lii-r feel hy day and liy ninlit tliiit ('liri>t thinks 
 of lu-r and loves her. And lie near, () Lor<l, to his <lear 
 children; and may they not in tlnse nmments (»f ureati-st 
 pjrief, in tlie tempest of affliction, forii-et how lie liath 
 l)nilde(l up tlu'ir whoh' life, how rich they are in Christian 
 memories; how full is that exam]»le of religion that he 
 hath ixiven thcni in time past, w iiich is for them for all 
 time to come. .Vnd may they hy tiiith and patience walk 
 in the same path, trustinj:; in the same Saviour, since 
 every thoULcht wings them nearer to him and e\ tiv day 
 brings them one steji further on. And grant, we heseech 
 of Thee, Thy blessing to those that are connected with 
 his household in vai'ious lelations. (Ti-ant, we beseech of 
 Thee, all that consolation which they need, and all the 
 saetifying iiitlm nee w hich we laiiiestly beseech in their 
 behalf. Lord (4od, draw near to those that follow him 
 that should have followed them. Draw near to those 
 that are afflicted as parents, and are full ot" sorrow. Lift 
 the whole burden of their sorrow from them. Speak to 
 the brothers, and to the sisters. Let them know that it 
 is the Voice of". Fesus speaking to them out of the gates of 
 the City of Lite. And grant to all Thy blessing — most 
 to those that need most ; to all that are in ]tain. Cirant 
 tliat impression to thiin of the Holy (Jhost, in which, by 
 faith, they shall see beyond this earthly experieiici-, and 
 V)e enable<l to rise where he is, ami from that luminous 
 vision behold hi^ departure a^ he now beln.lds it, ami 
 show their Iom- by mingling, in a degree, their sympathy 
 with his, and joining with him in that glorions realm in 
 
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 which he walks, crowned and royal, in his Father's king- 
 dom. Blessed Saviour, Avilt Thou sanctify these dispen- 
 sations of affliction and this triumph of Thy servant ; this 
 going forth, which has made his whole life seem blessed 
 to us. Bless him to all those who were his companions 
 in the discharge of public trusts, and all that counselled 
 with liim; to all those that labored with him in public 
 aifairs. And bless him to this chui-ch and its pastor; to 
 all the brotliers that have prayed and sung Avith him in 
 days gone by. May this day be made i-ich by its gain 
 in heavenly truth to us. We beseech of Thee to make 
 everything which added strength and grace to him, and 
 which made him fittest for heaven, to be ajlproved to our 
 judgment ; and may we follow the example left us, wait- 
 ing the time when some blessed angel shall be commis- 
 sioned to call for us, and men shall say " He is not, for 
 God has taken him." Hear us in these things and answer 
 us, we beseech Thee, for the sake of Christ Jesus ; and 
 to the Father and Son and Spirit shall be the praise for- 
 ever more. Amen. 
 
 During this prayer Mr. Beecher was much aifected, as 
 were also many in the audience. At its close the coffin 
 was again taken by the pall-bearers and carried to the 
 vestibule, and the audience then passed out, those Avho 
 desired taking a view of the silent remains. 
 
 Mr. Humj)hrey's countenance was but A^ery slightly 
 changed, so slowly had his vital powers been Aveakened, 
 and under other than the attending circumstances one 
 Avould have thought him not dead but sleeping. 
 
 After all Avho desired to take their last glance at the 
 body of the distinguished deceased had done so, the coffin 
 Avas closed and the long procession of carriages com- 
 menced their Avay to the cemetery, Avhere the remains 
 •were placed in a ueAv tomb, amid the Aveeping of relatives 
 
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 and tVii'iiils, and tin- taltrriii!^ voici' ol" jiraytT and conso- 
 lation. Tlni-c, till till- last tiuui]! sliall sound and the 
 dead sliall It*- raised, shall rest all tliat was mortal of 
 .Tann's Iluinpliri'V ; l>ni ot' the s)>irit — it lias goiu' whcro 
 no pain, suHoring or t rial can rtacli it, hut where llicro 
 is otornal rest. 
 
 {From the Xeir York Tiincs, June 'ilxt.) 
 
 The funeral ceremonies attoiidinc; tlic burial services of 
 the lali' lI(Mi. .lames Humphrey, of Brooklyn, were con- 
 ducted yesterday, at the Church of the I'il^rims, by Hev. 
 Dr. Storrs, in an impressive and sympathetic manner. 
 The death of Mr. Humphrey has jj;iven to many circles 
 in Kins;s county a shock from which it will be difficult to 
 recover. lie was i^enial, kind, courteous and nolde in all 
 liis w.ays ; so eminent tor the practical Christianity of Ids 
 life, th.-it tlu' po(ir and humlile amonu' his constituents 
 liavc lost a friend and a >up]H)iter whose ])lace cannot be 
 supplied. 
 
 .Ml r>i-iiuklyn nmurns liini, and when the (biy came on 
 which was .appointed the final trilmte of res]iect to his 
 memory, the streets were tilled with his fellow-citizens, 
 liis neighbors .and friends, wlio \ ied with each other in 
 friendly anil Lrrateful cumpetitiN c dcniunsl i-,it ii>ns of i-e- 
 t;ard. 
 
 Tlie Tuore immediate friends of the fannly assembled 
 at the late residence of Mr. Humphrey at 2 r)\'lock P. M., 
 where the customary service was performed by IJcv. Dr. 
 Storrs, .after which in solemn jirocession the mourners 
 went to the Church of the I'ilirrims, on Henry-street, cor- 
 ner of Kemsen. 
 
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 In addition to the pall-bearers and the Congressional 
 delegation, were the Mayor and Common Council, the 
 members of the Bar, the members of the, medical profes- 
 sion, several city clergymen, and a long line of the most 
 prominent citizens of Brooklyn, with whom, for many 
 years, Mr. Humphrey was closely bound by ties of pub- 
 lic and private interest. 
 
 The procession moved slowly to the church, the body 
 of which was reserved for the mourners and friends. The 
 side aisles and galleries were crowded, and a great num- 
 ber of people stood upon the street, unable to gain ad- 
 mission to the church. Rev. Dr. Storrs headed the pro- 
 cession as it moved with the remains up the broad aisle. 
 The pall-bearers rested the coffin upon the altar table, 
 and laid upon its lid an exquisite crown, wreath and 
 cross, prepared by the skillful hand of friendship as a last 
 token of love and esteem. 
 
 The choir sang a hymn appropriate to the occasion, 
 after Avhich Rev. Dr. Budington, who, with Rev. Henry 
 Ward Beecher, shared Dr. Storrs' pulpit, read a Scriptu- 
 ral selection. Other introductory services prolonged the 
 ceremonies until al>out 4 o'clock, when Dr. Storrs deliv- 
 ered a brief, eloquent and touching address, eulogistic in 
 the highest degree of the life, character, services and at- 
 tainments of the deceased. The well-known gentleness 
 and culture of Mr. Humphrey, his scholarly tastes and 
 habits, his truthfulness and high sense of honor, his kind- 
 ness to his friends and his generosity to his enemies, his 
 useful and honorable political career, his unselfishness and 
 singleness of purpose, his purity of life, his eminent traits 
 of home-love and friendship, and finally his Christian 
 profession, attainment and death were depicted with the 
 graphic eloquence so familiar to the lips of the reverend 
 pastor, and so decided a portion of the lich treasures of 
 the City of Churches. 
 
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 Allor aiiotluT hymn, lU'V. Henry Ward Ke-i'ilicr \vd 
 till' v: st roii^ri'i^ation to tlu' Tlnonc ol" (iracf in a must 
 liH'liiiLj and lirarty pt'titiini i'or the urlt'aic and consolation 
 ot" till' Id'ri'avi'd lainilv; a jpiavtr wliiidi soiindi-d tho 
 di'ptlis ot* many a trartul Iirait, and bathi'd llic saddened 
 assemblaiii' in a flood of liojn- and cheer and laitli. The 
 benedietion was prononnced, the body taken to the door, 
 whence, al\er all ha<l lonked at the ]>eac fid face, restful 
 and |pure as it was ever in life, it w as t.aken to the beau- 
 tiful slope at (Greenwood, ami laid tenderly by the hand 
 of ulieetiuu in its tinal home. 
 
r0rttbtn0S in Congress 
 
 (House of Representatives^ June 16, 1866.) 
 
 Mr. Davis announcecl that since the meeting of the 
 House he had received a telegraphic dispatch announcing 
 the death, this morning, after a short illness, of Mi-. James 
 Humphrey, representative of the Third Congressional dis- 
 trict of New York, He moved, as a mark of respect, that 
 the House adjourn, and he gave notice to the New York 
 delegation of a meeting to ai-range a programme for pay- 
 ing due respect to the memory of the deceased. 
 
 The House thereupon, at 3:45 P. M., adjourned. 
 
 {Rouse of Representatives, June IS, 1866.) 
 
 Mr. Davis offered a resolution, which was adopted, that 
 a delegation of seven members from New York, accom- 
 panied by Mr. Goodenow, the doorkeeper, should attend 
 the funeral of their late colleague, James Humphrey. 
 The delegation consists of Messrs. Taylor, Morris, Win- 
 field, Darling, Dodge, Davis and Tabor. 
 
 {House of Representatives, Jane 23, 1866.) 
 
 Mr. Darling. — Mr. Speaker, the mournful duty of an- 
 nouncing to this House the decease of James Humphrey, 
 late Representative from the Third district of the State 
 
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 lit Ni'w \ oilv, has lucii assiiim-il to nu- l»v my culIcaLrius. 
 Ill- was my iliosoii iVifiul ami companion, ami my fVii-nd- 
 sliip ami ivspt'ft for liiin \vi\ to tin- most intimatL- ami 
 (•hi-rislu'd assofiafions. \\'itli this ixrcat and suddt'n 
 atlliction ri'stinu upon my iu-irt, I Ircl iiow utti-rlv inadc- 
 ipiatf any words ot'mim- will hi- to properly portray the 
 al)ility hv displayed as a statrsnian, his talents as a law- 
 yer, or his virtues as a I'liristiaii -ent leinaii. Althou-Ii 
 I had long since markeil with approbation his |)ultlic ca- 
 reer, my personal acipiaintance with him commenced 
 only with oui- election as nu'inhers of thi< Congress. I 
 learnc<l to hue him as I learned to know him; and now, 
 as I l<»ok around and miss his coi'dial greeting and iriend- 
 ly smile I realize how great a voiil is here. 
 
 A i'vw brief hours have elapsed since I stood at his 
 open grave and assisted in paying the last tribute of re- 
 spect to all that remained of him on earth. From liis 
 home, replete with all tlie evidences of his culti\ated 
 taste and refinement, wliere sat a noble-hearted woman 
 bowed down with a grief no human jiower can heal, two 
 daughters an«l a son mourning a dej>arted iiither, we bore 
 him to the church of which he was a conspicuous and 
 consistent member. There the talent, the wealth, and 
 the representative men of two great cities were assembled 
 to do honor to his memory and to mingle their tears \\ ith 
 those of thousands from the humbler walks of life who 
 had been cheered by his smile, counseled by his wisdom, 
 and aided by his benevolence. 
 
 James IIum])hrey was a nobleman, titled by his Crea- 
 tor; he bore his patent upon his open, maidy face; he 
 uj»held it by his honorable, consistent record and his ]»ure 
 and spotless life. lie was a martyr, too, and died, like a 
 knight of old, with his .armor girded for the tight, and 
 struggling for the snpivmacy of those principles which 
 were dearer to him than life itself 
 
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 Although enfeebled by disease of many years' duration, 
 and daily suffering patiently without repining, he sought 
 oblivion of personal afflictions in his devotion to his pub- 
 lic duties. The gentleness of his character, the courtesy 
 of his deportment, the clearness of his analytical mind, 
 the polish of his manners, the ready attention he gave to 
 all who approached him, the absence of the peevishness 
 which often accompanies illness, were evident to all who 
 were brought in contact with him, even when suffering 
 most. If there was a negation of self in his life, there 
 was also a spirit of self-immolation in his death. Feeble 
 in health, and debilitated by the effects of the climate, 
 he had sat here the long, weary months of a session which, 
 when future history is written, will be looked back to as 
 not the least, if not the most, important of the American 
 Congress ; rarely claiming the attention of this House as 
 a speaker, but when he did so, commanding its respect 
 by the elegance of his diction and the soundness of his 
 thought. 
 
 His modesty and small appreciation of his own abilities 
 prevented a more extensive claim upon the attention of 
 the House. It was his friends only who were aware that 
 with less diffidence and a more powerful physique he 
 would have taken a prominent part in the debates of the 
 session. Constant in his place in the House and on im- 
 portant committees, he was faithful and diligent in atten- 
 tion to his duties, and his vote was ever recorded on the 
 side of fi-eedom and the largest humanity. His devotion 
 to his country throughout the rebellion, as a Representa- 
 tive and a citizen, were proverbial; when it was sup- 
 pressed, his efforts were given to restore an enduring 
 peace and prosperity. During the pendency of an im- 
 portant question, upon which he desired to record his 
 vote with the majority of this House, although his physi- 
 
cal condition avouIcI liave precluaed attention to private 
 interests, he hastened to Wasliington to participate in 
 the final vote. 
 
 On Wednesday, tlie 1:5th of this month, he left his resi- 
 dence for this Capitol, which he was destined never ai^ain 
 to behold. On his route he was seized with a paroxysm 
 of ])ain more agonizing and intense than anything he had 
 ever before experienced. At Wilmington, in Delaware, 
 unable to proceed further, he stopped to obtain relief 
 After a night of intense sutiering he made the attempt to 
 resume his journey. His enfeebled frame refused to re- 
 spond to the promptings of his mind. Still hopeful of 
 resuming his seat here, unwilling to return, and yet more 
 unwilling to alarm his family by communicating his con- 
 dition, he lingered at Wilmington until Friday morning 
 the 15t]i instant, surrounded by strangers, with no famil- 
 iar hand to administer to his suffering. Finally, antici- 
 pating a fatal termination of the attack, he procured the 
 assistance of an attendant and retraced his steps toward 
 home; to that home, now desolate, so soon to be left for 
 a nobler and happier mansion. 
 
 That he was firmly impressed with a conviction that 
 he was on his final journey, and that the scenes of earth 
 were as soon to pass from his fading eye-sight as the 
 landsca])e that was flitting by the win(h)w of^he car in 
 which he rode, Avas evident from the fict tliat he repeat- 
 edly impressed upon his attendant the importance of re- 
 membering his name and liis i-esidence. 
 
 He reached his home as the setting sun was irilding 
 spire and dome of that beautiful city which had known 
 liim so long and honored him so often. His family pliysi- 
 cian being summoned expressed no immediate apprehen- 
 sion. At eight o'clock he had so far rallied as to reach 
 his bedroom and i)repare himself fV)r rest. Shortly after 
 
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 midnight he raised himself on his pillow and vainly 
 sought to recognize his wife faithfully sitting at his side ; 
 after a brief interval, again raising himself he exclaimed, 
 " I am f'lint ;" and without a struggle or a groan, the 
 gentle, manly spirit of James Humphrey was wafted 
 into the presence of his Maker. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, as an evidence of our appreciation of the 
 loss this House and the country has sustained in the 
 death of this upright Representative, and pure and excel- 
 lent man, I offer the following resolutions, and move 
 their adoption : 
 
 Resolved^ That the House of Representatives has learned with sincere 
 sorrow of tlie decease of Hon. James Humphrey, of the city of Brook- 
 lyn, and a member of this House from the third congressional district 
 of the State of New Yorlc. 
 
 Resolved, That the sympathies of this House be, and they are hereby, 
 tendered to the widow, family, and relatives of the deceased in our 
 mutual affliction and bereavement. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk of tlie House be instructed to communicate 
 a copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased. 
 
 Resolved, That as an appropriate expression of respect for the mem- 
 ory and character of the deceased the members of the House will wear 
 the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk be directed to transmit to the Senate a copy 
 of these resolutions. 
 
 Mr. Bergex. — Mr. Speaker, I feel it my duty, a painful 
 and melancholy one, of making a few remarks on the un- 
 expected death of my late lamented colleague, James 
 Humphrey. If in these remarks I should hap})en to 
 touch u[)on some of the points which have hcen so elo- 
 quently and feelingly portrayed by the honorable gen- 
 tleman who has preceeded me, I hope you will pardon 
 repetition. When, on the 15th instant, I attended the 
 funeral of Hon. INIoses F. Odell, his predecessor from the 
 Third district of New York, a gentleman honored and 
 respected throughout this land for his many virtues and 
 for his services in this body during the most trying period 
 
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 of our national oxistonro, little did T think that liis suc- 
 cessor was oil the confiiu's ot' ctcniitv, and that in the 
 brief S])ace ot" fi\i' days 1 shoidil a^aiii deem it iiiv diitv 
 to visit the ehainliers of the dead and he ]iiesent at the 
 ]>ei lornianci' of the la>t sad rites which we \kx\ to the 
 dejiarted. 
 
 Thus, two men, a ])redeeessor and a successor to seats 
 i!i this Hall, have been stricken down in the prime of 
 their li\.s. in ihrir clays of usefulni^s, and we are hit to 
 mourn their loss. It is a i-eininder to us of the uiu-er- 
 tainty of lite, of the certainty of death, and of the neces- 
 sity of Ijeintr always prepai-ed, for who can tell which of 
 our number will be the next victim of the fell desti-oyer. 
 Janu'S Humphrey, a ^on of \li\. llinian Humphrey, 
 president of Amherst ('(.llene, was born at Fairtiild, 
 Connectic-ut, in INII, an<l was therefore at the tinii' of his 
 death in his tit^y-tifth year. He irraduated at the colleiro 
 o.-er which his father presi<led whi'U only twenty yeais 
 old, and after jirejiariu'j himself in the study of law at 
 Yale ColleLTO, he took up his ri'sidence in Louisville, K'eii- 
 tiicky, where he jiracticed his profession for two \rars. 
 In IS^.JS he left that city and icmoved to Urooklvn, w here 
 he has since residi'(l, opeiiini:- a law otlice in New ^'ork. 
 An oration which he delivered shortly alter aniviuu- in 
 Hrooklyn was the means ol" first direetini;- public atten- 
 ti'in to his ability. In politics M i-. Jluniphi'ey was an 
 old-line W'hiu", .'ind In- m.ade his first i'/ifr<<' in ]iublic life 
 as alderman in the first ward of the city of his chosen 
 residence. He was afterward selected by his jiaiMy as 
 the leu'al ad\iser of the city. In I s:,,s lie was i-lected in 
 what was then known as the Second district of New \'ork 
 as a Kepresentative in C'oiii^ress, ami was a ineinlier of 
 the t'oinmitti (• on Forei<;u .Affairs and ol" the Commit tec 
 of Tliirty-three on the rebellious States. In iHtiO, ISOJ 
 
 10 
 
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 and ] 8G4, lie was the candidate of his party for tlie same 
 ])08ition, hut in the first two-named elections he Avas de- 
 feated hy Mr. Odell, but was successful in the hist. 
 
 Mr. Humphrey's nominations and ek'Ctions shoAV how 
 higldy his Avorth and abilities Avere appreciated by the 
 people among- Avhom he resided and to Avhom he Avas 
 best knoAvn. They deeply feel his loss, Avhich has occur- 
 i-ed at a ])ei-iod Avhen he Avas in the highest A'igor of his 
 intellect, and Avhen from his experience he Avas calculated 
 to become more and more useful to the public, and to 
 attain a higher and nol)ler destiny for himself He Avas 
 debarred in conse(pience of long-continued ill health, 
 although his abilities Avere of a high order, from taking 
 a A'ery prominent part in congressional business. His 
 honesty and integrity Avere of the highest order; he A\'as 
 a hiuh-toned gentleman, attable and courteous to all Avith 
 Avhom he came in contact, and commanded the respect 
 not ouIa^ of those Avith Avhom he agreed in political opin- 
 ions, l)ut also of those Avitli Avhom he diiiered. 
 
 Finally, in all the relations of life, as a husband, father, 
 Christian, citizen, and legislator, he has left an example 
 worthy of imitation, and no man in the community in 
 Avhicli he was known Avill go to his final rest more re- 
 spected. 
 
 ]Mr. Washiuknk, of Illinois. — ^Ir. Speaker, I first 
 made the ac(piaintance of Hon. James Humphrey at the 
 opening of the Thirty-sixth Congress, in the month of 
 December, 1S59. That Congress has become historic, 
 not only from the protracted and turbulent struggle for 
 the election of a Speaker, but fi-om the other fact that so 
 many of its members, Avith treason on their li])s and in 
 their hearts, left our Halls Avith insult and defiance to 
 Avage Avar upon a GoA'ernment they had SAVorn to protect 
 and defend. ]Mr. Humphrey's first election Avas to the 
 
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 Thirty-sixth Conijross. Though a lU'W incinhor, ho was 
 ]>hn'«'<l u I Kill diu' <>t" tlx' torcmost comniit Ices of tlio IIouso, 
 tlir C'i>mmil ti'i- on l-'oi-('iL.ni AllMirs. This coiiiiiiilti-c' was 
 conijiosfil otiiu'ii Wfll know 11 in the liistoiy ot" the coun- 
 trv, :ui<l lour of whom havi' so soon jtasscil away. That 
 Wistinuuishcil statcMiian ami oi-nlor nt' ()liio, thr late 
 Thomas ("orwin, was the cliairman. .Mi\ i Jiii liiiLiaiiH', 
 our ])n'Seiit minister to Cliiiia, and Mr. Joy .Morris, our 
 ])re»fnt iniiii>-ter I'esiiK'Ut at ( dust ant iiioph', were mem- 
 bers of the eommitlee. iJarksthiK', of ^Iississi|)]ii, and 
 Hraiith, of X<irth Carolina, afterwards rebel generals, 
 who f'cil oil tlu- field of battle liLi'htiiiu: •"VUiiiiist their eouii- 
 trv, were iiiembi-rs. Mr. Porelu'r .Miles, ot' South Caro- 
 lina, late one of tlie most ]»romiiU'iit nu'iiiliers of tlie rebel 
 contjress, was on thi' eomiiiit tee, ami whose career has 
 been in niarkeil contrast to .•mother meiiilier of it, lion. 
 Joshua Hill, ot' (u'or'jia, who, with eoiirati'eoiis ]iatriot- 
 isin, kejit his honor and, faithful amoii<i- the faithless, re- 
 mained true to his countrv and his tlatr. ^I''- IJoyee, of 
 \'eniioiit, ;in able man and ;i wdrthv son of the (treeii 
 Moiint.ain State, com]>leteil the number of iiieiiiliers tliat 
 niaile U|» that distini^iiished committee. 
 
 At th<' o]ieiiin!j.- of the second ses>it)ii of the C'ouovess 
 he was a]i]iointed the inembt'r from the State of New 
 York on the celebrated Committee of Thirty-three, being 
 one from each State on the '' ]>erilous condition of the 
 country."' His a]i])ointiiient on a committee of so much 
 iiu|iortance to re])resent the Knipire State was a well- 
 merited comidiinent to his hii^h ch.iracter, his firmness, 
 and his jtatriotism. His s]»eech during that session on 
 the state of the country is Avell remembered by all of tlu^ 
 old members of the House as an etfort of ri'iiiarkable 
 power and elo(|iience, and it at once placed him in the 
 front '-t'lik ot' till' able men of the House. 
 
(V6) 
 
 Retiring to private life at the close of the Thirty-sixth 
 Congress, Mr. Humphrey was in the fall of 1864 elected 
 to the present Congress, and it Avas my good fortune to 
 be associated with jiim on the Committee on Commerce 
 of this House. He brought to the discharge of his duties 
 on that committee great intelligence and ability and a 
 thorough practical knowledge of the commercial ques- 
 tions coming before us. As the session wore on it be- 
 canie painfully evident to his associates on the committee 
 that an insidious and treacherous disease had marked 
 him for its victim, though he kej)t iinini})aired the vigor 
 of his intellect, his cheerful disposition, and his kind tem- 
 per. While his health was such as to inspire the gravest 
 apprehensions on the part of his friends, I did not antici- 
 pate that he was in any immediate danger, and hence 
 during my recent absence from the House, I learned 
 with surprise and grief of his sudden death. 
 
 My acquaintance with ]\[r. Humphrey led me to esteem 
 him most highly. He was a man of the purest and most 
 exemplary character. Of his beautiful and blameless pri- 
 vate life his colleagiies have fitly spoken. To a cultivated 
 intellect and scholarly attainments he united the manners 
 and deportment of a most polished gentleman. As a law- 
 yer, he was able, upright, and conscientious ; as a legisla- 
 tor, he was intelligent, incorruptible, and vigilant ; and 
 his patriotism and love of country challenged the respect 
 of all loyal hearts. Recognizing his genuine virtues, his 
 great qualities of mind and heart, his services to his 
 country and his State, I am glad to have this opportunity 
 to pay a humble tribute to the memory of a good citizen, 
 a f lithful public servant, and an honest man. 
 
 Mr. Davis. — I have known my colleague, Mr. Speaker, 
 for nearly thirty years, or since the time of his connec- 
 tion Avith the eminent law firm of Barney, Humphrey & 
 
( 77 ) 
 
 HiitlcT, <.f the city ..f New \<>yk. I knew liis (atlKT. 
 His fatlicr Mini my «\vii w cii' wnnii inisoii.il liiriKls. I 
 K'lt, tVoiii llic tiiiu' of my .•i((iii:iiiit;iiic«- uitli (lie son, an 
 attai-lmuiit w liicli may Iiavc l.icii warmer, pi-rliaps, in 
 (■oiistMjiic-iuc nftlic Irii'iKlsiiiii wliiili existed hetwei'ii my 
 fatlier and lii^. His fatlu'r, Hev. Dr. Hnni|ilircv, was a 
 man .-!' eminenl intellectual al)ility ami culture, and it 
 niiixlit have hicn e\|iected that the son should inherit the 
 • lualilies \\hi<-h that father p.-ssi^ssc-U and trained un.Ier 
 such a liilher, shouhl exhihit in life that decree of cultui-e 
 which lu- was cajialde of inspirin'j. 
 
 l>ut it will he my iMirpose to speak of Mr. Humi»hrev 
 in respect to the traits of character by which he was dis- 
 tinguished and for w liich he was beloved iMtlur than of 
 the incidents of his lite. 
 
 As miirht l)e anticipalt'd from the peculiar advantages 
 of education to wliirh I iiave ailudcil, our departed frii'iid, 
 gifted by nature with tine intellectual abilities, was re- 
 markable not only for classic attainment but for retined 
 literary taste. His ac(piaintance with the laniiuauvs, 
 ■with the productions oi jioets, jihilosophers, and writers 
 on varie<l subjects, was so accurate that he Mas often 
 referre<l to as the arbiter for the settlement of (piestions 
 of authorship. I am coniident, that had his life ]»een de- 
 voted to literature rather tlian to law, he would have 
 taken high rank in a de|.arlment when' lailure is far 
 mori' fre<|uent than success. 
 
 In giving expression to this opinion, I am liy i;o means 
 insensible to his crinceded merit in tin- legal jirofession. 
 He possessed many of the <pialilicati<ins essential to a 
 legal adviser :ind praetit iouer. First and foi'einost hi' 
 was proverbially an honest man, desirous of knowing 
 the right, and then of doing it. He believed that law- 
 was institute(l in tin- inli'i-ests of justice, and thai those 
 
( '8 ) 
 
 ■who Avere practitioners at its Lar Avere bound, so far as 
 human infirmity would permit, to ])revcnt its perversion 
 to the purposes of oppression or wrong-. He regarded 
 the law as a wise agency for the enforcement of riglits 
 and the redress of injuries, and wliile he felt it to be a 
 duty to guard carefully and well tlie just rights of his 
 client, lie discarded in toto that miserable fallacy which 
 has too often brought repi'oach ujion the profession, that 
 a lawyer was bound to do everything for a client which 
 the technicalities of the law might permit ; but was 
 guided by the nobler and higher principle that his rela- 
 tions to his client bound him to no act and no service 
 wluch, in liis own behalf, he might not perform without 
 dishonor or self-reproach. With this sentiment controll- 
 ing his professional career from its opening to its close, 
 giving color to his counsels as well as direction to his 
 action, it may reasonably as well as truthfully be sup- 
 posed that Mr. Humphrey enjoyed the highest personal 
 respect and confidence of those who were his patrons. 
 
 But their confidence reposed not on this ground alone. 
 He l)roug]it to his professional engagements a rare de- 
 gree of plain, ])ractical common sense, a power of dis- 
 criminating between the true and the false, between the 
 plausible only and that which was both jdausible and 
 pi'actical, bt'tween the interests of his clients and their 
 prejudices, between that Avhich was teclmically legal, and 
 that Avhich was morally wrong. And beyond this, lie 
 gave to the cnses Avith Avhich he was intrusted a patient 
 and carcf\d investigation, applying to the decision of the 
 questions involved the acumen of a sound judgment and 
 a knowledge of legal ])i"inciples derived from severe 
 studies, continued from early life to the period when fail- 
 ing health required the abandonment of professional 
 labor. There is no profession in which frankness, kind- 
 
(T!)) 
 
 ncss, a inanlv l>rariii!j:, and a couili'ous (l(']H>itniciit coii- 
 triltuti" iiKirc tiiwaiil succi'ss tlian tlir ])r(>li'>>i(>ii i>t' the 
 law. Tin- aiiLTiv follisioiis of ail\ ocatt'S lii't'orc a jury or 
 of c-MUiisc'l at iIr' liar may In- pastiiiu' for an amlifnci', 
 but tlu'V advance in no di'<_n-i'c tlic diLTuit y ot a proli'ssioii, 
 tlif inti'rr-ts ol' iliiiits, or tin- ends of Just ice. 
 
 -Mr. lluniplircy, so far as I may speak of liim from ]iro- 
 fi'ssional intercourse or from ]>rofessional reputation, 
 alwavs avoicled these controversies, and liy his cahnness 
 and eiiuanimity often gained for his client what another 
 mi^ht ha\e lost by indiscretion antl jiassion. It will bt; 
 iiei'dle>s tor me to speak here of the att ract i\i' modesty 
 which characterized our Irieiid. It was ever present in 
 his professional I'lVoi'ts, in his social interc<Mirse, and in 
 his puldic Ill'e; and while this (piality denied his associ- 
 ates here (_if the benetit oi" his counsels publiily expressed, 
 it doubtless adde<l force to the words he uttered in ))er- 
 sonal intercourse with his frii'iids. 
 
 It was m\- privili'Lie to know Mi*. !Iiinip!ii-e\- for many 
 years, not intimately, but sutlicieiitlv well to speak of 
 him in terms of the <leej»est personal respect and reL^ard, 
 and I may add that the most favorable impix'ssions 
 created by our intercourse have been coiilirnie(l by the 
 concurrent sentiments of all who kni-w him. He was u 
 U'ood man. He was a Christian. 
 
 Life to him was no unnu'aninjj^ term. Its lii<_rh purpose 
 was eyer befoic him. (iod inspired it, not to be spent in 
 idleness, not to be passed in i houi:;htIess ]ileas\ire, not 
 that it mi-Iit lie de\(>teil to >elli>li uain^, oi- lo inoi'dinale 
 ambition. He gave us life that we nii<j,ht perform its 
 duties to Him who tjave it, and to those around us, who 
 with us share its blessinus and i!s trials, and to ourselves 
 that we mii^ht l)y the ap])ropriate use of its privileij;es 
 be ])repared for a still ncdder e.vistence. 
 
(80) 
 
 Our friend lived with the knowledge of life's })urposPS. 
 No a-bsorbino- avarice cnrsed his gains of honest aecunni- 
 lation ; no heartless selfishness bade him forget tliat the 
 poor and dependent had claims upon his bounty; no pam- 
 pered pride taught him to thank (iod that he was better 
 than other men ; but recognizing, in humility, his de- 
 pendence for all things on the great Giver of all good, he 
 sought to minister to the wants of those around him, to 
 aid the oppressed, to comfort the mourner, to l)ind u]) the 
 broken heart, to promote peace, order, and virtue ; and 
 by his own example to teach to others that duty per- 
 formed meets reward in this life, and inspires hope and 
 confidence in the life to come. My colleague, who has so 
 Avell portrayed the last hours of our friend, assured us 
 that the approach of death brought to him no apprehen- 
 sion or alarm. Why should it V 
 
 True, human natiire, linked by the mysterious organ- 
 ism of bone and muscle, of artery and vein, of nerves 
 and flesh and blood, with that still more mysterious crea- 
 tion, impalpable, intangible, and invisible, that we call 
 soul, may shrink from tlie physical sufl:ering which oft 
 accompanies the rupture of the tie between these myste- 
 ries ; it may start back appalled from the deep, dark 
 grave and dread to enter it. Yet what is death but the 
 executor of that eternal law of the Creator which bids 
 the body decay and perish because it is mortal, and bids 
 the soul depart from it because the soul is immortal ! 
 
 Death is but a process of life, and to the Christian the 
 grave but the portal to a new liome, illumined by the 
 presence of the Creator and made h;i[)py by His smile. 
 
 Who, sir, that, like the friend we nu)urn, performing 
 through life the Christian's duty with the Christian's 
 faith, might not in dying exclaim with the A})ostle, "• O 
 death, where is thy sting? () gi-ave, where is thy vie- 
 to rv V" 
 
(SI) 
 
 It would 1)0 alike prosumptious ninl profane in me lo 
 claim perfection f>r any man, ami I diMilit not that IMr. 
 Iliiniphrey, like all otliers, was m.-irki'd l.y liiiinan weak- 
 ness ami inlirniity. Hut wi- ean judire liim l>y m> perfect 
 standard. We must compare him as wv knew him w ith 
 olhri- men as we know them; and where, sir, siiall w c 
 find one who will hetter liear a comparison with others. 
 
 Who in this Hall, clainun<,f for himself the hiiihest rec- 
 titude of mot i\f in all his Mctions, ;ind desiriiiLT exemption 
 from all ])rejndice or passion, dare stand urdilnshin<r in 
 tlus prest'nce and listen to tho history of his seeict an<l 
 inner lite as truth has craven it U|ion his own nieinorv. 
 
 \Vhile, therefore, .Mr. Speaker, I know that our friend 
 was afHicleil with the iidimities to which all men are in 
 crreater or less deiin-e suhject, f think I may s:iy that his 
 (diaraeter ])resented a rare c<;ndMnation ol <pialities, so 
 adjusted, so counterltalaiiceil. so symmetrical, so attrac- 
 tive in life, and so lieautiful in de-ath, that the Idemi-hes 
 wdiich a cynic scrutiny miixht re\cal, hecoine in\isil)le 
 throuirh the te;irs w hich we shcl upon his tomli. 
 
 Death, sir, has not yet linished his mission in this Hull, 
 lie has entere.l it hetore; he will enter it aLTain. He asks 
 the assent of no doorki-eper. He awaits no " reuidar 
 order."' Alone, he suspenils your rules, strikes down his 
 victim, and hears him from your prest-nci-. Who next 
 may he touched hy that icy tiuLier which free/A-s the 
 
 coursiui; life-hl 1, (mkI oidy km.\\>; hut from his tomh 
 
 who so recently went out from oui- midst to return no 
 more there comes to-day the monition, " He \ c ready." 
 
 This duty, enjoined hy Kevelation, was suu^irested, in 
 the heathen philosophy ,,{' Persia, in the beautifid words 
 addreg.setl hy a father to his s<>ji : 
 
 "On parent kiufes, a naked new-liorn rhild, 
 Weepiui.' tliuii sat'st wliile nil ar.uuul thee smiled; 
 
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(82) 
 
 So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, 
 
 Calm thou mayst smile while all around thee weep." 
 
 The resolutions were atjreed to. 
 jMr. Davis. — I move that the House adjourn. 
 The motion was agreed to; and thereupon, at 2:15 P. 
 M., the House adjourned. 
 
 (7n Senate, June 23, 1866.) 
 
 The following message was received from the House of 
 Representatives hy ^Ir. McPherson, its Clerk : 
 
 Mr. President, I am directed by the House of Repre- 
 sentatives to communicate to the Senate information of 
 the death of Hon. James Humphrey, late a Representa- 
 tive from the State of New York, and the proceedings of 
 the House thereon. 
 
 The resolutions of the House of Representatives were 
 read. 
 
 Mr. Morgan. — ^Iv. President, if the frequency of the 
 messages that have been communicated to us since the 
 commencement of this session, that another member of 
 Congress is dead, shall serve to i-cmind us of the uncer- 
 tainty of human life and to prepare us for the divine in- 
 junction, " Be ye also ready," then as these tidings are 
 made known our grief should be assuaged and Our sor- 
 row lessened. 
 
 Hon. James Humphrey, a member of the House of 
 Representatives from the Third Congressional district of 
 the State of New York, died suddenly at his residence 
 in Brooklyn, county of Kings, on Saturday, the 16th in- 
 stant, in the fifty-fifth year of his age. For several years 
 he had been more or less an invalid, and many times his 
 attacks had endangered his life. 
 
(83) 
 
 He Avas ii son of llie late Rev. Hemaii Humphrey, for 
 many years president of Amlierst College, and he pos- 
 sessed the fine mind for which his father was distin- 
 guished — a mind eorresponding in the delicacy of its 
 tastes and the elegance of its culture, with his sensitive 
 physical organization, and the })eculiar grace of his 
 manners. 
 
 He was born in Fairfield county, Connecticut, in 1811, 
 and graduated at Amherst College when but nineteen 
 years of age, and immediately commenced his legal 
 studies at Yale College law school. From that institu- 
 tion he removed to New York, and became a student in 
 the law office of the late Seth P. Staples. After his ad- 
 mission to the bar he married and removed to Louisville, 
 Kentucky, where he practiced his profession successfully 
 until 1838, when he removed his law office to the city of 
 New York and his residence to Brooklyn. He soon 
 secured a large business, and became actively identified 
 wath the leading commercial and corporate intei-ests of 
 the city of New York, and was the legal adviser of the 
 best merchants and bankers in that city, all of whom ever 
 reposed in him the most implicit confidence. As a law- 
 yer he was distinguished for his learning, candor, fairness, 
 and clearness of thought, and he invariably gave satis- 
 faction to his clients. He possessed a rare faculty of at- 
 taching men to him, and was always faithful to every tie 
 of friendly or political relationship. In common with so 
 many of our public men who have gained honorable 
 positions and been of service to the State, his first active 
 occupation was that of a teacher. The first pul)lic office 
 that he held was that of alderman of Brooklyn, next that 
 of counsel to the corporation, and in both relations he 
 sustained the same high character he had ever borne. 
 In 1858 he was chosen to the Thirty-sixth Congress, 
 
(84) 
 
 where he discharged his duties in a highly creditable 
 manner. He was again a candidate for Congress in 18G0, 
 bnt was not elected. His successful opponent at that 
 election was the Hon. Moses F. Odell, whose decease was 
 annoiuiced only three days previous to the decease of 
 Mr, Humphrey. In 1864 lie was chosen to a seat in the 
 Thirty-ninth or present Congress, and in the summer of 
 1865 he visited Europe, hophig to benefit his impaired 
 health from the celebrated springs at Wiesbaden. But 
 the result of his visit was not favorable, and he had de- 
 termined to withdraw from public life at the end of his 
 present term in Congress. 
 
 Mr. Humphrey was not a frequent speaker in Congress, 
 but he never failed to speak directly for the object he 
 sought to accojnplish, and few were more careful in all 
 matters of legislation, or better understood or were more 
 attentive to the requests of their constituents. 
 
 Mr. President, our colleagues and associates in this 
 and in the other branch of Congress die, and prompted 
 by duty or aifection or both, we rise in our places and 
 speak to their memory. I sometimes think that we are 
 too ready to omit all reference to their defects of charac- 
 ter, limiting our language to that which is universally 
 acknowledged to be good and deserving of praise. 
 What we really need on these occasions is a truthful 
 record of the lives and conduct of public men, that their 
 example may be followed in all that is worthy of emula- 
 tion, and be avoided in all that is otherwise. 
 
 My late colleague in the House of Representatives, 
 whose untimely decease we mourn to-day, was greatly 
 respected and honored by all who had the pleasure of 
 being personally acquainted with him. He was esteemed 
 as a man and a Christian, and confided in as a friend. 
 His delicate health led him to seek a quiet life ; and he 
 
(So) 
 
 was natitriilly indisjtoscd to hoar :i conspicnous or forward 
 part ill le<2,-islatioii or in linsiiiess avocations. But I can- 
 not witlihold my testimony to his elevated moral charac- 
 ter, his scrupulous regard for trutli, to his gentleness of 
 disposition, his refinement, adherence to friends, his loy- 
 alty and unswerving devotion to liis country, and to the 
 interests of humanity and freedom. Although from his 
 ]ial>it of thought and his dithdeiice he was not disposed 
 to he ])rominent as a leader, yet his convictions were 
 strong and his judgment clear and decided. Few felt a 
 more lively interest in ]iublic questions, and at no time 
 that I can recall during the jjresent session has there been 
 a debate upon an important question that Mr. Humphrey 
 was not present, and giving to it the most profound at- 
 tention. 
 
 I do not suppose that he was devoid of ambition; but 
 I never knew a man whose character and conduct devel- 
 oped less to excite the ill will of his associates and rivals. 
 He was courteous to his opponents, kind and agreeable 
 to his companions, and devoted to his friends. He was 
 never illy spoken of, and I do not believe he had an 
 enemy ; and no man ever questioned his honor or his in- 
 tegrity. His were indeed rare virtues, but they were 
 such as it should be the aim of all to possess. To James 
 Humplirey we may Avith strict propriety apply the 
 words — 
 
 " None knew Lira but to love him, 
 None named him but to praise." 
 
 I offer the following resolutions : 
 
 Jiesolrc'!, That the Senate receive with sincere regret the announce- 
 ment of the deatli of Hon. James Humphrey, late a member of the 
 House of Representatives from the third eoni^ressional district of the 
 State of New York, and tender to the family of the deceased the assur- 
 ance of their sympathy with them under the bereavement they have 
 been called to sustain. 
 
(86) 
 
 Resolved, That the Secretin^ of the Senate be directed to transmit to 
 the family of Mr. Humphrey a certified copy of the foregoing resolu- 
 tion. 
 
 Resolved, That in token of respect for the memory of the deceased 
 the Senate do now adjourn. 
 
 The resolutions Avere unanimously adopted ; and the 
 Senate adjourned. 
 
 iiilicrst KoIIege 
 
 At the meeting of the Alumni, held at Amherst, July 
 11, 1806, allusion was made by several speakers to Mr. 
 Humphrey, expressive of their warm appreciation and 
 admiration of him, and of their sincere sorrow in his loss. 
 The following are all that have been preserved : 
 
 Whiting Griswold, Esq., of Greenfield, Mass., Vice- 
 President of the association, upon taking the chair, said : 
 
 * * * * Finally, I bid you welcome to the spot ; 
 now more than ever sacred and immortal, by the number 
 of those, once connected with this Institution, who gave 
 their lives to their country and their souls to God, in the 
 great struggle for the nation's existence. 
 
 In this connection I am also oppressed with the thought 
 that one of the most distinguished of our Alumni; one 
 who but two short years ago occupied this chair with so 
 much modesty and grace, and spoke with so much schol- 
 arly fervor and laatriotic eloquence, will meet us here no 
 more. The late Hon. James Humphrey, of Brooklyn, 
 
(87) 
 
 New York, it'll at the post of duty, with his armor on. 
 He was a selK)l:ir, a patriot, a statesman, and a Christian. 
 His sudden and premature death is a national caLamity ; 
 while the loss to his stricken family and friends is irre- 
 parable. This solemn disj)ensation of Providence cannot 
 fail to impress our minds with the vanity of human life, 
 when compared with the realities of our future state. 
 
 A tender and eloquent tribute was also paid Mr. Hum- 
 phrey by Hexry G. De Forest, Esq., of New York, 
 President of the Ahimni, upon takino- the chair, after 
 which, Joshua M. Van Cott, Esq., of l^rooklyn, N. Y., 
 arose and said : 
 
 I am painfully conscious, Mr. President, that here, 
 where so many reminiscences, both bright and sad, are 
 rushing- to so many lips for utterance, how inadequately 
 I shall speak of Mr. Humphrey in the brief moments to 
 which the proprieties of this occasion limit me. You 
 have spoken of him as a scholar ; you ask me to speak 
 of him as a lawyer — the character in which I was most 
 familiar with him, and in which I best knew him. My 
 acquaintance with him began with the beginning of his 
 legal studies. Under the classic elms of New Haven, at 
 the law school connected with Yale College, I first felt 
 his friendly grasp. As I this morning looked out ujion 
 the broad stretch of hills and intervales which environ 
 this College, and recall that iirst meeting with him, it 
 seemed to me that he had built the purity and beauty of 
 the scene into his character and life. He was then re- 
 cently from this College. From that thne, for many 
 years, I saw much of him, studying with him at the law 
 school, and afterwards in the New York office of one of 
 the most eminent lawyers of that day, (8eth P. Staples, 
 Esq.;) occupying the same office for several years afteji 
 
we came to the bar, and practicing- in the same Courts in 
 the commercial metro})olis until his forensic labors ceased. 
 We held the same political creed, mingled in the same 
 social life, and for years sat under the same pulpit min- 
 istration. 
 
 You, sir. doubtless remember, for you were in full prac- 
 tice at the same bar, the case of Waydell against Luer, 
 decided twenty years ago in the old Court of Errors of 
 New York, and which continues to be cited and followed 
 as the leading case on an im])ortaat doctrine of commer- 
 cial law. The case is rt^ported, in its several stages, in 
 the fifth volume of HilTs and the third volume of Denio's 
 reports. I remember Mr. Iium])hrey's appearance in 
 that case as if it was yesterday. The decision of the case 
 at the Circuit had been adverse to his client. He argued 
 it in the Supreme Court, on appeal, and the decision was 
 again adverse. With the tenacity with which he held 
 to his matured convictions, he carried the case to the 
 highest appellate Court. At a summer term of that 
 Court, in the city of ^ew York, he again argued it. 
 Associated witli and opposed to him wei-e two very emi- 
 nent lawyers, tlu'ii and now the acknowledged leaders of 
 that bar. Mr. ]Ium])hrey made the pi'incipal argument 
 for the appellant. That was an argument of consummate 
 ability. It was marked by great research, a prodigal 
 display of learning, a vigorous logic, and that copious 
 and felicitous diction and charm of voice and of manner, 
 which always rendered his s])eaking so attractive. Such 
 a combination of law and of logic, and of persuasive 
 eloquence was rare even in that distinguished forum. 
 The argument was trium])haut, carrying the Court and 
 winning the cause, reversing the judgments below, and 
 settling the point of law for all time. Previously known 
 as a young lawyer, actively engaged in commercial 
 
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 causes, Mr. Ilninphroy that day left the Court room 
 recognizca by the Judges and by his professional breth- 
 ren as one of tlie abk'st men at the bar, and destined to 
 win its higliest honors. That argument continued for a 
 h^ng time to be s])()ken of in bar circles, and to elicit the 
 liigliest encomiums lor its masterly abilitj^ 
 
 What I liave said, sir, of this single effort might as fitly 
 be said of many others in which I witnessecf his exer- 
 tions, and in some of M-hich I was concerned— against or 
 with hiui. He liabitually formed his opinions after care- 
 ful examination and thought. His position once taken, 
 he seized the most formidable weapons of the law for 
 offense and defense, and maintained it sturdily to the 
 last. His preparation for the trial and argument of 
 causes was thorough and conscientious; he knew his 
 cause from top to bottom, in its strength and in its weak- 
 ness, in its facts and in its law. In Court, and in the 
 very press and heat of the struggle for the verdict or the 
 judgment, he was a model of graceful courtesy and gen- 
 tlemanly manners. His speaking was resti-ained in its 
 force by a severe taste, but never foiled to charm the 
 hearer by its pure diction and floAving and finished elocu- 
 tion. He was always true to the Court and to his client, 
 and deserved tlie full measure of confidence accorded to 
 liini by both. He enjoyed that best kind of success, 
 which follows the devotion of fine talents, by honoi-able 
 means, to the attainment of high and noble ends. He 
 lionored his i)rofession, and in turn was honored by those 
 wlio best ilhistrated it. He honored his College, and 
 well deserved the affectionate and proud regaiS 'with 
 Avhich his name is cherislied hei-e. Recalling his various 
 moral and intellectual qualities, I do not hesitate to say, 
 that, advancing on the line of his early professional suc- 
 cesses, he would have attained high and enduring lame 
 
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 as an advocate, exteiKling; from tlie domestic to the 
 national forum, if the attractions of public life and the 
 pressure of disease had not checked his upward progress. 
 We, of the bar, shall continue to cherish his memory for 
 Avliat lie was among us, — a genial friend, a christian gen- 
 tleman, and an accomplished lawyer, — and to sigh when 
 we think of what he might have been, in tlie Courts of 
 justice and in the Senate, if he had not been untimely 
 struck by the fatal shaft hi the very maturity of his in- 
 tellectual strength. 
 
 I said, sir, that I first felt the friendly grasp of Mr. 
 Humjilirey under the elms of New Haven. In the gath- 
 ering twilight of a day hi .Tune, beneath the gray tower 
 of the Church of the Pilgrims, I last looked u})on his 
 marble cold face, yet full of manly beauty, while the sad 
 procession of his kindred, liis bretliren of the bar, and the 
 members and representatives of various pul)lic bodies in 
 attendance upon the last solemn offices for tlie dead 
 moved slowly by, and he was seen of us on earth no 
 more. 
 
 In response to the preceding remarks, Kev. Henry 
 Neii.l said : 
 
 Among the many tokens of respect rendered to the 
 memory of Mv. Humphrey, none can possibly have a 
 higher value in tlie estimate of his friends and relatives, 
 than those so spontaneously and earnestly given at this 
 time, and in this place, by the companions of his youth 
 aii<l earl) niaidiood. It is affection's tribute; and from 
 scholars and true men. It is a garland, fragrant and 
 rich with recollections from sorrowing and admiring 
 hearts, and laid in reverence on the altar, which those 
 that knew and loved him, are constantly perfecting and 
 adorning to the honor of his name. 
 
 Allusion has been made, and Avith becoming tenderness 
 
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 and fidelity, to what JMr. Huni])hi-ey did; and also to 
 tliat \v])i('li, l)iit for an insidions ninlndy, he mnst at last 
 have aehieved. It w;is certniiily line of him, as of few 
 that have done llieir ]iart so well on earth, that the 
 slroHL!: iiii|iu]se \vl)ieh n:iture uave him was hindered on 
 its way. His life was, as lias heen intimated, a re)»ressed 
 one. But mav it not he that life is often none the less 
 and no less ]«oient heeause it nn)\-es A\ilh an impeded 
 step? The nnitilaled arm of the soldier, striving" to raise 
 itself among 1lio>e that Mere whole,-^does it not ol'ten 
 reve.al in its hindered motion more than is expressed by 
 manv a hand sii-elelied out and waiving in its fnll 
 slrengthV Not oidy does it re\ ( al nnjiv, hut there is 
 reason to f elieve that it is more than it might have been 
 in a less restricted state. 
 
 By high authority we have heen taught that a eurtail- 
 ment of the medium of expression may justly enrich the 
 quality of the life held back. The two niit^'s of the 
 widow not only indicated more, but Avere more than the 
 accumulated wealth of tiie treasury, for her life was in 
 the oflering. We know, also, tliat existence, checked, is 
 often, by that vei-y ]>rocess, ]»ui'ilied; as is the stream 
 when Ibrced to seek tlie level of its native spi-ings. 
 
 Hence, many men are more — vurch more than their 
 deeds. And in our i-ecoliections of them, we dwell on 
 what they have heen, and on tliat which tliey silently 
 and impressively indicated and conveyed, rather than on 
 that wiiich they have outwardly achieved. 
 
 Whilst Mr. Hum])hrey's life was eminently a successful 
 one, when measured by the positions gained, the trusts 
 fulfilled, or the res])onsibilities discharged by him ; whilst 
 it was not undistinguished as a jurist's, nor unproductive 
 as a student, nor nnma^rked in legislative halls, yet it 
 was immeasureably more than a statesman's service, a 
 
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 scholar's career, a citizen's vocation, or a lawyer's strife 
 and victor3^ It Avas filial devotion, never forgetlul of its 
 obligations ; it was aliection's shrine and refuge, not un- 
 mindful for a moment of the confidence reposed in it ; it 
 was manhood's probity, disdaining to be sullied by a 
 glance at dishonor ; it was strict integrity ; it was care- 
 fulness ; it was generosity ; it was a brother's love, 
 poured out like water, and on every side — ever leaping 
 over the barriers of prudential consideration, and taking 
 into its embrace a client's necessities, and the want and 
 woe of any suffering fellow-man ; it was charity, that 
 thinketh no evil; it was candor; it was industry ; it was 
 truth; it was pain endured without a murmur; it was 
 aspii-ation, pressing its way into every elevated and pro- 
 ductive sphere of thought and feeling and exertion, though 
 fettered by a dread that strength might not be given to 
 well explore and reap the harvests of the fields that were 
 before it; it was a laborer's toil, with an artist's enthu- 
 siasm, and an anchorite's sensibility to a deviation from 
 the right ; it was secular work done well, done in time, 
 to the letter, often in the teeth of opposition, before the 
 face of ambitious men and amidst their convocations — 
 yet done as on the steps of a sacred temple — within the 
 precincts of some hallowing inspiration — and under the 
 eye of God himself! 
 
 It would not be extravagant to call his life an unuttered 
 prayer, and a consecration to the best of ends, which, 
 whilst gathering into itself whatever of holy elevation is 
 ajDj^ropriate to sacramental rites and humble communings 
 with the Most High, returned to the labors of every day 
 with cheerful step, with persistent will, with rej^ose of 
 heart, and with unfaltering trust in the verities Avhich 
 appealed to his faith or lightened his toils. 
 
 If the life you have spoken of so kindly and so well, 
 
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 was restricted in the impetuosity of its proirress, and in 
 its eoin))leted enlargement, it shone with a lustre not less 
 attractive and more its own, because of its limitations. 
 With em|)hasis may it be said of such men — and there 
 are not a few of them treading their way along the thor- 
 oughfares of life — " It does jiot yet a2)pear what they 
 shall be." 
 
 Only in the dumb yearning of our hearts to see them 
 again; or in the utterances of assemblies like this — to 
 strengthen the seleeter ]>romptings that are within us, 
 and to think of the good that was in those who have de- 
 parted — do we get any glimpse of their unrevealed, un- 
 measured and unmarketable worth. * Thus Ave have found 
 it to-day; and because it is thus have we risen to thank 
 you, in -the name of those who cannot be here, for the 
 words you have spoken in remembrance of our brother. 
 
 Many other feeling and tender tributes were rendered 
 to the memory of Mr. Humjjhrey, including one by the 
 Rev. Dr. Storrs, at the close of an oration before the 
 Literary Societies, and another by Governor Bullock, at 
 the Alumni dinner, of which we have no reports. 
 
" '\t Union general fe^ommrttec. 
 
 {From the Brooldyn Unio7i, August 8, 1866.) 
 
 The I'liion Gcnenil Committee lield a rec^ular meeting 
 last evening at their rooms, No. Court street, the Presi- 
 dent, K. L. Sanderson, Esq., in the oliair, 
 
 ]Mr. Sandkksox niade the following remarks: 
 Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee : — Since 
 the last meeting of the Committee, all that wa's mortal 
 of the Hon. James Humphrey has ceased to he. He died 
 on the 10th day of June last. At the time of his death 
 he Avas the Ivepresentative of the Third Congressional 
 district of this State, comprising a ])art of the city of 
 Brooklyn, in the National Congress, This hody, Mr. 
 Chairman, represents the I'nion-Repuhlican party of the 
 county of Kings, Avhich includes the district represented 
 by Mr. Humphrey, and by this party Avas he elected to 
 the high and influential position which he filled, with 
 honor to himself and to his constituency, at the time of 
 his death. It therefore seems very proper to me, sir, that 
 we pay some tribute to the memory of Mr. Humphrey, 
 and that we spread upon the records of the proceedings 
 of this body some permanent proof of the respect and 
 esteem we all cherish for him. The polished shaft from 
 the far-off quarries of Carrara may mark the spot in yon- 
 der cemetery where his lifeless body lies sleeping, but 
 that were not necessary to perpetuate his memory among 
 those who knew him well. Beloved by a large circle of 
 
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 warm friends, loss than kindrod to him, his memory will 
 be scarcely less cherished hy them for long years to come 
 than hy those honnd to him hy nearer ties, whose hearts 
 still hli'cd for him whom they shall see and hear no more. 
 Mr, Ilnmphrey for years had hceii an ahle and high-toned 
 member of the legal profession in tlie cities of Brooklyn 
 and New York, and I might with ))ropriety say mnch of 
 his professional character: but ai)))r(^})riate honors in 
 respect to this have already been paid to his memory by 
 eminent and eloquent members of tlie ]>rofession, who had 
 the pleasure of a h)nger and more intimate ac(iuaintance 
 with him than myself, at a full meeting of the bar, con- 
 vened for that purpose in our own beautiful temple of 
 justice. ]Mr. Ilumplirey, too, had been an eflieient mem- 
 ber of our City (Tovernment, and had tilled the resjionsi- 
 ble position of Corporation Counsel ; and in each posh ion 
 he so discharged his varied duties as to become the peo- 
 ple's favorite; and I am glad to say that the jn-esent 
 Board of Aldermen did itself honor by honoring him, 
 soon after his death, in the jtassage of ai)])ropriate reso- 
 lutions of respect to his memory. Then followed the 
 funeral of our justly-lamented Ke])rcsentative. The occa- 
 sion was a memorable one. Tlic numerous asseml)ly 
 that met to celebrate his obseipiies gave striking evidence 
 of the love, respect, and esteem entertained for him by 
 the citizens of Brook lyu. 
 
 iMr. Chairman, I will not mar the recollections of that 
 sokmn hour, treasnred u]) by those of ns Avho were 
 present on that occasion, by attempting to pironounce a 
 further eulogy upon the character of onr friend. It shall 
 be enough for me to say that as legislator, lawj^er, ]»oli- 
 ticiaii, citizen, or friend, he was always honest, fixithful, 
 and true; and to say of him, as did Antony over the 
 dead body of Brutus : — 
 
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 " His life was gentle ; and the elements 
 So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up 
 And say to all the world, ' This was a man !' " 
 
 Mr. Humphrey was last elected to office at a most im- 
 portant epoch ill the annals of our country. At that 
 time rebellion was rampant. Then treason and loyalty 
 were struggling for the mastery. Hon-id war was then 
 desolating hearts, and the fair fields of the republic. 
 Despotic power was then doing its utmost to overthrow 
 constitutional liberty. Tliis, indeed, was the time to 
 "try men's souls," and ^Ir. Humphrey was always found 
 Avith the faithful on the side of Union and Fi-eedom. 
 And if, in the councils of the nation that followed his 
 election, his voice was not so often heard as that of others, 
 we know that it was for the want of physical strength, 
 and not for the want of ability or the poAver of eloquence. 
 "With tliese brief remarks, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen 
 of the Committee, I l)eg leave to oifer for your considera- 
 tion, and to move the adoption of the following resolu- 
 tions : 
 
 Resolved, That this Committee deem it due to themselves and the 
 great party which they represent to make public expression of tlieir 
 esteem for the character of the Hon. James Humphrey, our late Rep- 
 resentative in tlie Congress of the United States, and their deep regret 
 at his sudden decease. 
 
 JRcsolved, That in the judgment of this Committee— and we believe 
 we can add also the citizens of Brooklyn, without distinction of party 
 —Mr. Humphrey dischai-ged the duties of the various offices held by 
 him in this county with distinguished ability and with great zeal and 
 fidelity. As a member of Congress he was never unmindful of his high 
 obligations either to his immediate constituents or his country; and 
 especially did his earnest and devoted labors during his second Con- 
 gressional term challenge our admiration, since they were performed 
 under the pressure of a painful and protracted illness, which w-.rjld 
 have been a reasonable and just excuse for an intermission of service. 
 Fortunate is he who is found standing firmly at his post of duty when 
 the final summons reaches him. 
 
 Resolved, That in the strong and positive political opinions enter- 
 
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 tained by our departed friend, acconipauied by the most delicate con- 
 gideratiou and forbearance towards tliose who differed from him, we 
 recoi^nize a rare combination of qualities seldom attained. Mr. Hum- 
 phrey, in all his political relations— and of sucli only is it our province 
 to speak— was ever hi^h-niinded, honorable, urbane. No friend or foe 
 complained of discourtesy at his hands. In this regard especially we 
 would commend his life and character to all who are entjaged in the 
 political agitations of the day, grave and important as they are, and 
 ask that, altliough dead, his example may still live. 
 
 liemlpcd, That these resolutions be entered upon the record.s of this 
 Committee, and that our President and Secretary be requested to trans- 
 mit a copy thereof to the family of Mr. Humphrey, with an expression 
 of our sympathy witli tlicm in their great affliction. 
 
 Mr. Wiley, on the reading of the resohitions, moved 
 their adoption. 
 
 Mr. H. W. Holt added a few remarks eoncerniiig the 
 subject of the resolutions and concerning the early his- 
 tory of the Kepul)lican party in the city, in which Mr. 
 Humphrey bore so prominent a part. 
 
 Other remarks were made by Messrs. Kenyox, Flsiieu 
 and DuTCiiER, and the resolutions were adopted. 
 
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