HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Immediately after the reading of the journal,
. Mr.. ADAMS rose and pronounced the follow
ing eulogy upon the decease Of the Hon. Barker
Burnell:


At the general session of the 27th Congress it
became my duty, amidst the arduous labors and
important deliberations of the House, to announce
the decease of one of my then colleagues, a
member of the House from the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts. ia b58sst5 .5, ts
lI The same melancholy service has been devol-
we'd upon me again, and at the very threshold of
new Congress, when every heart should bound
with hope that the Legislation Of the nation has
fallen into hands busily intent and abundantly
qualified TO advance the prosperity and promote
the general welfare Of this great community.
The event is saddened with the reflection that
one of our number, among the most ardent, zea-
lous, upright, and intelligent co-operators with
us for the accomplishment Of that glorious pur-
pose, the happiness Of the people, has been
taken from us in the midst Of his honorable and
useful career cut down by the scythe of death.


| am to communicate to this House the de-
mise Of Barker Burnell, late an active and eff
cient member Of The 9th Congress, and by the
suffrages Of an enlarged constituency destined,
had it pleased the omnipotent Dsposer Of events,
to take active, vigilant, and laborions part in
the proceedings Of Congress now first assembled