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M.C.CANFIKLD E. G. WHITE WM. N. KRENY 6. C. FIELD U. N. SPENCER L. C. LUDLOW K. K". SMITH BENJAMIN BIDLAKE C. A. SMITH Senator. .Representative. Probate Judge. Sheriff Clerk. Auditor. Treasurer. Recorder. --Pro.. Attorney. Coroner. Auctioneer. Surveyor. -School Examiners. BETH EDSON J.O. WORALLO, iLO, J EY, S J. V. WHITNEY, JOHN NICHOI. J. W. CI,UNS 1 ;ed . Ja. LEWIS C. REE B.OAYLORD, Commissioners. ALEX. McNISH Nl.-ill. 1 !LY.. V C.F.O. MANLY Directors of Infirmary. A. P. II ALL BUSINESS DIRECTORY. VYw fium7 ALFRED PHELPS & Albert O. Riddlo.com posing ihe od Law Firm of Pheps it It itltlo, and Alfred Pliops, Jr.,ltavo formed a Copartnership connection for the i'raciico of Law, under the r.aine ol PlieliH, Ridde & Phelns. at the old Office f Pheps & iUdde, where they wiiottoud to nil law Business wuicn may be entrusted to tlieir ar.. AlKKKI) PHELPS, ALBERT G KIDDLE, ALFRED PHELPS, Jr. Chardon, Becember 9th,l8S9. 517tf THRASHER, DURFEE & HATHAWAY, Attorneys & Counsellors at Law, ClUttTXJN, Geauoa CofNTV.O.. Will give prompt attention to business entrusted t tliem, in Ueauga and adjoining Counties. KJ-Ollice first door south of the Court House, up stairs. 4. H. THR4TtER, L. B. ITOIIFEK, t. HATHAWAY. Chardon, Nov. 25th, 1859. 6 1 S t E. V- C A N F 1 E L D , General las rnuce mid Collcctiou Agent, t-iHARDON, UII10. VTOJic, in th. Court Home, with Covnty rreniurer. aa-Iy WM. h. PERKINS. W. W. MEVlSOK. PERKINS & NEV1SON, eoanaellora & Attorneys at Lair, ' W1I COX BLOCK, PAINESVILLE. OHIO. 83Collectione promptlyniadc.jCfI SWtf CIIAS. H. SANDEHSON, M. I., Physician 8t Surgeon, Chardom.Ohio, Will atlend to al! business in ihe lino of his pro fession, with promptness and fidelity. REFERENCES! I. A, BAM1LTOM, X. D. JOHN RICUOl.S. M. D. 614ft To the"Public. BEING called unexpectedly away from the field of medical practice I have "so. long oc cupied, 1 have secured the services ol Dr. C os. R. Sanderson, to supply my plnce during rny ab sence. The Dr. has boensoine thirteen years en gaged in successful practice, and 1 cannot bui in dulge the hope that my place will be tully sup plied. From in acquaintance ol several years with the Dr., I feel that lean send him with con fidence, to aiy Irieiids who may require his ser vices. L.A.HAMILTON, Chnrdon, Oct. Mih, 1861. 6Mtf WILKIN S & KELLUY, fta'ierii liealurs in ( roeeriea, llurdwore, Dye is. t L': K V - I M . . . : t - Store IS yu Block, (JkardoHi Ohio. L. PATCH, DENTIST, w ILL be in Chardon on the first Tuesday of each month. Room atUiaso s Hotel. a. W. SMITH. O. L WOOD SMITH &. WOOD, Attorneys nt Law. UrCollections oroniDtlv attended to -CO Warren, TBUMBOi-t. Co., O. 633-U R. CRE1GHTON, Beak Binder and lllttiikllook Manufac turer, Herald Buildings, Ci.fvlanp.O. TT Blank Books Ruled sud JJound to Order. Id Books Rebound. 52if T. C. GRIER, Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Chan cery Also I'roxeciitina; Attorney and Circuit Court Commisnioner for Buy County, Office in the Court House Building. Bay City, Mich., .March 15th, "61 5S4lf DESIGNERS & LITHOGRAPHERS. ENGRAVING ON WOOD, Hook Illustrations, Ruiltlings, Horses and other Ciortc, Ornamental Uorders, Letters, Vignettes, Agricultural and Commercial Cuts in lints, eals, 6tuia,p,aud Muchinery, inevery variety of Myle. soitf UNI TED STATES AND FOREIGN PATENT AGENCY, No. 8 Bxnk Street, Cleveland, 0 mo. We are prepared to trammel business of every description, relating to Inventions, Drawings, Caveats, Specifications, Patent., Infringements and the Patent Laws. BllAINERD Si BURRIDGE, fi02tf Solicitor or Patents. C. M. ffWa SEIBEL. Professor of Instrumental Music. Wonld respectfully say to the citizens of Char don and vicinity, that lie has now located himself in tlieir village, where he intends practic ing his profession in all its various branches, ile will give instruction in Piano, HeJodeonor Band fllusic, i ths most approved and modern styles. KT'Piaaos and Melodeons repaired and tuned in ths but manner, on short notice, and nn most reasonable terms. C, M.bElukL Ch:don, August 16th, 18C1, liOiif FAREWELL TO THE SWALLOWS. BY THOMAS HOOD. Pwnllows, silting on lliooavps, . Beoye not tho gathor'il sheaves, See ye tint tho fulling loaves ? Farewell 1 Is it tint time tn go Tn that fair land yo know ? Tho brei cos oi thuy swell, Ot coming winter iell, And fiom the trout shako down Tim brnwn And withurod Ion res. Farewell I Swallows, It la linio to fly ( Pfo rot yo tho alturori tkv ? Know yo not that wiutor's ti'gb ? Farewell t Oo) fly in noity bands To thnio far diatiiiit lands Ol gold, and pearl, and (hell, And gem (of which they toll In honks of truvols stiuugc;) TIk to rango Iu liiinoss. Farewell 1 Swallows, on ynur pinions glide) O'er tho restless, rolling lido Ol (he oeoiin doop and wido ; Furowoll I In proves fur, faraway, In sunitiici's sunny rav. In warmer regions dwell; And then return to tell tstranpo tales of foreign lands, In hands I'erch'd on tho oavos. Farewell ! Swallows. I could almost pray Thin I, liko you, might fly away, And In each coming ovil say- Furowoll 1 Yet 'lis my fnto to livo Hero, nnd with cares to Urivo, And I tome day may toll How thoy befoi-o mo fell Conquered. Thou calmly dio, And cry Tiials and toil Fai-owolll" A Remarkable Vision. Wo reproduce too following urticlo, which wus orioinullv published short iv after the data of tho vision : vision nr josEnt tioao. In tho year 1803. nrnlmhlv in tho Eiohlli Month, I was one day in tho field and ob served tho sun sheiio clour, hut a niisl eclipsed the brightness of its shining. As I riiii cieo on tlio singularity of tho event, my mind wus clothed with silence ihn mnat sol. emu I hnvo ever witnessed, for all mv I'ue- utiles wero laid low and uiiiikuhIIv hioooht into silence. 1 Baid to myself, what can all this moan ? I do not remember ovor hn. foro to havo boon snnsiblo of &uch footings. This that thou seo'st that dims tho bright ness ot Iho sun, is a sign of Iho oroaont nnd fuloro limes. I look the fathers of this coun try trntn tho land of oppression ; I planted thorn hore among tho forest ; I blessed nnd sustained them, and whilo thoy wore humhlo I fed Ilium, and thoy hee nno " a numerous people. But ihov have heentno proud and lifted up. nnd forgot mo ho iinui ished nnd protected them in tho wilderness, nnd are tunning into every aherninnlien and evil practice ef which thooidcoiintry was guilty, and havo tnkoti quietude from tho hind and siifT.'itd a dividing spirit to come amongst thorn. Lift up thine eyes and bo hold," I saw them dividing in great hoal. This divisinn in tho Churches win on point of doot lino It commenced in tho Preshyterian Society and went through tho various re ligious denominations, and in its progress ami cinse, its envois wero nearly Iho same, 1 hose who dissented wont off with' high heads and taunting language, and those whn Kept to uioir original sentiments appeared exorcised anil sorrowful. And when the dividing spirit entered Iho Society of menus, it rngou in as high a degroo as any 1 hnd beloro discovered; and as bo fore, tliodo who separated went with lofty looks, nod taunting, censuring language; thnso hokeptto ihoir ancient principles retired oy inemsoivos. It then appeared in Iho Lodges of tho Free Masons, and sot the country in an uproar for a length of timo. I lion it en tered politics throughout tho United States, and it did not stop until it producod a civil war, and nn abundance of bleed was shed in tho courso of tho contost. Tho Southern otaies iobi ineir pnwor, and slavery was annihilated from thoir borders. Then a Monarchical Government arose and estab lished a National religion, and mudo all Societies tributary to support its exponsos I saw ihem take prnporty from Friends to a large amount. I was amaxod at beholding all this, and I heard a voice proclaim i This powor shall not always stand, but with this power will I chastise my Churches until thoy return lo tho faithfulness of their Forefathers. Thou sou'st what is coming nn thy nativo land for thoir iniquities, and tho blood of Africa, Ihe remembrance of which has enmo up before mo." This vision is yot for many days. I liadJ !? imciiiiiiii vi wining it uir many years, until it became such a burden (but for my own relief 1 havo so written. a Strength of a Kind Word. poopio are very apt lo uno angry words, perhaps because thoy think ihoy will bo obeyed more promptly. They tullt loud, swear nnd storm, though after oil, Ihoy are only laughed at ; their orders are forgot, und their ill-teinpor is lomemborod. How strong is a kind word 1 It will do whnt iho harsh word or oven Iho blow can not do; it will subdue ihe stubborn will, relax the frown, and work wonders. Even Iho dog. the cat, or the horBo, though they do not know.what you Bay, can toil whon you spoil k a Kind word lo thorn. A man was one day driving a carl along iho street. The homo was drawing a heavy load, and did not turn as tho mun wisned him. The man whs in Ill-temper, and boat tho horso ; the horse roared and plunged, but either did not or would not go In tho right way. An other man who was with Iho cart, wont up lo Ihe horso, and palled him on the neck, nnd called him kindly by his namo. The horse turned his head and fixed his largo eves on the man as though ho would (ay, "I will do anything for you because you are kind to me 1" and bending his broad chest against the load, turned the cart down the narrow lane, and trotted on brisk ly as though the load wero a plaything. 01), bow strong is a kind word I Skcbst Worth It ofien banners that iu the loowe, thoughtless and diusi paled, there is secret radiant worth, whicl may shoot out by proper cultiva tion ; that the spark of Heaven, '.hough dimned and obstructed, is vet not utio. Gruished. but mav bv tlio hrvulh ctl rnnn. Isel and, friendly exhortation, kindle into flams AN ADDRESS, Delivered by Wm. O. Forrist, at the Methodist Church in Chardon. Monday Evening, Oct 28th, 1861, upon the death of John French. Babylon was a royal city, ami, as such, attracted (ha attention of the world, Perhaps no city ever existed possessing more wenlth, refinement of lasle, or pro Seiency in the ai ts nnd sciences ; cerUin ly none ever existed more strongly forti fied, orvbetter supplied with sustenance, ud hence belter able to withstand open assault or protracted siege, than she. Around about her on either side, were walls of solid masonry, in high that they might not be scaled, so slrong that no known enginery of war could make any breach therein. Within her, were most extensive storehouse filled lo ovetflow ing with all neetled supplies to subnist her muny thousand ol itilmbiiants for a century, and through the midstof her ran the wuteia of a mighty river. 'To human view, her supplies were inexhaustible. Who would suppose a city thus fortified, thus supplied, could be in danger from any foe, bo it never so strong or vigilant? Cerininly not her own citizens surely not her king ! Resting in amplest secu rity, Ihe King of litis mighty city gnvo a banquet, nnd the city was devoted (o the hil iriiy, the pleasures, and, it msy be, the diss:pation of tho hour, In tho midst of which a beleaguering foe turned the waters of the river from their wonted course, and marched through the chaunel of the stream, under the walls, into the heart of the city, and, iu an hour, struck the fatal blow which slaughtered her cili cens laid her king under tho yoke, razed to the ground her temples and her palaces, her statues and her walls, leaving the site whereon she stood a desolated waste even unto the present day And the record of this sudden, complete nna territiie destruction u lountS in the words ol Revelation --'-Her sun set while it was yet noon." No more expressive or significant language could well be chosen, to express the magnitude or the sudden ness of such devolution. "Her sun set while it was ret noon." Lei us comprehend the thought. Let u appreciate the full forco of the idea. Suppose that to-moriow, at high twelve, while all of yon were engaged in your or dinary nvocations, suddenly, without pre monition or alirm, the mighty laws upon the constant and regular operation of which a Universe depends, should all at once cease their operation, or lake on per vercc action, and Iho darkness of midnight should ftill upon you by the sun selling "while it was yet noon." As this would be in the dmui-hI world, to you, so would it be with a citr, her very existence pul out at its meridian, in a single hour, and the night of civil death brooding over her. "Her sun set while it was yetnoon 1" Having obtained full possession of the idea, let us, in Ihe light of it, behold the man who, having lived out but half his allotted years the "three score years and ten" or when, by reason of strength, they number "lour score ;" by means of industry ana trugnlily, having amassed competence : by years of sobriety. honesty and high moral conviction, having made a fuir and valuable character, a spotless reputation ; his generosity having made him the Iriend and almoner of the humble and the poor ; his learning mak ing him the snfe counselor of the rich and the strong ; his loyally making him pillar in the slate ; is suddenly arrested in Ihe midst of all these, by a "mortal ill ness and death, and removed from all the busy scenes of life, the cold earth closing in upon the loved form, and hiding him from human gaze. Ot such nu one what more tilling record can be mnde.ihan that his "sun (el while it was yet noon 1" Alas! my friends, you and I, this entire community, all at once haTc-Jind thrust upon us, in the most emphatic manner, an illustration of the great propriety and force of Ihe train of thought above traced, in the death of our neighbor, our friend and brother, John French, Esq., who was a man in the noon ol life, in the full practico of an honorable profession, en joying the love and confidence of all who knew him ; a kind anJ. faithful husband, liberal neighbor, a loyal citizen ; and yet he died, died suddenly, has passed away. How belter can we express the idea, the fact of such an one's death, un der such circumstances, than by exclaim ing, "His sun set while it is yet noon 1" 1'ecause our friend was thus situated, because he possessed nnd exemplified so many of ihe virtues, and so few of the in firmities of human nature, because of his value to community and the state, and because of your love for the pure, the gen erous and tbe noble in roan, is it that you have met here to niglil, as one great family, to testify your respect for our friend, nnd, in a fitting manner, manifest your sorrow for the loss of one of your most valued members. Most manifestly, an individual must possess many virtues, muBt have lived a blameless life, manifesting many of the beatitudes and none of the perversities of human nature, who, after years of active public, official, professional life, is able, in his death, to command tho re spect of an entire community, and tbe commingling of its tears over the grave wherein he slumbors I And what a re ward to virtue, to generosity, to learning, to loyalty I What an inducement to the young, in starling out on the journey of me, to cnoo.se only the highway of virtue anil goodness, and to persistently follow it.turning neither (o the right nor the left, nor yet loitering on (he way, but march ing forward constantly, with bold, in trepid step, hopefully, unto the end. And thai I should be the oracle to speak your common judgment and sorrow, is not only highly proper, but the labor Is alone thai of love, for he was my neighbor, my friend, my benefactor. I knew him in all the relations of life, well and intimately, and hence bave no fears that I shall over- late bit virtues,or that you will doubt tbt I sincerity with which my estimate of mv r: .i i.n i ' ' iiii-iiii sunn ue given. John French, E-q.," wss hotn in Ran dolph, in the Stale ol Vermont, of highly respectable parentage, December 1st, J817, and there he remained, under the old ancestral roof.until he was nearly eight een years of age. Thus far, his life was mainly devoted to the acquisition of such an education as the common schools of his native state afforded. And here let it be remembered ihat a common school edu CMiou in Vermon', a third ol a century ago, was one thing, nnd such an educa tion in our Western Slates, now, is quite another thing. The common school sys tem, in Vermont, then anil now, was wholly practical ; was based on no fine-spun the ories of modern educntion-monirers, but bad for its foundation n stund morality, an enlightened conscience, a settled, fixed habit of industry and econrmv, a full and thorough understanding of the elements of all education ; and ihus prepared its students, not only for all the duties and responsibilities ol life, bui furnished them with a broad and comprehensive founda tion, on which each, if he would, might rear a superstructure of learning well pro portioned and ornate. In such a school, undei such system of education, our friend was no dull scholar, and Jienco made no failure in deriving all their advantages. to ins ciglitecnili year, Air. French irad- uated at the Academy al Randolph, where no uau men under the instruction ol rro fessor Long, and found himself drifting on Ihe huge wave of Western eniL'raiion. which, in May, 1835, bore him lo your pleasant village, ite arrived here literally poor in all things Save his education, the iovo of friends, an intgrity that held no parley with temptation, a sound mind in a sound body, willing heart and atronir hands. Here he made his home, here he lived, here he lormed his churacler, and. alas 1 here he died. Sometime after his arrival, Mr. French cmi-reii inio mo employ or Mr. unnrles II. Poole, then doing an extensive mer cantile business in this, village, as book keeper, where he remained until 1 037. when ho joined Ihe engineering corps of tne weiisvnie isi l airporl It. K. Co., for the purpose of locaiing a railroid from Fairport to the Ohio River at Wheeling ; and continued in the performance of the duties of this position until the completion, when hU invinciblo integrity and correct business habit attracted the atten'ion of I) D. Aiken, Esq., then Clerk of the va rious Courts of Record in this County, nnd who mado Mr. Fiench his deputy ; and thereupon he entered upon ihe per formance of atl the V'irious duties of such ofE?e, nnd. in this fitl;! of I'tlur he ooc'.iii ued until the nulumn of 10-H. During the lime our iriend was Deputy Clerk, he perfotmed all or nearly nil of its duties, of the labor and responsibility of which no one can judge accuiniely, un less he himself has perlormed them, or his profesion il pursuits are such as to bring him into daily intercourse with the officer, or examination of his labors. For four full years, Mr. French performed nil these duties with rigid exatness, ac curacy, and to the utmost satisfaction ol every person interested in tliir perform ance. During all this lime, a constant stream of money flowed through bis hands ; now but a' rivulei, inio the open hand of some stricken widow, or the shriv elled hand of some Irenibling orphan ; anon, in large volume, into the close-locked snfe of some usurer; and yet, never, I emphasize it, never a farthing unconsci onably lodged or even lingered in his palm. In Ocloher, 1644, his fellow-cilizens elected Mr. French lo the ofiice of Re corder of your Countv, nnd soon there- after he entered upon the performance of Pt.: A..ti .i... ..a; i .i , inn uuiici mi uiHi uni'.'e, ami mere tie re mained until the autumn of 1 836, having received four successive elections lo the Bame office, making four full terms of three years each, so singularly well did he perform its duties, and so upright was he in all his intercourse with those who had business with him, This protracted official service of Mr. French, in two of Ihe most important offices of your County, threw him into the society of, and business connection with all the citizens thereof, and yet so accurate was his business habit and un swerving his integrity, both of which he carried into every transaction of life, no matter how minute or trivial, thai 1 have never heard an intimation of a want of ac curacy or honesty in a single transaction ; and, if any such there acre, 1 must have heard it, from my acquaintance with your community. This eminent success was the legitimate fruit of Mr. French's early, practical, Ver mont education. From the arrival of Mr. French in your village, indeed from his early child hood, until seized by his mortal illness, ho was a close observer, a diligent stu dent, lie read much and read it well, of history, science, philosophy, and, as a result, be became possessed of a ripe mind, well stored with valuable knowledge, di gested nnd made its own. And 1 now recollect no one in all the range of my ac quaintance, possessed of a larger fund of knowledge of the current events of the day, than he. lie was a calm, deliberate thinker, logical in his mental operations, cautious in his selection of premises, un wearied in his examination of detail and minor propositions ; and Ins conclusions, therefore, were seldom at fault or unre liable. Mr. French, in all bis mental operations, was eminently a practical man. This was truo of him in every relation and transaction in life. He bad but little fanoy ; bu nover indulged in oither Tovnry or moro theory ; mental speculation he discarded. To him, human life, butnan respnnsibllitv. human duly, wero slum, unyielding realities ; and benoa be loved to deal with Iscts ; be would deal In nothing but what, after mature ex amination of all it evidences, be believed to ba well-established truth and whatever was to bo done by blm, was done, not from Impulse, not from prejudice, but limply be to cause, In point of fact, as a moral truth, it was a duty lor 111 in bo In do. In April, 1851. Mr, French entered bis namo tn tho ntlico of Messrs. Riddle and Thrnshor, attorneys of your village, as student of the law, and lo the research in this now fluid, ho brought a Iovo for Ihe profession and its science, a well-educated mind, a ripo business experience and a per fect familiarity with all its forms, and ma chinery of tho profession, learnod in tho most valuable of nil Law Collnucs, tho i fiicn ol the Cloi k of our Courts of Itocnrd, as well as unwearied industry and uiillaging perse verance His instructors wero well quali fied for their duty, l.y reason ol extensive, and accurnm loading and siudv. made practical and lamiliar by a very extensive practice in all the departments ot thopro- lessioii, ot imbuing their atudont with tho truo spirit, as well as scienco of tho laws, and Iho most valuable administration of them. As a result of all ihoso, when Mr. French came to tho Bar, as ho did. Sep tember, 1858, ho onto as well prepared lo perform Ihn various duties of his profession, as a man well could. And bo it was conce ded by his professional brethren, when, for the first lime, thoy look hitn by the band, at his initiation. Immediately nflor his admission to Ihe Btr, Mr. French formed a professional co partnership with Dolus W. Canfield. Kq..un dor tho linn nuinoof Canfiold & French, und at unco entered upon a busy and honorable practice, winch rtgtifully continued lo in creaso with singular regularity and rapidity until his death. As was to bo expoctod.Mr. Fronch brought to Iho purlormaiico of ovory duty of his new profession, tho Bame curulul intention to dutttils, tho Baoio accuracy of judgment, tho bamo uuweariod industry, the samo lib erality, thu Bamo unsuspected integrity, that ho did in all his ollicial lifo. Ho was' not a showy man; not tho man to attract the atten tion of the crowd by well-turned periods or wordy harangue; ho was an exceeding modest man, bo much so that his modesty stood across his pathway to any peculiar eminence an either mi advocate or public speaker. Ho loved retirement, I tin quiet ot his phiasunt home, the unobserved toil and lubnr of Ins odico; ho hud no taste for the wordy warfare of tho forum or thunderous applause of tho hustings, I Mraugo as it may seorn, tho public por foroiances of Iho advocate or tho oralor, bo thoy never so glittering or charming, are nut the standards by winch tho lawyer is In ho judged; it is the ollice and its duties which becoina tho crucible which separates tho truo metal form tho dross, and thus tests tho genuine charactor of Iho lawvor. It is tho capacity of Iho lawyer in bis office, by unwearied lubor and vigilant care, lo solvu tho knotty problems of Ihe law, lo escape tho delusions of analogy, to apply with accuracy tho rules and principles of tho law to now cases, that demonstrate his posi tion and value in tho profession. 1'lac.o Mr. Fronch in this crucible, meas ure him by such standard, and we find the purity of his metal, the altitudu of his posi tion. Tho details of each caso or business transaction under his chareo, commanded his attention as completely as tho main fact or the leading proposition; nothing was neglected nothing forgotten. His mem oranda wore full and romploto; bis brief. explicit, logical and rxhuiiBiive of Ihe case in blind. It has boon my fortune to bold his briefs for tho trial and argument of issues both of law and fact t und so close and oonciso were they, and perfectly trans parent cb to tlio law ot ihn case, that my pathway was but Ihu marchi.. alone a well- defined highway, without fear of pitfalls or snares on (ho ono hund, or dangerous bogs on tho other, to the desired goal. Would you know his powor and attnin- monts as a lawvor, vou Bhould boo linn with scrupulous caro lavine his premises in some general principle ot the law. as true as revo lution, as tiemanunt as an ovorlasting equity, i.-ius inaKing a munaatinn as nroi ss the ever- lusting hills, thuneo inarching each footstep rusting upon eomo other eqoallv truthful general principle or decided case, along a purely logical highway, unto his conclusion, thus establishing hil legal proposition, upon hlch, with culm security, he rested tho estate or liborty of his client. This alone was the way In which ho arrived at the truo legal proposition regulating and controlling all tho rights of clients; and henco ho was seldom al fault, seldom found in error, and, of courso, ho became and was a most safe and valuable counselor. And hero he was luliy appreciated. Ho never gave an opin ion with an "itching palm ;" never was his. mental vision clouded by foar nr favor. Had Mr. French lived to havo practiced his profession for any considerable term of yearr, ho would have shown himself ono of tho ablest members of tho profession. Iu his intercourse with his brethren and with tho Court in which he pruoticed. he was mild, unassuming, courteous and kind, lo every repect, as a lawyer, ho was salo guide, an honorable pattern, a model worthy of imitation by al! the members of his pro fession. Boing dead, let Mr. French's pro fessional skill, churactor and deportment livo for us. my professional brethren, to shine upon our pathway, making its devious windings straight and its usperitios smooth. As a citiinn, Mr. French was irroproaeha blo. His loyally lo his country was ardent audacttvo; ho took an active part in all publio enterprises having for thoir objcl tho purification and perpetuation of tho Federal Government ; ho kuew no party except that of bis country, and whatever would add to it, or lo Iho sum total of tho happiness of its citizens, would command his timo, his Influence, hil monoy. And, when this lurriblo Revolution developed itsolf in all its huge proportion!, bo arrayed himself under the timo-honnred banner of his nativo laud, and possessed no sympathy for traitors at homo or in disloyal Stutes. As a man, hn sustained a spotless reputation and character above reproach. Hu was a man, and whatever benefited hil brethren interested him. As a friend, he was truo and cordial; as a neighbor, kind and littoral. His liberality bai s thousand times carried sunsliino to the hoarthstono and comfort to the heart of tbe mourning and suffering widow, and ohourod and sustainod as often some stricken orphan. None evor asked him for bread and received stone; nono, no, not one, evor lofc his dnor eold or hun gry from his home none ever went empty handed away. His liberality and generosity were a proverb. Ho was tender-hearted and sympathetic. When death entered some bumble cottage, and took away its stay and support, be followed with tender heart and open hand, to supply the want; or, when it marched into some home, in apparent wantoness, and plucked away tho fairest flower of the domestic parterre, then he oame, with bis tears and bis'sympatby, meet and mingle with those who mourn. Another peculiar trait in Mr. French's cbaraoter wai bis filial and fraternal piety. iu of a a or When ho came to Ohio, hn found hore many of bis family relatives, but only ono of tho members of his own family, a sister, now iho wifo of Chas. II Fool; but after ward another, now iho wlfo of Calvin Knowtns, cotno here and made her homo also, almost within t lie shadow of his own door ; and, later still, enmn his mnihor, well. stricken in years, lo find in tho families of her sons and daughletB.a poaceful, happy home, during her pnesiigo down tho declivi ties of lifo. His tenderness and kindness to his brothers and Bisters, bis dovotod atten tion lo and reverential love for his mother, worn such as to bo a ennstant cause of gravi tation on thoir pari, toward him, end Iho ladies, yielding to the getitlo forco of such attraction, preferred to find their homo besido bis. and to livo within Iho Bunshtne of his affection. What a pleasing com mentary on the goodness and purity of heart of our friend, it is to know that his attrnciivo forco upon his (islets and mother was such, that Ihey gravitated toward him us tho central sun of tlieir social, domestic system ! Mr French was a purely religious man. Measuring my words, I repeat, Mr. French was a purely religious man. His religion wns emineiitlv practical; we could expect nothing lets of him. Ho had an abiding belief in tho existenco ot a Ood and His conended attributes, in His providential dealings with man nnd his destinies; that worship was duo to Him. That divlnn wor ship consisted not in published boliefs or rhapsodic invocations; hut that it consisted or that oilier form which permits and re quires action, motivo, conduct, lo character ize it. Ho was not in tho habit of express ing or publishing in words his religious convictions ; ho much preferred to do thoso things which a high moral sentiment and correct conception of Deity and His at'ri butes should dictnto to bo dono; thus making his acts, his conduct, Bpcak for him. Ho never entered Into hair-splittings as to tho mcanii.g of this word or that ; he never left the substance and pursued ihe shadow; but, as everywhere elan, under all other cir cumstances, he "rendered unto Ctesar tho things that wero Ca;ar's, and unto Und tho things Ihat woro Ood's." by a woll-orderod lifo. It might well bo said of othors, "Out of ihe fullness of Iho heart Ihe mouth speakoth." hut of him it could only bo said. "Out of the fullness of the heart his bauds labored 1" It is written, ' Pore religion and und. filed beforo God. tho Father, is this : visit Iho widow and tho fatherless in their affliction, keeping thyself unspotted from tho world;" and most clearly Mr French did this. He had no sinister purpnso no double inten tions. His motives wero perfectly transpa rent ; hence ho was ' kept unspotted from tho world," and ho visited tho poor, tho sick, the defenceless, ''the widow and tho fatherless,'' as was most valuable and bene ficial lo them. Let us learn the great truth, so amply illustrated in ihe lifo of our friend, that genuine goodness and purity of heart are much moro conclusively shown by acts of kindness, a well-directed liberality, and a lifo-ti:no of virtuous conduct, than io high- sounding sulf-abasomont. and iheregjlry of na.7-.os upon rolls of religious organizations. Inthuntitumti of 18-,'G. our friend mar ried Miss Mai lhn J Sinnh. a most amiable and excellent lady, of refined lasto and well oducaiod mind, and with whom be lived, in full cnjovBient of domestic bliss, until his doath, except for tho last year of his lifo. during which Mrs. Fronch labored and sufl'urud under tho pains and sorrows of a seriouB and protracted illness; and I have tnought thnt the great grief of our friend at tho suffering of his beloved wife, his extraordinary devotion tn. and his solici tude for hor recovery, provoked the disease which proved mortal to him on tlio evening ot Uct. 20th, 1861. at which time he was 43 years, ten months, and Iwenlv davs old Ho died at homo, in peace, with frionds, rel atives, sinters, wile and mother in his chamber and bosido his couch ; hit last, lin gering gaze on earth resting on tho fond foatures of those he loved ; and, while tho cold spray of tho waters of tho Rtrer of Death fell thick and fast around him, and his enraptured gaze first toll on Iho beauties across the river, Iho features of loved onos on earth mingled iu Iho view so near was earth to Hoavuu thon I Well might the poet ting : "The chamber where Ihe good man meets his fate. privileged above Ihe common walks ot lite, Unite on the vorge of Heaven." In the meridian of Ins lito.our friend died "His sud Bet while it was yet noon," and the survivors were in daikuess, save as its gloom was reliovod by the cheerful hope of a re union. His frionds know ihat, "if a man dio ho shall livo again ;" that, when tho "weary whoola" of their lives "stand still." then the good, tho loved and loving, shall have a mooting in peaceful climes, io a city not mado with hands, whose walls are ot jasper, und whose every gate is a separate pearl, and through which. In destroy atid make afraid, dualb can never enter. , It Is said by thoso familiar with ocean navigation, that, in the dai kest night, a vokSel under full sail, upon tho surtaco of the wutor, in iis wake will leave a most beautiful and charming light. So is it when a good man enters ihe night of deuth ; thero will lull behind him a shining light, in which wo may behold his many virtues, his true cnaractor ana value lo coaimunily, Uur trioud, in passing away, loft such a light, and in it wo can leuro the great lossons of wisdom which his life taught and recorded, and, huving road thorn uiidoralaiiduigly, the imporunce ot thoir application, in all the concorns of life, to oursulvos.aod thus fit us, when we shall havo done with life, for tbe reward which ho so tully roceivos. In tho lifo of your friend, we loam that success or failure in lifo in no manner de pends upon chance or foituno; that tho acuidunt of birth is no reliable prophet of tlio future ; that birth in a pnlace or a cot tage is nlike immaterial ; the one cannot make the good or great, (he other has no power to promote the most eminent success any of the walks of life ; that, iu fuel, each youth starts evon upon the highway human existence. Again.wo learn that Industry and frugali ty will enable- their possessor lo lay tho foundation, and rear theroon a superstruct ure of a comfortable foituno a loriuno sujllcient for all the demand! of business or wants of I i to, and, at the same time, yiolding constant fund, against which the liboral giver may freely draw, for tho purposes of judicious charity, without fear of dishonor protest. That such industry and frugali ty are honorahlo; for our friood was most industrious, and yet ho was honorable. Again, we loam that, in all respects, the man is his owo artificer; be forms himself, bis cbaraoter, bii fortune ; ba rears bis own throoe, and by bis own agency sits upon it ; wbal he Is as a man, as a citizen, Is all tbe result of bis own carving. The youth, just starting out io lifo, beginning bis common education, should kuow that, by tbo ao- of of of As on so a qulsitinn of a propor common r-dticailon, ha may. If he will, la a firm. broad foundation, upon which, witb his own hand, he can rear a temple of learning, consistent in all lit pans, in its architecture regular and strong, and , in Its altitude attractive and magnifi cent. That, to accomplish this, no college is necessary, but only an active mind sod an habitual, constant application. Mental industry, mental labor, Is tbo secret, always, of intellectual success. Again, wo should learn that an education which embraces a sound morality as ono of ill chief corner-stones, is valuable and well established, and becomes, in Iho hand of him who possesses it, a powerful englno of good, fitting him for any position In lifo to which his fellow citizens may call him, or hit tasto would seem lo invito him. An ed ucation having a firm moral foundation be comes, In a Government like ours, an Archimedian lever, capable of moving a world even by its influence, and tho power it gives its possessor lo direct, control and command the popular mind and heart. It is a never-failing passport to its possessor to high and honorable position, and. when po sition is attained, it enables tbo occupant to make tho position houorable, by reason of his own character and conduct. Again, that h is tho oflicor thnt ennobles the ( trice, and not thoefflco that honors tho incumbent. Official station has nothing in it of honor or value, except in tho capacity and integrity with which its occupant per forms the duties appertaining to It. Office cover conferied dignity on any who held it, except Ihe holder, by industry and Integrity, bo performed all its manifold duties as to ac complish the high purposes of its creation, and tho greatest good of all interested in il or its functions ; and this should be temcm borcd in these later years of our national existence, when office seeking has become a trade or puisuit iu lifo. The only honorahlo way to seek oOico is, to qualify lo pet form all its duties, and, when a prrson is found qualified for any ofiice, he will be invited to occupy it, for tho ofiice needs such an one, and will make its wants known. Again, wo discover thct In the hearts of all is a confidence in and rospect for the in tegrity of any, and which will manifest themselves, sooner or lot or, in Ihe elevation to positions of honorand trust, of these who manifest Ihe possession of such attributes ; that, although the charming and tbe bril liant may attract Iho public eye, and dazzle ii for a moment, it is only ihe good and iho pure that can command tho great publio heart, and all its sympathy and love; that the real, the practical, the substantial, alone ean obtain tho approval of the judgment of tne public mind; and hence should learn to bo good and useful, would we wish to pos sess tbe Sympathy or confidence of the com m unity in which we dart II. In the history of the lifo of our friond, we learn that the public aro roady to bestow the reward of their approval upon any who, by a life-timo of virtuous conduct, has la borod to increase the sum of human happi ness; and will seek opportunities to mani fest that approval, not only by maiks of sympathy and words of approval, but in the more substantial manner of positive and pe cuniary success. Lei us improve these lessons; let oi be guided by them. We bave no right to throw them away as worthless; we may not mis apply ihem. We can do neither without accumulating responsibility and doing groal wrong io community. Mv friends, I may not leave yon until I call your attention to your duty to sympa thize wttn the lamily relatives of our do- parted friond. Let your tears mingle witb those of thn brothers and sisters of tho de parted, here and elsewhere. Let them know that thn sorrow v.hich entered thoir beans pierced yours also; Ihat their grief is but a common ono With yon. And the mother of our friend, oh I remember hor in this, her "seventh trouble 1" She is here among you, a widow, well-strickon in years, and yot this great sorrow is upon her. Hor son is dead doath has taken away ber Ben jamin, nn whom she more directly leaned tor counsel, for support, and tinder whose roof she hoped to dio; and. when ber de parture came, sbo hoped lo be borne lo bor final resting place, tenderly, lovingly, in hil manly arms; and that the flowers, blooming over ber tomb would be nurtured by his tears but, alasl be has. gone before. Her "sun has set while it war yet noon." Bo kind to her be as othor sons to her. Remove whatever of hor sorrow yon may, and that which you cannot remove bear for her Make her pathway homeward cheerful ia thn light of ynur love, lint, bv all ihe fond associations of ths nasi t by all the hallowed memories of the loved and lost; by all your hopes of divine clemency and love, I charge you, forgot not, hut remember that oilier stricken widow! Bear it in mind that she ' isalnneilhat her kind husband, the "idol of her lienrt's idolatry," is dead; and over all of him that was mortal, the cold earth has closed in, and hid from murtal unw! Recollect that ihn shadow . ihe wing ul ihe angel ol death has not only full en upon her hcarihstone, hut upon her heart. t-inciiiucr ner virtues, ner Kino sympatny lor ner neighlMira bow often into our homes haa she fol lowed the wai.ton lootatepa of death, wiih whis pered wnrda of comfort, weeping when we wept. Remember tier ardent Iovo for her husband, hi death and her woe! I charge you, bear her griof for her! Let your learn fall for her- let the throb bing uf your hearts mingle wuh ihat ol hers Moke her pathway through life as peaceful as may tie. Slay up her hand under her sad hereave ii em: and.bv and bv. the "gate of ihe ciiv" wil open, and she will enter, and, meeting ihe loved one nn earth, but gone tieiure, she will oe relieved all sorrow, ani shall enter upon an inheritance bliss, the chielest value of which will be an eternal lile with bitn, ihe loss of whom we all deplore. Rksidence on Mont Blanc Galignanl says : "Fivo German sarans, and among them I'rofessor Pitcher, are at present in tho midst of Ihe ice near the summit of .Wont Blano. They have not suffered witb tho cold, having taken all necessary pre caution to guaranty themselves against it but thoy have sustained great inconvenience from tho atmosphere, and cannot succeed in satisfying their thirst. Thoy took with ihem abundance Of provisions, but cannot eat without pain, and only desired to drink. a protection against tho reverberation of the sun on the snow, they wear a covering the face, but their foatures havo become blistered that Ihey can scarcely be rec ognized. Acoording to the last accounts tbey would not be able to live long at Ihe bight at which they are, without boing sub jected to groat changes, physical and moral. They took up with them, some animals, which have also sufforod greatly ; a oat was incapable of makiug any movement, and a dog lor some days had ceased to bark. Some pigeous appeared to suffer loss." Ak editor once, in attempting to compli ment the now r bel Oeueral Pillow, after hil return from Mexico, as a ubattle-searre4 ' veteran," was made by the typot to call blot , "baltle-icarod veteran," Jo the next iituo the mistake was to far corrected at t styla him a botlle-soarred veterao