Mr. BERGEN. Mr. Speaker, I feel it my duty, a painful and melancholy one, of making a few remarks on the uneXpected death of my late lamented colleague, ] AMI ISHUMPHREY. If in these remarks I should hop en to touch upon some of the points which iave been so eloquently and feelingly portrayed by the honorable entloman who has preceded me, I hope you will ardonre tition. When, onthe 15th instant, fattende the funeral of Hon. Hoses F. Odell, his redecessor from the 3rd district of NewYork, a gentleman honored and respected throughout this land for his many virtues and for his services in this body during the most trying period of our national existence, little did lpthink that his successor wu then on the confines of eternity, and that in the brief space of 5 days I would again deem it my duty to visit the chambers of the dead and be present at the performance of the last sad rites which we pay to the departed. Thus 2 men, a predecessor and a successor to seats in this lull, have been stricken down in the prime of their lives, in their days of usefulness, and we are left to mourn their loss. It, is a reminder to us of the uncertainty of life, of the certainty of death, and of the necessity of being always prepared, for who' can tell which of our number will be the next victim of the fell destroyer. Janus HUMPHBEY, a son of Rev. Herman Humphrey, president of Amherst College, was born at Fairlield, Connecticut, in 1811, and was therefore at the time of his death in his 50 5th year. He graduated at the college over which his father presided when only 20 years old, and after preparing hiinse f in the stud of law at Yale College, he took up his resit once in Louisville, Kentucky, where he practiced his profession for 2 years. In 1838 he left that city and removed to Brook lyn, where he has since resided, opening a law office in NewYork. Au oration which he delivered shortly after arriving in Brooklyn was the means of 1st directing public attention to his ability. In polities Mr. Huxrunsv was an old line Whig, and he made his 1st entreein public life as alderman in the 1st ward of the city of his chosen residence. He was afterward sent to the Legislature, and finally selected by his party as the legal adviser of the city. In 1858 he was elected in what was then knownas the 2nd.district of NewYork as a Represent ntive in Congress, and wnsa member of the ComForAffrs and of the committee of 33 on the rebellious States. In l860, 1862, and 1864, he was the candidate of his party for the same position, but in the 1st two named elections he was defeated by Mr. Odell, but was successful in the last, Mr. Odell having declined a reiioniiuution. Mr. Houriiiu zr's nominations and elections show how highly his worth and abilities were appreciated by the people among whom he resided and to whom he was best known. They deeply feel his loss, which has occurred at a period when he was in the highest vigor of his intellect, and when from his experience he was calculated to become more and more useful to the public and to attain a bi her and nobler destiny for himself. He was ebarred in consecpience of long continued ill health, although iis abiliticswere ofahigh order, from taking a very prominent part in congressional business. His onesty and integrity were of the highest order: he was a high toned gentleman, affable and courteous to all with whom he came in contact, and commanded the respect. not only of those with whom he agreed in political opinions, but also of those with whom he differed. Finally, in all the relations of life, as a hus band, father, Christian, citizen, and legislator, he has left an example worthy of imitation, and no man in the community in which he was known will go to his final rest more respected. Mr.WASHBURNE, ofIllinois. Mr. Speaker, I 1st made the acquaintance of Hon. Janus HUMPHREY at. the Opening of the 36th Congress, in the month of December. 1859. That Congress has become historic, not only from the protracted and turbulent struggle for the election of a Speaker, but from the other fact that so many of its members, with treason on their lips and in their hearts, left our Halls with insult and defiance to wage war upon a Government they had sworn to protect and l defend. Mr. Hiiiirnnnir’s 1st election was to the 36th Congress. Though a new member, he was placed upon one of the forcmost committees of the House, the ComForAffrs. This committee was composed of men Well known in the history of the country, and 4 of whom have so soonpassed away. That distinguished statesman and ora tor of Ohio, the late Thomas Corwin, was the chairman. Mr. Burlingamc, our present minister to China, and Mr. Joy Morris, our present minister resident at Constantine ple. were members of the committee. Barksdale, of Mississip i, and Branch, of NCarolina, ufterwnr rebel generals, who fell on the field of battle fighting against their country, were members. Mr. I’orcher Miles, of SCarolina, late one of the most prominent members of the rebel congress, was on the committee, and whose career has been in marked contrast to another member of it, Hon. Joshua. Hill, of Georgia, who, with courageous patriotism, kept his honor and faithful among the faith less, remained true to his country and his flag. Mr. Royce, of Vermont, an able man and a worthy son of the Green Mountain State, completed the number of members that made up that distinguished committee. At the opening of the 2nd session of the Congress he was a pointed the member from the State of NewYork on the celebrated committee of 33, being one from each State on the “ perilous condition of the country.” His appointment on a committee of so much importance to represent the Empire State was a well merited) compliment to his high character, his firmness, and his patriot ism. His speech during that session on the state of the country is well remembered by all of the old members of the House as an effort of remarkable power and eloquence, and it at once placed him in the front rank of the able men of the House. Retiring to private life at the close of the 36th congress, Mr. Hournasr was in the fall of 1864elected to the present Congress and it was my good fortune to be associate with him on the ComCommerce of this House. He brought to the dischayge of his duties on that committee great intelligence and ability and athorough practical knowledge of the commercial questions coming before us. As the session wore on it became painfully evident to his associates on the committee that an insidious and treacherous disease had marked him for its victim, though he kept unimpaired the vigor of his intellect, his cheerful disposition, and his kind temper. While his health was such as to ins ire the gravest a preliensions on the part of his friends, I di not an ticipate that c was in any immediate danger, an lience during my recent absence from the House I learned with surprise and grief of his sudden death. My acquaintance with