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Hon. James T. Morehead was called to the Chair on motion of John H. 

 Coble, and on motion of R. M. Sloan. Jr., Charles E. Shober, Esq., was 

 appointed Secretary. 



On taking the chair, Mr. Morehead addressed the meeting appropriate- 

 ly and feelingly upon the mournful subject which had called it together. 

 He was a student at the University when Dr. Mitchell first became con- 

 nected with it, and had known him intimately ever since. He was there- 

 fore well qualified by length of acquaintance to speak of him. 



On motion of Rev. C. H. Wiley, the chairman appointed a committee, 

 consisting of Ralph Gorrell, Esq., R. P. Dick, Esq., Jesse H. Lindsay, Sr., 

 W. L. Scott, Esq., J. A. Long, Esq., and Rev. C. H. Wiley, to prepare 

 resolutions expressive of the sentiments of the meeting. The committee 

 retired, and after a brief absence, reported through their chairman Rev. 

 C. H. Wiley, the following Preamble and Resolutions : 



Whereas, we have heard of the recent death of the Rev. Elisha Mitch- 

 ell, D. D., late Professor in the University of our State, under circumstan- 

 ces peculiarly sad and startling, and well calculated to excite the tender- 

 est interest and sympathy on the part of every lover of science, therefore, 



Resolved, That we have received the tidings of this melancholy event 

 with emotions of profound sorrow, cherishing as we do a lively recollec- 

 tion of the many amiable qualities, of the great and varied acquirements, 

 and of the long, laborious and useful services of our lamented friend and 

 instructor. 



Resolved, That we regard the death of Prof. Mitchell as a public calami- 

 ty, long identified as he has been with the progress of science and scien- 

 tific improvements in North Carolina, devoted to her interests and her 

 honor, and for many years an invaluable member of the Faculty of her 

 University, which is greatly indebted to his zeal, his learning and his in- 

 dustry for its eminent success and illustrious character. 



Resolved, That we cordially respond to the suggestion that some fitting 

 and lasting monument to the memory and character of the deceased 

 should be erected among those stupendous scenes amid which he fell a 

 Martyr to the cause of Science, and that, to this end, we will contribute 

 of our means and influence. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of the 

 deceased with the expression of our sincerest condolence and sympathy, 

 and that copies also be sent to the Faculty of the University and to each of 

 the Literary Societies, with a request that they be entered on the records 

 of the University and filed in the archives of the Societies. 



Mr. Wiley accompanied the report of the resolutions with a few re- 

 marks mainly explanatory of the manner of Dr. Mitchell's death as he 



