The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-01
TIlIRTY-S SECOND CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.



SENATOR cLMENs-PRE IMINARY BusIsEss
Mr. CLEMENS (iem) of Ala appeared in the Senate for
the FIRST time this month.
Tie CHAIR laid before the Senate official copies of the
Army and Navy Register.
Tie deficiency bill was received from the House. and
referred 10 The finance Committee
the VOTES FOR PRE- TDEST AND VICE PRECEDENT.
Mr.. HUNTER, (lem) OF Va, submitted resolution,
which agreed to- directing the appointment Of
mitiee tie par, OF the Senate to join such committee
as may be appointed by the House. examine and count
the reu of Ie dcni and Vice IRE ident and
notify the person chocn Of their election Me Hun
ter Blight and Pcarce were all oinssd said committee
tTEpENTIAIs OF MIR slDAJfAs.
Mr.. foRlASD, (em Of Ark presented the credentials
Of Mr. Sebastian elected Senator from Arkansas for six
years.
Mr. HALE Gree soiD ofN. presented memorial Of the
for tho relief Of free negroes onaWtuy held in bondage
asking the repeal modification OF the Fugitive slave
act to sone conformity with the provisions Of the con
tuition. Also petition OF the Grand River quarterly
meeting of Feewi Baptiss Of Michigan, declaring the
Fugitive Slave law nimTy Ia the law Of God, and pray
ing its immediate repeal He said that he knew Of
app oprate committee which refer them On his
motion they laid on the table.
NLw YORK A>D PmIADEi PI1A POST RAILROAD
Mr. to.rER, (whig) Of Fem, presented petition from
Phade hia praying the construction OF a post ralroi
from il,iladelIhia 10 New Ycrk
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ABROAD
Mr. CAse (dem) of Mich, presented several additional
petitions praying the n enton Of this government to
He recommended the subject TO the attention Of
the Con mtee Foreign Relations, and hoped for an
carly and favorable report thereon
UAcEMENT BUEI's DEATH.
A message vas received f.om the Ho.se announcing
the dea,h Of Mr.. Buel.
Nj SEwAnD Gree oily OF n Y, said:-Scarcely two
weeks ago ted the debates of the House Of Repre-
sentative by message ng the death of Sena
tor Il ON Vermont To-day when We have not reached
the subjec; assigned for discussion the House OF Repre-
sentative ap eal 10 for coincidence in its bereavement
Of delegate from New York so frequent are the moni-
we II we aret he
legislator OF great nation nevertheless also sub
iects OF King who is not of this world and Of whose
kingdom there shall be no end. New York has thirty
four Congressional districts according to the constitution
of tie pIesen, Congress. The seventeenth of these
districts includes that part Of the valley OF the Mo
hawk river which, in tie revolutionary age, was the
western border but which is the middle region of
HeIlmcr, Flebeian Patriot General fell in repeing a,
Britt force from thai beautiful valley and montgomery
of higher connections up his lie in the attempt
to Gale he Heights OF Abraham wiich were the strong
holds OF Ii invaders The Continental Conges deceed
monument 10 the memory OF Herk mer, bat the decree
yet remains unexecuted. New York. more Just erased
from the valley OF the Mohawk the political Of
Tyon. which it in honor of British Governor and
dividing ihe regions into two coantes bestowed the
had fallen and upon the other, the of the chiyal
rous hero of Quebec These counties they are,
afer many charges constitute the seventeenth district,
ofwhich the deceased, Alexander II Bel the repre-
senstne In the contest Of organic principles which
Tie Ieo ie of that part Of New Yosk followed the s.e
lead and guidance Of Schuyler Kay, and Hamilton But
when m'tn%oa change OF par'y OF anzaton that con-
Political action that PEOPLE came generally to the adop
tion OF the bensnant and conprehen i've policy of JEFF
ieson and they stl adhere TO 1T as 1t was taught BY
himself. Nowhere. not in that great statc,mans
ratye commonwealth, his principles highly
erfhed than in the region which have mentioned and
net ony there but throughout the state Of New York.
We Co indeed break into artes and undergo changes OF
combna the American people do every but
it is only religious bodies divide and recombine,
each sect striving TO get nearer to the oriai-
nal and common standard of faith. New York,
lat 1afs'r nT In
Lad very few considerable institutions Of learning
Iut it the good fortune OF the deceased that he
born and reared in Fairfield, Heriimer county, whore
some settlers from Connecticut had thus early founded
academy that las since given many eminent men TO
the service of the state Mr Buels father was short
lived and his sons Iatrmony was exhausted in his edu
catiCn. With her ard sister thrown upon him for
support he engaged in the mercantile profession home
Norv ards, tal and credit increased he established
from tine to time branches in adjacent towns and
tie. Ultimately, when the gold coast on the Pacific
Ocean was orened TO American commerce Mr. Buel
without giving mp any of his domestic foothods OF trade
extended his business into California and the unpreend
ing merchant Of Fairfield in New York, had allo his
crowded Jarehou G. in san Frnncco II is almost need
less to - that lie was man of rrobty-of assdaty,
directed by keen saracity, and Of energy, regi-
lated by exemplary modefston. Nevertheless had these
been his only marked qGaliiies, he would never have
been among here. He cultivated all domestic
he sieadaty retained the respect and affection OF the
unity in which he lived they admired his fortunes,
but they Still more admired the man -
''All who deserved esteem be made his
And TO he loved himself but needed TO be known
lie reached bis high position, however, not in a day,
butthrough tie exercise OF care, activity and energy for
YEAR. In 1915 he represented his fellow citi4en
in the legiiiature Of New Yo,k aud in 1850 he all
yancod 10 tho honors of Retre enate in the Congress
Of the United States He brought 10 the discharge of
that high trust the faculties and virtues which had
disnau he'd him in the patton. Of private life. lie
prompt punctual active and assiuous conscious in
tie lie gave with fidelity to the principles OF his
ttuot ard yet tolerant of the opinions and charitable in
his OF the motives OF all others lie did not de-
bate Iobate in these halls either wins great influence
utterly wastes the speakers power. He exercised that
carer influence which s felt by all and The manner Of
which is seen by Two weeks ago he hastened
back from his distant homc by night through ncc
ment storm to assure his wife OF the recovery of child
whom he md vbied there The disease which was to
become mortal attended him TO hs chamber. lie died
yesterday mornings and although he had attained tn
encountered an eDb Of iertnne of public favor On
the contrary, growing prosperity and higher honor
seemed 10 be soliciting him to live know, Mr. Pre-
sident, that II Is customary occasions like this to
sIeak Of the touching Of deaf and to otter
ISOLATION 10 tie bereayed survivors aud yet sir cannot
do II. Those subjects to too sacred TO be ap
preached hy one Who Ike myself is habitualy engaged
| IN The affairs 81 hei and not in the contemplation
o dcath--in the etrfes Of the world and not in
| The peaceful Offices of religion. win say, there
| fore, Of the manner Of the death OF my late
colleague only thshat it showed that he acquired the
iortituie which enabled him to pay, became Chris
tian, the debt which in common with a he owed to
nature-of oondoence With that weeping wife on whom
the care of Bis orphaned children is exclusively do
voN ed and with that mother who had lea ned his sup
porting arm until sic had passed her eightieih year
| with gadness, ever increasing with its increasing
| suenEth' Couiu FP'ah ohg such Woi,lS ~ nh.
| man would suggest l know full well thak
the light which reason throws into the darkness a
SOILS oppressed by such grefs theirs ia only the
! borrowed light OF the moon and stars. They know
better than could tell them how to look farther
Mr President what belonged TO Others to do all that they
could do on this rad occasion has been done The be-
partner Of the deceased has closed his eyes with
her own gentle hands, and mnistering friends, with
scarcely ess Of tenderness invested his pcrshng form
with such habilments as bet the grave His colleagues
from New Yorl-ali Of them from Manhattan island with
lis towers and temples lost behind the mastso Of domestic
atdforeign commerce to Niagara screening In
pIns,Gl foresthaye attended that sad mourner and
the precious burhen c conveys TO the place of depar
turc from the capaand this morning, before the sun
had risen accompanied by Of those colleagues as
could he spared from public service here the procession
alfeody on Its way TO the desoate ion of the
where sorrowing knsmen and life long friends viii
be in wnirirg 70 eceve those precious remains and