The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-01-02

The Board met pursuant to adjournment: pre-
sent all the members except Messrs. Harrison
and Lynch.
The journal of the last meeting having been
read,
Mr.. FRENCH, President of the Board, rose and
said:
GENTLEMEN The melancholy duty has de-
voved upon me Of announcing to this Board the
death of one of its members.
SIMEON BAssETT, one of my colleagues from
the Fourth Ward, after sickness OF little more
than a week, died at his residence on Capitol
Hill, on Saturday evening last aged 40 years
Mr. BAssETT was present at our last meeting,
apparently in good health, and, doubtless, with as
little thought, as any member then present, that,
when this Board should again assemble, he would
be done with the things Of earth, and have passed
that dark valley, the gloom OF which, sooner or
later, we must all experience.
Mr.. BAssETT was sincere professor OF the
Christian religion-it sustained him during the
hours of his extreme distress--t was the "day
spring from on high" that lighted his pathway as
he passed from earth in the triumphant hope of a
blessed immortality
The confidence reposed in Mr.. BAssETT by the
citizens of the Fourth Ward, has been again and
again evinced by his election year after year
to seat in this Board; and, although unaccus-
toned to enter the field of debate, he has ever
been found studiously attentive to the duties de-
volving upon him, and pursuing, steadily, such a
course of Legislation as he deemed for the best
interests of the city
He was good citzen-an upright and honest
man. In the severing of his relations Of husband
and father, the deep gref-the bitter and heart
felt lamentations that have followed his remains
to their earthly resting place, are, evidence that
ties have been broken which time, the only
healer when the heart hath bled," can scarcely
restore. While we most deeply sympathise with
his afflicted family in their bereavement-while
we greye that one Of our own companions has
been suddenly stricken down in the prime of his
manhood, and in the midst Of his usefulness-we
cannot but find relief in contemplating the
manly fortitude and Christian resignation with
which he met the king Of terrors, and bowed to
the will of his Heavenly Father.
We have, in the death of our friend, another
example of the uncertainty of human life and a
voice, as from the tomb, warns us by how frall a
tenure we hold our mortal existence.
The occasion and the season are both suitable
for our deep reflection, the tendency of which
will be to unite the bonds of our friendships more
strongly--to soften our hearts towards our fell
low beings-to make us wiser and better men,
and to prepare us to follow our departed friend,
in the same confidence that he manifested, of an
eternity of happiness.
Mr.. FRENCH then offered the following resolu-
tons, which were read and unanimously adopted:
Resolued, That this Board has heard with
deep regret, of the death of Simeon Bassett, a
member of this Board, from the Fourth Ward.
Resozued, That as mark Of respect for the
memory of the deceased, the members of this
Board will wear the usual badge of mourning
for thirty days.
Resolued, That the Secretary furnish copy
Of these resolutions to the family of the deceased.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the Board
of Aldermen thereof.
And, as further mark of respect.for the men,
ory of the deceased,
Resozved, That this Board do now adjourn.