The PRESIDENT prolempore of the Senate, in introducing the orator of the day, said: No ordinary occasion could have convened this august assemblage. For 4 weapy years the storm ofwar. of civilWar, raged fiercely overour country. The blood of the best and bravest of her sons was freely shed to preserve her name and place among the nations of the earth. In Aprilast the dark clouds which had so long hung heavil and glooniilyover our heads were all disperse, and the light of peace, more wel come even than the vernal sunshine. gladdened the eyes and the hearts of our peolc. Shouts of joy and songs of triumph echoe through the usbnnd and the father is loved land. The heartsof the devout poured themselves in orisons and thanksgivings to the God of battles and of nations that the most wicked and most formidable rebellion ever known in human history had been effectually crushed and our country saved. In the midst of all this aboundin joy, sud denl and swiftlyas the lightnings ash, came the earful tidings that the Chief Magistrate of the Republic, our President, loved and honored as few men ever were, so honest, so faithful, so true to his dut and his country, had been foully murdered, had fallen by the bullet of an assassin. All hearts were stricken with horror. The transition from extreme joy to profound sorrow was never more sudden and universal. Had it been possible for a stranger, ignorant of the truth, to look over our land,he would have supposed that there had come upon us some vis itation of the Almighty not less dreadful than that which once fell on ancient Egypt on that fearful night when there was not a house where tillliere was not one dead. The nation wept for m. After being gazed upon by myriads of loving eyes, under the domeo thismagnificentCapitol, the remains of our President were borne in solemn procession through our cities, towns, and villages, all draped int c hubilimentsof sorrow, the symbols and tokens of profound and heart felt grief, to their final restingplace in the capital of his own State. There he sleeps, peace full embalmed in the tears of his countrymen. lhe Senate and HoRep of the U.S. have deemed it proper to commemorate this tragic event by appropriate services. This day, the birthday of him whom we mourn, has properly been selected. An eminent citizen, distinguished by his labors and services in high and responsible public positions at home and abroadwhose pen has instructed the present age in the history of his country, and done much to transmit the fame and renown of that country to future ages Hon. George BaneroftTwill now delivera discourse.