Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-07-18

House. Rev. MIR. Butler, Cndpidiu VI sas
Senate. delivered prayer appropriate to the &C.
casion. 'aiii1i p.
A Message was received from the President
of the United States, and read, a. follows
WAsHINeroy. Jolly 10, IeoO.
Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House OF
Representatives: ~ TLUI
have to perform the melancholy duty OF an
nouncing to you that it has pleased Almighty
God to remove from this life ZAcHARY TAYLOR,
late President Of the United States He decea-
sed last evening, at the hour OF half past 10 o.
clock, and in the midst Of his family, and sG-
rounded by affectionste friends, calmly, and In
tull possession of all his faculties. Among lis
last words were these, which be uttered wnh
emphatic distincincss: i have always done my
duty am ready to die; my only regret Is tor
the friends l leave behind me-" Having an
nounced to you, fellow citizens, this most stiic-
ting bereavement, and assuring you i; Las PEN
etrated no heart with deeper grief than mne, 't
remains for me to say, that propose ;hls day. al
IL o'clock, in the Hall of the House of Repre-
sentalives, IN the presence of Doth Houses of
Congress, to take the oath prescribed By The
Constitution, 10 enable me to enter on the exc
cution of the office which this event has desolv-
ed ON me. WILLARD FILLMORE
The House then took recess until IL o'cIock.
Judge Cranch, of the Circuit Court of the Dis
,rict of Columbia, came into the Hall accon?a-
MED by Dir Morse, and took n seat at the cerk's
desk. A few minutes elapsed, when the Sena-
tors entered 1.-The members of the House re-
ceived them standing the former were seated
in the area fronting the Speakers chair. Hvery
part of the hall, floor and galleries, was cowd-
ed with ladies and gentlemen. The President
of the United States and the Cabinet mex came
in and were received standing. Mr. Fillmore
took q seat II the clerks desk, and th, lbinet
Immediately in front Of it.
The Speaker said that the oath of office you'd
now be administered; accordingly, Judge Cranch
administers IL as land down IA the Cons1tniinn,
and the Presiden. Senate and Cabinet r,;irec.
A message was received from The PsIdent
of the United States.
fsiior citizens Of the Senate and House n Rep
resntdfiues: fif
l. A great man has fallen among Us, and 1whole
community Is plunged into unexpected, dsep and
general mourning. therefore recomns and The
TWO Houses of Congress to adopt such usasures
as in their discretion may seem proper TO aerform
with due so!emnlty, the funeral obseeaies OF
ZACHARY TAYLOR, late President Of the United
States, aid thereby to signify the greenland af-
iec;ionate regard of the American peops for the
memory Of one whose life has been desoted To
The public service; whose career In rns has
not been surpassed IN usefulness or brlsancy
who has been so recently chosen by ths upsoli-
cited voice Of the people to the highest author-
ny in the Government, which he administered
with so much honor and advantage to ais COIN
Try, and BY whose sudden deah the hopes1of
grea er usefulness have been bhghted fofever.-
Toyou, Senators and Representatives Of ma
ton in tears, can say nothing which can ale
waite tie sorrow with which you are oppressed.
appeal to you to aid me under the trying CIR
eunstances, which surround me in the discharge
OF the duties from which, however muctI may
be oppressed by them, ! have not shrunk. rely
upon Hun who holds 10 HIS hands the destinies
Of nations, to endow me with the requisite
strength for the task, and to avert from our
country the evils apprehended from the heavy
calamity which has befallen us. | shall most
heartily concur in whatever measures the Wis
dom OF the two Houses may suggest as betting
Ibis suslaueholy OCCASION aIalo-l,.l yo1ai
/ =. -, . WILLARD FILLMORE.
Washington, 10Th July, 1850 bsiiaJ