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race. His graceful manners, his winning 'courtesy?the almost, womanly kindness of his nature, his. handsome person, his silvery eloquence, his voice so musical, yet so. grand in i?s. highest notes , and soft as an angel?s whisper.in its lowest intonations, his store &f:<, classical and legal learning, the high chivalry of his character?all these we all know, and fondly remember.	t
Nor can we, on this occasion, forget the venerable member of the bar, whom we have recently lost?the Judge J. C. Monet. Born in France, and brought up on the seas, he landed here st)me fifty years ago, with no knowledge even of our language. He turned his attention to the law?a profession which he soon mastered'. He took a prominent and useful part in .all our public concerns;? was often a member and very influential member of the legislature'.' and framed most of our local statutes ; he was the confidential adviser of most of us, and the universal reference on all disputed questions of settlements and boundaries. Had Providence prolonged his useful life, this imperfect historical address would have been1* much more worthy of the occasion.	? v
If ever bar has been distinguished, we have been equally fortunate in our judges. Hampton, Turner, Childs, Ellis, Cage, * Sterling, Black, Willis, Harris, ?McNair, Hancock, Lechman, Chaudler and McMillan, have all ^administered justice in this county, ably and impartially, and with no taint of dishonor at-? taching to their n^imes ; men of marked character, and pf high,&{](}, noble attributes. Hampton resided on his plantation' in Adams' county; a man of fortune ; an early immigrant'from South Carolina, a sound lawyer, of irreproachable character. Edward Turner was a Virginian; came to Mississippi in' 1801 ; resided chiefly in Natchez; was Register of the land office, clerk"to the Legislature, Representative, Criminal Judge, Circuit Judge,'Chancellor, Supreme Judge?in every* position equal to its duties, untiring, conscientious, enjoying to the last hour of his useful life the confidence and esteem of the whole community. He was a large planter, and dispensed a . genial and liberal hospitality with a courtesy, rarely equalled.; Joshua Childs was from one of the New England States, .but had been an early adventurer and filibuster, in. Texas. He |vas.: a' drawling, tedious speaker, but a-profound lawyer;? an inveterate:, joker ; full of ariecdote; a confirmed,, but very lively old batchelor^ with many warm friends. He resided chiefly in Claiborne county^ Powhattan Ellis was from Richmond, tinctured with the blood^of Pocahontas?the most courtly and elegant; and finest? looking^inanj at the bar. Not .at all brilliant, but solid, sensible, stately_and>