Litchfield enquirer., 1848-03-02

AWA@H1NGTON, r eO Zo l A09Os&
 The Vice Presidehtcalled ahs Senate ,o order at l2 o'clock. and pgayer was offered Roy Rev. Mir. Gurley
 Mr. Douglas gave notice that on the next Session Of the Senate he would ask leave to introduce a b,ll for the estabiiSh> ment of the Territory of Nebraska.
 Mr. Allen moved to take up the resolu- tion which he offered yesterday, ealing on the President for information whether thss active operations of the United States IT. my in Mexico have been and now are SuS- pcnded By an arnistiee, and If so, byswhose asency and in virtue of what authority Such armistice has been effected.
 MI. Seiver moved 10 lay the resolution on the table, but the motion was lost by vote of S to II.
 The resolution was then adopted, Al to g..
 Mr. Allen then moved to take up the sec l ond Resolution offered by him, in 'truciingl the committee on the Judiciary to inquirel and report to the Senate by bill or other- wise, whether the law ot l799. pnhishing hose holding correspondence with the ene- my in time of war requires amendment, aud UC ucCCSSdl( O project the rights and interests of the peo> pie of the United States against the conse~ quences which may result from the assump>I ton oi any individual OF individuals with-| out authority to act in the name or uR the! behalf of the Government of the United States, in negotiations with any fOreign) Government or with any individual or in dividuals assuming to be such ioreign Gov ernment or any department or officer thereof and especially in matters of peace and off war.
 The resolution was adopted without dis-!' cussion. sas
 Mir. Baldwin's resolution applying the| Proviso that Slavery shall not beipirodu-' ced into any territory we may acquire in| Mexico was then taken up.
 On this subject quite lively debate fol- lowed, in which several Senators passicipa- ted. ss...
 MT. Foote moved to lay the resolution Oh the table, was carried by vote ol 35 to Il
 A message was then received from the House announcing the death Of Honorable |aJOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
 Mr. Davis then rose and n terms of the utmost feeling and justice, delivered eulo #sy upon the emil ent and learned deceaSed, the Senate listening with the protonndesl attention. He also moved the resolutions usual on such occasions, which were una.iI mously adopted with a resolution U attend the funeral ot Mr. ADAMS ou Saturday.
 The Senate then adjourned.
 HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATIvES.
 The House, when it opened, was muchI crowded, every seat being occupied, many| gentlemen being present upon the nopr| and the gallery filled to the utmost. A sol semn air was on all counlenances as thJughI each bore the shadow of great national 5beGeave After the House was called to order, Rev ! Mir. Spicer addressed the Throne Of GIace| 3in most appropriate and impressive man. ner, dwelling on the loss with which ihe Aa ! ton had just met as the dispsnsation of all. wise and ever r-merciful Providence, bestow. ed not suddenly, but in the iulness ofa .ong laborious and fruilfsl lIie, aud of career as honorable to the departed as it was useful to his mourning country.
 MT. Speaker Winthlop then ros. ands pronounced eulogy upon Mr. ADAMS.s His saddencd and sympathetic eloquence( reached the heart of every listener, as ne didE justice to the lofty character, unsuliied lie land eminent public and private virtues ol the great dead. Mir. Hudson followed in a biographical |skelch of Mr. ADAMS, in which he recoun \ 3ted all the marked crisis through which het had passed and the various public stations he had filled, from the time when. a boy Ofl Isixteen, appointed the Private Secretary oil Yaa American Ambassador in Europe, downl 10 the day when. as a representative he madeI his last appearance in that Hall.
 MT. Hudson concluded by submitting al resolution that the House adjourn to Salur> day to attend the funeral. Mir. Holmes of s. c. followed in a most. eloquent and appropriate speech. His was| |a panegyric worthy % be pronounced over |lhe dead body of the most remarkable andI exalted Sage and Statesman of the Repub. |lic.
 MT. Vinton next addressed the House inT Ian exceedingly touching manner He was himself greatly affected, and easily comma> |nicaled his own deep feeling to all around. Mir. Mcdowell of Va. then paid beau> dful tribute to the great departed, afler which the usual mourning resolutions Were 'adop,ed, together with that of MT. Hudson, and the House adjourned after perhaps the : most solemn session 1t has ever held.
 Washington "A, ls4S. The House met to-day. when 1t was pro>s Iposed that the different public departments LsknnlA ha aln.aA -.