Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-02-24
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SCENES LNLouisIaNa n
The n Orleans Advertiser of the 4thinsl states .b,,
on the day before the Speaker of t, House of Renree
taives OF that State Alcee Labranche Esq was as he
entered The Hall of the House, assaied by John II
rhymes Esq, who raised his cane to strike linn MIR
Labranche, TO defend himself drew small nocket Ms
.2 which he discharged at his assaant without effect
MI Grymes thcreupon drew from his bosom borse
pistol, which he evcllcd Mr.abranche and ed1be
pistol proved to have been loaded with ball and buck
shot The ball passed between two members ,rnzed
the forehead of Mr. lavereue member and entcJ H.
wall OF the hall Two OF the buclshot took effect and
were lodged in the arm and hand of Mr. Labranche'
Inc House forthwith appointed Committee TO report
insia upon the steps be taken to redress this breah
OF privilege We advised of the causes of the
c9ntroversyibetween Nlessrs Grymes and Labranche-
we nave ~ Orleans papers OF the 9th and 10TH which
give particular account of The proceedings of the L.
gisature to that periodbu the result was not then
ascertained. The Committee reported that MIR q he
brought to the bar of the House and that the Sneaker
pre- TEN be required to demand of him whether or moi
ne had committed an assault upon A. Labranche When
MT u was put TO tie bar, he offered Protest AGAINST
The whole proceeding; principally the ground that
was the exercise OF Judicial power, expressly forbid
den by the LIST section Of the LIST art OF t sto n,
tuition.
After debate, a resolution was offered bv MIR
Lewis ana adopted establishing the right of the House
TO exercise jurisdiction in cases of violations of its pr
viegcs.
81 ne spsaks; then pat the following to Mr. ymos
Nh Alcoe labnnche, the 81 n.t assaulted
him. presented pistol hc first Shot me also sny
being guilty OF any contempt Of Tie House. ohavg violated
ae,eeDo you admit deny hi. ia the Lu of
i z%si aim, hal y ogea red "a this House; but deny
had not been in than Is afr occurred w
swen WHEN he % hat % so Explain that pa' Of his
az we nc was about to enter discharge his by
ing ne was not The Tesuaio of th clock in the House,
oN by winch e was guided and te which guide this
Nh Lawson committee OF five members he appoio
cd 10 take inc evdcnee in This affair which adopted"
On the 9Th February, the House was engaged in cx-
aiming the witnesses Tor and against the accused
many o, the questions went 10 ascertain the hour at
which inc assault was made 1t seemed to be about
O'Clock while very few of tle members were present;
before the House had and the hour of their meet,
ing was generally about H..
ST4TE. or MISSISSIPPI
10 Hs EditorS dated Manchester, Miss 3It n 1875
plain statement Of Of the most disgrncefi,l scon
mat has ever occurred in the history of our free
On last Monday week. the Legislature of this State was
convened In pursuance of the Governor Proclamation
under the power given him in tie Constitution Shortv
after the assembling of the Legislature IL ,vas oscey
tanned that Pondexter would receive more than EIGHT
votes out of sxty-four and that Robert ] Walker fhc
candidate o the Democratic Convention would be elect
ca IS ms successor by triumphant majority on the first
ballot The Senate, which counts ~ members only
elected Tor years, have majority of Wings; and this
majority determined TO defeat the election Of Mr. w =
me House passed aresouton almost unanimously to 90
INTO me election OF Senator last Saturday which The
senate indefinitely postponed pretending that the House
OF Representatives is not constitutional body lnc,,so
they have admitted members the representatives of n
OF the new countless Qad off the last session of the
gisture under clause OF the Constitution DECLARING
and although the Constitution makes each House ta
sole Judge Of the qualification and election of IFS Nom
bers mus, by small majority of an arstocratic Sc.
nate is the state to be deprived Of Senator ON the 4t
March next But let me assure YOU that the peonle of
the State excited the highest pitch of indrnaon
and that MIR. w although defeated now ,v u,n1mnvra
Is certain of success, the session oil the Iegisn
ture, by am overwhelming majority. The Democratic
Republicans are aroused 10 full of their WRONGS
majority Of the Senate have, understand taken French
leave from the seat Of Government; and the Governor
has dismissed the rest, together with the lower House
MAJ wii hota aeous party do TO effect their purpo-
ses!" F'F
Another letter from the State of lGssiss;uDj s,,,s
that 45ths of the House Of Representatives are demo-
Gratis; that the prominent members of the Senate have
sealed Their political destiny; that at the next Election
every county IN the State will return democratic
member to the Legislature that the conduct OF the Sc
nate has fixed the election of L. J Walker the ind;,;
dual nominated by the Democratic Convention held In
NoYen6cr last az perfectly certain and what import.
ant at this crisis is that tie GOteyn0r icW 0yo;0f S5y
WaiheT on tie 5h IF Aaych.
u The Reply Of Mr. James Madison of Prince Ed.
ward to Mr. Henry f. Watkins has been by us for seye-
raj days and 1t will appear in neNA comniunica-
ton about the Southern Literary MESSENGER is also ANA,
yoidnby drayedA large portion of our paper is this
DAY devoted 10 cry article could select from the ra-
rims New York papers touching the French Afairs--
we also omit with great regret the proceedings of the
comfy oi Mecklcnburgand very interesting letter io
member Of the General Assembly from, lis Corrcspop.
utnt IN the country stating tht the people up, and
preparing 10 do themselves justice ct the polls.
To THE EDIrORs or Y4g hVoUIRFR
y CARD
GcHhomer: In the Wing of iis morning have road
INC communication signed "Chucus," PROCESSING To- be
an answert f. the "Last Days Of Pompcif with no other
cchn2s than the utter contempt for the piece both in
point OF coarse, vulgar ye and te tncpal pnsfiou as
snmcd By IL contemplate author "6Inucts' arlnoo,.
lodges that his friend mcComas occupies too bgb and
teyeu station to condesceDd 70 every political