TESTIMONIALS OF RESPECT. 



RESOLUTIONS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY. 



Raleigh, July 4, 1857. 



At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Trustees of the Uni- 

 versity, at the Executive office in this Citj on the 4th inst., the following 

 proceedings were had : — 



His Excellency Governor Bragg having officially communicated intelli- 

 gence of the recent, sudden, aud melancholy death of the Rev'd Dr. Elisha 

 Mitchell, late Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology in the 

 University, the Executive Committee, in view of his character as a Chris- 

 tian gentleman ; of his arduous, long continued and inestimable services 

 in the Academic corps, and his distinguished position for the last forty 

 years as a member of the Faculty, in the administration of the affairs of 

 the College ; in view of his eminent attainments in literature and science ; 

 his ardent patriotism and public services ; consider the present a fit occa- 

 sion to express their unanimous sentiment of true condolence and sympa- 

 thy with the widow and family of the deceased, with the officers and mem- 

 bers of the College, and the people of the whole State, at the sad and 

 overwhelming bereavement which we have all sustained ; and in the name 

 and on behalf of the whole body of the Trustees of the University, this 

 Committee will cordially unite with other associations and individuals in 

 paying enduring honor to his memory. 



Resolved, That the half year's salary of the professor, for the residue of 

 the present fiscal year, be paid by the acting Bursar of the College to the 

 widow of the deceased, and that her family be permitted (if she so desires 

 it) to continue the occupation of her present residence until the close of 

 this year. 



Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing proceedings be placed in the 

 hands of the widow of the deceased. 



In consideration of the vacancy occurring by the death of Dr. Mitchell, 

 in the Professorship of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology, and the Bur- 

 sar's Bureau at the beginning of the session just commencing: 



Resolved, That to enable the Board of Trustees to till these places per- 

 manently, with judgment and discretion, the President of the University, 

 Gov. Swain, be authorized and requested, with the concurrence of the 

 Faculty to distribute the various duties of these several offices among such 



