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the House then adjourned.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, 1855

After the reading Of the journal,
Mr.. r. II. STANTON, rising, said that with the view
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committee rooms, and also to enable them TO attend to
business OF their constituents before the executive depart
ments, requiring their prompt oare he would move that
when the House adjourn, il will adjourn over until Mon
day next.
The yeas and nays having been asked and ordered
this motion, IT was then Withdrawn
ANNOUNCEMENT or THE DEATH OF A MEMBER
Mr. WOOD, having obtained the floor, said
Mr. SPEAKER rise perform the mournfu duty OF an
nouncing this House the death OF one Of lis members,
my immediate predecessor on this floor
The Hon RuDoLrHus Dickinson, n representative from
the sixth congressional district Of the State Of Ohio lie
parted this life, In this city the 10th day OF March last
Mr. DICKINSON born al Whately, Massachusetts, on
the 9Th day of December 1859 He graduated at Williams
College, and aor emgraed to the State Of Ohio,
where he established himself in the practice Of law, at
Lower Sundusky, (now Fremont) which continued to DO
the place Of his residence until the period OF his decc
BY the successful, practice Of his profession and other
suits in which he engaged, he acquired competent es
For several years he member Of the board Of
public works Of Ohio, and in 1916 elected by the peo
pie of his congressional district to represent them in this
branch of tho national legislature, in which hs served
through the last Congress- and reelected to the pres
cnt
My relations with the deceased ofhe most intimate
and friendly character knew him long and well, In the
discharge OF official duty in business transactions and In
all the relations Of e He distinguished for his en-
egy OF character great sagacy strict integrity prudence
and judgment Seldom engaging in an enterprise with
out careful of all It's details he was enabled
ioresee lie results and consequently eminenty
cessful In whatever he undertook
In the midst Of his honors with his faculties yet strong
and unmp in the prime Of iie he has been taken
from among and has gose that bourne from whence
return aud where neither the voice OF
applause reach him In his last drcamless repose
As husband and father he possessed, in eminen
degree those bright and shining qualities which dis,in
guish in their private and social relations life Ia III,
year 1877, the deceased united In marriage to Mis-
Margaret Beaugrand OF Lower Sandusky, tho daughter
highly respectable French gentleman, who settled
several years previous the extinction OF the Indian title
in that country Fortunate In his domestic In his socs
relations his home the favored abode Of happiness
and peace.
No effort OF mine, and eulogy that can pronoupce
upon this floor, viii All the void In the widowed heart o.
the afectionase wife and devoted mother, the
smile Of joy and gadness brighten the face Of bis orphan
children. ! must commend them higher source for
consolation in their bereavement May He who "emPer'
the wind the sbom lamb extend his provdentia care
those who thus deprived Of their protector and friend
Let who survive profit by the example which has been
furnished Of the uncertainty Of e and OF the necessity
Of always being prepared for It's close.
Mr. Speaker, mark Of respect for the memory OF the
deceased offer for adoption the following resolutions
Rssoivd That this Hou,e has heard with deep and
egn ed regret Of the desh this city, Of Hon. RupoL-
YHUs DrcKrSsoS, member Of the last Congress, and 2