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deavored to express our and your feeling of the commonloss. But we have en- 
deavored to make them fit, though few, and appropriate, though not overflowing, 
nor even full of our emotions on this sad occurrence. And as such we respect- 
fully submit the following : 
Whereas we have heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Hon. Isaac 
Newton, the first Commissioner of this Department, and deem it proper. that we, 
who shared his confidence and his labors, and reciprocated his kindly feelings, 
should express our sentiments on the sad occasion: Therefore, 
Resolved, That in the decease of Hon. Isaac Newton the nation has been de- 
prived of a humane, honest, and efficient officer; this Department of one who, 
at an early day, urged its establishment as due to the agricultural interests of 
the country, and who, in all the preparatory labors for originating and organ- 
izing the Department and in directing its operations, had the full, unwavering 
confidence and approbation, as well as warm personal friendship, of our martyr 
President. 
Resolved, That the agricultural associations of which he was a member, and 
the agriculturists of our country generally, have been deprived of an eminently 
able and practical member, who, through a long life devoted to their interests, 
proved himself an honor to that most honorable profession. 
Resolved, That we who knew him so well, and esteemed and loved him so 
much, mingle our griefs and sympathies with his bereaved family and numerous 
friends who knew him best and therefore loved him most, and feelingly commend 
them to the comforts and consolations of that religious faith which was his guide, 
support, and consolation in the many duties, trials, and afflictions of his long, ac- 
tive, and useful life—confident that He who has taken away our friend chastens 
only ‘for our profit that we might be partakers of His holiness.” 
Resolved, That to show our regard for the deceased, and our respect for his 
memory, we will attend his funeral in a body, and wear the usual badge of mourn- 
ing for thirty days. 
The preamble and resolutions were adopted, and a committee of five appointed 
to present a copy of the same to the family of the deceased. 
The proceedings of the meeting were ordered to be published, and the meeting 
then adjourned to meet at one p. m., June 21, to attend in a body the remains 
from the late residence of the Commissioner to the Baltimore depot. 
JOHN W. STOKES, Chairman. 
Cuar.es H. FoLwe.., Secretary. 
MEETING OF PENNSYLVANIANS. 
A meeting of Pennsylvanians was held on the evening of June 20, at the State 
Agency, and the following resolutions were adopted : 
Whereas it has pleased an all-wise Providence to remove from the scene of his 
honorable and useful labors a prominent citizen of Pennsylvania, the Hon. Isaac 
Newton, Commissioner of Agriculture—a man honorable for years, of unswerving 
loyalty, of scrupulous integrity, of genial disposition, of pure and simple habits, 
a devotee of the noble pursuit of agriculture, a cherished friend of the late Presi- 
dent Lincoln, and a recipient of merited honors at his hands: Therefore, 
~ Resolved, That in the death of the Hon. Isaac Newton, we mourn the loss of 
an upright citizen and.a faithful officer, who both in private and public life re- 
flected honor upon the gallant State of his birth, and the noble State of which 
he was a citizen. 
Resolved, That by this afflicting dispensation the honorable calling of agricul- 
ture has lost one of its brightest ornaments—one whose life was consecrated to 
the development of its vast resources, and to the promotion of its important 
interests. 
