Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-05-07

The Huuse WIS 'liSgrarcd yesterday, by
ii scene of disorder and pcrsunal volicnce,
such as has been rarely witnessed even in
that hud V.
Mr.. Satonstall hadl flour, III Com
miHee Of the whole, and was speaking ot
The atemps ol'tlle Globe, to discretlit some
Official statements as To the expenditures of
The Government. The Globe, iuan article
headed "lederal tricks, people Of Virginia
be OH your guard" states thar u handful
signed by seven OF eight members OF The
House. containing Il statement OF public
expenses" though il was circulated rs an
official document. Among the si2aers OF
lie handbiIl we're Mr.. Rice Garland, MIR.
Saltonsrall, and Mr.. Lots. Mr.. Wise
rose To make some further explanation IN
lle subject. as his colleague (Mr. Bottsl
was absent. He rea, and compared the
i,andtlllamd the official document To. which
it refers. and challenged any one tn point
out any variation. except in the statements
marked "unolticial." While Mr.. Wise
was speaking on The subject, al onlcry and
noise suddenly arose on he left oflheGliair,
and Two of the meuhers. Rice Garland OF
Louisiana, aud Jesse A. Bynun ofN. e.,
ere observed in clo.c and violent conflict.
There was a ruth 10 tie spoI. Mr.Evans
seized Mr. BHnum and Mr.. Banks ami
others laid huld of Mr.. Garland,' and
other persons crow 'lins between them, the
rombulauts were separated. The Chair
man, in the mean time, implnrpd tile MEM
hers. for The snke of their own characters
for the sake of the country, TO preserve
order. The speakerwas called for and
some called for The Sergeant asiArms--
Some few were opposed IN any attempt
to separate the i,arlies--tleclarina .!iat as
they could nol fight rs gentlemen, they
nugh To fight in some ether way. The
speaker took The Chair and en,leayored 10
bring The House To order. Mr.. Bynum,
aIier heing dragged away, continued 10
menace and dare his antagonist.
At length, order was restored, anil Mr.
Dnlnsnule said he was an advocate Of Or
der, and he hoped the matter would have
an immediate investigation, and that the
character of The House would be support
ed, regardless of consequences TO intli,id
ais. MIR. Briggs sail. it had long been
remarked, that something must be done
10 cIl; nee the manners of this House. nr
that it must be Dissolved. We had now
come to point in which personal abuse
must cease, or the House he hrnken up.
Mr.. Banks said. the character of this aotlv
had undergone melancholy change.
Gross vulearilv. and personal viulerce
were as common here, every day, as IN
The muster srnund or The race field. lf
this Stale of things continued, we must 60
hume and tell the people, that party spirit
nr some spirit had seized upnn this body
AMI utterly desir"ved its character and util-
tv. Other members spoke, in the same
strain. Al length a restitution was adopt
ed for The appointment of a committee of
FIVE ncnll ers 10 investigate The facts Of
The disorder and personal vinruce occur
ring tbs day, in the House, between two
of lis members, with power 10 send for
persons, and directions TO report will all
proper dispatch. The Committee were
directed To go into session Immediately.
Mr.. Wise expressed the l,npe that the
mailer would no, he suffered to 60 over To-
anolIer day. 1t was supposed thai the
committee would soon report, hut they
did not report. though ,hcy went onr at
TWO O'Clock. and The House was in ses-
sion ILL eleven O'Clock mt night.
II appears that while nTT.---r,r was
speaking on the subject of the handhill,
many members were conversing about il
in an excited manner. Mr.. Bynum, who.
by The way, is out of health, and is sci.
dom in the House. was passing between
the desks, nenr Mr.. r. GarIand's seat.
aud remarked, in allusion TO the circular.
lit looks rery suspicious. coming ont as it
dill on ihr eve of The Virginia election" {"
Mr. Garland turned to him saying. "qou
are a id liar :" uillain." thief" &C..
was quickly relorted. Mr.. Garland COL
Iare'l \lr. Bynum. ard hlnws were inter.
changed. Mr.. Bynum enleavore,i to get
out his pcnkife. but did mot succeed in
time 10 Use il. Neither party was hurt.
presume the House will drop The mat
ter. IL will nnl serve as an admonition of
the necessity Of preserving personal deco
rum; for, in The course of The same day,
personal abuse was again resorted to in
the course Of The debate.
The discussion was continued in COM
n,i,es l,y MIR. SaItons,alI, Mr.. Jameson,
Mr.. Ogle, and Mr.. Davis, of Kentucky, ill
eleven o'clock, when The committee rose
! and The House adinurhed.
In The Senate, Mr.. Clay Of Ky. made a
strong speech in opposition To the bill ex
tending the provisions of the pre- emplioi'
law, and moved its re-cnlnmiiment for a.
meDdment, but the motion was lost. The
bill WIS ilIen passed.
The Bankrupt bill has at length h-en
reported. in the Senate. by The majority
of The Comnirpe on the judiciary. Mr..
Clayton. on the part of the majority. stated
that The bill provided only for cases of
voluntary bankruptcy. lie was himself
disuused 10 mike provision nlsn CIR cnn.