Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-12-12
TmIRTY-TniED C0NGnEss-ed SESSION
SENATE-WAsHlscros, Thursday, Dec.

SENATE-WAsHISGros Thursday, Dee.
Mr.. badger offered resolution directing the pay
ment to Mr.. Ariison ol sum equal 10 iic difference
between his pay Senator and Tint Of the Vice Prcs
dent daring the tnr he was President. pro tcmp0re Of
the Senate CnanmoUsiy adopted.
w. Seward presented ,hr petition Of T.. X. Collins
nni others OF New York, praying that further prov
SONS br made fIr the protection of life and property
OH sca-s;oing vessels. Referred 10 hc committee or
commerce.
Mr.. Badger. Il is well, sir, that in the hurry Of
business the Senate should not forget that this is
Thursday, ana therefore, les; it might be overlooked
submit tic usual motion, that when tbs Senate ad
jouru II adjourn ill Monday mornN.. (Lauglltcr.)
Mir. Davis Badger Is sulsible 10 tic last; thought
ho lacked fn;igucd
The motion was Ihcn agreed Ia.
\ bill! ;nr the relief Of Geo. Fisher WIS passed.
Mr.. Ptarcr introduced joint resolution naming
Ruius Chonte and j. X. Pauding rcgeu,s OF the
Smithsonian Institution, 10 III! vacancies. Passed.
Mr.. Badger give notice Tint on Monday neSt
will introduce bill TO nrrGase tho pay oi the mem
hers Of Congress and Of the Judges Of the Supreme
Court.
After some na;mTOrtan business message wns re-
ceivcd from ihe House communicating tie proceed
ngs IN relation 10 the death oi Hon. Presley Ewing
ot k"":"chy when Mr. lh?mpson, made some re-.
marks respecting the csiimnbc qualities and sudden
dcccase OF Mr.. Ewing. uc offered appropriate reso
u,rnE, which were undnam,l>iy adopted. Mr.. Bad
ger also spoke kindly and tccing!y Of the deceased.
, lhc SENATE tlcD uulDufheu.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr.. Houston, from tie committee on WAYS and
means. reported bill for III" payu"nt OF rnlid api
other pcia.uar rs ana he appropriation bill Tor
the year crGinc Junr 9th, lS.)5.
Mr. Hem iligoduceia bill making further appro-
lria,!on iur the Improvement OF the rapids "i the
Mississippi river, and bill Tor the relief o. tho own
-rs anil occupant, Of the town oi Omaha, III Ncbras-
kS territory. aud fOr other purposes.
Mr.. Maxwell introduced bill authorizing the sale
q! tho rcs.Ived ldiiH ~ Florida.
Mr.. Barksd"ic int odurrd bill constituting CGunI'
bus, Mrs. port Of delivery.
Mr.. ZulIcoer intr"duC"'i II bill further providing
Tor tho security ri tho lives Of Passengers on YES
sells propelled III Whole iu part by steam! all oi
whi.i were referred the latter the COMMITTED "i
On motion Of Mr. Perkins, vi La. III" bill to re-
model the rdpnmac and consular system Was refer.
red 10 the committee on tv.c!gn affairs
Mr. Coke announced III" i"a,h ui the Hon. Prcslcy
Ewinr, mcmbcr ol the iiousr from Kentucky who
died during he recess.
Mr. Brl-tuw, NJ. Ewing'S succcss1r. pronounced
the eulo-rn, and Mrs.rs. Latham and Smith, u! Ai.
ALBANIA, srws- bore testimony ~ tho private AMI
public viriucs oftlc deceased.
Mr.. Latham, ~ Ch!oriiinaro." AMI saic: lone "lr
OF th Kentucky delegation thu;l should participate
in this obla:on TO our departed assocae,my own heart
has given mourniul ac9I:esccuc". But lonr shorl
monihs ago wc took him By the hand at parting, and
wished him God speed, little dreaming oi the journey
he was going on or that the chilly hand ot death was
TO come between him and our welcome bark Secure
in .ha. strange confidence with which mortality ever
nncks her worldly y-mndcd children, 10 passing
thought GdlnDn;slied that the bright eye should b.
dimmed 50 .pun-.he iovia hearty laugh be heard
nu more GnIuur us. We looked not down the dark
valley his feet tread; our line Of vision
rcnhed not halt so far, but measured distance only
! by our hopes.
| The death of Presley Ewing comes nearer home tc
individuals in this body, inasmuch he had endcar
cd himself ~ all most fratcrnuy; and, whether w.
! admire his talents and consistent Gbernlity on th
hoor recall around the social hearth nnd board HI
humorous originality and oddv Our voices assume
themselves the low tone of afrctonate sorrow, an
! til. smile which had sprung to the lip fades sadl,
! away. We cannot Jut wonder and b" amazed
Code prDvi,cure-bui wonder, why one sn fitted tf
cheer and make others happy should be go early call
| cd--whv, * the very dawn OF manly existence
whose morning was .siGS with much more thar
common brl-G G.css, IN al PROMISED long summer da,
! OF usctulmcs- and wei! rGTIrdcd GHcr!ou-the lwl
! light OF the grave csns on. and they who love-
! hi'n--thc aged parents whose pride and stay ht
was--are left to 1T whn tine shadow 0 his eclipse
To them aud 10 the constituency lie honorably r.
presented, we but olcr kn c1mdo nee oi -incert
| sympathy and regret. And, while we confidently re
sign our own will to that Of the Omniscicnt One VIII,
givch and also taleth away in His own good time
nNd for His purposes, we can bn express our OWL
feelings in the simple sentence which should he en-
craven OH the stone that marks his quiet rest Hc
had no enemies.
in this hou-, apart only 10 honor but to con
template. let ponder Oh the uncertainty 6t our ilt
n best--ihe tGeincss OF our lime at most Let u
look onward the work have laid ont iur lives
,u 10: and ward, 10 that power from whence com
eth our strength and length of days. wherein to dc
il. Let remember that our sight Is not the same
as His who made us. That when task seems done
TO us, 10 Him il ia unfinished. And when most unhn-
ished 10 10 Him it In already done. That the thin
thread of life, whcrewith wc arc to weave the web o
our DAYS work. Is often sta;d in the hand &. high noon
AID knots. and bienihcs, and places oycrshot togeh
cr with the sued spots and marks OF careful toll, rc.
main as have LETT them. until the time oi the grcut
showing. Tha: deeds, which are 10 liz trivial, have
great Influences and I"ncut Tcads too fast upon
rc hecl- OF the other burcrned with its own weight
nf action, :" spare anything "a rrci!ly " alter
Yet. while we ure e;Tucst, Gs these con:cnpiaton-
=h1ul! always make u.s. wc can gain still another les.
son than that OF our mortality. From tho ono OF our
number whose wor; has been 70 !a;cly finished, we
may learn that By the cheerful Gni conci;Gtory di--
charge OF duties, We encourage our fellow labor
in theirs, that VIC - not like the galley slave
scuur,cI 20 his dungeon. but sustained aud cheered
with IA unfGtcrn. .rH,t-likc one who wraps tho
draorry .: lis couch aboat him aud Les down n plea
sGn; dreams.
The public Ike OF Mr.. Ewing is known 10 us al, a,
we'll 10 those OF his STATE, whom Utmost concern.
ell. lie was twice member of no Legislature OF
Kentucky, and twice elected "a the Congress OF tnc
United States, thus demonstrating the belief OF ms
people in hio integrity and their conlIdence III hid
ability. His personal acquaintance and deep vencra.
ton for Henry Clay, his admiration Of that grca:
mans devotion 10 bis friends ali steady pursuit Of
hi- own patriotic duty. which led him much to
emulate and miratc thcm needs scarcely !" br recall
cl IL you.
His talents were brilliant his education classical {;
hi, social virtues eurichsd y rnvcl and hunor, were
cmnsntly great, and wittG, God gavc him gene
rnrls aud I"bi- h-n.t. IN many chosen circle his
los. is nuurc as rreparah!t and though his life has
fitted across cur horizon bright and sudden Us II
shooting .iar, it. track Is marked in memory by
the soft lisat u aiieconntc recollection, that only
th. midnight cloud OF death has power TO obscure.
Tic usuui resolutions OF regret and 70 wear crnpo
Tor thirty .avs yEcro unsse nl the uou.e adjourned