Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-05-27

1sunE-Jxfsvrs OUTRAGE" This has be-
come the standing title of the quarrel at
Washington between John Adams and
Russell Jarvis. We confess that we can
never refer to it, as publick political mat
ter, without feelings of the deepest mortif-
cation but, as it is a matter of State" it
becomes our duty to make record of the
proceedings in relation to it. Our readers
are aware that the subject has been for a
long time under consideration in commit
tee of the House of Representatives. This
committee has at length made a report, or
rather two reports, giving the different views
of the majority and minority. Mr.. M'Dufie,
as chairman of the committee, gives state
ment of the facts in the case, which we have
already published. We may repeat, how
ever, one fact established by the committee,
about which there have been contradictory
reports that is, that the offensive language
said to have been used by Mr.. A. relative to
Mr. J., was actually used by him, and was
overheard by the friends who accompanied
Mr.. ]. so as to induce them Immediately to
leave the house, under an impression that
they had been insulted. But the committee
are of opinion that Mr.. Jarvis is neverthe-
less obnoxious to the censure of the House,
though they do not suppose that he was con-
scious, at the time, of offering a contempt to
its authority. They think, therefore, that
he is entitled to the most favourable pre-
SUMPTION as TO views and Intentions: and
recommend the following resolutions:
I" ResoiUed, That the assault committed by Rus
sci JARVIS on the person of John Adams the Private
Secretary of the President, in the Rotundo of the
Capitol Immediately after the said John Adams had
delivered Message from the President to the House
of Representatives, and while he was in the act of
retiring from it, violation of privilege which
merits the censure of this House.
Resolved. That it is not expedient to have any
further proceedings in this case"
There was but bare majority of the COM
mittee in favour of these resolutions. With
regard to the first, the minority were of
opinion that the house possessed no power
touching the premises: as to the second,
the minority thought it expedient to vindi-
cate the dignity of the House by inficting
some punishment. Mr.. P. P. Barbour made
report on behalf of the first minority, Civ
ing at length their reasons in support of the
opinion that the House. possessed no power
to punish Mr.. Jarvis. They recommend the
following resolution:
:" Resolced, That it is not competent to the House
OF Representatives to punish Russell Jarvis for the
assault upon the private Secretary of the President
as tor contempt to the House.
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. The new
act of Congress for the relief of certain sur
Viving officers and soldiers of the revolu-
tlonary army, provides that each surviving
officer of the Continental line who was en-
titled to half pay by the resolve of Oct. 81,
1880, shall receive the amount of his full
pay, according to his rank, from March 8,
1896, no officer to receive more than the
full pay of captain: from this is to be de-
Quoted the amount of any pensions receiv-
ed by officers since March 3, 1896. The
act further provides that non-commissioned
officers, musicians, and privates, not includ-
ing those now on the pension list, who en-
listed for and during the war, and continued
till its termination, shall be entitled to full
monthly pay from March 8, 1896 The paw