The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-04-25

The OUTRAGE IN THE HOUSE We went to the House
this morning for the purpose OF hearing, among other
things Mr. Wright, OF Indiana conclude his speech
the tariff, which he commenced in Committee OF the
Whole yesterday; but he had concluded before we reach
ell there and Mr. White OF Kentucky Speaker of the last
House of Representatives had the floor the sub
ject when we reached the Capitol Although the Tariff
the subject before the Committee of the Whole did
not hear MIR White make single aluson to it during the
fifty minutes which we heard him speak. He may have
alluded to it in the ten minutes which he had consumed
before we reached the House. The whole of what
heard him say in relation to the bargain which has
been charged entered into between Mr. Adams and Mr.
Clay in the year 1928, when Mr. Clay elected Mr. Adams
President Of the United States, and Mr. Adams made Mr.
clay secretary Oh oae Mr. hlte denied that there was
bargain between them and read and had read by the
Clerk OF the House, letters from snndry persons and
speech made by Mr.. Adams year two ago, to bear
him ont in what ne said.
Mr. White. just the close Of his hour stated that FIVE
gentlemen of the House had certified to what the newpa-
pers had charged Mr. Clay having said in his speech
the Missouri question in February 1872 "If you wont
let US have black slaves must have white ones" &C.
which speech said Mr. CLAY had never written out
The extract, he said, was taken from Mr.
Richs speech published the National Intelligence
more than year after that gentleman had made his
speech. in which note Mr. Rich had said that Mr. Clay
used those words. Here Mr. Whites hour out and
MIR. Jacob Brinkerhof obtained the floor Mr. Andrew
Kennedy asked Mr. Brinkerhoff to yield the floor him
moment he of the FIVE gentlemen alluded
and he wished to prove what he had certified to- Mr.
Brnkerhoh refused to yield the floor; when Mt Rah-
bun who sits directly in front Of and not than three
feet from, Mr. White, said to Mr. Kennedy Never mind
prove it all over the House" Mr.. White replied
"You can prove id lie then swallow that, d-n
you Mr. Rathbnn slowly from his seat, with his
to M & to pp
the lie to me personally P To which Mr. White
replieda"I do: God d-n you > shutting his fists
and putting himself in a defensive offensive posi-
tion he said By the time the words out OF his
mouth both of them had aimed blow at each other -
We could not discern which struck first As
this to where they were, but before reach
ed there they hal been separated we entered the aisle
where the combaants side by side with the sergeant
alarms. The members ordered the sergeant
in a menacng manner of them putting their hands
against him. While they were doing this W. have been
mn m in tha Low inc.
ton congressional district Of Kentucky, benin
the sergeant at-arns' trying to pull his out, and
We neither heard this. Our attention
drawn, at the time to the members in front Of the
Seantat arms who were ordering him out OF the bar OF
the House. We thought if the sergeant-aarms
of his place, or exceeding his duty that certainly
clearly out oil and that had better keep
bright look out else might be elected very suddenly
By the time we thought this much concluded to get
out of the bar of the House and got the
door that enters the hall from the post office of the House
the flash and heard the report of pistol the
doorway. We rushed to the door, and found three
four persons just outside the door, graphing with the
Kentuckan whom we have mentioned, trying to wrest
from him pistol AS he appeared TO 'hold his own"
we were about doing So voice at side said
Take me, Mr. Rives, for am wounded We
ut once recognized the person who spoke 10 he Mr. Isaac
VI Wales, one OF the police of the Capitol. We took
took hold Of him. and found that he had been shot
his right thigh, near where it joins his body. Two
assisted to take him to his house about 300 yards from
the Capitol On his way thither, he informed us that,
hearing disturbance in the House of Representatives he
tnought IL 10 ne huty 10 go
that as he entered nearest the post office Mr. McCans
len, member Of Congress from Ohio putting the
kentuckan before mentioned out at that he
put out he drew pistol from his breast and attempted
10 shoot NJ McCauslen, who then just inside the
House, while he, Mr. Wales in the door that
at that moment took hold of the who had the
pistol and turned him much that he shot him, (Waes)
who was by one of the cheeks of the door
BY the time we got Mr. WALES home we ascertaned
that his thig'-bone not broken and returned
the Capitol Immediately, to look for hat. which
left there with several letters in it, On reaching there
wa thp ND
afterwards left there for our home.
We think II proper to state in conclusion that we
heard part OF the "wor1s" which passed between Mr.
Rathbun and Mr.. White and those which we did no,
hear vouched for by persons who did hear them