Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-06-07

nance Committee enquire into the powers Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury. under the Dcposite Act
oil June lass. adopted.
During the morng hour. petition WAS presented
from FRANeis p BLAin, the burden Of which is tha,
ANos kEsn.LL holds HIM 10 too rigid an account rs
The security of certain delinquent postmaster
Many persons lock on this mere trick between
these two arfant scamps. No, unlikely
! The House has been occupied TO late hour this
evening with the Bill for snPpressing Indian hest-
ties.
Mr.. BrII Of Tcnnc ssee. made mastery speech
ON thr sub ect of Indian policy. The debate WAS
continued by Messrs. EvrnrrT and Gr.Rr; and
when The Committee rose. Mr. TUR>r, ofrennessee.
Who by some accident. found himself member If
Congress, ~sshodinR forth with noisy and empty IL
/ relevancy, TO vacant seats
WAsniNsroS June |, ls3s.
| In my letter last evening mentioned that Mr.,
/ TrnNrY. YIN Buren member from Tennessee,
had possession Of the floor when The Commits rose
| paid little attention TO the holding fatih uf this GER
s-n; but ! am informed thai his whole spec n oe-
cup,ing last night and this morning, upwards Of
three hours, was continuous. systematic deliber
ale attack on the conduct hf Mr.. jonS Bell. Du-
ring the time listened to hi,.,. could discover
the slightest connection between his remarks and
the subject heio the House aud understand thai
he WAS th'on.hou Irrelevant. aud several times
grossly md hagranty out Of order. both regards
me TOPICS and the manner IN which lac treated them.
Nj HowARp. otyour city, who was IN the Chair, did
not. perhaps observe these departures from The or
defly course of discussion. Al any rate he allowed
! Tun>rY to go on unchecked. That individual ca
reefed the whole field al politics, whether State
or National, IN which Mr.. BILL ever acted part,
and raked up all sorts Ci speeches and pamphlets Tor
he purpose Of giving colour In his a>pcrsions
upon the and the character Of that Distinguish
ed gentleman. He failed however entirely in his
purpose; for he did not subslnnate single charge.
When he bal lnishc tins dsorderly aud connme-
linus speech. Mr.. Bell rose, and commenced re
Ioinder severe indeed but not more than was war
ranted bv the circumstances, and due 10 the vndica
ton of las character aud honor, thus nnprovokedly
asSailcd. 1t WIS manifest that Mr. BtlL looked
frnNrr not rs originating this attack HIMSELF bun as
prompted and urged 10 1t by others. lie ex-
pressed tins conyicnn III few iapid aud enefg stic
sentences which could not be misunderstood lie
had no intimacy with hls colleague lufnes) J.
Nofhng unpleasant had passed between them HIS
colleague inorcnine his remarks had SAID that he
was the only speakiHs member from JrSNfsstr on
the side OF the Administration, aud therefore felt
himself called on reply To hm (Mr. B. This tsad
/ Mr.. BrLLl IS incorrect. There IS another member
lar more distinguished. and not less able, who
tneh speak IN Committee of the Whole. tIle
| referred To Mr.. PoLK.) And with that person ICON
tlnued Mr.. Belly have had associations. Why does
he not come forward and meet me on these subjects
lie then proceeded 10 comment on the conduct ol
two OF his coea guCs, IN the House, and the 9th
- AT the other end oi the Capitol, Mr.. Speak
cr Polk, aud Mr.. Senator GRuNpf) aud tie
clared lie could not regard Mr. TunSry III any light
but eBgcr FOR collecting aud hlng to-
gether the venom and mal;gnIly OF those persons
a fit and voluntary condmt of the malice of
others. | know (sad he) the sources Of thus al
tack! 1t originated with Two persons we'll known 10
me and whom have found equally destitute of
private honor, aud Of public principle Before the
people, common constituents, have expressed
my oplnons OF the treachcry and maIgnity which
characterized their conduct towards my colleagues
and myself They have never thought proper 10
meet me such occasions; but they have on
another, the member who has just taken his seat,
TOOL TOOLS i--TnrIR lSsTRUMESTi
! Here Mr.. TtRNtY lose under great excitement,
and exclaimed, THAT il FALSE :" aud instantly turn
Ing round To Mr.. BELL who sat inst behind him, he
adde MS he thrust his head forwards 3" and my col
league kpors tt
Mr. Sr,sLry called to "order'-but simultane-
eusly with this call, Nh B,LL struck the man who
had thus dcberarel, assa,Icd him with the
ted calumnes which years OF party animosity had
produced. and then had interrupted his reply with
tins charge CT lasehood gwen with air ol bravo
do. Thus blow, or push, or whatever II was from
Mr. BrLt WAS followed by several attempts 1T col
llsion from each but none of them effective.
h, licvr. Several members instantly nicrposed. The
| Hon. IN the greatest commoton aud excite
ncnt--, ,ies Of 'ordcr' "ordcr !" resoundcd on all
SIDES Thu, SrEAKER rushed to the Chair, seized his
hammer and raped AMI called loudly 10 ORDER
Turney repeated his 'emaik, at Is ialse-basely
false - There we've 81, ms ri another collision. The
I commoIon IN rcased. ''pr'"r! order !! was shout
ed IN every pm, at the Hal, 'om the Reporters
desks, and from The galieies--tor me excitement
extended to the 'stiangers and some T. the "Sien-
ographers,' and they acted under the Jmp''Se OF u
desire to quell the disturbance. 1.-The Sc,cee'at al
| inns will preserve order - exclaimed Mr.. Speaker
Polk. "'fhe Char will preserve order" responded
NJ. WISE. YES, yes" exclaimed several voices.
1.-The char will preserve order"
1t was remarkable now soon peace restored
The Truth he first nj
over, MI BILL appeared to be as "calm rs sum
mer morning lac sat collected and composed
the very contrast of the pale and excited gentleman
! who had resumed the char.
! Mr. How ARD al Baltimore seemed to tliuk il ne
cessary to say something and IN rather crcumlo-
cory and verbose manner his fashion ol speech
he explained that the occurrence was uncXp. cted
! and hurried ha, he could not interpose effective
IT, &c. &c.
/ would have much preferred to hear from repre-
sentative of generous aud enlightened constituent
cy rs the people OF Baltimore. for his
ieraon OF the vitupcrativc irreevancy and dsor-
DERBY course oil TURNEY.
Mr.. WISE moved that the House should 90 back
into Committee of the Whole Mr.. MERCER
Offered resolution for the purpose OF requiring bo'h
/ the members engaged TO promise not To prosecute
the matter beyond the House. This was aId on the
/, table.
Mr. PENNYB.cKER offered a resolution requiring
them apologize To the House for the lndgnity. A
proposition made to lay til the table but
, rejected.
Mr. BELL then rose =; and IN the llandsomes man
ner expressed his readiness AT all times to submit TO
the House, both from asense of what WAS due to the
body, and from his sef-reSpect.
Mr.. TURNEr followed with his apology; but he
SnD no ~ I,,,a al a L.