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Re,slssd, That the members ofihe Senate win
i inlo mourning y wearing Grape On he lei
m for thirty days.
P,.si,rd. fhai copy Of he Foregoing r,sol..
lions bs trsssmitied % she President Of he Uni..
R.,el,sa, Thai, ia consideration Of This .fs,ie.
i've desperation. the Senate do nov adjourn ID
nonday next.
The resolutions having been read. !
message vas received from The House Of
Representatives announcing the action d
ihst body touching ibis awful calamity.
The message was>read and conquered in.
The resolutions submitted by Mr.. Rives
were unanimo0sly agreed to, and the fol,
(, loving Senators were appointed commit.
see Of arrangements on the part Of TIE
Senate to act ID conjunction with the
committee on The part Of the House y
Representatives. viz: Messrs. Riyes. AZ.
cher, King, Woodbury.. and Bayard.
The Senate then, in accordance with
lis previous action, adjourned till MONDAY
next.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Every member oflhe House Of Repre
sen.siiyes whose state Of health admitted
Of the exposure. appeared 10 be ia bi,
seat. this morning long before the hour Of
meeting. The melancholy event Of yes.
,srdsy seemed TO be the orly topic Of
conversation.
The Rev. Mr.. TinsIey. ChspIsia o. the
House made a most impressive PRAYER
upon the occasion.
The Private Secretary Of the Presideat
John Tyler Jr. then informed the House
that be was instructed 10 deliver to the
House Message in writing.
1.-THE same Message that was sent 10
The Senate.
Mr.. Hopkins Of Va. rose as soon as the
message from The President was read =
He should not, be said, add one syllable
10 the message. but,content himself with
presenting the following Resolutions
which were read al the Clerks table.
lsDlesolred, That this House has heard with deer
sorrow of The dreadful catastrophe which occur,
: red yesterday on beard the United States ship
ofwar Princeton, when many valuable lives
were lost, and by which amongst others, the Hon
Abel.P. Upshur, Secretary OF Slate, and the
Hon. ThomassW. Gimef, Secretary, Of the Ma
W, met sudden and awful death.
Il Rtsolped, That the House will manifest Il,
respect for the memory Of the late dislr guished
Secretaries of State and of The Navy, and il,
sympathy for Their bereavec families, by attend
Ing their funerals in body.
Resolpsd, As a further mark ofrespect 10 III,
deceased. and To manifest our sense Of mos
melancholy and affecting dispeIsation Of DIVINE
Providence, that this House will transact no leg
isIatye business until after the funeral obse
quies Of the deceased shall have been performed
! Resolved, That the House will wear The usua
badge Of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That a Committee Of Eve be ap
pointed 20 join with Committee Of the Senai,
10 make preparations for the funeral.
RESOLVED, That this House do now adjourn
until Monday next.
Neither House Of Congress sat yester
day. or will sit 10 day. having adIouSnet
on Thursday TO Monday next. in testimo
by ofthe sense with. which they were i'm
pressed OF the extent Of the misfortun,
sustained By the late disaster on board o
The United States ship Princeton. n
The same4sentiment which influence
Congress on this occasion is partaken b,
alIclasses Of our people, Of both sexes