The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-03-16
fnlRTlETH CONGRESS- FIRST SESSION.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81.

WASHINGTON, Feb. %.
AZ the usual hour of meeting OF the two
Houses of Congress, = fall Attendance Of
members aud crowded audiences n,,estel
The deep interest ofthc occasion whrh called
The two Houses TO olior public testimonials
Il their profound respect for tho memory o!
JoHS Quincy ADAMS, who breathcd his
last on the preceding evening, and whose
mortal remains yet lay within the walls Of
the Capitol.
10 the House Of Representatives., ns soon
as the House WINS called to ORDER
The Speaker (,!lc Hon. r. C. Winthrop
rose and IN a feeling and affecting manuer
addressed tho house us follows:
Gentlemen ofMc House Of Representatives.
oftic United States:
II has been thought fit that the Ch,.i,
should announce officially to the House, en-
event Glread, known 10 the members indi
vIduai'y, and which has filed oil our hearts
with sadness.
A scat on this floor has been vacated, 10.
wards which our ewes have been accustom
ed u turn with no common interest.
A voice has been h,ishcd forever in thi.
hill, to which all ears have been wont 10
listen with profound reverence.
4 venerable form hns faded from our sigh,
around which VIC have have daily clustered
with an uiiec,ion.tc regard.
a meme has been stricken from tho !v.
ing statesmen Of our land, which has been
associated Tor more ,h,n hnlf n century
with the highest civil service, aud the loi.
test civil renown.
On Monday. the 22st inst. JGny QurNcy
ADAMS sunk Ia his seat, in the presence Of
Us oil, by u Sudden Illness, from which he
never recovered land lac died in the Speaker !
room, nj quarter past seven o'clock last
evening, with the C..iccrs Of the House and
the delegation Of his own Massachusetts
aroiGa him.
Whatever advanced nCe, long expert.
cnce. great abilities, vast learning, nccG;nu-
lated public hpnors, n spo,css private .!.ar-
actcr, aud a firm religious faith, could do, 10
render any one an object Of interest, res
pcc;, and admiration, they had done for This
distinguished person; and interest, respect,
and admiration rre hnt feeble terms to ox.
press the feelings. with which the members
# this House and The people VI the country
have long regarded him.
After life .; eighty Years, devoted
from its earliest maturity To The public SER
vice, he hns at length gene 10 bis rest
lie has been privileged to die at his pos, -
to fall while in the discharge Of his duties
to expire beneath The roof Of the Capi,ol;-
and To have his Inst scene associated FREY.
or in history with the birth dav &c TIM,
Industrious Patriot, whose Just disccrnmeut
brought him first into the service ui hi:
eDnnlr..
The close Of sr,cl lie, uader such cir.
cumStances, Is not IN event ior unn;unes
emotion. We caanot find it in our heart.
10 regret, that Inc has Gle! as lie has died.
lie himself coa!d have desired no other end
This IS the end Of eas;h-l am composed, :
we're his las. words, uttered IA the day On
which he fell. BIT we might almost hea,
him czriaminc. as he !c.i us-in 4 language
hardly less fn,niliar to him than his nn,ive
.onsne-"Hoc est, ninirum. magis Jeiicilc,
de rita migrGre 1uam MORT"
II Is lur ether To suggest what hanors shall
be- paid Ia his memarv. No acts Of our.
are necessary To his fame. Bat il may be
due to ourselves and tn the country. TIM,
the national sense at his character mud ser.
services should be fifty commcmorated.
MIR. Hudson OF Mss, vin,on Of Ohio.
and Holmes Of s. G., then addressed the
chair, aud passing appropriate resolutions
tor the funeral, the House adjaurhcd.
WASHINGTON, March l.
Senate. -Several memorials md petitions
were presented by the Vice President, n
mong which was Que fnr grant al land
Tor the construction of canal in Iowa.
Houston presented the petition Of the
Legislature of Texas, instruc,ing her S na-
tors and Representatives to protest ogains,
the REIMBURSEMENT Of an, territory or States
conquered by tho U. States of Mexico,
without indemnity. Also against the prohi
bition Of slavery in any territory acquired
from Mexico.
MIR. Johnson presented petition of the
citizens Of Baltimore Cur tho reduction
Of postage.
The Senate went into Executive Session
lew moments, mud when the doors were
opened the Senate adjourned.
HoEsc.-Mr. Rockwell Of Conn, made
speech which was scorching review Of
Sec. Walkers Report, showing il 10 be full
OF plumbers md gross misstatcncnts, cal.
cuIhscd to deceive the public. Mr.. Mclean
made speech ia answer to Nj. Thomp