Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-01-20
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
SATsaDAY, Jan. Il, lriC.
The Senate did not 81, To-day.

MIR. MCCONNELL made an Intellectual al
Tempt 10 introduce resolution directing The COM
miliee on ways and means 10 report on The e1pe-
diency otTepeang he duty on salt and iron.
The House then went into committee on the
bill TO carry into effect The convention between This
| Government and Peru.
Mr.. JONES moved 10 strike on, that section
of the bill which appropraies $4,000 tor com
pensalion 10 The Attorney General on the ground
that The salary OF that officer is already sufficient
10 pay him for all he can do.
Mr. c. J. INGERSOLL explained that this
business was no pant Of The duty OF tie Attorney
General and that, therefore, he was fully entitled
| TO this extra compensation
! MIR HOUSTON moved further 10 amend, by
providing that the 81, 600 shall be paid out of The
| 800 600 appropriated for The satisfaction OF tie
| claims.
After dry tedious debate, The amendment
Of Mr.. Houston was rejected.
MIR. RATHBUN moved 10 amend, by redu-
| cling The amount ofcompeosation 10 one hall, but
without success.
| Mr.. CHAPMAN wen; against the whole affair.
! He argned that the whole lime of the Attorney
| Genera belongs 10 the government, and thai ere
| fore, this duy ought mol 10 be assigned 10 HIM
| Without concluding his remarks, al Two O'CLOCK
| the committee rose.
the House as follows:
MIR. Speaker:-To me, sir, has this day been
assigned the melancholy duty OF making the
solemn announcement to This House, that death
is in our midst. William Taylor, representa-
tive in Congress from The State OF Virginia, is no
more He died al his own chambers in this city,
this morning, al o'clock.
The brief lime which has elapsed since his de-
cease has not allowed me an opportunity Of as
ceriainins The circumstances attending that event.
Since he'reached Washington at the commence
ment Of our session, he has laboled under con,
stan, indispostion A genera debility prevailed
his physical frame; and this morning he suddenly
expired. He sunk suddenly, and in moment
Lille was extinct. Without a murmur, without
SIGH. he sunk 10 rest-evincing, al his departure
from this world, calm composure, quiet resig-
nation. which admirably correspondent with The
smooth progress of his previous life.
He was born in Alexandria, in this district
In early life be removed 10 the Valley Of Virginia;
and, having married, located himself in Rock
bridge county, where he has ever since resided
Blest in his domestic relations, happiness and
conenmenl have been his good fortune.
II, sir, his life has been marked by no exraor-
binary incidents, that fact constitutes an enco-
MUM on The moral beauty of his character Al
though wrll-educated lawyer, and highly repu-
less eagerness for distinction, and suffered not
The promptnes Of worldly ambition 10 disturb
the evenness OF his temper and betray him inlo
uncoheeyial controversy. Remarkable through
out life for his uninterrupted equaniminy, never
lheess he was, in his public capacity, firm and
decided in his opinions; and in the conscientious
discharge OF his duties he was inlexibly upright.
Justice and integrity characterized his entire
intercourse with his fellow -men. Honor in lis best
sense regulated his conduct.
Whether contemplated in The faithful dis
charge OF his public duties, or in his fair and
hon Bile intercourse with his feow-men, or as
an exemplary husband and father, reposing in
tranquil happiness BY his own treside, in com.
pany with an afecionae wife and children-in
whatever scere or under whatever aspect we
may examine the character Of my departed col
league, he will be empha,cally pronounced, in
the most dignifed and refined definition OF the
term, a gentleman
Such, sir, was the man who, in the wise dis
pensalion Of an inscru'able Providence, has bee n
removed fiom his country and his family before
ne had attained an old age.
or the grief OF his bereaved companion, and his
now fatheress children, il does not become me to
allemp, description. Into that private and sa-
cred scene Of mourning will not, even by masi-
nation, inlrude.
Ifcarly consolation can alleviate heir distress,
some portion Of it msy, perhaps, be derived tlom
the reflection that he was unive sally esteemed
and beloved b. his acquaintance; and that all his
colleagues, in the highest degree, respected and
loved him, and mourn bis loss as that OF brother.
But sir, al last Tie highest source OF comfort
and consequent resignation 10 their bereavement
will be derived from their Christian belief hat The
WAYS Of God, however inexplicatle 10 The finite
wisdom Of man, are Just; and from The Christian
hope that world of sin, and sorrow, and temp.
talon, has been exchanged tur one OF immortal
bliss.
Mr.. D. concluded by offering The following re.
solutions; which were adopted:
Resolved, That this House has heard with deer
emotion The annunciation Of the death ofthe Hon
William Taylor, a member from The Stale OF
Virginia.
Resolred, That this House tenders lolhe rela-
tves ofthe deceased the expression Of us sympa.
thy on This efieeting event. and, as testimony %
reSnoc, for the memory Of the deceased, The mem
hers and officers of The House will 60 into mourn
inc by wearing Grape on the lett arm Tor thlrty
days. IL
House will attend The funeral OF The Hon. WI
liam TAYLOR, deceased, on Monday next, At hall
past ~ O'clock, P. NJ.
Resolved. That Committee he appointed for
superin,ending The funeral OF the deceased.
Ordered, That message be sent TO The Senate,
| 10 notify that body of the death ofh Hon. VIM
Taylor, lale one OF The representatives from the
Stale Of Virginia, that his funeral will take
place from the Hall Of the House on Monday
next, al half past II o'clock, P. NJ, and that lh'
| Senate be invited 10 attend The same.
Reso,v.d, Tia, as further mark Of respect TO
The memory of the deceased. this House do nov
adjourn.
Whereupon the House adjourned
| COMMITTEE or ARRANGEMENTS.
The following members compose the Commit
tee appointed 10 supefin,end the funeral OF the dc
ceased Messrs Dromgooe, Dunlap, Mckay
Abbott, Hungerford, Vance, and Thomas B
King.