Mr. HALE. Mr. Speaker, the sad (I ty is House the death of Hon. Osmsno Kmmooo, a memberelect to the 39th Congress, from the 16th district of NewYork. ihiournful as this task always is, it is especially so in this case; for it is not merely a colleague upon the floor of this House whose loss I mourn, but an intimate personal and political friend of my whole adult life, and one with whom, for many years as my professional partner, my relations were of the nearest and most intimate character and in laying this my scant tribute upon the grave of my dead ffien, I seem rather to myself as bewailing the personal loss of a brother than as taking part in the common forms of official eulogy. Mr. Kaunas was born in Elizabethtown, Essex county, NewYork, on the 18th of June, 1809. There his life was spent, and there he died on the 24th day of August last. His ancestors were the pioneers in the settlement of his native town, and bore and left there a respected name. His father, an industrious and worthy me chanic, died just as his eldest son, whose memory we now honor, attained the age of 17 years, leaving a family impoverished and reduced to actual destitption by the lingering and pain ful disease which had for years deprived them of the labors and support of their head. At this earl ageor indeed at a still earlier commence the labors and responsibilities of life with Mr. Ksuwoo, and from them he never flinched. Assuming not only cheerfully but eagerly the duties thus forced upon him, applyi himself to his fathers trade, with ham mer an ax and jackplane, he wrought out by the labor of his hands, for his widowed mother and orphaned brothers and sisters, support and comfort and the means of education. Never was graver task undertaken by such a outb never one more faithfully and thoroughly performed. At the a of 22, under the advice of friends, ccommenced the study of law, and after serving the protracted course of study then required by the rules of his State was admitted to practice in the year 1838. n 1840 he received from Governor Seward the appointment of surrogate of his native county, and performed most acceptably the delicate and trying duties of that office for 4 years. In 1846 he was elected a member of the 30th Congress. At the end ofhis term he returned to private and professional life, and so remained til called by the almost unanimous voice of his district again to represent them in the 38th Congress, and was again reelected to the present Congress. Of his congressional career many here can a eak with better and fuller knowledge than I. e was never a prominent or obtrusive member. Diflident and cautious of speech, he never thrust himself 11 on the notice of the House, and indeed rarelJy rose to speak. But among those who could truly appreciate such qualities his sterling good sense, his practical wisdom, his unerrin tact in the management both of men and things, did not fail to stam him as a man who, in many of the qualities tfiat go fur thest to constitute worth for the practical every day duties of life, had on the floor of the House few setuals and no superior. Att e breaking out of the rebellion Mr. Km. LOGG gave himself, heart and soul, purse and arson and family, to the cause of his country. hough precluded by controlling personal and family circumstances from active participation in the military service, no man in that service or out of it gave up his time, his labors, or his means, more unreservedly to the support of the military measures of the Government., To the soldiers from his own district his relation seemed almost paternal, and particularly his own peculiar district rement, the “ 18th NewYork volunteers, in whose organization he took a most active part, and in whose ranks his son marched always welcomed him with enthusiastic 2 as their father and their friend. No labor was too severe for him to undertake on behalf of the humblest soldier. Nay, even crime could not steel his heart against mercy, and the erring and condemned soldier has more, than once found in him an intercessorwho would not be denied, and has been restored by his efforts to life and liberty and reformation. In his profession Mr. Kstmoo stood deservedly high. Precluded by the very circumstances of his early life to which I have adverted from the scholarly research and nicety of legal learning which are essential to the perfect lawyer, he yet brought to his profession that broad and comprehensive view both of facts and principles, that quiet sagacity that intuitive perception of secret causes and motives, that prompt and fearless action, and that perfect and unspotted integrity of character that made him from the very outset of his professional career a counselor mostwidely sought and most highly valued. In his profession he was most crop at ically a peacemnker, and his 1st inquiry when consulted by a client seemed always to be, how can litigation be honorably and properly avoided? As a jury advocate he stood in the very 1st rank in his section of the State. Plain, and oflen blunt of speech, but always apt, always forcible; oiben rising to genuine and lofty eloquence, and often exhibiting that wonder ful combination of humor and pathos that is reached by nothing short of genius; always impressing his auditory with the conviction of his own earnestness and sinceritythe 1st requi site of a successful oratorhe combined a larger number of the essential requisites of a jury advocatethan often falls to the lot of one man. But it is as a citizen and neighbor in his social and private relations, that I would speak most freely of Mr. Kanmoo; and here, alas! I feel the most deeply my inability to do justice to his character, for the very reason that my knowled e of him was so intimate, my love and respect 1 him so thorou h. hough often rough an almost repellant in manner, no kinder, truer, more loving and sympathizing heart ever beat in human bosom. In every act or question touching his fellow men his 1st imp so was rectitude, his 2nd kindness. I never knew a man who enjoyed more Universally the respect and confidence of the entire community in which he dwelt, irrespective of all difference of social position, of character, or creed. Always bold, frank, unreserved in his political opinions and utterances, no politica an tagonist ever grew into a rsonal enemy. For while he knew no fear or esitation in the expression of his own political views, be extended the latest tolerance and charity to all who differe with him. His manliness, boldness, frankness, and tenacity of purpose commended him to the admiration and confidence of all; and he most accurately filled the character painted by the Roman poet, as "Justum ac tenacempropositi virum.” The sanctity of the famil circle I cannot in vade further than to say that never was hus band, son, and father mourned with a deeperand holier grief than he, by widow, mother, and children. Mr. Speaker, those of this House whose lives are passed amid the din and jostle of crowds the cares and anxieties of active political an business life, can hardly appreciate the strength of the social ties that bin together the few in hnbitants of u sequestered community like that in which Mr. KELLOGG lived. We are not, as the inhabitants of the crowded city are too apt to be, divided from each other by partywalls; but the life of each man seems sensibly to run into that of every other we seem to be in effect but a larger family cire c. When, on the morning of the 24th of August, the burned repoi ran through our village that Mr. KsLLooo was dying, was deadhe whom we had all seen a few hours before in robust health, with every promise of long life and useful labor there was not a house on which it did not seem than shadow fell, not a family but seemed a family of mourners. Among those rugged hills where his life was spent and where his body now lies his name and memory will belong cherished and the present generation, at least, must lly pass away before the personal memories of his Virtues, his kindnesses, and his true and manly heart can perish from among us. Mr. Speaker, I present the following resolutions, and move their adoption: Resolved That this House has learned with sincere regret the deathoflion. 0nr.;sl oKm. Looo. member elect to this House from the 16th congressional district of Now York, and that to mark their respect for his memory, the membersof this House will go into mourning by wearing crapeupon theleftarm for 30 days. Resolved Thut ns a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, this House do now adjourn. Ordered, That the Clerk oommunicute these resolutions to the Senate.