sembly, a resident of Asheville until 1831, and a citizen until his removal 

 to the University in 1836, President Swain remarked, that to the deceas- 

 ed he stood in a relation no less intimate and endearing. He was his pu- 

 pil in 1822, had been a Trustee of the University since 1831, and at the 

 head of the Institution since 1835. His friends Bishop Otey and Dr. 

 Wright, were class-mates, and their acquaintance commenced at an earlier 

 period, they had known him longer, but there was no man living who 

 knew him as well as he. For several years previous to, and during the 

 entire period of President Swain's connection with the University, Dr. 

 Mitchell was the Senior Professor. More than twenty years of daily in- 

 tercourse afforded the fullest and fairest opportunity to form a correct 

 opinion of his true character. He was a man of no ordinary ability, of 

 very unusual attainments in literature and science, of indomitable perse- 

 verance, untiring industry and unflinching courage. 



It was natural that the sudden death of such a man should produce a 

 deep sensation in any community of which he was a member. But there 

 was a kindness of heart and amenity of manner, that had endeared Dr. 

 Mitchell to all within the range of hib associations ; and the manifestations 

 of grief by the Faculty, the Students, and the community, were heart-felt, 

 and universal. The rich and the poor, the bond as well as the free, men 

 women and children, united in the award of funeral honors to an extent 

 without a parallel, in the history of Chapel Hill. 



Two days after the observance of the ceremonies upon the mountain, the 

 addresses of Bishop Otey and President Swain, at the earnest request of 

 the citizens of Asheville, were repeated at the Court House, to a large 

 auditory. The subjoined narrative, is more nearly a report of the remarks 

 of President Swain upon the latter, than upon the former occasion. 

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