Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the Hon. John S. Barbour, late a Senator from the State of Virginia, 8,000 copies, of which 2,000 copies shall be delivered to the Senators and Representatives of that State, and of the remaining number 2,000 shall be for the use of the Senate and 4,000 copies for the use of the House, and of the quota of the Senate the Public Printer shall set aside 50 copies, which he shall have bound in full morocco with gilt edges, the same to be delivered when completed to the family of the deceased; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to have engraved and printed at the earliest day practicable a portrait of the deceased to accompany said eulogies.

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DEATH OF SENATOR BARBOUR.

JOHN STRODE BARBOUR, Senator from Virginia, died suddenly at his residence, 144 B street northeast, Washington, about 5:30 o'clock a. m., Saturday, May 14, 1892.

Upon the day before his death Mr. BARBOUR attended a meeting of the Committee on the District of Columbia, of which he was a prominent member, and passed the evening in conversation with relatives and friends. When he retired to his room at 10 o'clock he was, apparently, in sound health with no premonition of his approaching end. A few minutes after 5 o'clock the next morning Mr. BARBOUR awoke a relative and said that he felt ill. Assistance was immediately given to him and medical aid summoned, but before a physician arrived at the house Mr. BARBOUR had expired.

The announcement of Mr. BARBOUR'S death was received with general sorrow. He was a man with hosts of friends, beloved by many and respected by all who knew him. His death put an end to a well-rounded life and to a career of honor, of usefulness, and of distinction—a career brilliant in its example and of incalculable value in the results accomplished.

JOHN STRODE BARBOUR, of Alexandria, was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, December 29, 1820; pursued a course of study at the University of Virginia for three years, and graduated from the school of law there in 1842; began the practice of law in his native county of Culpeper; was elected to the legislature of Virginia from Culpeper County in 1847, and was reëlected, serving four consecutive sessions; was elected president of the railroad company then called the Orange and

Alexandria Railroad Company in 1852, and served in that position until it was merged into what is now known as the Virginia Midland Railroad Company, of which he was president till he resigned in 1883; was elected to the Forty-seventh, the Forty-eighth, and the Forty-ninth Congresses and was elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat to succeed Harrison H. Riddleberger, Readjuster, and took his seat March 4, 1889. The term for which he was elected will expire March 3, 1895.

Every mark of respect was paid to the memory of Mr. BARBOUR. A guard composed of employés of the Senate watched over the remains at the residence of the late Senator and accompanied them when they were borne to the Capitol. The funeral ceremonies took place in the Senate Chamber in the presence of the members of the Cabinet, the Diplomatic Corps, the Senate and House of Representatives, the principal officials of the Government, and eminent citizens of Virginia. After the ceremonies the remains of the late Senator, accompanied by the committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, were conveyed to Poplar Hill, his beautiful estate in Prince George's County, Maryland, and interred by the side of his wife