The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-04-02
SENATE.

announcement OF the horrible calam-
ity to Mr. Dudley's family.
The House resolutions relative t.
the calamity which has befallen Hon
MIR. Charles Dudley was received and
read.
Senator Bennett moved that com.
mittee Of three be appointed to draft
resolutions expressive Of the sense of
the Senate on the sad occasion. Car
ried.
Senators Bennett, Hamilton and
Powers were appointed said COM
mittee.
Senator Parvin then said: 1t be-
comes us in this hour of bere avement
to the Hon Mr. Dudley, when one son
young man IL years of age, and
two others of his family have been
destroyed, burned, and his house
made desolate, to express, and by
our actions give him what sympathy
we can, the full sympathy Of our
hearts.
Senator Richards l hesitate to
break the silence which prevails here
knowing that tits more eloquent than
words which any man can utter, yet
feel it privilege to say, as one
who has not even personal acquain-
lance with the man who has been so
awfully and suddenly bereaved, tho
he lives in distant part Of the State
that l tender to him. as one member
Of this Senate, my most heartfelt and
deepest sympathy; and the most i'm
pressivc reflection that comes to me
| at the present moment is the honor
that is done this Assembly by the
manner in which it has received this
intelligence.
Senator Woolson feel ut time
like this that silence is truly more
eloquent than words; but having been
honorcd with some acquaintance with
him, cannot forbcar saying that l
regard Mr. Dudley as one of the best
works ofGod an honest man, an up
right citizen, a kind husband. and a
devoted father.
can realize, in some measure, the
terrible affection which has fallen
upon our brother legislator. 10 have
those near and dear to us taken
away under ordinary circumstances,
Mhcre We may sit by their bedside
and watch them while their eyes are
slowly sealed in death and the spirit
takes it fight to the eternal world is
sad indeed, but such affection is light
when compared with such terrible
calamity as this, where whole fam.
lily is .orn away from parent under
such circumstances and without any
previous warning. 1t is right, meet
and proper that we should give our
sympathies to our friend on this oc.
casion; and, though these express
ions must necessary be faint, yet faint
as thcy may be, l can bear testimony
myself that they are cheering and
that they are consoling when one
rests under less affection than this.
/ doubt not that every Senator will
join in the strongest expression Of
sympathy to the Hon Mr.. Dudley in
this sad hour of bereavement.
Senator Wright: Words fail te
convey. the deep sympathy ! have fol
the afflicted. l have known Mr. Duo
ley about 10 years, and have known
but to respect and honor him, as al
honest man and christian. This
winter have roomed with him, ant
our more intimate association has on
ly caused me to admire and respect
him more for his sterling integrity
and conscientious uprightness in
| all circumstances. He has been deer
| ly afflicted. Last fall his oldest sor
was killed by the running away of &
team; now he is called upon to mourn
the loss of three more sons, ~ this
awful calamity. Whilst it is hare
thus to part with our friends, we art
assured that our loss is their gain
and that ''God willeth all things fol
our good"
The committee reported the follow
ing resolutions which were adop-
ted:
Whereas, Information has been CON
municated to this body by the House
of Representatives of the terrible af
fiction of Hon Charles Dudley, ons
Of it's members, in the destruction BY
fire of his home in which three O
his sons persisted. Therefore, be i,
| Resolved by the Senate, that We
hereby extend to Hon Charles Dud-
ley, and his bereaved family, oul
warmest sympathy and coincidence
in this the hour of their dcsolatina
sorrow.
Resolved, That a committee of two
be appointed from this body to ac-
company the Hon Charles Dudley tc
his home.
Resolved, That the Dies MONIES
Valley Railroad Company are requcs
ted to furnish a special train for the
use Of Hon Charles Dudley to convey
him and the committee to his home
without delay.
Resolved, That these resolutions
be spread upon the Journals Of the
Senate.
! Resolved, That out of respect to
the Hon Charles Dudley this Senate
do now adjourn until Monday next
Senators Woolson and Doud were
appointed as committee on the part
ofthe Senate to accompany Hon Mr.
Dudley to his home.
Senator Dol man: Borne down as
know Hon Mr. Dudley must be by
this calamity, nothing that we can dc
OF say am sure can remove in any
degree this burden and yet from ex
lperience 10 extreme sorrow, l know
that there is some degree of pleasure
and relief in knowing that one has
the sympathy Of friends in such ar
hour
| ! move therefore the adoption o.
tho resolutions by this Senate stand
ing.
| Senator Meyer: / rise to second
the motion of the Senator from Blu
chanan. On an occasion like this Ian
guage fails to express our feelings
the mind is not able to comprehend
loss ofthe departed. / have, myself
been again and again thus afflicted
property, home, and all we have in
the world is considered as nothing
when death takes the nearest and
dearest from our loved homes.
thought that when Irosc that on &C
count of my own Affections l could
fully synpathize with our friend and