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The object ol' piTS('rviiii»' ill this ioriii tlir public cxpr<^s sioiis of respect to which the death oi' Mr. Austhi, gave rise, is at some future time, to atlord to liis vouim' chiklrc^u and "•rami-children the means of formiun' some iaiiitidea ol" their noble, h'arned and pious pnrv'iit, and to incite tliem to pay to his memory the best and worthiest liomaL»i\ that offollowini>*hisexam])h\ Many more extracts from tlie press of various parts of the TJ^nited States and Canada, could no doubt have been obtained, but thc^senowrex^rinl- ed, together with the resolutions passed l)y public bodies, will be i'ound sufficient for the purpose. It should ho^^ - ever be stated that some of the circumstances most credit- able to Mr. Austin will not be found mentioned in these pages ; among' otliers the fact tliat during the administration of President Buchanan the Archbishops and Bishops of the United States were greatly desirous that Mr. Austin should be named United States Minister toltome, instead of which however Mr. Buchanan tendered him the place of Minister to the Neapolitan (^ourt, which offer Mr. Austin declined. But family tradition will be sufficient to preserve to his children the recollection of circumstances like these, and their conversations with his surviving friends will bring up many pleasant incidents and distinctive traits of Mr. Austin's well-defined and strongly mark(»d cliaractcn-. Montreal, 6th September, 18i)(). i I RESOLUTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE OATHEDEAL OF ALBANY. CATHEDRAL. Albany, 31st May 18GG. MADAM, In obedience to the order of tlie Committee of the Cathedral, I have the honor to trans- mit herewith a copy of the Resohitions adopted by that body on the occasion of the death of their hate Treasurer. The performance of this duty is to me one of much sadness. I have been intimately acquainted for nearly a quarter of a century with our deceased friend. In my intercourse with him, I ahvays experienced pleasure, the remembrance of w^hich only causes me to realize more painfully the loss we have all experienced. Under these circumstances, '^ uope to be permitted to add the expression of my pt sonal sympathy in your present bereavement and to assure you of the respect with w^hich, I remain, Madam, Your obedient servant. (Signed,) E. B. O'CALLAGHAN, Secretary. Mrs. Charles L. Austin, Albany. IN MEiMOKTAM. •. -v N '».-*, -s^ -.*■.**■* V>.■^*-N'* -v •• At it s[)L*('ial luei'tiiiji,' of the (\)mniittce of the Cii- tlie(U'al of the Immaeuhite Conception, hehl May 2Gth ISno, ])resent : The Ri<»ht Rkv. Joiix J. Conkov, liishopol' Alhnny, ill the Chair. The Hkv. (>. VValwoktii, Reetor Pro. Teni. I)i{. K. ]5. ()'CAi.LA(;nAX, Secretary. Matthkw Hawk, Joiix Coxxrcic & IVvhtiiolomku Cnrrix ; The folk) wing resohitions were adopted. Rksolvkd: Tliat we deeply regret the decease of the Hon. Charles L. Anstin, late a niend)er of this Board, and Treasurer of the Cathedral. That in expressing tliis regret, we must also unite in hearing testimony to the high and honorable cha- racter as well as to the zeal and devotedness of the deceased, associated as he has been with us in this l)oard, for the past thirteen years. That in Mr. Austin we have lost a companion and friend, wdiose courtes\' and fraternal charity endeared him to all. . That fervent piety, exemplary life, and Avell known liberality have ])een his distinguishing cluirac- teristics, as a man and a christian, and will ever render his memory cherished among us. That we tender to his widow and family, our sympathy jmd condolence in their bereavement : and in doing so, we but give expression to the common sorrow of the Congregation. f the Cii- Mav 2()tli J'Albanv. III. ['IIOLOMKW lecojiso of T of this ilso unito able cha- ?s of the w ill this iiiion and endeared lid well 2: eharac- er render lily, our t : and in )n sorrow That th Seerettirv Ije iliricted to tnuisinit ;i C)i)V of the forciioin*;' resolutions to Mrs. Austiu and tliiit the same he published. RESOLUTIONS OF THE ALBANY BAR. My Dkah Mrs. Aistix. Will you permit me in behalf ol' the members of the Albam Har to transmit si copv of the Ivesolutions adopted hy them, expressing tiieir aifee- tionate re»i;ard for your deceased husband and their svmpathv with vou and vour famih on the occasion of SO sad and mournfnl a bereavement. The record of his life was one of beaiit\ and honor, and his name will l)elield in warm andgratefnl remem- ))rance, not only 1)V his friends and brethren in the profession which he dignified and adorned, but b\' the community in which he resided, and w itli whose inte- rests, and prosi)erity he had been so h)ng and honora- ])lv identified. With sincere and earnest sympathy, Yours most truly, JOHN K. POKTKK. Albany, May :)Otli lcS66. At a meeting of the niem1)ers of the Bar of the City of Albany, held at the City Hall, May 2(jth 1illow ; Avife thousands of th, saA^e his' one Avas be. vlio gave it. done. On ision, Avhere 3ving, affec- there is a -haired boys id orphaned, alth of this world cannot rei)la('e. Mav tlie\' in the thorn v walks of life, meet with tliat kindness and help Avliich their beloved father always bestowed upon the Avidow and the orphan, is my prayer. In his life and example they have indei-d b 'en bequeathed a rich legacy. 01' the sadness, loneliness and desolation reimiinu: in that AvidoAVcd heart, T cannot, dare not sjieak. Her griel* and aimuish are too sacrid to I )e described ])V humau pen or tongue. No words we can utter can assuage her ii'rief, or briiu;' back her lord. Her thouLilits and afl'ec- I/O t tions are divided ])etAvcen the grave' and her or])hanc(l oftspring. HON. JOHN V. L. PIU YN'S IMLMAKKS I have listened, Mr. Chairuiau, with interest to the warm and eloquent tribute which has just ])eeii pronoLuiced on the life and character of liecorder Aus- tin. I Avill not Acnture to add to its general features. ])ut Avill, Avith your permission, speak brielly on ; ome l)oints it has presented. I became acquainted with Mr. Austin in social life soon after he came to this cit\ to reside with us, and t kncAV him somcAvhat in his ])rofessional and publico career — but l)etter for a few years past, in lu}' inter- course Avith him in the Executi\e Couimittee of the State Normal School, of which Ave Avere both luembers H Avas iust before he left for Mexico, a few da\ s (uil\", I believe, that we had occasion to spend an evening toge- 12 ther, quite alone, I think, in the discharge of official duty. We were occupied several hours in the business Avhich led to our meeting, and I never before had been so thoroughly impressed with the extent of his attain- ments, the soundness of his judgment, and the readi- ness with which he could apply his resources to com- plex subjects of business and action. His loss to that Committee will, I am sure, be deeply regretted by all its members. Mr. Austin was, by nature, genial ; his tastes had been highly cultivated by travel and study, and his religious views, which were very strong, exer- cised, I doubt not, a con ^ant influence on his life and character. I concur most cordially with what has already been so well said of him, and feel that the Bar of Albany has good reason to express its sorrow at the sudden departure of one, who had j ustly earned a high place in the regard and respect of its members. HON. CLARK B. COCHRANE'S REMARKS. Mr. Chairman : — It was not my privilege to know our deceased brother intimately. Circumstances did not so happen as to bring us into close or confidential relations. Still our acquaintance, though general, had continued through several years, and wasalwaj^softhe most cordial and pleasant character. He was recognized as a man of mark and prominence, and in common with the general public, I had come to respect the rare qua- .3 f official duty, isiness Avhich liad been so if his attain- ed the readi- ircos to com- 3 loss to that ■retted bv all s, genial; his el and study, strong, exer- his life and has already bt the Bar of 3rrow at the arned a high ibers. i LMARKS. lege to know astances did confidential general, had il ways of the IS recognized [)mmon with he rare qua- lities both of his head and heart. That Charles L. Aus- tin was endowed by nature with an intellect of more than ordinary scope and vigor ; that his natural gifts had been enlarged and enriched by thorough and va- ried culture ; that he was a gentleman of thought, of learning and of letters, all concede. That this was not all, that deep down in his social nature there were fountains sweet and genial for those he loved and" for those who sought him," is proved by the touching and eloquent tribute which has just been so feelingly paid to his memory by his friends. Intellect, however cold and stern, may command respect ; it belongs alone to the generous and nobler properties of the soul to awaken emotion and give life and pathos to the language of eulogy. The memories which pertain only to the rank, station or intellectual triumphs of departed friends, never yet embarrassed utterance or provoked a tear. Affection and friendship prefer to trace in retrospect the unambitious history and outgoings of the heart, to recall their private virtues, the friendly offices, the acts of kindness, the words and works of charitv which characterized and adorned the social and domestic life of the loved and lost. These are the recollections which embali^n the memory of the dead,touch the tenderer cords of our nature, and impart inspiration and eloquence to our words of respect and praise. But it is not my pur- pose to speak of the life and character of our lamented brother. This sad but grateful duty has been well and most fittingly discharged by others who knew him better. The event has a moral. There is a lesson for the living in this providence which we shall all do well to ,.,*«-/t*vUO^'W(»l'.'«««n'"^ *•■'■* 14 rc'iueaibLT. Mysterious iiidoLul to us iwe the ways of God. Hero is ji prominent citizen, still in the vigor of lite, of high position and large influence, possessed of ample fortune, surrounded ])\' all the luxuries Jind elegances of life, Avith a familv to whoui he was attached 1)V the strono-est ties of aifection and bv wliom he was hiuiself greatly beloved. Quietly and uno])served by the pul)lic he takes leav' e of home and friends, and sails for a foreign country. He goes to further enjoy the advantages of travel, and to iuiprove his health, \)\ no means seriously impaired. He leaA^es, not doubting a safe return at no distant day. The pain of separation between hiuiself and the loved ones at home, is relieved l)y the expecta- tion of a happy reunion al'ter tempoi'ary absence. A few short months pass away, and the startling and vniex- pected tidings are Hashed over the wires to the aillicted wife and children that the parting which had been fondly assumed as temporai'v was indeed iinal. Alas for the uncertainty of earthly ho])es I The husband and father is no more. He died suddenly in a distant land, and to-day his ashes re^iose in the solitude of a strange city, far away froui home and kindred, and among a people and a race not his owji. Truh', wher- ever we are, at home or abroad, in other lauds or in our own, in the midst of life we are in death. The circumstances which surround this eveut invest it with peculiar sadness, and for the hearts Avhich have l)een made desolate, there is no adequate I'elief but in Him jiccordiug to whose wisdom and procedure afflictions come. How little did our brother think when he said SI gO( i lau ve ^ iu! I ' ways of God. vigor of life, sed of ample I elegances of oiled l)y the was himself )y the pul)lie for aforeio'ii [1 vantages of ansserioiish return at no x^en himself tho expeeta- ^once. A few '; and miex- theaiilicted h hjul been iinal. Alas he husband ill a distant olitude of a kindred, and 'I'ldy, Avher- lands or in ^^'«ith. The vest it with have been ')nt in Him e afflictions it^n he said ,good-l)y to Irieuds and left the shoies of his native I land, that lie was going to AFexico to die ! Surely '^ the I veil which hides IVom oui" view the events of succeed- ing years, is a veil woveu by the hand of Mercy/' '' Oil : liiiiidiii'ss lo the I'lUnre kindly ,uiv(Mi, Thai (}hr\[ may iill tho ciiruil inarla'd hy hcavcii ; Who s(.'('s with (Mjiial (>y(> as ,^()d of all, A horo pi'i'ish and a sparrow fall/' The Christian faith in which the deceased reposed his trust, assures us that the event, with all its cir- cumstances, however inscrutable to men, was according to the appointment and methods of inlinite wisdom; that what a])[)eai's to us as chance, is '^ direction which we cannot see," and that the grave which to our finite senses seems a final al)ode, is but the a])])<)inted entrance to a life immortal. It is pleasant to know that the bereaved and afflicted circle do not mourn as those without hope. Our deceased friend was evidentlv a man of strong religious comictions. He thought and la])ored, and uave of his worldh" substance for tlie faith he followed and the cause he professed. He did not live indiilereiit to those duties to man and ol)ligations lo God, which make existence a solemn and responsi- ble reality and daily im[>ress the admonition upon us all, that tho.~e only who aim to live the life of the 1 ighteous can reas()nal)ly expect his hope in their death. Allow me to add a further word wherein Mr. Austin is worthv of honoraljle menti(m and his exam- l)le of imitation. The f ct to which I allude corrobo- rates all that has been said of him touching his ge- 16 nerous and sympathizing nature. During the eleven years I have been of your number, I have never known him absent from a meeting of the Bar called to pay !\ tribute of respect to a deceased member. These occa- sions have been sadly frequent. His presence was always recognized, and generally his voice was heard in pleasant words for the dead, or consoling expressions for the living. Tn the case of Colonel Jackson and that of Colonel Benedict, the Chairman will remember well as I cannot fail to remember, his just, eloquent and beautiful remarks. On occasions like this he did not forget his brothers, and we will not forget him. The resolutions were thereupon unanimously adopted, and the proceedings directed to be published in the daily papers. On motion of S. F. Higgins, Esq., the meeting then adjourned. JOHN K. PORTER, Chairman. William S. Paddock, ) ^ i. • T t:i > Secretaries. Isaac Edwards, \ Proceedings in the Albany Circuit Court^ May 28th, 1806. Hon. Charles R. Ingalls presiding. — At the open- ing of the Circuit Court, Judge Porter submitted the proceedings of the meeting of the Bar, held at the City Hall on Saturday. On presenting them he said that the Court would sympathise with the general feeling of sorrow occa- 17 5 the eleven lever known led to pay ^ These occa- ►resence was 3 was heard 5 expressions son and that member well sloquent and s he did not ; him. unanimously be published the meeting Chairman. Mcif/ 28th, ^t the open- ibmitted the 1 at the City Dourt would sorrow occa- i sioned by the tidings of the recent death, in the city of Mexico, of Charles L. Austin, late Ilecordor of Albany. Those of us who were bound to him by the ties of personal friendship and professional brotherhood, felt that it would be a sad but grateful privilege to unite in a public tribute of respect for his memory, and an heartfelt expression of our sympathy for those whose home has been darkened by this unlooked for bereavement. We deemed it peculiarly appropriate that some memorial of the estimate in which he was held by his brethren should be placed on the records of the Court, now in that Hall of Justice in which he was accustomed to preside, with an ability and digni- ty worthy of his high judicial position. This place is associated with the familiar presence of our lamented and honored friend ; and here we would keep in fresh and grateful remembrance the name inscribed on the cross which marks his far-off resting place. Recorder Austin was one who left upon all who knew him well the impression of a marked and dis- tinctive character. The fervor of religious Mth was vv'th him an element of vital force; and it was discernible in his habits of study and thought, in the amenities of social intercourse, and in the routine of his daily life. It seemed to imbue his nature with a spirit of Christian kindness, wdiile in matters involving mere personal action, it held him to a fixed and rigo- rous standard of duty. He could not tolerate in him- self even a seeming deviation from the strict line of right, which in another he would have overlooked as inadvertent or venial. There was a steady rectitude vf.rffi«»-'-- "w^*--' LS 1)1' l):ir[)()s.'. and mm o|)-»ii I'lMiikiu'ss of iit tt'iMiic;', wliicli some tiiiK's mish'd those not (hmiliar witli his hahitual f ^ modes ol' thoii.Liht. He viewed every snhjeet IVom a stand-point pecnliarly liis own, and all his opinions j were clearly and sharply delined. He was never eon- | tent to remain in doubt; and what with most men would he i)ermitted to rest in mere im])i'ession, with him ripened into lirm and ahidinu' conviction. He was I'ond of c.irious research, and unwearied in pursuin^ii trains of thou«»ht and solvinj;' in([uiries full of interest to the ueneral scholar, but out of the ranue of ordinarx l)rofessi()nal study. Few were more learned in the historical department of English juris[)rudence, or more familiar with the earh' and hiter codes ol' the civil law. He was thoroughly appreciated by men of schtdastic tastes. I reuRMuber a ver\' interestinii' and uraphic description of his course of study and of his rare and varied attainments, sketched by the late Clinton Cas- sidy, himself one of the most cultivated and brilliant \'ouni»; men the cit\' of Albanv has iiroduced. I had occasion afterwards to know, what until then 1 did not happen to learn, that Mr. Austin had availed him- self in early life, of the oppcn-tunities aiforded l)y leisure and afHuence, to prosecute his studies abroad under peculiarly favorable circumstances ; and that he was not only thoroughly conversant with the branches ordinarily pursued in the Universities, Ijut Avith the learning of the Middle Ages, and the current literature of the leading European languages. With refined and elegant tastes, with a mind enriched by culture and observation, and with a frank courtesy which sprung i ai 19 'iMiu'i', wliicli his lijihitiml iliJL'ct IVom a his opinions MS neviM' t'on- th most miMi )r(.'ssion, with tioii. lie was . in i)ursnin_i: ill of interest ;'(' of oi'(linai'\ • iirnod in tlic h.Miccor more the eivil hiw. of scholastic and i'ra])liic his rave jukI (Clinton Cus- and l)i'illiiint need. I had then 1 did availed him- led 1)}' leisure ibroad mider that he Avas he branches lit with the lit literature 1 refined and culture and liicli spruiiii' from spontaneous kindness, it is liardlv necessary to say that he was piculiarly attractive in the social circle, and that the friendships he won were warm and en- during. It would not he appropriate, here, to refer to the happy surroundings of that pleasant and genial home, which his presence will brighten no more. If 1 were to speak of him in the relations of professional and public life, I could employ no language so ai)pr()priate, com- prehensive and just as that embodied in this united expression of his brethren of this bar. In compliance with their request, permit ine to ask that the following resolutions, and the proceedings of the meeting at which they were adopted, may be entered on the mi- nutes of the Court. Rrsolred, That we have heard with deep emotions of grief, of the death of our esteemed fellow-citizen and professional brother, Charles L. Austin, late Recorder of A'biny ; a gentleman in whom were united the highest personal virtues with rare professional endow- ments ; a public spirited citizen, a vigilant magistrate, an npright judge. He leaves his example a legacy to his profession, and a memory endeared to us by recol- lections of his genial and sympathetic nature, his ele- vated views of duty, and his truly Christian spirit. Eesolced, That the Chairman of this meeting be requested to present these resolutions to the Supreme Court now in session, with a request that they be en- tered in the minutes of the Court ; and that he trans- mit a copy thereof to the fiimily of the deceased, as an expression of our sympatliy and condolement. 20 .riipointed by the Connnon Council a mendjer of the Board of Education, which office he held many years w ith the confidence and res- pect of his associates. And he was at the time of his death, and had been for many years, a highly esteemed member of the Executive Committee of the State Nor- mal School. That he could not have lived longer among us is to be regretted, for we cannot 8 of representatives in common Council here a!