Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-03-20
TWenty-fifth Congress---2d sess.
Thursday, .ifareh Is, 1888.
IN SENATE.

IRursday, .ifnreh Is, 1888.
IN SENATE.
The Vice President presented communication from
the Secretary Of the Treasury in pursuance Ut Senale
resolution Of the 9th nst with copies Of the correspond
ence, &C., relating 10 the conduct Of the Metropolis
Bank Of this city fiscal agent OF the Government
Laid on the table.
The following petitions &c. were presented
BY Mr.. King: Private petitions from Joshua Kennedy
and others. Referred
BY Mr.. Buchanan The proceedings Of meeting n
Philadelphia in favor Of the Sub Treasury bill. Read
laid on the table, and ordered to he printed.
Mr. Buchanan, in presenting these proceedings, said
he had but single remark 10 make and that was thai
from all the accounts which he had received this hao
been immense meeting; and, although small, out
highly respectable minority of the Democratic party OF
the city and county Of Philadelphia were opposed 10 the
Independent Treasury Bill yet he ieI, no hesitation IN
saying hata very large majority OF that party were de-
cidedy friendly 10 the measure
BY MIR. Wall: From citizens Of New Jersey, recon-
menIing Belvdcre, in that Stale, suitable site for
the national foundry. Read, laid on the table, ana or
dered to be printed.
BY Mr.. Upton: From number Of citizens OF Brook
lyn N York. against the Treasury and in iavo, OF
sound and uniform currency and National Bank Laid
on the table and ordered 10 be printed
By MIR. buchanan From citizens Of Philadelphia, for
dry dock at that city. Referred.
BY Mr.. Merrick From VIM A. Weaver and others,
asking encouragement 10 the cultivation OF SILK Read
referred and ordered 10 be printed.
DEATH OF SIR. CARTER
A message was received from The House OF RePresen
tayes through Mr. Franklin, their Clerk announcing
the death Of the Honorable Timothy Jarvis Carter, 3
member of that body and informing the Senate that the
House would attend his funeral in The Representatives
Hall. at l2 o'clock on Saturday next. WhereuPon,
MIR. Ruggles rose and addressed the Senate as fol-
lows:
MIR. President: The message from the House of Re.
representatives. Just read, communicating the melancholy
intelligence of the death Of the Hon Timothy Carter,
a Representative from the State Of Maine imposes on
me the duty-which cannot perform without The deep
inf tpnv he
respect for the memory OF the deceased He dl last
evening the hour of ten at his lodgings in this city.
after much severe, but patient, suffering, at peace with
all-at variance with none.
know that occasions OF this Kind have usually been
improved to pronounce euloges The character of de-
ceased members; but The painful emotions which have
been awakened by the last said adeu OF an esteemed
friend and colleague, but poorly qualify me to speak al
this time and in this place Of his manly virtues, his
purity of heart the engaging mildncss Of his disposition,
the unusual excellence of The character he maintained
in all his domestic and social relations II 10 but 10 say
what all who knew him as have known HIN ~ouio
s,y that his whole life afforded CONSTANT exemplIhcaon
of the s,ric,est moral rrcude in the upright, faithful
conscientious performance of every duly connected with
his station in society.
Though yet scarcely past the morning Of ile he had
received many gratifying proofs Of the estimation IN
which his talents and pre5ty were held by the people
and the councils of his State
As Representative he has been derotedly faithful 10
his trust and fully justified the confidence eposed in his
virtue and patriotism. He sous bit not high political DIS.
,incon He was unambous of renown; but guided
hin footsteps by that calm and steady light which shines
all along the pathway Of duty and usefulness
He inherited his virtues from highly respectable pa
renage and has left wide circle Of attached relatives
and friends 10 mourn his exit; three of whom under The
ready impulses of fraerna affection, nbeyed the earliest
summons 10 hs sick bed. Alas but 10 witness,
with poignant grief the closing in the brief drama
of human existence.
He was a husband and father. But how-can pre-.
sumo here speak Of the agonised feelings her, who,
HE latue c,fh fAItt
almost also in death his destinies we're her own!
With the deceased fe's fleeing shadow has passed by
and eternity has opened it's broad portuls Nothing
remains but the tears of relatives the regrets and sym
pahies Of friends and the moral influence OF his eAu
pie for all.
The Senate on motion Of Mr. Rugglps, resolved
nimousy Grape thirty days in testimony of their
respect for the deceased and to attend his funeral at the
time and place appointed
On motion of MIR Hubbard, it resolved that when
the Senate adjourn, they adjourn 10 meet Saturday
next.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
As soon as the House organized this morning
MIR. Evans Of Maine, addressed the Chair in Tue fol.
lowing words:
MIR. Speaker: These badges of mourning which we
s wear denote hut death has lately been in the midst
of u.s.. Again his arrow has flown; aud again has The
fatal shaft been sent, with unerrng uim into small
and already broken, rank. 1t !. my melancholy oihce
10 announce that the last adjournment OF the House
of Representatives Timothy Jarvis Carter then o!
its MEMBERS from the State of Maine, has
up to the Being who gave il, lille upon which may anx
ious hopes depended and for whose preservation many
an ardent prayer had gone up the Father of all spirits
He died last evening, ~ O'clock at his lodgings in
this city, after sickness Of not very protracted Duration
but Of great and excrucating intensity OF suffering and
agony The ways of righteous Providence are in
scrutable and while we bow in Submission We are yet
oppressed with deep and solemn awe.
Our deceased fr;ead and colleague was native of the
State and the district which, so lately, he represented
r., ,nH ho ihnFp tnro ntrht
with him the confidence, largely bestowed Of those who
had known him from his earliest years. Well did he de-
serve it. His character for pr"by, integrity upright
ness morality was free from spot or blemish. His prin
cple. were we'll founded Loving the country of his
BIRTH and its institutions, with all his heart, he pursued
with fidelity such measures as his judgment deemed best
calculated to promote the welfare of the one and the du
ssblity Of the other. He was lawyer by profession,
faithful, just, discriminating attentive, humane, in its
practice.
OF manners, mild, courteous. sfabe and temper
kind conciliang, patient he respect and attach
n,ent even from those who differed with him matters
Of opinion; and probably there lives human being
WHO has single resentment one unkind recollection
to bury in bis grave. He has gone, in the strength OF
his manhood and the maturity Of his intellect the road
that all must once pass ,.,,,
The ties that bound him 10 life are severed forever,
all human ties must be severed
"i.nquenda tellus, Ct don,us ct auans
Uxof; neque harun quas coils, ar6orum
Te, prster invifas eupressos
Ola, brevom doEalnum sequctur
Although, when his eyes opened for The last time upon
the earth and the sky they fell not upon his own native
hills; though the sod which shall cover him will not
ffeshen in the same influences which clothe them in
verdure and beauty though he died far from his home,
the companions and the brothers of his childhood were
wild, mthe sharer Of his joys the so,ace OF his gries
stood by him; and the hand which could best do it
sasged the bitter pains Of parting life The last earthly
unds which fell upon his tones Of sympathy
sLd Kindness and affection, and support-tones which
ceased not when they vainly strose pierce the
cold and leaden of death Tears eba flow copious.
w. and deep sghs be heaved his aess form; tears
not more scadfne sghs no. deeper dsawn, because min
Red with any bitter reeollections-any unavang re-