Litchfield enquirer., 1837-03-02
Correspondence of the N. Y. Daily Express.

! WASHINGTON, Feb. I9. l The House kept in session until 10 o'clock on Saturday night. As the case of Whitney vs. Wise and Peyton, is now drawing o 'o,,e close. and as no man of business can nIu. tima to collect. collatc, read and relnennOsl ou tho no;nts in the case, l wish your aIIe"- ton to the following summary Conn.,
 UI Whitney, called before cUi"
 ...I"-' ;,.,,lts MT. PcytoE, a mehOtr ol 'nH' Li''oo' m :.., ,,,ho thus after reiterated inSu'' ~ ,nm,,vn into q rage, in when he no1 oy
 i,,. foth il yolIey of oaths' which' i' lS "ue' lI'T H annt look we'll on paper' put WHICH ull- dou5tedly appeared less rough ll lho n.croI eSo'o 1,. l,f,hn mOment-but threatens personal 'iiS1'' inoo ol if thc insult is repeated All the ,,;,l,onv 'IyI, orrces in this Mr. Martin ot AL 'h'ms, sw,:ars distinctly to the insOlcnce' and to inc repeated provocations. So does the Chairman, Mr. Garland of Virginia. Mr. Wise intcrpcses for tue purpose of arrest!hg Mir. Peyton in his anger, and O! deIenolng him from the imagined assault of Whitney.
 Scene Z. Whitney publishes card in the Globe, pretending to give an account ol Ihls IS affrav. Garland and Hamer, on the floor ol the House. pronounced this card false: NO member of the Committee vouched tor its acc curacv. Mr. Wise, in giving his account oI the affray, said, "I put myself in a position to prevent his (Whitney's) weapon rom oo- ing its execution" Yesterday, MT. CIinp!e@ IM leng, W. B. Mir. Calhoun of Ky. lWhig) and the Intelligencer Reporter tes,lnea tnis to be the substance of what was salo. h u!i- ferent version has been given to this. Whit new construes what was said into threat to asSassinate him if he moved his arm.
 Scene 3. MT. Wise is Chairman of Com- mittee to inquire into the abuses ot the Exc .cutive Department of the Government Fms, mark. is another Committee, and not that where the affray was. Whitney is summon ed to appear there as witness. Whthey refuses alleging as a reason, that after sucn a threat of assassination from Wise, his lie would he in danger. The Committee unan'- ano,lslu report this fact to the House., The House arrest Whitney for an alleged con- tempt. ., 11o,,uo
 Scene 4. Whitney comes into the House with Counsel. He summons four Van bu- ren members of the Committee where the ai- fray was, Fairfield, Gillet, Hamer and Mar tin, emitting its Chairman, MT. Garland, (V. B1 Whitney is not called upon to testify that he believes himself ill danger from Wise, but he is permitted to examine witnesses to give an account of the affray that happened in the first Committee, not thGt in which he was summoned, and where he was guilty ot the alleged contempt Here Peyton's lan- guage, acts and looks, are all inquired into. Peyton is not a member of the second Com- mittee. The course of Wise is also exalnln- ed. Wise and Peyton offer series of ques- tions, which the House refuse to put by par ty votes They wish to prove that conspi- racy has been got up, in which some mem- bers of Congress, and the President ot the United States have been engaged, to present false issue to the House, so as to break them down.
 Scene 5-Oast night.) All of Whitneys witnesses having been examined, Mir. Patton of Va. introduces a resolution to dismiss Whitney! Wise and Peyton object They call for an opportunity to defend themselves. " Having been made the accused, having thus far tried us, you must now hear our witnes- ses and our defence" Mir. Patton withdraws his proposition to give Wise anu Peyton leave to examine Mir. Garland, the Chairman n of the Committee The House assent. MT Hamer then by party vote of 70 to 5O. vote down resolution from MT. White of Ky that Wise and Peyton have the permission to call in witnesses to prove the character oi | Whitney, and to naGse theF defence! The House at last agrees to permit Wise and Fey ton to examine witnesses before the Commit tee of the House who have the management of the trial Thus the case stands now.
 | Two crying iniquites here have been com- nitted-tae ons permitting culprit at the Bar to put on trial two of his judges in the House for what was done in one Committee, of which Peyton is a member, to prove that he is in bodily fear in another Committee. oi which Peyton is not member: and the oth. CT, closing the testimony before the House just where the accusation of Whitney leaves off, and the defence of Wise and Peyton be- gins. This is the justice of the court of Rha- damanthus