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sucessively, Attorney General, U. S. District Attorney, and U. S., Judge for the District. When he resided here, he was a mighty Nimrod, and his exploits in the woods and on the water, are well remembered. He was the father of those gallant soldiers, Gens. Daniel and Wirt Adams, and father-in-law of that distinguished lawyer, Gen. John D. Freeman, of Jackson, formerly Attorney General.
Robert H. Buckner, was a Kentuckian ; settled in Monticello, afterwards al Clinton; a man of peculiar manners, but of vigorous mind and extensive reading Became Chancellor of the State, a position for which few men were belter qualified, but died prematurely.
Wm. Vannerson, a Virginian, long domiciled in Natchez, afterwards for many years in Monticello. and died'there recently at an advanced age. He was the humorist of the bar?the life of the circuit?but withal well-read in his profession, very acute, a thorough judge of human nature, very apt to throw an adversary off his guard with his jokes and his air of carelessness, but. as quick as lightning to seize upon a weak point of his opponent, s A man of noble heart.
Crawford was a Virginian, nephew of the celebrated Wm. H. Crawford of Georgia, and very much like him in his mental organization. He settled in Amite; was elected Circuit Judge, and died in the prime of life.
Col. Lambkin was also a Virginian; resided in Pike, a man of impressive manners and vigorous intellect, a countenance beaming with the benevolence that warmed his heart. He, too, died, when life had many attractions, and much to hope for.
Col. B. H. Harris?known to all our old citizens as ?Buck? Harris?is not dead, I believe and hope; he long since went to Texas, and is far enough to excuse me for violating my rule?not to comment on the living. He is a Georgian, of a family long eminent in professional and military annals in that State. A colony of them came early to Mississippi, bringing with them the family traits and talents, and becoming prominent and influential wherever they pitched their tents. Col. Harris was a man of marked characteristics?impetuous but generous, a sharp debater, a skillful tactician, and anywhere and at all times a hard man to head. No man ever left Mississippi with more friends and more good wishes.
Of D, C. Glenn, to this audience, it is almost superfluous to speak. He was one of us. He, like so many of our lawyers, was a Virginian, with the marked attributes of that manly and noble
race. His graceful^n?anners, his winning courtesy?the almost womanly kindness, pills? nature, his handsome person, his silverv eloquence, his yp.ice;Wvmusical, yet so grand in its highest notes and soft as an angi?rsvwhisper' in its lowest intonations, his store of classical and,legal learning, the high chivalry of his character?all these we all?knoy','iand fondly remember.
Nor cah?';^, orij'this occasion, forget the venerable member of the bar^ffH8m'We'; have recently lost?the . Judge J. C. Monet. Born in Franck, and brought up on the seas, he landed here some fifty years^a$$witli no knowledge even of our language1. He turned His attention to the law?a profession which he soon mastered. He took aVprominent and useful part in all our public concerns; was oft^ri^jt-member and very influential member of the legislature, .and fr&ired most of our local statutes ; he was the confidential adviser! .of/most of us, and the universal reference on all disputed quesiious'of settlements and boundaries. I lad Providence prolonged his'^useful, life, this imperfect historical address would have been <?< r^?cH'mdre worthy of the occasion.
a? A ' If,ever bar has been distinguished, we have been equally for-Vturiate' in our judges. Hampton, Turner, Childs, Ellis, Cage, ^Sterling, Black, Willis, Harris, 'McNair, Hancock, Lechman, .sj? Chandler and McMillan, have all administered justice in this ^county, ably and impartially, and with no taint of dishonor attaching to their names ; men of marked character and of high and 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 was a drawling, tedious speaker, but a profound lawyer; an inveterate joker ; full of anecdote; 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 man at the bar. Not at all brilliant, but solid, sennible, stately and