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The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolutions will be read.

The resolutions were read, as follows:

_Resolved_, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the
announcement of the death of Hon. WILLIAM H.F. LEE, late a
Representative from the State of Virginia.

_Resolved_, That the business of the Senate be now suspended, in
order that fitting tribute may be paid to his memory.

_Resolved_, That as an additional mark of respect the Senate shall,
at the conclusion of these ceremonies, adjourn.




ADDRESS OF MR. BARBOUR, OF VIRGINIA.


Mr. PRESIDENT: The resolutions just read were passed by the House of
Representatives on the 6th day of February last in respect to the memory
of WILLIAM H.F. LEE, deceased, late a member of that body from the
Eighth Congressional district of Virginia.

Before asking the Senate to adopt the resolutions it is incumbent upon
me, as one of the Senators from Virginia, as it is in harmony with my
own personal feelings, to submit some remarks in explanation of their