TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS-.


SECOND SESSION.
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WASHINGTON, Monday, Dec 50, 1874.


variety OF petitions on variety OF subjects
were presented this morning; among them, by MI.
Buchanan, from citizens of Pennsyl memoials
in reference to amendments OF the Naturalization,
praying an extension of the time for the notice re-
qulred; for the annexation OF Texas immediately,
or for an experimental trial of the tariff of AZ tor
three four years before any modification is made.
BY M. Fairfield, memorial from Maine against
the annexation OF Texas, &c.


DEATH OF MR. FULTON.


MIR. SEWER arose to announce the death of his
late colleague, the Hon. w. S. Fulton, late a
United States Senator from Arkansas He said
that indispensable engagements had detained him
from his place until now, and that his first duty
was the most solemn and mournful he had ever
been called upon in his capacity as Senator to
fulfil Mr.. s. then stated Mr.. Fulton had died In
August last, after short illness, the 50h year of
his age, and that he (Mr. 81 had reached his COL
leagues residence IN time to witness his last suf-
fenngs, and that he had maintained his faculties of
mind to the last. Mr. $. then delivered beaut
full but well deserved euloglum upon the deceased,
as a husband, father and friend; and gave
an outline of his history, from which it ap-
pears that Mr.. Fulton born in Mary
land, June I'd, l795-hat before he arrived
al mans state ne was volunteer in the u ). SER
wee in the defence of Fort M'Henry under Col
ATmisted-that subsequently he removed to Nash
vile, aud from his galantry In his counirys de-
fence secured the friendship of Gen. Jackson
that he became the Generals private Secretary in
his Seminole campalgns-that he afterwards settled
in Florence, Alabama and was appointed in 1929
Governor OF the Territory of Arkansas. which of
nee he filled till 1895, when Arkansas was admit
ted as sovereign State into the Union-that ne
then elected to the United States Senate, and
elected in lS4O and had yet three years to serve
Of his last term when he died


Mr.. SEWER then passed into beautiful and graft
lying review OF the admirable and excellent cha
racter of the deceased, in all his relations as pub
lie and private citizen, and concluded by offering
the customary resolutions of respect In cases OF
death, to wit: that the members OF the Senate
wear Grape upon, the lett arm for thirty days, and
that the Senate do now adjourn. The resolutions
wxe adopted, and ordered to be reported to the
House, when the Senate adjourned accordinsly,
till tomorrow at Ia o'clock. weather as en-.
chantlngy soft and summeTy as December morn
Tag on the luxurIant borders ol the Rio Del Nore I