The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-11
IN CONGRESS- OF THE U. STATES.
WEDNESDAY. JULY 10. 1850.



sEsATE.
The Senate called to order by the Secretary who
read the Senate communication sent TO him BY the
Vice President requesting him TO lay before the Senate
the following:
To fAs Ss~ats of the Uwitsd Stsfsss
10 consequences Of the ismensed death Of lAonAsY Tar
occupy the chat. of the senrs and have thought .na.
formal 70 that effect through you, 70
the choice OF presiding oiheeri Ann FILLMORE
WASHINGTON. July 10, 1850
Of Mr. George Fisher, from the late Vice President Of
the United States
FsloWeitissms Of the Senate
AID of the House Of RsWsse"afiUn'
have 10 perform the melancholy duty OF ing
you that has pleased Almighty God 70 remove from This
lfo ZACHARY TAYLOR late President Of The United skates
He deceased last evening the hour Of past O'Clock
in the midst OF amiy and surrounded by aectionate
Among his last words these which he uttered with
emphatic dstncuess II have always done my duty. am
S sG.sy % die nay only regret Tor the friends leave be-
Having announced you, fellow citizens. this a
aicsing Bereavement. and assuring that has pene,ra
ted no hear, with deeper grief Than mine i remains for
me 70 say that propose this day at u o'clock in the hal
Of the House Of Representatives in tue presence OF both
houses Of Congress- take the prescribed by the
stltution. 10 enable enter the execution OF the OF
WILLARD FILLMORE.
WASHINGTON, July 10. 1850.
MIR. WEBSTER then submitted the following resolu-
tons:
Rssolvsd. That the houses will assemble this day in
the hall Of the House OF Replsse at II O'Clock,
be present the administrator Of the oan prescribed by
the constitution the late Vice President OF the United
States, 70 enable him TO discharge the powers ano du
him by the death OF ZACHARY TAYLOR, late President Of
Resopsd That the Secretary of the Senate present the
above resolution The House Of Representatives aud ask
its concurrence therein
message was received from the House of Represent
atves by r. M. Young, esq, their Clerk:
MIR President the House Representatives have passed
tho following resolutions in which they request Che conca
renee Of the Senate
R<solved. That the honorable Messrs WINTHROP, MoRsE
and MoREHKAD be appointed committee the part Of
this House, join such committee may be appointed by
tho Senate e VAT on the Pfesdeat Of the United States
tvos will be in readiness to receive him In the malt OF the
'5s o. the a. 70 s
pescrbed by the constitution 10 enable him TO enter upon
the execution OF the office
The Senate proceeded consider the resolution and
having concurred therein ordered that MIR. Sou
LEE. Mr.. DAVIS, of Massachusetts, and Mr. UNDERWOOD
be the committee on their part.
Ordered That the Secretary notify the House OF Repre-
scntatives accordingly
After short absence
MIR SOULE, from the committee appointed on the
part of the Senate to wait upon the President, reported
that the COMMITTEES had performed the duty assigned it,
and that the President requested the immediate atten-
dance OF the Senate in the hall OF the House OF Repre-
sentatives
resenatives accordingly, and after the ceremony of ad
mnstering the oath OF Office TO the President had been
performed, returned to the Senate chamber
The following message was received from the Presi-
dent of the United States
Fsilo~-eitiz.~s Of the Senate
- aud House Of Representatives:
great man has fallen among us. and whole country
IS called occasion OF unexpected Deep and genera
to the two houses of Congress 10 adopt such
in their discretion may seem pepper per
With due solemntes the funeral obseques OF
TAvoR, late President Of the United States and thereby
Do and regard
people the memory OF one whose life has been devoted
surpassed in usefulness briancy; who has been
comfy raised BY the unsolicited voice OF the people the
highest civil authority the governme,i, which admin
istered with much and advantage his country
and BY whose sudden death SO many hopes a future useful
To you. senators representative. of a tears
can say nothing which can alleviate the sorrow with
which you oppressed,
appeal you aid me- under the trying noes
which surround me, in the discharge of the duties from
not shrink and rely upon Him Who holds in his hands
the destines of nations to endow me with the requisite
strength FOR the task and to avert from our country the
heavy calamity which has befallen us
shall most readily concur in whatever measures the
wisdom Of the two houses may suggest, BETTING this
deeply melancholy occasion -
WASHINGTON July 10, 1850.
Mr. DOWNS said:
Mr. PRESIDENT i rise member OF the delegation of
the State whose citizen the late President OF the United
States TO offer resolutions suitable to the
The of his death has been already made
ocaly bere and elsewhere and the wings OF light
ming and almost swift thought, the sad intelligence
has been conveyed TO remote portions OF this great
public How sublime well melancholy, is the
in which now engaged But few days since
less than week-many OF us sat the then President
OF the United States and sauted him in health the base
OF that monument which the hands OF grateful postery
raising TO the memory OF the rst and the greatest
OF his pedecessors-hero statesman. like hmselfand
where had assembled to pay devotion to the memory
OF the man hrst in war. rst in peace, and first in the
hearts OF his countrymen and TO rekindle the
breasts OF ALL that spirit OF union, fraternity and liberty
without which shall prove ourselves unworthy Of
revolutionary ancestors, and reproach to their mem
Ory Yes, there sat- quiet and placid the gentle breeze
from the Potomac that cooled his heated brow the man
whose very pathway TO his log cabin school house in
Kentucky. the Bloody Ground" beset by the
hawk Of the savage. and who had passed through four
fields OF his country uscaihedat the head OF the great
ct republic OF this any other country protected, not
by bayonets, but by the affections of his countrymen
yet, in few short days in the midst OF this quiet peace
prosperity and fame he was TO approach that doom which
awaits ~ all
Zachary Taylor was born in 1854, in Orange county.
Virginia In early life he gave evidence Of extraodina
pointed, during the presidency OF Mr. Jefferson, euen
ant in the army Of the United States rose in 1872 TO
the rank OF Captain and, after the declaration of
with Great Britain that year, he beve,,ed major
BY President Madison for has memorable and gallant de-
fence Of Fort Harrison. with handful of men, against
large body Of savages In 1892, then advanced TO the
rank Of colonel he distinguished himself in the Black
signal services against the savage Semnoes created
brevet brgadier general and commandment. chief in
Florida, Subsequently, he transferred TO the
mand OF the division of the army the southwestern
portion Of the Union ordered into Texas in iss5
advanced 70 the banks OF the Rio Grande; and after