The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-05-07

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Gee siIsosds. This ssbjeei ~as dsbsisd
a. lsngsh BY Messs. Smith fla White,
critisnden. BenIOu. King. yosng. Clay
Of Ala and Others; and bsfh bills, sfisr
being amendsd. sers ordered % Be en-.
CROSSED.
The bin granting 70 Ihe state AZ Mich.
igan qusniity Of land 10 aid said stale
IN The construction Of eansI around The
falls Of S. Marie. was ordered 70 be en-
crossed By vote Of 20 70 10.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY. April n.
Mr.. Adams concluded has speech .
gainsi the proposition 70 abolish The CON-
miiies on public expenditure. The PEE
sious question sss then moved and Sc
condsd, and The main question being put.
was decided in The negali,s--yeas Q,
nays las. So The resolution was rrjecl-
ed.
The general appropriation bill was
then taken up. and lie discussion conlin-
ued until seven o'clock, when the COM
miiiee rose, and the house adjourned.
Friday. April "a.
Reports were received from various
committees; after which The general sp-
preparation bill was taken up in commit
Tee Of The whole. and The discussion was
continued until near 10 o'clock al night
not on The merits Of the bill, however,
but The general politics Of The country;
Mr. Clifford occupying near three hours
in endeavoring 70 show The identity be-
tween the Wing party and the old Fed
erslisis!
Saturday. April 95.
The general appropriation bill Was a.
gain taken up. and Mr.. Dalleu addressed
the committee until four o'clock.
Mr.. Underwood. from The select CON-
miliee appointed TO report The facts Of the
unpleasant renconlre between Messrs. BY.
mum and Garland, made report; which
report, and the accompanying testimony,
we're ordered 70 be printed.
Tile substance Of The report, so FAR as
il could be caught from hearing il read,
amounts 10 this: A certain exhibit OF The
expenditures Of The presen. and past Ad-
minisuations, together with certain other
documents pertaining 70 The same sub.
ject, having been put forth BY gentlemen
ssyimg themselves an Executive com.
mi,lee, and published with their names
sitached, had been referred to by Mr..
Wise, and at his request had been read
at the Clerks table. When the reading
was completed, Mr.. Wise made some
further remarks, in which he stated that
the paper just read had been drawn up BY
his colleague Mr.. Bottsl who had gone
10 Richmond. Mr.. Wise having resumed
his seat, Mr.. Bynum. of North Carolina,
left his seat near The door. and. walking
up The central aisle Of the House, came
to the seal Of Mr.. Galbrai,h, Of Pa. ant
observed 10 him iha, this was an cleo
pioneering party trick. lie then advanced
up the narrow aisle which proceeds from
the central area, till he came to the seat
OF Mr.. Banks Of Va. and Mr.. Garland Of
Lou. and looking at Mr.. Banks. who then
sat in the seat next TO his own. observ ed
that this was an unfair party trick, inten-
ded to be used in Virginia, just on The
eve Of an election, and that the paper was
a id lie from beginning to end. Mr..
Garland, who was close BY (and whose
name had been attached TO The paper
turning from gentleman with whom he
was in conversation, and looking a, Mr..
Bynum, said iha. every word in The pa
per was strictly true; and added that no
gentleman would say so, or, as others tes-
,ify, that wha, Mr.. B. said was lie. On
this, Mr.. Bynum replied, "tha,'s id
lie," or "you are did liar" a, the
same moment reaching towards Mr.. Gar
lands cane, which lay at the back Of his
chair; on this, Mr.. Garland seized the
cane. Mr.. B. raised !, as high as the
waist of Mr.. G., when. in the ,ustle, the
cane fell 10 the floor. and the two parties
engaged. Mr.. Garland struck Mr.. By
mum blow, which the latter returned;
when the gentlemen who were by inter-
fered, and succeeded in separating them.
Mr.. Garland picked M his cane and re-
turned to his seat. Mr.. Bynum being al
the end of The narrow aisle next 10 the
lobby, or in the lobby, near the fire. place.
Jrew his nenknife from his nocket. and /