Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-02

distinguished colleague is no more An at
tempt To excite the sympathies of the Senate
Tor loss SO great, and SO affecting, would be-
tray Z suspicion of their ssnS;bihty, and would
do Injustice 10 the memory of him, Whose,
loss we must all SINGER rely deplore This
Chamber, Sir, has been one of the fields of
his fare. You have seen him in his strength.
You have seen him the admiration of the Sc
nate the pride Of his native STATE; the or.
pamer. IT his country.-Ec IS no,c no more
But, ior, his friends, aud relatives, there is
consolation beyond the grave. humbly and
firmly trust, that he now reposes on the bo-
som of his God"
nir. HING, OF Alabama, then rose, and sub
| iuittcd the following resolve, prct;cinS it
with the observation, that, although the Sc
nate and the country knew and honored the
public character of the deceised he had
known him as man, and knew how to ap-
preciate the loss which they had all sustained
Resoired, unanimously, That committee
be- appointed to take order for experimenting
the funeral of the Honorable William Pink.
ney, which will take place tomorrow more,
ing at eleven O'Clock /; that the Senate will at
tend the same; and that notice of the event
he given to the House of Representatives.
On ballOtting fur Il committee, the follow
| ing gentlemen were chosen:
Mr.. KING, of New York, Mr.. MACON, of
North Carolina, Mr.. Barbour, of Virginia, Mr.
Rooney, of Delaware, and Mr.. WILLIAMS,
of Mississippi
On motion of Mr.. King, OF Alabama, it
was also unanimously aH
| Resoired, That the Members Gf the Senate
from si0cere desire ofshewins every mark
OF respect due to the memory of the Honora-
bic William Pinliney, deceased, late Il mem
Der thereof, will go into mourning for him
\ month. thf, al IA, nf
Grape round the left arm
/ Resoired, unanimously, That, as an addi
tiona! mark OF respect lur the memory of the
Honorable William Pinkney, the Senate do
now adjourn.
| And the Senate adjourned accordingly.
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
| After the Journal of yesterday had been
read, IN part OF which the fact of Mr.. RAN
DoLpns having yesterday announced the
death of Mr.. PINKNEY was stated
| Mr.. RANDOLPH rose and observed, that he
prayed the indulgence of the House, and of
The delegation from Mary land-and partcu-
larry OF the young member behind him, (Mr.
Nelson, OF Md whom, as welias his farther,
his fellow labourcr i'll that House, he was happy
To call his friend, for having announced fact
wnic1 took place yesterday, though not true at
| the line Recommendation was made. He allud-
ed TO lie death of Mr.. Pinkney, of Marylandl
and IT was due to his own character 10 state
with precision the canal through which he
obtained the information. On the seats re-
served for them, saw, said Mr.. II. one of the
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United
States, who told me that the fact was SO. |
asked him if he was sure of it. He replied
that he was-for he had Just seen another
Sentleman-a most worthy member of the
Oar oil Baltimore, equally entitled to credit.
and none could be more so-who told him
That he had seen the corpse. From thence
| returned To my scat. At that moment gem
tieman from Ohio, Mr.. Ross was addressing
the chair The Intervening time did not, as
well as | could Judge, exceed two minutes ;
and time, under such circumstances, would
| hardly appear shorter than the reality. was
myself, SAID Mr.. X. under an impulse which |
was as utterly unable 10 control, as | now am
to control the throbbing arteries OF my frame.
III was under that impulse that | announced
1t as fact to The Housc-fnr could not bear
that we should he occupied with that sort ot
discussion Which was then pending, or with
any AT time when a loss had occurred to this
nation, and a void created which never can be
| filed-the loss Ola man whose legal rcput;,-
ton transcribed that OF any other man in this
| countryside President of that COurt-of
which both were most iilustrlous ornaments
only excepted for of all others, il might be
SAID, that, IN point of professional rcnown AT
least, they were Prorini toago interrGiio. Mr.
X. concluded by expressing the hope, that the
apology he had made would be acceple,lby
those 10 whom il was addressed. He OWED
1t to his very respectable informant to state,
that the whole grew out of that gentleman's
rnistaklng the statement of the gentleman from
whom be had drawn has information, (which
was, that he had seen ii person who said he
| had seen the last sad remains OF Mr.. j. and
| II OF that ne had seen them iimstlf)
ny uianImons consen, the entry above re-
ferred TO in the Journal was then cxpungcd
| On motion Of Mr.. SMITH, of Md the order
of the business Of the day was dispensed with
and recess at the pleasure of the House was
| directed.
| Soon afterwards message was received
| from the Senate, ANNOUNCING The death of the
| Hon. WILLIAM PINKNEY, Senator of the
United States from the state of Maryland, and
| that his funeral would be attended on lo-mor
row from the Senate Chamber, at ii o'clock
| in the forenoon.
Mr.. SMITH, OF Md then rose and submitted
the following resolution, which was unani.
| inously agreed to-:
ReSOiued, That this House will attend the rtl-
neral of the HOn. William Pinkney, late Il
member OF the Senate from the state of Mary
land, tomorrow at ! 1 O'clock and, as a tesii-
nlony of respect for the memory of the de-
ceased, will go into mourning, aud wear Grape
for thirty days.
Aud then the House adjourned over to
Thursday.
tOn MONDAY, our readers are apprised of
Mr.. RANDoLPH's having moved ard carried
au Adjournment of the House, on the ptema-
turc report Of Mr.. Pinkney's death. That e
vent having now happened, we publish Mr..
RandOlphs observations on the occasional
Nj. RANDoLPH rose, he said, 20 announce
to the House fact, which, he hoped would