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and Col. Allen's speech is said to have been notably brilliant. He was once Consul to Foochow, China. OWENSBORO.

Col. Joseph Hamilton Daviess, for whom the county, in which Owensboro is, was named, was a shining light at the early Ken tucky bar. He was untiring in his efforts to convict Aaron Burr of treason at Frankfort, Kentucky, but the unprincipled Burr was then immensely popular, and, in spite of Col. Daviess' brilliant and persistent efforts, he failed. Henry Clay was Burr's counsel, having received from him " his word and honor" that he was innocent. It is said, "Never did two more illustrious orators en counter each other in debate." An enor mous crowd heard them, feeling ran high, and, after the trial, two balls were given — one in honor of Burr, and the other by the friends of Col. Daviess. He was killed at the battle of Tippecanoe, while leading a charge against the Indians. Judge Little was judge of the circuit court and is a man of great natural gifts. He is a charming writer, and his " Ben Hardin and His Times" is a valuable ad dition to the legal history of the country. James Weir is a lawyer of great merit, es pecially in chancery matters, and is greatly respected and admired. His home, on the beautiful Ohio River, is very quaint and handsome. HENDERSON.

Henderson, which is said to be the richest town of its size in Kentucky, has reason to be proud of its past and present bar. Archibald Dixon was a successful lawyer and statesman. He succeeded Henry Clay in the United States Senate. The late Major Kinney of Louisville said : " When riding the circuit, as lawyers were wont to do in those days, Gov. Dixon would select some struggling young lawyer, take him along in his buggy, tutor him, encourage him, and, be

fore their return, he would throw at least one good fee in his way. He was at once the bravest and the gentlest man I ever saw." His son, Henry Dixon, is a clever lawyer and writer. Of the present bar, Richard H. Cunning ham is a very bright man and capable law yer. Henry F. Turner has long been re garded as one of the best lawyers, and Mr. Yeaman and J. F. Lockett are leading mem bers. BOWLING GREEN.

One of the most noted lawyers of the State was Joseph R. Underwood. He was distinguished as a lawyer, jurist and states man. He was a judge of the court of ap peals, repeatedly in Congress, and a United States senator. He was in the Kentucky legislature with Ben Hardin, and, Judge Little says, " He was in the habit, Mr. Har din thought, of offering amendments too frequently to bills offered by other mem bers. At last one day Mr. Hardin sprang to his feet and said, ' Mr. Speaker, I con sider it one of God's mercies the gentleman from Warren was not upon the earth in the days of our Saviour. If he had been, he would infallibly have moved an amend ment to the Lord's Prayer, which, if adopted, might have led to the damnation of a world.'" At the present bar, J. M. Woolen and Congressman C. K. Wheeler form a strong firm, as also do Sims and Covington. Judge W. L. Dulaney, W. E. Settle, J. B. Grider, J. A. Mitchell, J. W. Wilkins, Nat Porter, H. F. Clark, Byron Renfro, and John Gallo way are men of ability and fine lawyers. GLASGOW.

Christopher Thompson was a member of Congress and a circuit judge. He was a man of high integrity and greatly respected. Gov. Preston H. Leslie was a man of prominence and ability. His life affords a splendid example. " He was a cart-driver