The following proceedings of the court and bar took place on the occasion of the decease of the Honorable Thomas Todd, an associate justice of this court, who died at his seat near Frankfort, in Kentucky, about the commencement of the present term:

Feb. 21st. This court being informed that our much respected brother and associate, Mr. Justice Todd, has departed this life,

Resolved, That we will, in testimony of our sense of his worth, and of our deep feeling at the afflicting loss we have sustained, wear crape for the residue of the term.

The court, on motion of the Attorney-General, directed the following proceedings of the bar, and officers of the court, to be entered on the minutes:

"At a meeting of the bar and officers of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the court room, on Monday, the 20th day of February, 1826, Mr. Attorney-General Wirt being

called to the chair, the following resolves were proposed by Mr. Webster, and unanimously adopted:

"Resolved, That the members of this bar, and officers of the court, feel sensibly the loss which this court, and the country, have sustained in the death of the Honorable Thomas Todd, late a judge of this court.

"Resolved, That to testify their respect for the virtues and talents of the deceased, and their sense of the loss which the community has sustained by his death, the members of this bar, and the officers of the court, will wear the usual badge of mourning for the residue of the term.

"Resolved, That the Attorney-General, in behalf of the bar, and officers of the court, do respectfully move the court, that the foregoing resolutions may be entered on the minutes of its proceedings.

"WM. WIRT, Chairman."