Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-03-07

-hgll all feel, | trust, how much better pm.
RIOTS we are for being better Christians.
Mr. r. concluded ty submitting the fol
low ing resolutions:
Resoired, That the Senate is Impressed,
with profound sense Of the awful calamity
which yesterday OCCURRED OH board oi 'h'
steamer Princeton. by the explosion of gun
INVOLVING The loss Of many valuable lives
md among them Of the Secretary of State
and Secretary Of the Navy.
| Resoived, That the Senate will attend IN
body the obsequies of the deceased m"mber'
II the cabinet and a committee of hve b.
appointed 10 make arrangements, with such
conmiitee as may be appointed on the port
If the House Of Representatives., for the Ia.
ucrnl.
| Resolred, That the members OF the Sen
ate will 90 into mourning by wearing csoPe
IN The Ieli nrm 70. thlrly days.
R.wiU,d. That a copy of the foregoing
resolu,inns be transmitted to the President OF
he United States.
Rtsoiped, Thai. IN consideration OF this
! ffilclve d,-pcnsalion, the Senate do now
adjourn to Monday next
The resolutions having been read, mes
sage was received from the House ot k'p-
tesenialives announcing the aciion OF ihaI
body touching that awful calamity. In"
message was read and cOncurred IN.
The resolutions submi'tcc by Mr.. Rlves
were unanimously agreed to. and The follow
lug Senators were appointed committee OF
arrangements on the part OF the Senate To
,ct in coninnction with the committee on IN"
pnri Of The House OF representatives, VIZ I:
u"ssrs Riyes, Archer King, Woodbury. aud
Bayard.
The Senate then. in accordance with the
previous action, adjourned I'LL Monday next
In the HOUSE, immediately after reading
III. jrnrnn, Of yesterday
a Message ~ writing was received from
'he President of the United States by the
hands Of John Tyler, E,q.. hlsPnvnle Sec.
r'tary. tnf the same tenor IA that inserted
,bovc IN 'tHe Senate proceedngs.l annnnnc'
ing The melancholy event which happened
Yesterday on toard the sreaEiship Princeton.
The Nessoge having brrHread-
Mr.. Hopkins rose aud offered tue following
resolutions
R,soiued, That This House hrs heard with
deep sorrow Of The Jreadfit cslasirdbhe
which occurred yesterday on board he Unl-
ted States ship Of war Princeton, where many
valuable lives were lost, and by which. ~
mongst others, the Hon. Abel p. Upshur,
Secretary of State, and the Hon. Thomas w :.
Gllmcr, Secretary Of the Navy, met sudden
and awful death.
Ressired, Tint this House will manifest its
respect for The memory of the late dIstin
guished Secretaries of State and OF the
Navy, and It's sympathy for their bereaved
families, By attending their funerul III body.
Res0iped, As d hHaer mark Of respect 10
he deceased. and rs manifest our sense OF
This most melancholy end affective dlspenso-
uon Of Divine Providence, that tins House
will transact no legislative business untll al
ter the funeral obseqnIes Of the deceas, d
shall hnve been performed.
Resoiced, That The members Of this House
will wear The usual 5adge Of mourning for
thirty days.
| Resoiped, That committee Of f7c mem
hers oI tins llouse be tppointed to make ar.
rang"mcn,s. with such committee rs may b"
appointed on The part Of the Senate. tor tile
abundance of .pc two Houses Of Congress
At the funeral Of the late A. 2. Upshur and
! Thomas w. Glmor.
Rtsoired, Thnt when this House adjourn
to-day it will adjourn to meet on Monday
uexl. and that this House do now adjourn.
Mr. II. said, that in the state Of feeling
which pervnded the breast Of every gentle
man on the floor, he should be pardoned for
declining to utter syllable in support of the
resolutions.
The question was then tnkcn aud the reso
ut ons were adopted unanimously.
II MesSrs. Hopkins, Adams, &. }. IngersoI
II Barnard and Cave Johnson were appointed O
committee upon the part Of the House.
Aud ,hcrcupon the House adjourned.