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greater debt to any of her sons." His name and talents will be associated with the his tory of the State in years to come. George Alfred Caldwell was a very re markable man. While in Congress he made a speech in favor of the annexation of Texas, that Frank Blair, editor of the Globe, pronounced, "the ablest speech made upon the question." His brother, Isaac Caldwell, was for years the head of the Louisville bar. It is said, " Few mem bers of the bar have left a more enduring impression." He was appointed by Gov. Stevenson to appear for the State in the Blyen and Kinnaird cases, before the Su preme Court. The parties being charged in the State courts with the murder of negroes, the United States district court claimed jurisdiction, under theCivil Rights bill, of this and all sim ilar cases. Mr. Cald well won a splendid victory. Judge Henry J. Stiles was a man greatly admired and respected. One nephew, Henry Barker, was for some time city at torney and is a clever lawyer. Another, John Stiles, also ranks high at the bar. One of the finest lawyers in Kentucky is Judge P. B. Muir. He was judge of the Jefferson circuit court until it was divided, when he was elected judge of the common pleas division. At seventy-four years of age he is in full practice with his talented son, Upton W. Muir. Louisville had the honor of numbering

among her lawyers, for some years, Ben jamin Helm Bristow, who, as soldier, law yer, solicitor general, and secretary of the treasury, commanded universal admiration and esteem. He was a man of massive build and a delightful conversationalist. The following characteristic story is told of him : A man noted for his meanness had written a letter to him disputing an account of one thousand dollars. One of the young men in the office insisted on bringing suit imme diately, but Bristow said, with a smile, "Oh! no, John, it is worth the thousand to find out that the fellow is that particularspecies of ascrub." That AssociateJustice John Marshall Harían is a Kentuckian isa fact that should make all Kentuckians proud. He was named for the great Chief-Justice John Marshall. He is of magnificent and dis tinguished personal !U1R' appearance, six feet, two inches in height, weighing about two hundred and forty pounds. "His character and mind fit well his splendid body," said a lawyer. He is uncompro mising in his convictions of right : witness the mighty protest he raised against the law al lowing merchant sailors to be imprisoned, in the recent case of Robertson and others against the marshal of California. A man who was once his law partner says, "It was a matter of daily marvel to see this heavy man come up the steps to his office in the second story of the building, generally taking three steps at a time."