Mr. NEWELL. Mr. Speaker, I did not move a consideration of the resolutions of the Senate announcing the death of Senator WRIGHT when received this morning on account of the absence of my colleague from the 5th district, [Mr. WRight,) who was his immediate Representative, and to whom properly belongs the mournful privilege, but as he is still absent and may not be present during the day and further delay be construed into disrespect to the deceased, I move we proceed to the consideration of the resolutions, and I will say in vindication of the apparent neglect of my friend, [General WRIGHT,) that the death was inadvertently announced in the senate without consultation with the members of the House, and no arrangement was made for any order in the notice of the death. Indeed I learned accidentally that the announcement was transpiring in the Senate on yesterday, and have to regret the lack of proper opportunity to prepare a more oobituary of the deceased. Mr. Speaker, in conformity with an appropriate and impressive usage the Representatives of a great nation pause in the midst of their deliberations to consecrate a day to the memory of a deceased associate and friend, and I crave the indulgence of the House while I occupy a brief period of the time allotted the mournful ceremonies of this occasion to offer my tribute of homage and respect to the memory of one who was an honored citizen and senator of the State which it is my privilege in part to represent. Again and again has death invaded these Halls. In the providence of God these frequent visitations come to warn us that we may not hope exemption from the inexorable decree that “in the midst of life we are in death, ” and that “be ye also ready” is the solemn admonition announced to us from child hood to the grave, in tones not to be misunder stood, by the great and the lowly, as they successively descend into the dark valley of death. The higher the position, the more eminent the character of him we may be called upon to mourn, the more impressive is the lesson de; signed to be taught and the greater heed shou?d we give to the admonition. WILLIAM WRIGHT, Hate Senfrom the State of NewJersey, died at his residence in the city of Newark on the 1st day of November last in his 77th year, after a protracted and distressing illness, in the midst of his own devoted and affectionate household, in the full exercise of hismental faculties, with an abiding and unshaken faith in the Christian religion, and the cherished hope of a blissful immortality. His father, a physician of great learning and reputation, donod him for one of the professions, and ho placed him at a classical school preparatory to a college course, when, suddenly departing this life, the son was thrown upon his own resources, and his necessities compelled him to seek a mechanical occupation which promised earlier and more remunerative returns for his labor. In 1822 he became a resident of NewJer sey, and for many years devoted his entire energies assiduously to business, and rapidly assumed the leading position in trade and commercial circles. e subsequently established branches of his house in all the promi nent cities of the South, and became widely known throughout the country as a wealthy and eminently successful manufacturer and merchant. Upon retiring from active participation in the business of his firm he entered public life, was repeatedly made mayor of his city, was twice elected a Representative in Congress from a district remarkable for the enterprise and intelligence of its citizens, was a candidate for the office of Governor, and twice appointed by the Legislature of his State to a seat in the Senate of the U.S. Few men indeed can boast of such a succession of honorable positions. Examples like his will shine out in the pages of our history as beacons to guide American youth to honorable fame. He was the architect of his own fortune. He cleared, by the force of his own strong will and deter mined hand, the rugged pathway of his early life, and attained an exalted place and high distinction among his fellow men, with none of the advantages which attach to birth and education, but by application and industry, by an honest and honorable course he formed his own character and distinction, and has left them as a rich inheritance to his descendants, and as an example worthy of imitation. As a legislator