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Show HI :H . j J The Wilmington (Del.) journals of August 30th BB contain the proceedings of the bar of that city BH M i ; upon the death of Levi Bird, a distinguished law-Hi law-Hi if ! J yer of that state and brother of Major William BB ! j ' Bird of this city. He died the previous day. The HE . speeches of the Judges and lawyers and the reso-Hfij reso-Hfij J I lutions of respect make clear that the deceased Hffj 1 ' was nt only one of the very great lawyers of HK l Delaware but a man so loveable and of character HHi j i so high, that the members of the bar as they gath-fl gath-fl I ered around his bier each one felt his death to Bff ; ji be a personal bereavement. He was but sixty flif if' years of age, but was prominent forty years. His BBfl I 1 wife was the daughter of the Hon. James Bayard BfljJt I, I and when she died some years since his heart RiMI fj i was buried in her grave, but he kept on growing IHEIIi! i ' mentally and with a broader gentler nature to HHlfirl ' the end TIi0 mournin8' for bim in Delaware is Sfil iJ 1 most sincere. |