Mr. RICE did not live long enough to leave a reputation behind him as a representative of the people. He began to fail in health, and in the hope of being restored traveled largely last summer. Finally he went to Norfolk, Virginia, and, although past the meridian of life, was apparently in the midst of his usefulness; still vigorous, and, but for the sudden attack which seized him, had the promise of many years. He fell, however, and has gone down to the earth. He has passed away from life. But there was enough in that life to arrest deliberation in this great body, to arrest deliberation in that other great body at the other end of the Capitol. A nation stops for an hour to pass a brief, poor eulogy upon his character. How many there are who pass away unthought of, unremembered, and unnoticed! It was his happy lot to have earned the love, the respect, and confidence of all women and men who knew him, and to have arrested public attention in the halls of national legislation. Farewell to the memory of JOHN B. RICE! Farewell to all the good acts and graces of his life! I join with my associates here in dropping a tear to his worthy name. I ask, Mr. President, the adoption of the resolutions which I send to the desk. The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows: Resolved, That the Senate has received with profound sensibility the announcement of the death of Hon. JOHN B. RICE, late a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Illinois. Resolved, That the members of the Senate, from a sincere desire of showing every mark of respect to the memory of Mr. RICE, will wear the usual badge of mourning for the space of thirty days. Resolved, That the sympathies of the members of the Senate be tendered to the family of Mr. RICE in their bereavement, and that the Secretary of the Senate transmit to them a copy of these resolutions. ADDRESS OF MR. LOGAN, OF JLLINOIS. I rise merely to say that I sincerely regret that the condition of my health is such as to prevent me, as the senior Senator from Illinois, paying a proper tribute of respect to the memory of my deceased colleague in the other House. Mr. RICE was my friend and neighbor, and it would have been a source of sad satisfaction to me to have done him the honor that his life and character deserve. Mr. President, I second the resolutions offered by my colleague. The resolutions were adopted unanimously. ALVAH CROCKER, (A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MASSACHUSETTS,) DELIVERED IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 20, 1875. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF CONGRESS. FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION. ADDRESSES ON THE DEATH OF ALVAH CROCKER. PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ADDRESS OF MR. DAWES, OF MASSACHUSETTS. Mr. SPEAKER: I desire to interrupt the ordinary current of business in this House that the attention of its members may be directed for a few moments to an event full of admonition, and one which awaits us all. It becomes my painful duty to announce to the House the death of one of its members, Hon. ALVAH CROCKER, a Representative from the tenth congressional district of Massachusetts, who died at his home in Fitchburgh, in that State, after a brief illness, on Saturday, the 26th day of December last. He separated from his colleagues and associates here at the commencement of the holiday recess in unusual health and spirits, speaking frequently of a vigor and freedom from illness not enjoyed for many years. His journey northward to his home in the rigor of December brought upon him a severe cold and afterward congestion of the lungs, which confined him to his house on Friday and terminated fatally on Saturday evening. He sank rapidly in the last few hours of his illness, and passed quietly away at eleven o'clock in the hope of a glorious immortality. Mr. CROCKER was born in Leominster, in our State, on the 14th |