Mr. MERCUR, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill to amend an not entitled “An act to incorporate the Washington and Geo e towii Railroad conipany;" which was re a 1st and 2nd time and referred to the Com' mittee for the DistCol. BEAT H 01' RON. JQSIES HIJSHflIREY Mr. DARLING. lb. alter, the mouiinful duty of announcing to this House the decense of Janus Hunruurxflate Representative from the 3rd district of the State of NewYork, has been assigned to me by my colleagues. He was my chosen friend and companion, and my friend ship and respect for him led to the most intimate and cherished associations. With this great and sudden affliction resting upon my heart, I‘fecl how utterly inadequate any words of mine will be to properly portray the ability be displayed as a statesman, his talents as a law er, or his virtues as a Christian gentleman. glthough I had long since marked with approbation his public career, my personal acquaintance with him commenced only with our electiouas members of this Congress. I learned to love him usI learned to know him; and now, as I look around and miss his cordial greeting and friendly smile, I realize how great a void is here. A few brief hours have elapsed sinceIstood at his open grave and assisted in paying the last tribute of respect to all that remained of him on eamh. From his home, replete with all the evidences of his cultivated taste and refinement, where sat a noble hearted woman bowed down with a grief no human power can heal, 2 daughters and a son mourning a departed father, we bore him to the church of which he was n conspicuous and consistent member. There the talent, the wealth, and the representative men of 2 great cities were assem bled to do honor to his memory and to mingle their tears with those of 1000s from the IlUHllpl(T walks of life who had been cheered b' his smile, counseled by his wisdom, and aided by his benevolence. Janus I Iusirunsv was a nobleman, titled by his Creator: he bore his patent upon his open, manly face; he uphold it yhis honorable, conatout, record and his pure and spotless life. 0 was a martyr, too and died, like a knight of Oltl.lfiill hisl armor girded ltbr the fight, aliid i I fort ic supremac 0 those principles : di e dearer fo him hon life itself. to obtain relief. A Although enfeebled by disease of many years’ duration, and daily suffering patiently without repiiiing. he sought oblivion of personal afflictions in his devotion to his public duties. The gentleness of his character, the courtesy of his dept, the clearness of his analytical mind, the polish of his manners, the ready attention he gave to all who approached him, the absence of the peevishiiess which often accompanies illness, were evident to all who were brought in contact with him, even when suffering most. If there was a negation of self in his life, there was also a spirit of self immolation in his death. Fecble in health, and debilitated b the effects of the climate, he had sat here the orig, weary mouths of a session which, when future history is written, will be looked back to as not the least, if not the most, important of the American Congress; rarely claiming the attention of this House as a speaker, but when he did so, commandin its respect by the elegance of his diction an the soundness of his thought. His modesty and small appreciation of his own abilities preventedamoro extensive claim upon the attention of the House. It was his friends only who were aware that with less dif fidence and a more powerful physique he would have taken a prominent part in the debates of the session. Constant in his place in the House and on important committees, he was faithful and diligent in attention to his duties, and his vote was ever recorded on the side of freedom and the largest humanity. His devotion to his country throughout the rebellion, as a Representative and a citizen, were proverbial; when it was suppressed, his efforts were given to restore an enduring peace and prosperity. During the pendency of an important question, upon which he desired to record his vote with the majority of this House, although his physical condition would have recluded attention to private interests, he hastened to Washington to participate in the final vote. On Wednesday, the 13th of this month, he left his residence for this Capitol, which he was destined never a sin to behold. On his route he was seized wigth a paroxysm of pain more agonizing and intense than anything he had ever before exerienced. At Wilmington, in Delaware, unable to proceed further, be stopped Ker a night of intense suffering he made the attempt to resume his jour ney. His enfcebled frame refused to respond, to the promptings of his mind. Still hopeful of resuming his seat here, unwilling to return, and yet more unwilling to alarm hisfamil by communicating his condition, he liogere at Wilmington until Friday morning, the 15th in stant, surrounded by strangers, with no famil iai'hand to administer to hissufferings. Finally, anticipating! a fatal termination of the attack, he procure the assistance of an attendant and retraced his steps toward home; to that home, now desolate, so soon to be left for a nobler and hap ier mansion. That he was firmly impressed witha conviction that he was on his final journey and that the scenes of earth were as soon to Miss from before his fading eye sight as the landscape that was flitting by the window of the car in which he rode, was evident from the fact that he repeatedly impressed upon his attendant the importance oi remembering his name and his residence. He reached his home as the setting sun was gilding spire and dome of that beautiful city which had known him so long and honored him so often. His family physician being sum moned expressed no immediate apprehension. At eight o’clock he had so far rallied as to reachhis bedroom and prepare himself for rest. To his devoted wife who watched over him he expressed his conviction that death was near, and said that to him it had no terrors, it was only a sleep, and that he was but a passenger, on that train in which those he loved soon, i would follow to be reunited at the termination i iof life’s journey. I raised himself on his pillow and vainly sought l Shortly after midnight he ! to recognize his wife faithfully sitting at his side; afternbrief interval, again raisin himself he exclaimed, “Ifaint, ” “Iluint;” an without a struggle or n groan the gentle, manly spirit of JAMES HUMPHHEY was wafted into the presence of his Maker. I Mr. Speaker, as an evidence of our appre' (nation of theioss this House and the country has sustained in the death of this upright representative and pure and excellent man, I offer the followmg resolutions, and move their adeption: Ruched. That the HoRep has learned with sincere sorrow of the deceuseof Hon. JAMES HUuPlluEY. of the city of Brooklyn, and a member of this House from the 3rd congressional district of the State of now York. Resolved, That the sympathiesof this House be, and they are hereby tenderedto the Widow, family, and relatives of the deceasedin our mutual affliction and bereavement., Resolved, That the clerk of the Housebeinstructed to communicatea.copy of these resolutions to the family of the decease. Resolved That as an appropriate expression of respectfor t o inemor on character of the deceased t in membersof the I house.ill wear the usual badge of mourning for 30 days. Resolved, That the Clerk bedirectedto transmit to the Senatea copy of theseresolutions.