{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3806", "width": "2423", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "o *^0\\no\\no\\n..-J\\no o ,K?,^\\no\\n^0\\nc\\no\\nJ ^r\\n-3\\ni\\n^o\\n,0^\\n^0\\n-U -A\\n-t^\\n-f\\nj.\\n^i.\\n6 _\\nAv...\\no\\no\\n-A^ V^-\u00e2\u0080\u009e -^^^^^s ^^y fK\\no\\n^0\\nc.^ ^o V^4^^ o^ S,\\nk ,\\\\V ri\\\\ A, p V\u00c2\u00bb t v\\n,0\\n1^ .V--\\n^._.\\nxOv-\\n4 O\\n^O\\n^_", "height": "3603", "width": "2418", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "J o O,^\\nf}^* _^S ^x\\n^0\\n0\\nV\\n.S\\n^k\\n.f\\n.0\\n-^^0^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2oV\\n.-ife\\nc\\n^^SW^^\\nV V\\nV\\n^^0^\\nJ^\\ns\\n.N\\nJ^\\nO\\no\\no G^ Ko\\n.4 o.\\nV\\n;:^rv\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0y-o^\\n0^ v:/- v\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^q.\\no\\n-^c^v^\\n.0*", "height": "3641", "width": "2308", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "^^^tTfolxxA^P^", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "Obituary Addresses\\nPROCEEDINGS OF THE BAR\\nOn the Occasion of the Death of\\nABRAHAM 0. ZABRISKIE, LL.l),\\nLate Chancellor of the State of New Jersey.\\nPRINTED FOR THE HUDSON COUNTY BAR,\\nI I\\nJERSEY CITY:\\nPrintkd by John H. Lyon,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00941874\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0011.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "o.Ta.", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0012.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PROCEEDINGS OF THE HUDSON COUNTY BAR.\\nProceedings of the uieetiug of the Bar of Hudson\\ncounty, lield in the Common Council Chamber, at the City-\\nHall, in Jersey City, on Monday, the Vth day of June, IS ZS,\\nto take suitable action upon the death of the late Chan-\\ncellor Abraham O. Zabriskie.\\nThe Honorable Joseph D. Bedle was called to the chair,\\nand Isaac Romaine was appointed secretary.\\nREMARKS BY JUDGE BEDLE.\\nThe death of Chancellor Zabriskie, so sudden and\\nunexpected, almost shocks us to silence. A few weeks\\nago he left his home, just freed from the cares of a\\ngreat ofhce, apparently buoyant with health and giving\\npromise of a ripe old age, and to-day we meet to mourn\\nhis loss and bear him to the tomb. The event has cast\\na deep gloom over this community. Here he lived for\\nyears, here he attained his greatest successes, and here,\\namongst his professional brethren and friends, will he", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0013.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "be mostly missed. His loss, however, is not confined\\nto us immediately, for his learning, ability and personal\\nworth were acknowledged and appreciated throughout\\nand beyond the State. T well remember the night of\\nhis departure upon his fatal journey. To him, it was\\nthe entrance upon a series of observations and enjoy-\\nments, which would be a fitting change and relief from\\nthe labors of his judicial career, and when ended, would\\nresult in renewed vigor and preparation for further\\nusefulness and duty. He felt, as could be readily told\\nfrom his conversation, that he was fully able physically\\nto meet all the toil and exigencies of the trip. He\\nsucceeded in crossing the continent, but on his return,\\nwhile tarrying at Truckee, a little village upon the\\nSierra Nevada, he fell a victim to disease, and most\\nunexpectedly died. He intended, as I am informed,\\nto reach home in life, the very day his body was\\nbrought thither by his faithful friend Mr. Knapp.\\nWe meet now in the deep solemnity of the occasion,\\nto pay a last tribute to his memory and to give expres-\\nsion to our grief.\\nChancellor Zabriskie was a most remarkable man,\\nboth in physical appearance and in intrinsic mental\\nstrength. Those who saw him for the first, knew\\nat once that he was no ordinary man, and those who", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0014.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "were familiar with him, and especially those who\\nexperienced the weight of his power as a professional\\nantagonist, well understood that it was great and for-\\nmidable. He was a thoroughly read lawyer, and while\\nat the bar, excelled in the science of the common law.\\nHis mind was eminently practical, and could easily\\nadapt itself to the plainest comprehensions. In this\\nwas one of the secrets of his success as an advocate.\\nHe was fertile in analogies and used the plainest facts\\nand principles of every day life with wonderful facility,\\nto illustrate his arguments. In this he had no equal\\nat the bar. That quality was always felt before a jury,\\nand frequently was dangerously effective against an\\nadversary before educated minds. Though possessing\\nthat faculty in so high a degree, he was always pro-\\nfound and learned in a purely legal argument. His\\nresearch was careful and courts were always aided by\\nthe results of his labor and reflection. I heard an\\neminent judge, who for years adorned the bench of\\nthe Court of Errors and Appeals of this State, and\\nwhose just judgment of men all will concede, say that\\nMr. Zabriskie had no superior in strength before that\\ncourt.\\nAs a chancellor, he served the State with hiithful-\\nness, and promptly, ably and satisfactorily performed", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0015.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "the duties of the office. His judicial record will always\\nbe regarded as a very valuable part of our juris-\\nprudence.\\nAs presiding officer of the Court of Errors and\\nAppeals, he was dignified, yet genial, and in the labors\\nand conferences of that court I have seen some of the\\nmost striking evidences of his learning and fertility\\nof thouo ht.\\no\\nAs a neighbor and friend I shall miss him very much.\\nHe had social qualities of a high order cultivated,\\nrational and refined. To those who knew little of him,\\nhis appearance might not always indicate how good a\\nheart he possessed, but all who partook of his hospi-\\ntality or saw much of his daily life, knew that he was\\ncompanionable, considerate and kind to others, in a\\nhigh degree.\\nTo his great abilities was added great industry, and\\nthese, with his integrity, which was undoubted, enabled\\nhim under Providence to rise to the summit of his\\nprofession, and now, after having served the State in\\nits highest judicial office with honor and usefulness,\\nand while his vigor was unimpaired, and death appar-\\nently remote, he is taken from us most unexpectedly,\\nleaving by that very fact the prominence of his char-\\nacter more distinct, and the force of his example the", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0016.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "greater. Such men are a serious loss to us all. For\\nlife at best is but short to acquire a profound knowl-\\nede-e of the law, and when obtained, accompanied\\nwith the fruits of experience and a ripe judgment, the\\nbenefit is not alone to the individual, but to the public\\nat large. His example is a bright legacy to the pro-\\nfession, and the qualities that made him great should\\nbe noted and imitated.\\nOn motion, the cliair appointed the following Committee\\non Kesolntions: Aukaiiam S. Jackson, Isaac W. Souduer,\\nPkter Bentlev, .Taoob Weaht, Washington B. Williams.\\nThe committee retired and reported the following reso-\\nlutions, which were unanimously adopted\\nResolved, By the death of Chancellor Zabrtskte, New\\nJersey has lost one of her most eminent citizens.\\nHe was possessed of a mind stored with useful, practical and\\nscientific knowledge, whicli rendered his services of great value\\nin those enterprises of public improvement which has marked\\nthe character and attended the progress of our country. IIis\\njudgment was sound and his sagacity far-reaching, and, as a\\nman, familiar with general aftairs, he achieved a distinguished\\nreputation.\\nAs an Advocate, possessed of a facility of illustration, an\\nuntiring energy and great scope of )uind, he was among the\\nmost powerful men of his time.", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0017.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "As a Lawyer^ he was among the most learned with the\\nability to apply, with great etfect, his varied acquirements,\\nin the causes in which he was engaged.\\nAs Surrogate and Prosecutor of the Fleas of the County of\\nBergeu, he evinced a care, industry and ability, wluch gave\\nevidence of his iitness for those iini)ortant positions.\\nAs a Member of the Legislative Department of the (lovern-\\nraent, lie left his impress on the laws of our State, many of our\\nimportant statutes having been framed by him and passed at\\nhis suggestion.\\nHe pel-formed the arduous duties of Chancellor of tlie State\\nwith a promptness, energy and ability which challenged the\\nadmiration and won the respect and confidence of the profes-\\nsion and the public.\\nThe State Constitutional Convention, over whose deliber-\\nations lie had been called to preside, had formed the highest\\nexpectations from his mature judgment and large experience,\\nand will greatly miss him in their deliberations.\\nAs a Man, he was kind, generous and Itenevolent. He culti-\\nvated with success those social virtues, which shed a charming\\ninfluence upon society, and in his frieiidsliips, iie was sincere\\nand devoted.\\nWe, his associates, looked forward with the exjiectation that\\nour de}tarted Friend would have enjoyed an old age of useful-\\nness and repose, shedding around his declining years, those\\nmellowed rays, which would attract l)y their charm and soothe\\nby their mildness but in this we have been disappointed.\\nOur memory of his eminence will be his monument, and our\\ngrief the tribute to his loss.", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0018.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "9\\nPk,esoloed^ That we sincerely condole with the members of\\nhis family, at their sudden bereavement, and tender to them\\nonr heartfelt sympathy.\\nliesolved, That the Secretary of this meeting transmit a\\ncopy of these resolutions to his family, and cause the same to\\nbe published in the daily newspapers, and that the courts of\\nthe County of Hudson be requested to enter the same on their\\nminutes.", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0019.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "REMARKS ON RESOLUTIONS.\\nREMAKKS BY MR. JACOB WEART.\\nMr. Chairman But a few days ago, we bore to the\\ntomb the remains of our lamented friend, the Hon.\\nJoseph F. Randolph, and before the year had com-\\npleted the first half of its cycle, the sad announcement\\nfell upon our ears that the late Chancellor was no\\nmore; and the bar is again convened, by that mes-\\nsenger who comes so unexpectedly, and at an hour\\nthat we know not of, to call us hence. To the de-\\nparted, death came without a warning, his sickness was\\nvery short, and he passed out of the world unconscious\\nthat his end was approaching. And we are assembled\\nto express our sentiments upon his worth as a man, to\\nextend our sympathies to his bereaved family, and to\\nput upon record a parting word of the loss which has\\nfallen to our profession.\\nWhen I came to Jersey City in 1852, a friendless", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0020.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "11\\nstranger in this city, I soon found in Mr. Zabriskie a\\nwarm personal friend; he was very kind to me, he in-\\nvited me into his family circle, he assisted me in every\\nway he could professionally, his extensive law library\\nwas always open to me, and in this way we became\\nstrong personal friends. I was a great admirer of his\\nprofound learning and ability as a* lawyer and his\\nfame as a counsellor and advocate had became a house-\\nhold word to the bar and people of the State, as will\\nbe seen by a short reference to our political history.\\nIn the year 1859, His Excellency, William A.\\nNewell, selected Mr. Zabriskie as his first choice for\\nChancellor, and nominated him to the Senate, and the\\nSenate being politically opposed to the Governor de-\\nclined to confirm the nomination, and the memorable\\nstruggle was entered into, which left the State for a\\nyear without a Chancellor.\\nAt the ensuing election. His Excellency, Charles S.\\nOlden was elected Governor, but the Setiate remained\\npolitically opposed to hiui. I remember to have\\nvisited Governor Olden, at Princ(;ton, to present the\\nname of Mr. Zabriskie for the office of Chancellor, and\\nafter the legislature convened, Governoi Olden ad-\\nvised me that he Avould nominate Mr. Zabriskie as\\nChancellor, provided he could be confirmed, but if he", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0021.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "12\\ncould not be confirmed, he thought the interests of the\\nState required that his name should not be sent in, but\\nanother nomination made and he gave Mr. Zabriskie s\\nfriends time to see if the confirmation could be secured;\\nbut the memory of the struggle of the year previous\\nwas too fresh and bitter to allow of his confirmation.\\nWhen His Excellency Marcus L. Ward was elected in\\n1865, and it became known that the ofiice of Chancel-\\nlor would become vacant, the bar of the State generally\\nlooked to Mr. Zabriskie as the coming man, and he was\\naccordingly nominated and confirmed, I mention\\nthese facts to show what a strong hold he had upon\\nthe public confidence, having been the first choice for\\nthe office of Chancellor of three successive Republican\\nGovernors,\\nOur chairman having spoken of him as a Chancel-\\nlor, I desire to call attention to a few other remarkable\\ntraits of his character. Mr. Zabriskie was a lawyer\\nand not a politician, yet he took a deep interest in all\\nof the affairs of State, and the crowning act of his life\\nwas his opposition and defeat of the extension of the\\nmonopoly grants to the Camden and Amboy Railroad\\nCompany.\\nI attended the great public meeting at Park Hall,\\nin this city, where he was the chief public speaker,", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0022.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "13\\nand his power and eloquence on that occasion was so\\ngreat, that he fairly thrilled his audience ns it were\\nby an electric shock he repeated liis speech before a\\ncommittee of the legislature at Trenton, and the ex-\\ntension of tlie monopoly was dead. Great as Mr.\\nZabriskie s services were in the two higliest courts of\\nthe State where he presided, in my judgment they fall\\ninfinitely short of his great struggle for the rights of\\nthe people of the State in his successful effort to defeat\\nthe extension of the monopoly privilege, and the\\nresult is, that to-day we have a free railroad law; with-\\nout his aid, we would most likely still have remained\\nunder the monopoly power, and would have so con-\\ntinued until 1889.\\nBefore I close I would like to add a tribute to him\\nas a student for the benefit of the young. Mr. Zabris-\\nkie started out in life with the design of acquiring\\nknowledge and making himself useful in his day and\\ngeneration. He told me that although his father re-\\nsided within twelve miles of Princeton college, and\\nthat he kept horses and servants, so that he could have\\nsent for him at any time, yet when he went to Prince-\\nton, at the opening of the session, he remained there\\nuntil the session closed, as he did not wish to have his\\ncourse of study l .roken in upon by journeys to visit his\\nparents and friends.", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0023.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "u\\nMr. Zabriskie never got above tlie books, and always\\nconsulted authorities. I was struck with this on one\\noccasion. I went to employ him as counsel in an im-\\nportant matter, and after a sliort consultation about the\\ncase, he suggested that we turn to the books; he\\nsaid, I always like to consult autliority and be guided\\nby established principles and decisions.\\nHe was a warm personal friend, T ever f)und him so\\nthrough life, but he has gone. He passed away distant.\\nfrom his home, and amid strangers, upon the western\\nslopes of the Pacific he was however full of years,\\nfull of honors, he liad earned a fame which will go\\ndown to posterity as long as reports are read, and the\\nlaw is lionored and the hist tribute that that we can\\noffer, is a tear by the side of his bier.\\nREMAl^vS BY PION. CHARLES TT. WINFIEI.D.\\nMr. Chainnan I cannot let tliis occasion pass with-\\nout bearing testimony to the worth of my former\\nteacher, guide and friend. No man, said tlie great\\nphilosopher, can be considered great until ho is dead;\\nbut those who best knew Chancellor Zabriskie will admit", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0024.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "15\\nthat it did not need death, in whose awlal presence envy\\nand all the baser passions of the soul are still, to issue\\nthe patent of his nobility, lie was, while yet among\\nus, in himself and of himself, every inch a king not\\nfrom fortuitous circumstances, but from making hmiselt\\nan embodiment of the truth of the Roman maxim,\\nq u isq lie 81101 furtiiu ce faber.\\nThree years as a student under him, and part ot that\\ntime at a table in his private office inspired me with a\\nhigh appreciation of his legal acquirements, and his\\nsterling qualities as a man. At that time he represented\\nthis county in the State Senate, the only political office,\\nI believe, he ever held. Twelve years afterward, when\\nI had the honor to represent this county in the same\\nbody, an incident occurred which it is now permissible\\nto make public, inasmuch as he whom it most concerned\\nis no more. The remarks of Mr. Weart have brought\\nit to my recollection. Pardon the reference which a\\nrecital of the incident makes to myself:\\nJust previous to his nomination to the office of Chan-\\ncellor, and while those in the opposite political party\\nknew notliing of the Governor s plans, or that Mr.\\nZabriskie s name was to be presented, he and 1 were\\nwalking from the depot to our hotel in Trenton, when\\nhe asked me if I had any objection to his being nomi-", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0025.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "16\\nnated to the Chancellorship at the same time remark-\\ning that he was getting somewhat advanced in years\\nand would like to close his professional life with that\\nhonorable j)osition. Without hesitation the assurance\\nwas readily given that, I not only had no objection,\\nbut would gladly assist in furthering his wishes. To\\nunderstand the point of his inquiry, it may be proper\\nto observe that, at that time the Senate was composed\\nof eleven Republicans and ten Democrats. Mr. Za-\\nbriskie, by his manly course upon certain railroad\\nquestions, a few years previously, had become ob-\\nnoxious to a particular corporation which then held\\nno inconsiderable control in the State. At least one\\nSenator on the Republican side was of that corporation.\\nA few days afterward Mr. Zabriskie s nomination was\\nsent in by the Governor. Combinations were imme-\\ndiately made for his rejection in the Senate. The\\nDemocrats acting as a unit, with the assistance of one\\nRepublican, were sufficient for that purpose, and that\\nassistance was assured. A caucus was called to com-\\nplete the plans. The ten of the opposition were there.\\nAmong them were grey-headed men, men of ability\\nand experience. Views were expressed, and they\\nwere adverse to the confirmation. Being the youngest\\nand least experienced of the body, my opinion was", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0026.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "17\\nlast called for. It was freely given. How could they\\nask me to do such a great wrong to the man who had\\nguided my footsteps to an honorable profession, who\\nhad given me his friendship when a poor, friendless\\nboy, and how could I, now that the opportunity was at\\nhand withhold my gratitude. I was sorry to differ\\nfrom my friends, but honor compelled me to vote for\\nhis confirmation and a caucus had no right to decree\\notherwise. If it insisted upon such right I must ask\\nleave to withdraw. Much to their credit, several\\nSenators approved of my course and we were all left\\nfree to vote as we pleased. Thus the opposition was\\ndisorganizf.d and the nominee s confirmation assured.\\nTo me the result was profoundly gratifying, and the\\nprivilege of doing what I did remains one of the\\npleasures of memory. He died without knowing the\\nhistory of that struggle.\\nHow often since his death have I recalled his wish\\nto close his professional life with the high oflice he so\\nably filled. It has turned out to be more real than\\neither of us thought. But a few days intervened be-\\ntween the laying aside of his official robes and his\\ndeath. Bnt a few days ago we appeared before him,\\nthe judge to-day, upon his coffin we mingle our tears.\\nHe stepped from the bench to the tomb he filled his", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0027.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "18\\nterm of office and died. Thus he lives in our memory\\nas a Chancellor meeting in full the judicial require-\\nments of Lord Bacon, rather learned, than witty\\nvenerable, than plausible; and more advised, than\\nconfident.\\nCOMMUNICATION FROM MR. W. B. WILLIAMS.\\nMr. A. S. Jackson stated that he had received fi-om Mr.\\nWilliams, who was unavoidably absent, a few written re-\\nmarks, with the sentiments of which lie fully concurred, and\\nwhich he would ask leave to read, as follows\\nOne of the most prominent figures which I recall in\\nlooking back to the beginning of my professional life,\\nis that of Mr. Zabriskie. There were giants in those\\ndays at the New Jersey bar, both in body and mind.\\nMr. Asa Whitehead, Gov. Pennington, Mr. Whelpley,\\nMr. Dayton, Chief-Justice Green and others, then in\\nfull vigor, were all men of commanding presence as\\nwell as of powerful intellect. We students used to\\nlook up to their tall, dignified forms, so different from\\nour own and from the men of to day, and which united", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0028.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "19\\nwith courtly manners and with distinguished skill and\\neloquence to fill out the ideal of the leading lawyer.\\nMr. Zabriskie was their peer and as early as I can\\nremember was among the foremost. In Bergen county\\nhe had held almost absolute sway over juries, and it\\ndid not take him long to show that he was worthy of\\nthe utmost attention and confidence from our own\\ncitizens.\\nHis manner in court I remember with much pleasure.\\nHe would often commence his address in a low tone,\\nscarcely audible, and with apparent embarrassment.\\nThen he would place one foot on a chair, and leaning\\nconfidentially toward the jury, would attract their\\nattention by that wonderful illustration of the horse,\\nwhich he could somehow apply to every case as aptly\\nas ever an anecdote of Mr. Lincoln s fitted its object.\\nAnd soon he would glide into a copious flow of state-\\nment and illustration supplied from his keen memory\\nof the testimony, and ingenious analogies, emphasized\\noften by the weight of his own assertion or opinion,\\nand sometimes rising into the plane of eloquence.\\nHis strong points, however, were his clear and homely\\nway of putting the case to the jury, coupled with\\nuntiring patience and Protean ingenuity in presenting\\nthe law to the court.", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0029.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "20\\nIn the office he was a most valuable adviser. His\\napprehension was as quick as the statement; he was\\nfamiliar with decided cases, and with principles, and\\nhis strong practical sense showed him almost intuitively\\nhow they would apply. His perception of character\\nwas keen he was eminently a man fitted for active\\nlife, not a literary man or a book- worm, though his\\nfine library attested his taste and love for books. His\\nmanner and bearing: added m eat weis^ht to what he\\nsaid in consultation, and he was both by his physical\\nand mental characteristics decided and positive in his\\nview^s. Yet he was not opinionated. When, as must\\noften happen even to the wisest, further discussion or\\nreflection indicated that he was mistaken, no man was\\nmore ready to admit the error and correct it.\\nTo some degree he paid the debt every good lawyer\\nowes to his profession, for he was the law reporter\\nfrom 1847 to 1853, and his reports are without doubt\\nthe best we have had in this State. They set forth in\\ngeneral, a clear statement of the case, and important\\narguments of counsel and their head-notes are, so far\\nas I know, unexceptionable. Besides, it so happened\\nthat during that period the Supreme Court discussed\\nmany interesting and important legal rules. Local\\nand special legislation had not then attained such evil", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0030.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "21\\nfrequency and confusinn^ diversity as now, when they\\noverwhehii the court with dry and uninstructive con-\\ntroversy, and follow us like the frogs of Egypt into\\nour towns, our streets, our sewers, our local adminis-\\ntration, and almost our bed-chambers.\\nThe worthy aim of a lawyer s ambition, a dignified\\npost in the administration of public justice, where his\\nhard-earned knowledge and experience can be of the\\ngreatest service in maintaining right and redressing\\nwrong, was attained by Mr. Zabriskie, as a fitting close\\nto his honorable career. 1 will not speak of any par-\\nticular cases he decided, nor of his judicial qualities,\\nas others of greater experience will do this.\\nBat I w^ould remind you of the patience and atten-\\ntion with which he listened, while Chancellor, to the\\ncrude arguments of junior counsel and explained to\\nthem the practice of the court, which he like his\\nlearned predecessor, labored to make efficacious and\\nuniform. The rules of court and many decisions testify\\nto the pains he took in this direction.\\nBut what is fir more and nobler than kind attention,\\nor forbearance, or practical skill, he loved justice as it\\nshould be loved not because it is on the whole the\\nbest policy in human affairs, but for its own sake, for\\nits inherent beauty and fitness, and as the noblest", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0031.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "attribute of either man or God. And he sought to\\nadminister it, not like a calcuhiting machine or a logic\\nmill, but as a man with the feelings of humanity, to\\nwhom nothing human was foreign, who could know\\nand sympathize with human passions and impulses\\nwho could feel affectionate pity for oppressed inno-\\ncence, hatred of fraud, and holy anger against bold\\nand unblushing guilt.\\nWith these convictions, I am full of sorrow that he\\nhas so soon passed away. I could have wished him to\\nremain in his ripening old age to adorn the bench or\\nthe Senate or if in this day of base rotation that were\\ntoo much to ask, then that he might have walked\\nbefore us slowly down the vale of years, the Nestor of\\nour bar. But all this is cut off: and we have suffered\\na loss which we can only submit to, and which it is\\nuseless to bewail. The death of a good and great\\nman leaves his good example cleared of his defects or\\nweaknesses, for us to follow. We have a right too, to\\nbelieve, that such noble and masterful faculties as his,\\nare not to be forever laid away in inaction or obscurity;\\nbut that they will be brought out by the Lord of all\\nworlds to be put to some great and worthy purpose,\\nin those vast unknown regions which are full of all\\npast humanity, and whither we also are bound.", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0032.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "23\\nBEMARKS BY MR. ISAAC S. TAYLOR.\\nMr. Chairman The sorrow that is felt and has\\nbeen so unmistakeably evinced, to-day, by those of\\nhis professional brethren to whom through the asso-\\nciation of many years, Chancellor Zabriskie had en-\\ndeared himself, is I know fully shared by many who\\nhave but recently entered upon their legal career,\\nand whose attachments to the deceased were formed\\nin later years. And we, young members of the bar,\\nhave just cause for grief, in that one who was ever\\nready to assist us by valuable counsel, and to encour-\\nage us by cheering words, has been suddenly claimed\\nand stricken down by death.\\nEspecially do I but a very few years since his\\npupil in the law desire to add at this time a slight,\\nbut a heartfelt, tribute to his memory. And in so\\ndoing I am confident that I shall speak the sentiments\\nof all who have been privileged to call him their\\ninstructor.\\nIt is not always nor indeed very often that the\\npreceptor acquires and retains a large and warm\\nplace in the esteem of the pupil. And many an\\ninstructor, in terminating his peculiar relation with", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0033.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "24\\nhis scholar, closes the latter s heart to affectionate\\nremembrances of him.\\nParticularly in a profession where the instruction\\nof others is but incidental to other duties, it would\\nnot be surprising if amid the press of business, and\\nconstant wear of mind and energy, the lessons taught\\nshould be instilled with no accompaniment which in\\nafter years would render the method of tuition a\\npleasure of memory.\\nBut I am sure that to-day, though saddened as\\nwe are by the thought that he is no more, there is\\nnothing but pleasure and love in the breasts of his\\nstudents as they recall the days and years passed\\nunder the tutelage of Mr. Zabriskie.\\nHis careful work in establishing the principles of\\nthe law in their minds his willing explanations of\\nwhat was hard to be understood the wonderfully\\nvaried practical methods of illustration whereby he\\nmade what were apparently the most obscure and\\ndifficult matters perfectly intelligible to those under\\nhis charge and in short, his zealous and faithful\\nattention to their instruction cannot be forgotten by\\nthem, or remembered with aught but happiness and\\nthankfulness.\\nHe not only impressed their minds with a sense", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0034.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "25\\nof his own deep researches in, and thorough mastery\\nof his profession, but produced in them an interest\\nin the object of their study, which under his guid-\\nance could not lessen or grow cold.\\nHe was as conscientious, and as ready to exert the\\npowers of his practical mind, in the discharge of\\nhis duties to those whom he was instructing, as in\\nthe fuUillment of his obligations to his clients and\\nthere was no faithlessness towards them.\\nTo these characteristics he added the constant\\nexhibition of kindness, consideration and sociability,\\nand thus secured the respect and love of those\\nabout him.\\nHis students were always welcome to his home.\\nHis general, as well as his law library was at their\\ndisposal, and they were made to realize his interest\\nin them. Nor did this interest cease when their\\nformal relations to each other were at an end. Coun-\\nsel was as freely and fully given assistance as gener-\\nously bestowed, and the same genial, social qualities\\nas constantly evinced through succeeding years.\\nIt is not for me to refer to his course at the bar\\nand on the bench, or in the various positions of trust\\nand confidence in which he was so frequently placed\\nbut I have spoken of him as he was known and", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0035.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "26\\nloved of me. And now, realizing the fact that he\\nhas gone, there shall remain in calling him to mind\\nonly thoughts fragrant with gratitude, and memories\\nof respect and honor.\\nOn motion of Mr. Weart it was ordered tliat the chair be\\nrequested to pronounce, or appoint some person to pronounce\\na eulogy on the life and character of the late Chancellor,\\nat the opening of the October Term of the Hudson County\\nCircuit Court.\\nOwing to Judge Bedle s constant engagements in Court,\\nhe was prevented from preparing the eulogy himself, but\\nappointed the Hon. Isaac W. Scudder to j^^ ^^i^ounce the\\nsame.", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0036.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "PROCEEDINGS AT THE COUllT HOUSE,\\nAt the Opening of the October Term, 1873.\\nREMARKS BY MR. JACOB WEART.\\nMay it Xilease the Court\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \\\\i becomes my painful\\nduty to announce to the court, that since the last\\nreo-ular term, our late lamented friend, Chancellor\\nZabriskie, has passed away. For many years he was\\nthe leading lawyer of this county, and we looked to\\nhim as the Nestor of the bar\u00e2\u0080\u0094 he participated in all\\nthe struggles of this people, and was their counsellor\\nin public and private affairs from the scenes of his\\nlabors here, he was asked by the State to come up\\nhio-her and was made Chancellor. It is fit and\\nproper that when one so distinguished in pubUc\\nand private station passes away, that we pause for\\na while, and lay aside our business and cares, and\\ndirect our thoughts to the memory of the dead.\\nThe bar has taken suitable action in relation to", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0037.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "28\\ntheir bereavement, and at a meeting held in the\\nCommon Council Chamber, on the seventh day of\\nJuly last, a series of resolutions were unanimously\\nadopted, which it affords me great pleasure to now\\nread and present to the court; and at that meeting\\na person was selected to prepare and pronounce a\\nsuitable eulogy upon his life and character at the\\nopening of the term this day.\\nI would therefore move, your honor, that the\\nresolutions be entered upon the minutes of the\\ncourt, and that the court do now adjourn.\\nREMARKS BY JUDGE BEDLE.\\nThe resolutions read, are a truthful and fitting\\ntribute to the memory of Chancellor Zabriskie. It\\nis just that this court should make a record of the\\ndeath of so distinguished a judge, and a lawyer so\\nlearned and able. It is ordered that the resolutions\\nbe entered at large upon the minutes, and also that\\nout of respect to the memory of the deceased, the\\ncourt do now adjourn.", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0038.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "29\\nOn motion, :i meeting of the bar was organized.\\nJudge Bedle was called to take the chair, and Mr. Jona-\\nthan Dixon was appointed secretary.\\nThe chair annonnced that the Hon. Isaac W. Scudder liad\\nbeen selected, as provided by a previous resolution, to pro-\\nnounce the eulogy.\\nMr. Scudder then pronounced the eulogy.\\nAfter the eulogy had been pronounced, it was move l that\\nthe chair api)oint a committee of five to request a copy of\\nthe eulogy for }\u00c2\u00bbublication, and that the committee prepare\\nand publish for the use of the bar, the eulogy, resolutions,\\nremarks made at the bar meeting, held at tlie Cit} llall,\\nand such other matter as they may deem advisable.\\nThe chair appointed Messrs. Weart, Dixon, Williams, Gil-\\nchrist, and Ransom such committee.", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0039.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "CORRESPONDENCE.\\nJersey City, October 8, 1873.\\nHon. Isaac W. Scudder\\nDear Sir The bar of this county desire to express their\\ndeep sense of gratitude for the eulogy pronounced by you\\nupon the character, life and public services of the late\\nlamented Chancellor Abraham O. Zabriskie.\\nAt a meeting of the bar, a resolution was unanimously\\npassed requesting that you furnish a copy for publication,\\nand we the undersigned, were appointed a committee to\\nsolicit from you a copy, and to publish the same. Hoping\\nthat you. will comply with the request, w^e remain Avith great\\nrespect,\\nYours, very truly,\\nJACOB WEART,\\nJONATHAN DIXON,\\nW. B. WILLIAMS,\\nROBERT GILCHRIST,\\nS. B. RANSOM,\\nCotnmittee.", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0040.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "31\\nJersey City, October 15, 1873.\\nJacob Weaut, Esq., Chairman:\\n2)grtr Sir^At your request I place in your hands the\\naddress made by me at the opening of the court in Hudson\\ncounty, at the present October term, on the occasion of the\\nannouncement of the deatli of our friend and neiglibor,\\nChancellor Zabriskie, whose loss caused us so much grief.\\nI regret tliat the short time in which it was prepared did\\nnot afford sufficient opportunity to do justice to a man, who\\nwas so highly appreciated by us, as a judge, a friend and\\na citizen.\\nYours truly,\\nI. W. SCUDDER.", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0041.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "n\\nADDRESS BY HON. ISAAC W. SCUDDER.\\nIt is well that there are periods io the history of\\nmen when they are willing to forget their jealousies\\nand rivalries, and with a common sentiment and united\\nvoice, both feel and express their appreciation for and\\nadmiration of those who by labor and good conduct\\nhave achieved eminence and distinction. We bestow\\npraise upon the artist who with great skill groups and\\ncombines on the canvass scenes from nature or history;\\nwe dwell with pleasure on the animated narrative of\\nthe historian the genius of the poet kindles our en-\\nthusiasm deeds in arms excite our love of the heroic;\\nand we follow the grand discoveries of men of science,\\nwondering at the extent to which they can penetrate\\nthe laws of the universe, and the facility with which\\nthey can apply them to the advancement of mankind.\\nThe statesman, though he may be covered with\\nobloquy in his time, has the appreciation of succeed-\\ning generations. The eminence which is achieved\\nby the professional man, it too frequently happens,\\nlives only in the memory of his cotemporaries, and\\nthe historian is scarcely alive to the consciousness\\nof his existence. Yet while this is so, the dis-", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0042.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "33\\ncipline, the protracted labor, the abstraction of\\nmind, and the great struggle which gives dis-\\ntinction to the lawyer of rank and eminence,\\nwould in some other pursuits win a degree of fame\\nwhich would be transmitted to many generations.\\nHow much of patience, of labor, of tact, of endurance,\\nand even of heroic effort, is oftentimes displayed in\\nthe hfe of the lawyer, which if evinced by the soldier,\\nthe statesman, the man of science, or letters, would\\nwin an enduring fame.\\nBut let us pass from generalities to particulars. One\\nfrom among us, familiar to us by the intercourse of\\nevery day life, distinguished as a lawyer and a judge,\\nhas departed, and we are called upon on this occasion\\nto express our appreciation of his merits and his\\ncharacter.\\nThe family of Mr. Zabriskie was well known in New\\nJersey, and this is not the occasion for a biography,\\nbut for the expression of our views of his life and\\ncharacter as a man, a lawyer and a judge. Like the\\nsturdy oak, he was somewhat slow of growth; no pre-\\ncocious brilliancy, no showy flowers of a short sea-\\nson marked his development. Amid a quiet, slow,\\nagricultural people, who held on to the traditions of\\nthe past, rather than courted the developments of the", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0043.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "34\\nfuture, lie grew to the maturity of bis intellectual\\npowers, and in the county of Bergen he gathered\\nstrength which lasted during his life. In this, how\\ngreat was his advantage The man who at an early\\nage is thrown amid the stir, excitement and strife of\\nthe city, even though careful not to waste his powers,\\nis apt to be forced to a too rapid growth. Early\\nbrilliancy and energetic effort, stimulated by surround-\\ning influences, oftentimes pass away before the meri-\\ndian of life has been reached. At Hackensack, Mr.\\nZabriskie had time to lay broad and deep the foun-\\ndation for the superstructure which was afterwards\\nerected. Among the people of Bergen county, slow\\nto give their confidence, but which when once given\\nis lasting, Mr. Zabriskie won a degree of consideration\\nwhich probably they have never bestowed more fally\\non any other man.\\nIn the year 1838 he was appointed Surrogate of\\nthe County of Bergen, and was reappointed to that\\noffice, which he held for ten years. But he was not\\ncontent simply to learn the accurate statement of the\\naccounts of executors and administrators, (and in this\\nparticular, the records of his office show that he was\\nnot excelled), but he acquired a knowledge of the\\nhistory of ecclesiastical law as pertaining to the estates", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0044.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "35\\nof decedents, which made his counsels valuable at\\nsubsequent periods of his life. In the administration\\nof that office, he evinced a method and accuracy\\nwhich distinguished his life and the discipline and\\ncare about minute details here acquired lasted him\\never afterwards and there was no man in the pro-\\nfession, in litigated ca,uses in the Orphans Court or\\nPrerogative Court, whose services were more valuable\\nthan his. One of his associates in the profession,\\nwho, after he had left Hackensack, called him in to\\naid in a difficult cause in the Orphans Court of\\none of our inland counties, the preparation of which\\nhad not originally been made by Mr. Zabriskie,\\nsaid of him, that he readily mastered every detail\\nof an intricate transaction, and argued the cause as\\nif every witness had been before him, and every\\nminute particular had been familiar to him. To\\nuse his expression, the dead manuscript on which\\nthe testimony was written, seemed to be alive.\\nThis illustrates in the man of intellectual power, the\\nvalue of the discipline acquired by what is sometimes\\ncalled useless drugery.\\nIn 1842, Mr. Zabriskie was appointed Prosecutor\\nof the Pleas of the County of Bergen, an office\\nwhich among the order-loving and law-enforcing", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0045.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "36\\npeople of New Jersey has seldom been bestowed\\non the unworthy. In this office he became master\\nof the principles of the criminal law, and though\\naided by that strong sense of justice which always\\ncharacterized the descendants of the Hollanders, no\\nman in that county, amenable to the criminal law,\\nwent unpunished for lack of effort on his part. On\\naccount of the ability thus displayed, he was called\\nupon frequently afterwards, both to prosecute and\\ndefend in criminal causes. He was reappointed to\\nthis office, and if I mistake not, before the expiration\\nof his second term, he removed to Jersey City. In\\nan agricultural county such as Bergen then was, Mr.\\nZabriskie was frequently called on to prosecute or\\ndefend civil causes, in which the title to land was\\ninvolved. In this way he either became experienced\\nas a practical surveyor, or developed that knowledge\\nas a mathematician and a man of figures, which he had\\nacquired, and which he took pleasure in exercising.\\nHe was familiar with the proprietary history of New\\nJersey, and he understood every patent in the old\\nField Book of Bergen county, and the common lands\\nassigned to each patent. So much had this taste been\\ncultivated, that after he became Chancellor, he had a\\ncopy of some portion of this ancient and valuable", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0046.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "37\\nrecord hnng up in his office, where it was ready for\\ninspection. The reported cases in which he was en-\\ngaged showed how thoroughly he was a hmd-lawyer\\nand every member of the bar, in cases where the title\\nto land was involved, felt how formidable Mr. Z. was\\nas an adversary, and how much confidence and strength\\nhe acquired by his assistance. Samuel Berry the\\nold surveyor of Hackensack, who knew every tract of\\nland from the Bergen line to the Kills, and by whom\\noccupied, said to me, that Mr. Zabriskie was the\\nmost useful counsel in a land cause, that he knew.\\nHe thus acquired habits of patience and labor, so\\nthat tedious details, from which many able and\\nbrilliant men would turn away with aversion, became\\nto him matters of pleasure, so long as the pursuit\\nproved useful.\\nBefore he left Hackensack, in 1849, he had so\\nimpressed the Supreme Court by his thorough\\nresearch, and his capacity for patient labor, that he\\nwas made reporter of that tribunal, and held that\\nposition until some time in the year 1855.\\nHe thus acquired a fondness for the pursuits of\\nhis profession, so much so, that I once heard a\\nHackensack lawyer, younger than Mr. Zabriskie, say\\nof him, that in those days he took as much pleasure", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0047.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "38\\nill the investigation and trial of a cause, as he did\\nin eating- liis breakfast. Thus disci})hncd, with his\\narmor well made and accurately fitted, he sought a\\nwider field for the display of his powers, when in\\n1849 he came to the county of Hudson to reside.\\nWhen Mr. Zabriskie made his residence in the\\ncounty of Hudson, he was no stranger among our\\npeople. The county of Hudson was set off from the\\ncounty of Bergen in the year 1840. ILickcnsack,\\nprevious to 1840, was the county seat. Jurymen\\nfrom the old township of Bergen, now Hudson\\ncounty, assembled four times a year at Hackensack.\\nThese jurymen knew Mr. Zabriskie as a prominent\\nlawyer who was engaged in every cause of import-\\nance in the county. Every man who proved a will,\\nor administered on an estate came in personal contact\\nwith him. Political associations, which exert a large\\ninfluence in our country, in agricultural districts, made\\nthe inhabitants from the New Jersey state line to\\nKill Von KuU somewhat acquainted with each other.\\nThe people of old Powles Hook fought their political\\nbattles at a place located on the road to Hackensack,\\nwhere the Tlirec Pigeons, perched on the top of the\\ntavern sign, looked down on the combat with the", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0048.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "39\\nutmost complacency, without fluttering a wing or\\nwinking an eye.\\nOne of the results of this association of people was,\\nthat when Mr. Zal)riskie came to reside among us,\\nhaving becMi to some extent a leader in politics in\\nBergen connty, he was taken up by the people of\\nHudson county and elected to the State Senate in\\nthe year 1850, and served for three years in tliat\\nimportant post. His term of service included the\\nyears 1851, 1852 and 1853. Here he took an im-\\nportant part in legislatio!i, and thus came in personal\\ncontact with many leading men in the State of New\\nJersey, which resulted greatly to his advantage in\\nafter years.\\nHe also took some part as one of the committee\\nof citizens who framed the voluminous charter lor\\nJersey City, which was passed March 18, 1851, some\\nof the provisions of which were drafted by him.\\nHis hand can be seen in many acts of the legis-\\nlature wliich were passed while he was in the Senate.\\nI will refer to two iin[)ortant bills drafted by\\nhim, and which became laws.\\nThe legislative enactments of a government are\\nthe monuments, which to a great extent guide the\\nhistorian in tracing the progress of any people. The", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0049.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "40\\nwants and necessities, as well as the passions and\\nprejudices of a nation are largely portrayed in the\\nstatute book. The movement to abolish imprison-\\nment for debt had its strongest impulse in the terri-\\ntory comprised in the county of Hudson. Situated\\nopposite the city of New York, we caught the im-\\npulse which moved the people of the great metropolis,\\nand determined that the passenger who crossed our\\nborders should no longer dread the Hackensack jail\\nand its formidable keeper. Imprisonment for debt\\nwas abolished in the year 1840, and subsequently its\\nperpetual prohibition was declared by the Constitu-\\ntion of 1844.\\nAs a result new remedies were sousrht for. The\\nman who furnished materials, or bestowed his labor\\nin the erection of houses, desired to have a lien on\\nthat which his property or his industry created.\\nThe cautious lawyers, who held the doctrine, that\\na contract could not be binding unless by the\\nconsent of the party contracting, resisted the notion\\nthat there could be a lien on a building erected,\\nexcept with the consent of the owner. The new\\norder of things arising to some extent from the abo-\\nlition of imprisonment for debt, led to the adoption\\nof a new remedy, and the law of lien, derived so", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0050.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "41\\nlargely from the civil law, arose in importance. Lien\\nlaws, as applicable to the erection of houses, were\\nfrom time to time passed by the legislature, which\\nwere crude and badly digested, and which had only\\nan application to certain districts in the State.\\nSome of our ablest and most learned lawyers de-\\nclared that these laws could not be carried into effect.\\nMr. Zabriskie, however, saw the tendency of the\\ntimes, and with practical good sense and judgment,\\nembodied the laws in a compact and working system,\\nwhich has remained without serious alteration, and\\nhe so framed it, that whilst it afforded proper pro-\\ntection to the material-man and the laborer, the\\ncapitalist and the man who desired to erect his own\\ndwelling had a way pointed out, by which they\\ncould have sufficient freedom to carry on their enter-\\nprises.\\nRepresenting a county bounding on one of the\\nnoblest rivers and greatest harbors on the continent,\\ndestined to become great in the history of the nation\\nby reason of its proximity to the commercial metrop-\\nolis of this western empire, he became convinced\\nthat his constituents should have the benefit of that\\nrule of the local common law of the State of New\\nJersey, which held that the shore owner could dock", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0051.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "42\\nout in front of his land below high water mark, so\\nfar as might be proper or necessary for commercial\\npurposes. He framed, and by his influence passed\\nthe wharf act, every line of which showed practical\\nwisdom; and though a different rule of law was de-\\nclared by the Court of Appeals from that which was\\nsupposed to have prevailed in former years, yet in the\\ncelebrated case of Stevens against the Paterson and\\nNewark Railroad Company, he maintained with great\\nlearning and marked ability the opinion which he had\\nalways held at the bar, and after he had ceased to\\nhave any personal interest in that kind of property.\\nThough the riparian owner can now by making com-\\npensation to the State, acquire in a full and ample\\nmanner all the privileges of docking out into navi-\\ngable waters, yet so strong has been and still is the\\nfeeling in those counties in New Jersey which border\\non the sea and the great rivers, that with the excep-\\ntion of the Budd Tract and Black Tom s Reef, no\\ngrant has been made in front of the shore except\\nto the riparian owner; and in those two cases, the\\nconcessions have been practically rendered of no\\navail, since the grants of the State have become\\nultimately vested in the riparian owners. When Mr.", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0052.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "43\\nZabriskie left the Senate of New Jersey, he carried\\nwith him the esteem of the people of the State.\\nIn the year 1854, au act of the legislature of the\\nState of New Jersey was passed, by which it was\\nprovided that the exclusive privileges commonly\\nknown as the Camden and Amboy Railroad monop-\\noly, should expire on the 1st of January, 1869.\\nAbout that time there was much discussion in the\\nState relative to the renewal of this monopoly grant.\\nMr. Zabriskie at that period took strong ground\\nagainst the renewal of these monopoly privileges,\\nand at a public meeting in Jersey City, declared that\\nthe people should, with pickaxe in hand, tear up the\\nrails, rather than have so odious a contract perpetu-\\nated. For this expression of just indignation, he was\\ncalled the captain of the Pickaxe Guard. The inde-\\npendent portion of the community, however, sus-\\ntained rather than condemned his earnest declar-\\nations, and the State of New Jersey has been relieved\\nfrom the obnoxious restriction.\\nThe practical character of Mr. Zabriskie s mind\\nwas evinced by the ability which he displayed as a\\nrailroad director, and to some extent a railroad man-\\nager.\\nWhen it became necessary for the New York and", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0053.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "44\\nErie Railroad Company to make their terminus at\\nJersey City, the manner in wliich that object should\\nbe accomplished was of serious importance. The\\nfinances of the company were not in the most pros-\\nperous condition. In 1857, commercial disasters and\\nbankruptcy came with their discouraging influences\\nupon the country. Money was to be raised, and it\\nrequired the credit of a new and distinct institution\\nto accomplish that object. The Long Dock charter,\\nwhich was passed February 2(j, 185G, was drawn by\\nMr. Zabriskie. Tliat company in name and in title\\nto property was distinct from the New York and Erie\\nRailroad Company. They had power to raise money\\nby issuing bonds. The tunnel was built and the line\\nof rails was laid from the west side of the Bergen\\nHill to the Hudson. The property purchased and\\nfilled in was ample to secure the bonds which were\\nissued, and the Long Dock Company being a distinct\\nassociation from the New York and Erie Railroad\\nCompany, had a character and credit of its own, and\\nwas not involved by the encumbrance of the several\\nmortgages on the main line. The plan was a success,\\nand the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad Com-\\npany was continued to the waters of the Hudson\\nRiver through the tunnel, on the lands of the Long", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0054.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "45\\nDock Company. Such is the recognized legal status\\nof the Patersoii and Hudson River Railroad Company\\nby the Supreme Court of our State and such was\\nthe design of Mr. Zabriskie. He was one of the\\nmost trusted advisers of Nathaniel Marsh, under\\nwhose careful, judicious and econoiiiical management,\\nthe New York and Erie Railroad Company was con-\\ntinued after he was appointed receiver, as the Erie\\nRailway Company, and earned the dividends on the\\ncommon and preferred stocks which were paid under\\nhis administration.\\nIn the year 1856, Mr. Zabriskie was elected a\\ndirector of the New Jersey Railroad and Transpor-\\ntation Comjiany, and held that position until he was\\nmade Chancellor in the year 18(50.\\nHe was not a nominal director but was placed in\\nthe important position of chairman of the executive\\ncommittee of that company. He soon became master\\nof all the affairs of the road, and gave his attention\\nto the number of cars and locomotives which were\\nrequired, the capacity of the work-shops, and the\\nrequirements of the road, and such was the accuracy\\nof his mathematical mind, that he knew and retained\\nin his memory the most minute details of the affairs\\nof this corporation.", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0055.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "46\\nI once heard a railroad man brought up in this\\ncompany say of certain plans which he suggested\\nwith reference to the working of the road, and which\\nhad received the approval of Mr. Zabriskie, that after\\nsuch a sanction he did not feel much doubt of the\\nresult such was his confidence in Mr. Zabriskie s\\njudgment. All the duties which he performed as\\ndirector of ihe road, were concurrent with an exten-\\nsive practice in the law, in the management of cases\\nwhich required learning, labor and sagacity, and in\\nwhich he met as adversaries the ablest counsel of the\\nState.\\nHe performed the arduous duties of Chancellor\\nwith a promptness which has never been surpassed\\nby any other officer who has held that position. No\\ncause ever unduly hung on his hands by reason of a\\nwant of time for its examination and decision. There\\nwas an increase of business in that court during his\\nterm of office, arising out of the extension of com-\\nmercial and manufacturing affairs. He held his ollice\\nduring a period of great progress and growth. The\\nbusiness of the Court of Chancery was so arranged\\nas to give facility to suitors, and his motion days for\\nmatters of practice and injunction were an exempli-\\nfication of the system which characterized the man.", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0056.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "47\\nHis decisions show a mind positive and independent,\\nevince labor and research, and have established for\\nChancellor Zabriskie an enduring fame as a judge.\\nThough some reversals may be pointed to in the\\nCourt of Appeals, it must be remembered that he\\ndid not have the advantage of his distinguished pre-\\ndecessor, Chancellor Green, who, before he became\\nChancellor, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,\\nwieldin2: to some extent the united influence of the\\ncommon law bench, exerted a controlling influence\\nover the Court of Appeals.\\nMen achieve distinction or acquire wealth by the\\nmanner in which they use their time. There must be\\na time for labor, for rest and recreation and the\\nsystematic distribution of time for occupation or re-\\npose becomes a matter of primary importance. When\\nenira^ cd in })usiness he gave his whole attention to\\nthe matter before him. He had the power of ab-\\nstracting himself from all other concerns except that\\nwhich was before him. With him labor was a con-\\ncentrated power and continued elfort. His labors\\nperformed, he sought recreation. Ho attended the\\nsocial entertainments given by others, and bore his\\npart as if amusement and conversation were the sole\\nconcerns of his life. He brought others around him", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0057.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "48\\nat the social board, and then it appeared as if hospi-\\ntality was his chief pleasure. He read miscellaneous\\nliterature and found time to keep up with the knowl-\\nedge of the various discoveries in science and im-\\nprovement in art. He could and did give days,\\nweeks and months to travel in his own land and\\nEuropean countries. The first time he went to\\nEurope, he fixed previously the day of his departure\\nand return, and mapped out his course of travel with\\nmost undeviating accuracy. If he designed any day\\nto leave home and go to particular places, he fixed\\nthe time of his departure and return, and estimated\\nwith accuracy the period necessary to be occupied in\\nthe accomplishment of the object before him. Mathe-\\nmatical accuracy was one of the elements of his mind,\\nand without apparent labor it seemed to be diffused\\nover his life and controlled his conduct. To men of\\nbusiness he seemed to be in a most eminent degree a\\nman of business. With those who sought to fill time\\nby amusement as an occupation, he seemed as if his\\nhours and days were given to similar pursuits. In his\\noffice his papers were arranged with system. His\\ntable was never encumbered by the broken piles of\\nmanuscript which is too often apt to be the case with\\nthe profession.", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0058.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "49\\nThe chaotic confusion which mars hibor and dis-\\nturbs the man of business, never diverted him from\\nthe pursuit of the object before him. It was said of\\nMr. Grattan, the distinguished Irish orator, that he\\nwould have been far more eminent if he had only\\nknown how to use red tape to tie up his papers.\\nIn Chancellor Zabriskie s case, there was no lumber\\ngarret, where documents and papers were piled away\\nwithout system or without order.\\nThis was one of the characteristics of Mr. Horace\\nBinney, one of the most eminent lawyers this country\\nhas produced. He could labor with patience and\\nsystem in a cause, before the stir of the impending\\nconflict aroused him to activity. I have heard busi-\\nness men speak of calling on Mr. Binney. Nothing\\nbut writing materials were found on his table to indi-\\ncate that he was a man of labor. The thing talked\\nof was in many cases done on the spot, and these\\nmatters practically ended. These peculiarities of\\nbusiness depended largely on the structure of the\\nmind, but they are also the result of habit enforced\\nby the power of the will. It is said of Cyrus the\\nGreat, who established an empire that long survived\\nhis own time, that being in a mechanic s shop and\\nobserving the number of tools used, and that the", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0059.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "50\\nmaster of the shop knew every tool by name, and the\\npurpose for which it should be used, he thought\\nit strange that a general should not know the names\\nof all his captains, who are the instruments he must\\nuse in all his enterprises and operations. This ac-\\ncomplished commander following the suggestion,\\nmade himself acquainted with the names, as well as\\nthe capacity of all his captains. The genius of this\\ngreat monarch and soldier was thus aided by his\\nknowledge, which was a matter of detail in business.\\nTaking into consideration the combination of facul-\\nties and powers possessed by Chancellor Zabriskie,\\nit may be said of him, that he was not surpassed at\\nthe bar of New Jersey, when he was at the noon-day\\nof his career. He acquired a knowledge of a case\\nwith facility, though possibly not as rapid in his sur-\\nvey as some of his cotemporaries. His industry\\nsearched out and explored not only the most promin-\\nent points, but also the most minute details. Though\\nsomewhat involved in the presentation of a case, no\\npoint of importance which would bear on the result\\nwas omitted. His great power was to illustrate the\\nleading principles of a cause by practical examples.\\nHe was never known to argue a cause in which he\\ntook much interest, without presenting facts and", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0060.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "51\\ntruths which appeared to be analogous, and by mean^\\nof which he impressed his hearers with a conviction of\\nthe soundness of his propositions. In the Court of\\nAppeals, where causes were decided with rapidity,\\nand where the judges were men widely differing in\\neducation and habits of thought, apt illustrations\\nwhich appeared to cover in every particular the cause\\nbefore them, produced impressions which amounted\\nto convictions.\\nTalking before a jury in a simple and conversa-\\ntional way, with a manner which seemed full of\\nsincerity and truth, and illustrating point after point,\\nby some homely simile drawn from the affairs of\\nevery day life, he arrested the attention, excited the\\nfeelings whether of favor or prejudice, and secured\\nthe conviction of the twelve. While he possessed\\nthis wonderful facility of illustration, a faculty some-\\nwhat pecuHar to the poetical mind, he was not what\\nwould be called a man of imagination. Nobody\\nwould ever have accused him of writing a poem, or\\nof laying the dramatic ground-work and building the\\nfanciful structure of a novel. If we analyze the\\npowers of his mind, the wonder was, that while he\\nwas in so eminent a degree mathematical, with an\\naccurate knowledge of physical laws, he should at", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0061.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "52\\nthe same time have been so fertile in illustrations and\\nanalogies to explain and enforce his meaning, a\\nfaculty which is generally supposed to be an element\\nof the imaginative mind,\\nMan s faculties are oftentimes like the minerals and\\nthe metals. They run in veins, while all the imme-\\ndiate surroundings are common earth or barren rock.\\nNot so with Mr. Zabriskie. He was a full man. He\\nevinced this in every occupation or position in which\\nhe was placed. While there were some veins of\\ngreater richness than others, the ore permeated the\\nmass. He was able as a man of business, competent\\nto direct in affairs small or large he was of great\\nlearning as a lawyer whether at nisi prius or before\\nthe bench, he had no superiors among his cotempo-\\nraries in New Jersey and he was able as a judge.\\nA person who can thus in varied positions display his\\npowers, may be called a full man.\\nMr. Zabriskie was in the course of his life what our\\nAmerican people call a successful man. He was suc-\\ncessful in many and varied ways. While he earned\\na fame which made him generally known among the\\npeople of the State and beyond our borders, he\\nacquired property, and was looked to by men of busi-\\nness as eminently sagacious in the management of", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0062.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "63\\naffairs. The good opinion of his fellow-men, in this\\nparticular was manifested by his being made a di-\\nrector and a trustee in so many institutions by which\\nproperty and money were managed and controlled.\\nHe was a director in railroads, in a bank, in a life\\ninsurance and trust company a trustee of the old\\nJersey City Savings Bank a director of the Jersey\\nCity Gas Company; of a turnpike company, and of\\nother institutions by which property is managed.\\nIn these places of trust he was not a mere nominal\\nor silent officer. He understood well the affairs of\\neach institution for which he was a trustee. He sug-\\ngested and advised, and his voice frequently con-\\ntrolled the line of conduct which was pursued. He\\nwas positive in his opinions, maintaining them with\\nfirmness, and assigning reasons which frequently con-\\nstrained the action of others who sat around the\\nboard in like official positions with himself In these\\npositions he commanded and enforced attention by his\\nknowledge and will, rather than moved others by\\nsympathetic influences.\\nUnder a manner which sometimes appeared cold\\nand repulsive, there was a warm and generous spirit.\\nHe was ready and willing to serve his friends by", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0063.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "u\\nspending his time, his efforts and his money in their\\nbehalf.\\nHe was a social man, and gathered around him not\\nonly persons of rank and distinction, but those for\\nwhom he felt a personal interest. When he went on\\nthe last trip of pleasure and instruction, from which\\nhe never returned, he felt that he would have little\\nenjoyment if he went alone. He sought the com-\\npanionship of one well known to him, who had been\\nan associate in professional struggles, and toward\\nwhom he felt the regard of a genuine friendship.\\nThus in his last hours he received that kind attention,\\nthat genuine sympathy, due only to those who are\\ngood and true, and which are among the highest\\ntributes which mortals can bestbw on each other.\\nHe had passed through a life of labor, usefulness,\\ndistinction and honor. He had seen the peoples of\\nthe old world, and observed closely the operations of\\ntheir institutions and laws. He had acquired a com-\\npetency. He had retired from the highest judicial\\nposition of his State. He sought a more intimate\\nknowledge of that vast continent, over a large por-\\ntion of which, in his own time, he had seen the power\\nand political institutions of his native country ex-\\ntended. He passed the Rocky Mountains and viewed", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0064.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "55\\nthat vast and varied domain, with all its beauty and\\ngrandeur, which stretches to the setting sun. Ira-\\npressed with glories of the most sublime natural\\nscenerj^, having witnessed the unparalleled progress,\\nof a great State, the offspring of our glorious Union,\\nglittering with the rich robes and jewels of a younger\\nsister, upon the shores of the Pacific ocean, he sought\\nto return to his home there to celebrate with his\\nfamily and his friends the nnniversary of that Declar-\\nation of Independence which gave birth to an empire,\\nand to take his part among that body of men, who\\nhad been selected to frame anew a charter for a con-\\nstitutional government.\\nFrom such scenes and under such circumstances, he\\nwas called to that rest which belongs to the faithful\\nand the true.", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0065.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "CORRESPONDENCE.\\nJersey City, Jaxuary 3, 1874.\\nRev. W. H, Campbell, L. L. D.\\nDear Sir The friends of the late Chancellor Zabriskie\\nare about to publish a memorial book or pamphlet to per-\\npetuate his memory, containing the eulogy pronounced by\\nthe Hon. I. W. Scudder, c.\\nIt would afford us much pleasure to be able to publish\\nyour sermon, pronounced upon the occasion of his funeral.\\nIf you can furnish us with a copy for publication, you\\nwill greatly oblige, and I remain.\\nVery truly, yours,\\nJACOB WEART,\\nChairman of Committee,", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0066.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "57\\nNew Brunswick, Jaxuart 12, 1874.\\nJ. Weaut, Esq., Chairman, c.\\nDear Sir I have received your note requesting for pub-\\nlication a copy of the address delivered at the funeral of\\nHon. A. O. Zabriskie. I send it to you with pleasure,\\nmingled with great sorrow at the loss of so dear a friend.\\nWith great respect,\\nYours, very truly,\\nW. H. CAMPBELL.", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0067.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "58\\nSERMON BY DR. CAMPBELL.\\nHere lies your dead friend, and here seated around\\nhis body are the living friends, who mourn his de-\\nparture and are about to bear him hence for burial.\\nAnd here, as is right, the ambassador of Christ is\\ncalled on to speak to the living words befitting this\\noccasion, and to speak of the dead those truthful\\nwords, which may instruct, comfort, strengthen and\\nwarn the living. And what shall be said to the\\nliving Those words of our Saviour are the most\\ntimely today\\nWatch therefore; for ye know not what hour\\nyour Lord doth come. Matt, xxiv., 42.\\nIn these words the Master speaks of himself and\\nhe speaks to you. He, who has come and taken away\\nyour friend, tells you to watch, because he is coming\\nfor you, and coming too without giving you any\\nwarning as to the lime of his approach. And as\\nevery one of these words is weighty, let us weigh\\nthem well.\\nIt is your Lord who here speaks, and who is\\ncoming lor you. Jesus of Nazareth, who lived on\\nearth as a man of sorrows, and died as a malefactor\\non the cross, is your Lord.", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0068.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "59\\nLord. His was a twofold nature. He was a true\\nman in body and soul, that he might obey and suffer\\nas a substitute for sinful men. He also became man\\nto show the possibilities of human nature, when divine\\npower had undertaken to raise it from its degrada-\\ntion. But he was God also, the eternal and only be-\\n2:otten Son of God. As such he thou2:ht it not\\nrobbery to be equal with God, though he had emptied\\nhimself of his glory, and made himself of no repu-\\ntation, that he might do good to men. But as the\\nSon of God he also holds and does the duties of a\\ndivine office, as the Word of God. As such the Son\\nis the Spokesman of Deity, and every revehition of\\nhimself, which God has ever made to men, has been\\neffected through the Son in his office of the eternal\\nWord.\\nI4 Thus it was he who spoke this world into being.\\nAll things were made by him; and without him was\\nnot anything made that was made. And while the\\nheavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament\\nshoweth his handy work, all this revelation of the\\nwisdom, power and goodness of God, as seen in the\\nvisible creation, is made by the eternal Son, the\\nWord, the Spokesman of God.\\n2. By him too all things consist, upholding all", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0069.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "60\\nthings by the word of his power, We speak of the\\nphysical laws by which the material world is kept in\\nbeing, but we mean thereby that fixed and uniform\\ncourse, whereby the Son of God holds in being the\\nworld he has created, and by which sustenance he,\\nas the Word, makes a constant revelation of the wis-\\ndom, power and goodness of God. There was then a\\ndepth of meaning in the Psalmist s words: Day unto\\nday uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth\\nknowledge. There is no speech nor language where\\ntheir voice is not heard. That voice is the utterance\\nof the divine Spokesman, making known with a\\nceaseless reiteration the glory of God. This daily\\nupholding and governing of the physical world is\\ngiving evermore a new revelation of the wisdom,\\npower and goodness of God.\\n3. So also the Word has done and is doing his\\nwork of revealing God, by setting up and continuing\\na moral government in the world.\\nIt is necessary in order to have a moral govern-\\nment among men, that the subjects of it should be\\ncapable of knowing tlie just^ the good and the true,\\nand feeling the duty, beauty and desirableness of\\nhaving justice, goodness and truth as the character-\\nistics of oneself Now conscience in man fits him to", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0070.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "61\\nbe thus a subject of moral government, and the Word\\nhas placed it in the human breast to be man s monitor\\nand guide. Furthermore he has established here that\\nfixed order of sequences, whereby rewards and pun-\\nishments are visited upon men according to their\\ndeeds. And the Word speaks both in conscience and\\nthis fixed order. That voice is ever audible. It says,\\nit shall be well with him who heeds the Itiw of God,\\nand it shall be ill with him who breaks its precepts.\\nAnd it is the voice of the eternal Word who thus\\nreveals the justice of God.\\n4. And now when, in utter disregard of God speak-\\ning by conscience and the dispensation of rewards\\nand punishments, man had trodden under foot the\\njustice, goodness and truth of God, the Word comes\\nto make his fourth revelation, transcending all others,\\nthe revelation of mercy, God pities sinners. He con-\\ntinues inflexibly just, and yet becomes a Saviour.\\nThese two attributes, which appear to be so diametri-\\ncally opposed to each other, are to be manifested in\\nGod, both in him in an infinite degree, and yet both\\nin perfect harmony. Justice demands and must have\\nfull satisfaction for all the transgressions of the law,\\nwhile infinite mercy demands and must have the full,\\nfree pardon of the transgressor. This revelation of", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0071.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "62\\nsomething hereafter to be accomplished the Word\\nannounced in Eden, when man began to sin. And\\never after down along the track of time he spoke,\\nunfolding little by little but ever more fully the\\nwondrous story of the blended justice and mercy of\\nGod. At length the fullness of time having come,\\nthe full revelation burst at once upon the view of\\nangels and men, when the incarnate Son of God was\\nseen nailed to the cross, the substitute of sinners, and\\nbearing for them the wrath of God. Thus the divine\\njustice was fully satisfied, and thus the way was\\nopened up for the mercy and love of God to be\\npoured out upon sinners.\\nNow then it is fully revealed. Man can become\\nonce more a son of God through the obedience and\\nsufferings of Jesus the Mediator. He becomes too a\\nson in expectancy of an inheritance. A home awaits\\nhim in the Father s house, and he is here preparing\\nfor it. The mansion in heaven is being made ready\\nfor him, and he on earth is being made ready for it.\\nAnd in this preparation the fourth revelation of the\\nWord has wondrous ejQficacy. What power is there\\nin the teaching and life of Christ to free a man from\\nthe dominion of sin as well as from its guilt, when\\nthe Holy Spirit applies to the soul the truth that", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0072.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "63\\nthere is in that life and teaching. Wonderful life, so\\njust, so pure, so tender, so kind, so unselfish, so self-\\nsacrificing, so unwearied in goodness, so perfect, in-\\nfinite in its mercy for sinners. It was indeed a revel-\\nation of God. And when the Holy Spirit opens a\\nman s heart to see its beauty, and creates his heart\\nanew so that he can feel that beauty, and love God\\nand Christ because of it, it works wonders in the\\nhuman soul. It transforms it into the divine image.\\nIt makes man a partaker of the divine nature. It\\nbegins in the soul a holiness like that of God, causing\\na joy in thinking of God and becoming like him,\\nwhich is a foretaste of heaven as well as a preparation\\nfor it. Oh, this wonderful fourth revelation of the\\nSon of God. What it has done for men What it\\nis now doing What it shall hereafter do for them\\nBlessed is he unto whom the Lord has thus come in\\nthe power of his fourth revelation.\\n5. But the next revelation which the Word makes\\nunto men, is when he comes as the Lord to take them\\naway into the world of spirits. Then the unseen\\nworld, of which we now have knowledge by revel-\\nation alone, will be seen and known by consciousness.\\nThen the connection between the present and the\\nfuture, between the life here and the life after the", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0073.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "64\\ndeath of the body, will be made clear. And it will\\nbe seen that the present is the preparation for the\\nfuture life that keeping the heart here is most im-\\nportant, since out of the kept heart alone are the\\nissues of life that he who sows to the flesh shall of\\nthe flesh reap corruption, while he alone who sows to\\nthe Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.\\nThis fifth revelation the Son of God, the Word, has\\nnow made to your deceased friend. And soon it will\\nbe made to you. When, no one knows but the Re-\\nvealer, your Lord. And therefore he gives you this\\nexhortation, luatch. That is, be prepared for my\\ncoming for you by believing on me as the sacrifice\\nfor your sins, and as the source of grace by which\\nyou shall be prepared to dwell in my father s house\\nabove. Oh, what a revelation that new state of\\nexistence after death will be That state, as the\\nWord shall make it known to each disembodied spirit\\nby the ministry of angels, will be a revelation of un-\\nspeakable joy or of unutterable anguish, according as\\neach has accepted or rejected the gracious invitations\\nof Jesus Christ. All day long through the whole of\\nthe earthly life the voice of mercy calls on men to\\nflee from wrath and to cast themselves upon the care\\nof him who is mighty to save. All, who do so, will", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0074.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "65\\nhave on dying a wondrous revelation of love and\\nblessedness, when the enthroned King- will own them\\nbefore the an^-els, who owned him araonn- men. And\\nthey will tlien know as never before what sorrow is,\\nwho, having despised the voice of mercy on earth,\\nhave naught to expect at death but the revelation of\\nwrath.\\n6. The last revelation of God to men, will be made\\nby the Son of God, as all the others have been. This\\nis to be made at the general judgment, which is to be\\nconducted by Christ. Because he hath appointed a\\nday, in the which he will judge the \\\\Yorld in righteous-\\nness by that man whom he hath ordained whereof\\nhe hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath\\nraised him from the dead.\\nThere is a peculiar fitness in the committing of the\\nfinal judgment of the world to the Word. For since\\nhe everywhere else has spoken for God unto men, so\\nhere he speaks, making the last and fullest revelation.\\nThen all the dark problems of earth will be solved\\nits wrongs be made right, and all the ways of God to\\nmen be justified in the vindication of everything that\\nis just, true and good, and in the condemnation of all\\nthat is unjust, fiilse and evil. And in that last judg-\\nment the glory of Christ will be plainly manifested.", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0075.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "66\\nBy his godhead he will know all hearts and all\\nactions. He will need none to help him in deciding\\neach case at once and with perfect justice. And\\nthere will not be one in that vast assembly, countless\\nto men or angels, who will have a word to say against\\nhis sentence, however heavily it may bear down upon\\nthe soul.\\nThe revelations at death and the judgment will be\\nin accordance with the life here on earth. As one\\nwatches or neglects watching will there be hereafter\\njoy or woe. And to watch is to heed all the four\\nrevelations of Christ, which have been already re-\\nceived. Especially must one heed the revelation of\\nmercy, as made known in the gospel and displayed\\nat Calvary. Get near the cross to gaze not only upon\\nthe dying lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of\\nthe world, but to have his precious blood drop upon\\nyou, sprinkle and save you. Say, as you dwell ever\\nwatchfully near it\\nNothing in my liand I bring,\\nSimply to thy cross I cling\\nNaked come to thee for dress,\\nHelpless look to thee for grace;\\nFoul I to the fountain fly,\\nWash me, Saviour, or I die.\\nBe thus prepared for these awful future revelations.", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0076.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "67\\nAnd now I am to speak of the dead. Nor is the\\ntask difficult or irksome. It is botli easy and pleas-\\nant. Easy because the character had strongly marked\\nfeatures. It was, too, quite symmetrical. It had in it\\nno contradictions, no politic concealments, none of\\nthe crookednesses, which spring from the hypocrisies\\nof selfishness. Mr. Zabriskie s character was an epistle\\nwritten in plain, legible letters, and it could be read\\nand known by all men. It is also a pleasant and not\\nan irksome task, say rather a privilege to describe\\nthis character. For it was a good character. One\\ncan dwell upon it with great satisfaction, mingled\\nonly with the regret, that he, who bore it, will be\\nseen no more here.\\nEverything about Mr. Zabriskie s mind was massive\\nlike his body. He had a great intellect. He was the\\nfirst in his class at school, first in his class at college,\\nfirst as a student of law, first as a lawyer at the bar,\\nand first as a judge upon the bench. A distinguished\\nlawyer, whose opinions have great weight with you\\nall, told me that A. 0. Zabriskie was a lawyer, whom\\nhe always feared to have as his opposing counsel,\\nbecause he was never sure before hand what his line\\nof argument was going to be. And this remark of\\nthe brother lawyer touches the very point of Mr. Z. s", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0077.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "68\\nintellectual character. He was a genias. He could\\ndiscern the new, where there was the new to be dis-\\ncovered, and he could use it with all the powers of a\\nmind, that was well betokened by his strong arm,\\nwhich moved up and down, and back and forth most\\nenerjetically, as he gave forth his weighty arguments.\\nAt the same time so well-balanced an intellect had he,\\nthat no inventive powers could lead him to disregard\\nauthority^ which ought to and must have so much\\nweight in the law. And this regard for authority\\nmade him a diligent student in many departments of\\nknowledge. He was well-read not only in law, but\\nalso in history, the natural sciences, anatomy, medi-\\ncine and theology. And especially as any of these\\nbore upon his own profession. And accuracy also\\nmarked him in every department of his studies.\\nWhat he had studied at all, was thoroughly studied.\\nHe had also a great soul. By this I mean that he\\nhad large and strong affections. He had a large\\nheart in his large body. Some men s aftections are\\nstrong, but their exercise is limited to kindred. Mr.\\nZ. loved his relatives dearly, but his regards, sym-\\npathies and deeds of love extended far beyond the\\ncircle of his kindred. He was very undemonstrative\\nas to what he felt and did in the wav of kindness and", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0078.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "69\\nbeneficence. Much of what he did has become\\nknown by the information of the. benefitted. Nor\\ndid he weary of doing kindnesses, when he was\\ntreated ungratefully. Once when so treated a friend\\nsaid to him, ^I suppose you have learned a lesson,\\nwhich will keep you from ever doing a like deed.\\nHis reply was: I would do it again under like cir-\\ncumstances; for the needs of society require just\\nsuch acts. Could the two last letters which Mr. Z.\\nwrote (bearing dale a few days before his death and\\naddressed to persons not his blood-relatives) be read\\nto this assembly, none here would need further proof\\nof the largeness of his heart.\\nHe was also a conscientious man. He took pains\\nto know his duty, and when known he faithfully dis-\\ncharged it. As a boy, he was mirthful, full of fun,\\nand even of harmless mischief. When he became a\\nman, boyish fan gave place to cheerful manliness.\\nAnd yet boyhood, manhood, middle life and riper\\nyears displayed a character without a blot. He has\\ngone in and out among you at Millstone, Princeton,\\nNewark, Hackensack and Jersey City, and bear wit-\\nness, fellow-citizens, whom of you has he ever in-\\njured? Or who of you can accuse him of aught\\nevil?", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0079.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "10\\nAnd now as to the greatest interest of all, was he\\nwatching when his Lord came\\nOn this point I have several remarks to make. Mr.\\nZ. was a firm believer in the doctrines of the Re-\\nformed Church, in which he was born, baptized,\\nreared and spent his life. And he was a firm believer\\nof these three vital truths of Christianity\\n1. The Bible is the infalHble word of God, given to\\nteach men the way of salvation.\\n2. Man is a sinner, and can only be saved by faith\\nin the atonement of Christ the eternal and only be-\\ngotten Son of God.\\n3. The woi k of the Holy Spirit is necessary for the\\nenlightenment, renewal and sanctification of the heart.\\nExcept a man be born again he cannot see the King-\\ndom of God.\\nIn view of this belief and of his upright, consistent\\nlife, he was urged again and again to make a public\\nprofession of his belief and purpose of life to obey\\nChrist. Had he applied to the Church, he would\\nhave been received at once. Now why did he not thus\\npublicly profess? In my judgment he was in a large\\nmeasure deterred by a wrong view of the third article\\nof his belief, the necessity of the regenerating work", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0080.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "71\\nof the Holy Spirit. He was waiting for some almost\\nmiraculous manifestation of the presence and power\\nof the Spirit, which would put his Christian experi-\\nence quite out of the domain of faith, and make it a\\nmatter of sight. He foiled to see, that the power of\\nthe Spirit is exercised in silence and unseen, and is\\nknown only by its effects that religion is not a\\nmiracle but a life that he who walks lovingly and\\nobediently in the path which the Spirit points out in\\nthe Scriptures is led by the Spirit and is a son of\\nGod.\\nMr. Z. was waiting for something which never\\ncame, and never would have come, if he had lived\\non to the end of the century. And yet the Spirit\\nmay have been with him all the time, though he\\nknew it not. As he read the Scriptures day by day,\\nas was his wont; and as he looked up to God for\\nguidance, and committed his way unto him who\\nare you and I to exclude him from the divine favor,\\nbecause he did not commune When we, notwith-\\nstanding our frequent communions, may at last be\\ncastaways. And just here comes in the lesson of\\nwarning to the living. Sinful, helpless, cast your-\\nselves on the divine mercy, and do it in the divine\\nway. One can never get on earth so near to Christ", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0081.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "72\\nas at the Supper of the Lord. The language of such\\nail approach is\\nJust as I am without one plea,\\nBut that thy blood was shed for me,\\nAnd that thou bidst me come to thee.\\nJust as I am Tliy love unknown\\nHas broken every barrier down,\\nNow to Ije thine, yea thine alone,\\nO, Lamb of God, I come I come\\nThis plea, excUiding all else but Christ, moves\\nheaven to do that, which heaven will never reverse.", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0082.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "73\\nPROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT OF ERRORS AND APPEALS\\nAT TRENTON.\\n[Report taken from the True Americrui.]\\nAttorney-General Gilclirist called the attention of the Court\\nto the death of tlie late Chancellor. He said\\nMay it please your Honors On Friday afternoon last, the\\nfamily of the late Chancellor Zabriskie received information\\nby telegram, dated at Truckee, California, from Mr. Knapp,\\na member of the bar, that ChanceUor Zabriskie was very ill.\\nAt ten o clock on the evening of tlie same day, they received\\na telegram that he was dead. No particulars of his death\\nhave been received, excej)! that he died of erysipelas, and\\nfrom the fact that the two dispatches were from Truckee, and\\nseveral hours apart, it is concluded that the Chancellor did\\nnot die in the cars. News of his illness excited tlie sympathy\\nof his neighbors. News of his death startled the -whole State,\\nfor he was widely and genei-ally known, respected and loved.\\nThe death of so distinguished a man, so lately a member of\\nthis court, seems to justify a departure from the general rule\\nthat the court do not place upon its records a memorial of the\\ndeath of any but those who are members of the court, but it\\nis the duty of the living to bury the dead, and, though it is\\nno part of the duty of the living to praise them, yet when so\\ndistinguished a man falls, under circumstances so peculiar as\\nthose which attended the death of Chancellor Zabriskie, a", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0083.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "74\\ndeath so sudden, while on a journey of intelligent observation\\nand recreation in a distant State, we must mourn our loss. It\\nassuages a grief that we feel to dwell upon his virtues and\\nif it be praise to speak of them, it is nature that speaks.\\nWhat was weak and mortal in him we find remaining in our-\\nselves. Wliat was good in him we have lost. We cannot\\nbut mourn the loss of these. Mr. Gilchrist continued, at\\nsome length, to extol the character of the Chancellor as a man,\\na laAvyer and a judge and among other things, said that\\neven his errors and defects showed the greatness of his soul.\\nHe remarked upon the simplicity, modesty and gentleness of\\nthe Chancellor in social intercourse and even amid the under\\ncontracts of professional life, and held up the Chancellor s\\nintellectual, moral and social character as one to be emulated\\nand imitated, remarkiug that from it not only the bar but the\\nbench could learn many lessons. During Mr. Gilchrist s re-\\nmarks he developed the following facts: Deceased was born\\nat Greenbush, opposite Albany, N. Y., on June lOth, 1807,\\nand was taken to Millstone, N. J., in 1811. He was entered\\nat Princeton College in 1823, and graduated at Princeton in\\n1825. lie commenced to study law in 1825, with James S.\\nGreen, Es i., of Princeton, and was admitted lo j)ractice in\\nNovember, 1828. He was admitted a counsellor in 1831, and\\nsettled first at Newark. In 1830 he removed to Ilackensack,\\nand there remained in practice until 1849. While in Ilacken-\\nsack he held the oflice of Surrogate and Prosecutor of Pleas.\\nHe became Cliancellor on the 1st of May, 1866, served his\\nterm and died of erysipelas at Truckee, Cal., June 27lh, 1873.\\nThe Attorney-General concluded by moving the court, that", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0084.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "75\\nout of respect to the memory of so great a jurist and man\\nthe court do now adjourn.\\nCliancollor liunyon replied\\nThe news of the death of the distinguished jurist, whose\\ndemise has been so eloquently :ind feelingly announced to the\\ncourt by the Attorney-General, was received with the deepest\\nregret. Having just retired from a position he had filled\\nwith great honor to himself and his State, having rounded up\\na life of usefulness, full of years and full of honors; having\\nwell served his generation, he has fallen asleep. His long\\nconnection with this court as its presiding oflicer his long\\nand intimate connection with its business befoi e he came to\\nits bench his identification with the administration of justice\\nas lawyer and judge, for nearly half a century, render\\neulogium unnecessary among those with whom he has been\\nassociated. His name is added to those of whose record New\\nJersey is proud. Much as she prizes her history and its asso-\\nciations, the valor and patriotism of her sons on field and\\ndeck, proud as she is of the character of her peoi)le, of her\\nresources and the enterprise of her citizens, she reckons among\\nher brightest jewels the lives of such as he; the men who\\nhave given her her great character for justice, for law and\\norder. To speak their names would be to utter the household\\nwords of her firesides. The deceased was a consummate\\nlawyer, a just, patient and im] artinl judge a citizen always\\non the side of the right as iUul gave him to see the right\\nconservative in his views, firm and positive in his convictions,\\nan honor to the State and the nation. When he left us his", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0085.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "76\\neye was not dim nor his natural force abated he looked for-\\nward, as well he might, to future useful labor for the State,\\nafter that vacation which he intended should be but for a few\\ndays, but which God, in His providence, has made eternal.\\nHis life was full of high and honorable, example, of duty\\nconscientiously discharged and life s labor well and diligently\\ndone.\\nThe Attorney-General s motion was adopted.", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0086.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "77\\nRESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE COXSTiri TIOXAL COMMIS-\\nSION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, JULY Stii, 1873.\\nON THE DEATH OF HON. ABRAHAM O. ZABRISKIE.\\nWhile reverently bowing to the dispensation of an all-wise\\nprovidence, which lias called iVoni the sphere of his earthly\\ninfluence, in the full vigor and maturity of his great powers,\\nthe late President of this body, the Honorable A. O. Zabris-\\nkie, a due respect to the memory of a great life ended, sanc-\\ntions the expression of our sorrow at the irreparable loss this\\nbody has sustained in his death.\\nHonored by the State and his fellow-citizens with high\\ntrusts, he always merited the confidence reposed in him, by\\nthe faithful and conscientious discharge of every duty as a\\ncitizen he was patriotic and public spirited; as a lawyer,\\nlearned, ingenious and faithful as an advocate, fearless, zeal-\\nous and powerful as a jurist, able, just and upright; as a\\nlegislator, while he tenaciously maintained and upheld all that\\nhad been proved to be beneficial, he was willing and eager to\\ncorrect such portions of the law as experience had demon-\\nstrated to be erroneous, and to eradicate provisions which\\nlapse of time had rendered obsolete.\\nEesolved, That this Commission, charged by the Legislative\\nand Executive branches of the Government with the respons-\\nible duty of suggesting amendments to the organic laws of.\\nthe State, has by his death been deprived not only of its\\nPresident, but of its most valued adviser, Massive in inteb\\ntore.", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0087.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "78\\nlect, rich in culture, varied in experience, w^ise in counsel,\\nnoble in impulse, untiring in industry, exhaustive in research,\\nhe was pre-eminently fitted properly and satisfactorily to dis-\\ncharge the arduous duties with which he as a member was\\nentrusted.\\nMesolved, Tliat we deeply sympathize with the family of\\nthe deceased, and that a copy of these resolutions, properly\\nengrossed, be transmitted to them by the President and en-\\nrolled on the minutes of the Commission,", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0088.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "79\\nPROCEEDINGS AT THE BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OP\\nHUDSON COUNTY, AT THEIR MEETING, JULY 80, 1873.\\nFreeholder Van Nostrand announced tlie death of the Late\\nChancellor Zabriskie to the Board, and moved that the Coun-\\nsel of the Board prepare a suitable set of resolutions to be\\npresented to the Board.\\nCounsel Jacob Weart, Esq., reported the following resolu-\\ntions concerning the death of Hon. A. O. Zabriskie, which\\nwere read and adopted unanimously, as follows\\nWhereas, It has pleased God to call from our midst by\\ndeath the Hon. Abraham O. Zabriskie, late Chancellor of the\\nState of New Jersey, and also late the Cousel of this Board,\\nand huml)ly submitting to the dispensation of divine provi-\\ndence it is hereby\\nResolved, That we, the members of the Board of Chosen\\nFreeholders of the County of Hudson, do deeply mourn the\\nloss of the late Chancellor, the Hon. Abraham O. Zabriskie,\\nwho has been suddenly stricken down by death, in a distant\\nState, far aw^ay upon the slopes of the Pacific.\\nResolved, That it is due that we express our feelings of\\nrespect for the many wise and able opinions rendered upon\\nvarious matters to this Board, during the several years while\\nhe was its legal advisor; and that his legal opinions, on file\\nwith the Clerk of this Board, will be lasting monuments to\\nhis great legal ability.\\nResolved, That in the capacity of senator from this county,", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0089.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "-N6 V 9 1 9 00\\n80\\nhe (lid honor to us, great service to the State, and that his\\nsenatorial term will ever be held in the highest estimation by\\nthe people of this county.\\nResolved^ That in the office of Chancellor he wore the\\njudicial ermine witli great lustre. Of untiring energy, great\\nindustry, and a i)rofound knowledge of ihe law, he bi ought\\nto the office every I equisite which made him eminently useful\\nto the State and his reported legal opinions will lie read\\nand respected wherever the law is faithfully administered, and\\nequity jurisprudence is revered and esteemed.\\nResolved, Tlmt we regard as the crowning act of his life,\\nthe exercise of liis influence as a private citizen, and his great\\neflibrts to prevent the extension of the monopoly privik^ges of\\nrailroads, a measure which was defeated a few years since,\\nmainly by his voice and personal exertion.\\nResolved, That we do deeply feel our loss as citizens, as\\nneighbors, and IViends, .as the departed filled up a full measure\\nof usefulness in all the Christian walks of life.\\nResolved, That the clerk of the Board forward a cony of\\nthese resolutions to the family of the deceased, and t]i;ii they\\nbe entered upon our minutes, and that we do attend his\\nfuneial.\\nHK22^^-78", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0090.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0091.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3585", "width": "2048", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0092.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0093.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "o V\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ov-\\nz.^?^.\\nV^\\\\tL*^\\n1,\\no\\n9\\n1,^\\nSf- S\\nV: ^^0^ :Mi^?^ ^ov :^v\\ntV\\nc-\\no\\n0^ f ^^m^\\n^:r\\n0^ ^o\\n^V-^\\no\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a20^ r- A* ^o\\ntf/ -l-.T,.-\\nr", "height": "3602", "width": "2230", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0094.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "V\\nVV\\n-^^-A\\n,G\\n.0\\no\\no\\n.0\\n-^^0^\\n0\\n,0\\n.f\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i^_\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n,\\nw^ -mU-\\n40,\\n-V\\n^^5^^- MANCHESTER,\\nc, XT", "height": "3600", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0095.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3790", "width": "2510", "jp2-path": "obituaryaddresse00huds_0096.jp2"}}