Mr. HARDING, of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I desire very briefly, and in few words, to present my heart felt tribute of respect to the memory of my late friend and colleague Hon. HENRY o. I became acquaint with him many years ago; but during a later riod, beginning with the extra session of congress, in July, 1861, I served with him as a member of this House, on down to the close of the last session, when in consequence of declining health, he returned to his home. During this last period of 5 years my relations with Mr. GRIDER were of the most intimate and friendly character daily associating with him, boarding most of the time at the same house, I knew him well; and from my knowl edge of his character, I entertained for him the highest respect, and had the utmost confidence in him as a high minded, honorable ntleman, as a conscientious, honest, and just man, and as a sincere and?evoted Chris tian. I remember no event in the past year that opPressed me so sadly and painfully as the news of his death. He was born in Kentucky, on the 16th day of July, 1796, and was a little past 70 eoarss.of age at the time of his death. Mr. was in the war of 1812, and though then quite a youth, he served as a private soldier in what was known as Shelby's campaign. He afterward studied law, and when not enged in the public service of his country evoted hi.o.o and successfully to the practice of his profession. He was elected in 1827, and served as a member of the HoRep in the Kentucky Legislature. He was again elected to the same position in 1831. He was afterward elected in 1833, and served 4 years in the Senate of Kentucky. Mr. GRIDER was elected a member of Congress 1st in 1843. He was reelected in 1845, and after serving 2 consecutive terms in Congress he retired for a few years to private life. But in 1861 the people who knew him so well, with whom he had so long lived, and whom he had so faithfully served, called him from his retirement, and elected him a member of the 37th Congress. He was reelected to the 38 h Congress; and again elected a member of the 39th Congress. Mr. GRIDER was thus, while living in the same community and among the same people, twice elected to the HoRep of the State Legislature, once elected to the State Senate, and 5 times elected to Congress ample proof that he enjoyed to a high degree the respect and confidence of the people who knew him best. And never did RePresentative more richly deserve the respect and confidence of constituents. He never misled or deceived them; no promise or pledge made by him to his constituents was ever violated; he always served them honestly and faithfully. His acts as a RePresentative were governed by one uniform rule an earnest and conscientious conviction that he was doing right. His whole history as a public man was marked by a high order of patriotism, always zealously laboring and striving to advance what he believed to be the oand best interest of his constituents and of the whole country. In all the relations of life, whether public or private, his integrity was above suspicion, and he passed through a long, active, and useful life without leaving a solitary stain or shade upon the purity of his character. Mr. GRIDER was a man of noble generosity and large benevolence; the voice of necessity never appealed to him in vain. Benevolence was a marked and prominent trait in his char. acter; to him it was a luxury to minister to the wants of others; he felt that it was “more blessed to give than to receive, ” and his generous heart always responded to every charitable appeal. Mr. GRIDER made a public profession of religion in early life; he soon afterward became an active and zealous member of the Methodist church, and continued through life one of its brightest ornaments. His walk was moral and upright, his life was rich in deeds of charity, and abounded in good works; yet he trusted in none of these things. He felt and knew that all his best performances were mixed with sin and imperfection; and turning away from all his own works he fixed his hope and rested with strong faith and confidence on the atoning merits and perfect righteousness of Him who came “to seek and to save the lost.” And when this venerable man drew near to the close of his long, eventful life, that religion which had cheered him in health and home him up in every dark hour of sorrow and affliction was oil. more precious to him than ever be. ore. always calmly and hopefully, and sometimes joyfully; and thus it was, on the 7th day of September, 1866, at his own home, in the bosom of his tender and affectionate family, surrounded by kind neighbors and friends, and sustained by the Christian's faith and hope, that he calmly and quietly breathed his last. His course is finished, his warfare is ended, and he is gone but gone, there is good reason to hope, to that land where the weary find rest, and where the frail child of mortality forgets to weep and lives forever.