New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-15
SENATF..... WAsBiSDION Dee. IL. Is6J.
THE EIGHr-horR SYSTEM.
Mr.. EEoWy offered the following:

R,orrcJ That the Committee Judiciary be Instructed
i5 TITO , doe Of me- & yc o. y S u ~
employment ard place. TO heh ,le .d c'ion Of Congress
.lents ar rs the SANE may be paccsbe. and to report
Nr. TRUuBuLL thought he resolution ought to So 50
some nther th.,n Tie Judic'1ry Committee.
MIR. WILSON suggested its ref renee TO the Committee
on Naval fairs most Of q persons TO DO affected
She resolution were employed in the Navy Yard.
Mr.. GEMrs thought the resolution lad better not be
adopted at ALL rs question that did not properly
belong 10 tie Senate 10 consider. 1t question
the Nayy-YaT was concerned, there was law pro
number of hours work wotkmen IN corresponding
yards around il.
The resolution was at the srgge.tlOu OF Mr.. BRowS,
laid over informally.
ADJoU ESAlESr 10 MONDAY
On motion Of M. HARgis it ordered that when
iso Senate adjourn to-day II adjourn to meet on Mon
day next.
DEATH OF SENATOR CoLLAMER.
Mr. Toor-MI President. rise 10 ask the Senate
10 suspend for this DAY its deliberations upon public AZ
fairs that We may offer citing ond appropriate tribute
70 the character and The noor! OF ono Who has long
been associated with us in tie national councils but
who is with us now 10 irore. Since our assembling
here this present session. have all had occasion
TO reInsrk-nonc OF " have failed 20 remark-the
absence Of OF Our menlbcrs-One whom VIC have
long been accustomed meet and 10 hold council with
in these halls. An cider brother who has long mingled
with in debe ati)ns heTe-a wise and discreet
staesIlan--a learned and igdcious cOurselor-a pure
patrin:-a just and upright man. has been removed
from among us BY lie hand oil deaih aNenefsble form
long familiar 10 our SIGHT las been taken away ont u
our presence. / bring message 10 this
body, for IL has already been Lcraldei through
out the country, yet I am none The
less rad in making the formal announcement TO the
Senate OF the death Of my late colleague. tho Hoe.
Jacob Celsmer. j. Is clnincnty iii and becoming Mr..
President j. clio In accordance with approved
aud sacred cusoul that pause for an hour in the
ordinary routine OF d1ill labor that We may cOnse
crate tist hou! u the NriH"s and Tho memory o.
deceased and amcnted associate, VIII" has shared 80
long and largely ia our regards eno IN tbe pnbic
confidence iOr h!s Waiiuo wisdom md for bis great
moral excellence. ~ our colleague Judge Collamtr,
~ dead Was TIE ataitiing tclegIaPhc message
fccc, Ell al NV home about i've weeks ago. lie expired
at his residence in Woodstock W.. The evening OF
tho oh cs November last. after brief Illness Of little
more than single week, at he own honse in the midst
oi his own sheciioGie aud de-, ocd household, in the
full exercise 81 his intellectual faculties with All abiding
and mistaken inith in the Christian religion
IN the cherished hope oI blissiul Immortality.
But three weeks before his dcccase he visited Montpc-
er the capital o. 'hc Stasc, 30 miles nom his
dcnce 10 attend ire funeral rice. 81 yonngeI rnd
iayoiio brother Having paid The last .ad Offices vi
Ics pect and affection 10 d brothers memory. lie
turned 10 his 0Hn home, bnt alas Ong 20 ny himscf
d0Wp, SO sOOp 10 die j;y this dispeH-st0n Sudden
and sad Inc Senate Of the IDit0d States has lost
of TIE Oldest, most experienced and most trusted Of its
members: the country Of tie abest and puIest Of
its statesmen; society, and the church of which hs
member, one 81 TIE woi'hIest ana brightest eNci-
parsi my Siaie Ter most eminent citizen, ond tn,
dsy there j. moulning throughout al! heI borders.
Mr. FOOT then gave sketch of tho life ~ Mr.. Coll
lalocr. and concluded with "a glowing enlogy upon BIS
Hate colleague. wise and Dncon nltaDc statesman
whose loss wa . national calamity. and whose eIan
service Vi their oDnnny.
A. tie cOnclus on al biz Grafton Nr. FOof offered the
following:
h,Iea, 1Ls ,ls hsyr received with tas derpe.
s@sshy ale -If.ncs Il lie heh - .hc iIcr jacob
oian stet oc so- ~ is ncd states Tom o.. STATS 9"
Vermont.
Rr9sd Tbs e IenhcTs ~ 'be Ssnst- from SsirceTe
0-,e 81 sJo"ngfyry max # respect dGe us uriHoly Il
no Hon Jacob Col L'r, vii INTO rorynns D. o33s
-.spe sn the ieii ara Tor thirty d,ys
RcSied flitt :ldi,l mari II respect for 10 memory
% the deceased tho reiise 10 adjourn.
IL Vas ordered tAa' the Secretary communicate these
resolutions 10 The House OF Representatives,.
MI. HAREi- ssG: Fl is not for Vermont clone To-
inortn New.icTl claims the Iiiylcye of standing by
her side in This boar Of affection: Of bending with her
IN sIel oyci the grave Of her lusiiidis son lie
son % Vermont hi aiCpiion-oi Ncw.YOIk by b;rih.
Inc eIeVaed position 10 long occupied, a.. esicn
sne Influence he - long welded. the honor awarded
un ny oil; nny justly ssiis tho pride both OF his
awe anu eGoPieG STATES man OF singular worth
'hd rare Eitues has been loot 10 Us both As Sena.
ore VIC mny well unite in paying fribnie OF re.
e' 10 Tie memory OF one 80 justly IGNORED We NAV
ven pause In our deliberations 10 besiow our homsge
'poh one b. justly te!Oyod. The Senate las indeed
"st oJc oi rs ahest statesmen OF its puTcsf !
p"IiVs. ~ hOD0Iing such 4 man We honor
ntshes. Wien We met in this chamber few days !
~ am sure tie thought present 70 every mind
49, one 9i our number vas not here; that seat had
I'm mtd" vacant tba, the Oldest aud most expert. |