Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-05-09
From the Washington GfoJe, April %.
Outrage in the House Of Rcrrcscnta


We went to the House this morning for the puposc Of
hcaiirg, amotg other things. Nj. Wright. Of Indiana. con-
clnde IN. speech on the tamil, which hc commenced IN Com
Hitiee Of the Whole Yesterday but he had concluded befoie
we reached there, aud Mr.. White. If Kentucky. Ss AXE OF
the J. i House Of Representative, had the floor on The same
subJ,ct wh'n we reached the Capitol. Although The taur
wa the subject before the Com mitice f the Nhoc. We dnl
rot hear Mr.. White make a sin.le allu>ian 10 1t dus ing the
hHt minutes which We heard hm sieak. He may have al
lhded 10 II ~ The ten minutes which he had consumed iefore
W reached the House. The VIII le e what we heard HIM
say vs. IN relation 10 The bafgain which has h. en- cbar,,d 80
.nle'eh INTO between MI Adams and Nj. Clay IN The year
$50. when Nh Clay elected Mr.. Adams President Of the
,nied states. and Nj. Adams made Nh. Clay Secretary Of
State. Nj. White denied that there W any bargain between
them. and read. and had read by the Cleik 4 the House. let
ae.s i.om sundiy persons. aud a speech made ty Mr. Adams
a year OF TWO ago, 10 bear him OUT IN what he said.
Nj. Nhie, Just at The close Of his hour. stated tina, five
gentle men Of the House had ceItihcd e. what The newsna-
leis han charged Nj. Clay as having said in his specie on The
niss'1i question, IN tebfulry. 1919. III YOU WON'T let Us
nave black savts, " G must have white Ones SC. which
speech he 'ai Nh clay bad never written out.
he extract, he sand. wa, taken from a note to NJ. gichs
spfsch, published IN the National Iutcliiserc.r mr. . nm =
yea a.ier that gentleman had made h> speech. IN which
Here Nj whre'- hour ran out. and NJ. Jacab r." Br,nke.hod
obt'ined The n7or. Mr. AniIew Kennedy asked Mr.. Brink
'lholl 10 yield the floor T. hnn a moment. as he vas ~ Il
The hNe gentlemen alluded To-. and he wished TO prove VIVA,
he had certified To- MI B,ink.I hoff refused 10 weld the
floor when MI %hathiufn. WIN sis dusrily m frott a at5
not more than three fet from Mr.. whi,c. saia 4. Nh. Ken
rely. Never mind, we can Prove II an over The House"
III. Nhie i'piici, You can prove a id he, then sNal-
Mr.. Rath,u'n rose slowly from has scat. with his thumb,
m The ck,ts 81 his panialoOns. and tuning round H. Mi.
White SAID. do YOU intend 70 apply the lac 10 n. u.r.op,l-
~ - 10 which Nh White replied, II DO. I'D d-n YOU :,
shutting ms lists, aud putting him. eli IN a Dc fensite. or Of
fensIVe HNion, a he sad 50. iy the time The words were
out Of H. msuth, boih OF them had AIMED a blow a, each
other. We couli 40: discern which struck first. As soou as
VIC saw th>. we ran 10 where they were. but bef,,e We
reached there they had been sepaisied. We entered the
aisle where the comhaiani> were, SIDE bN side vii the or
geani-a; arms. The members ordered the selgeant-at-atm ms
out IN a menacng manner +, some of them putting ii.it hands
against him While they we've DONG this we have Teen
o I'd. a man named NJ, e, VINO resides IN the Lexington con-
g'e>Sional distIrt of Kentucky, was behind the seigesnt-at-
arms, 10 M y pull HIM Out. ard ing, al n same time.
LEI th'n hight II out We neiiheI saw 80: heard thu. Our
in was dawn, at the time. t. the mem "rs m iiont of
th' seIseant-at-iIm-, who were ordering HIM out a ,he bar Of
the Hsu-e.
We thought # the seTgeant-at-arms was out Il his placc
OF exceeding hiS duty. that We certainly were clearly out Il
ous, and that We bad tcfter keep a brishi look out, euc wa
might he 'Jeeiei very suddenly. By the lime Ne ,hengbt
III, much we concluded TO get out # The bar Of the IIou-e.
~ !, /" G 81 Out near the door that enters The hall fom the
lo'. c 81 The House. a c saw the ia b and head the 9
l"' = 4 ls'o' IN The doot way. Wctushei T. the 4 or. aud
with Tie keniuekian Nh we have mentioned I,iiag -
"T'>t iiom him a pistol A. he APP cared 10 "hsid ms ovnp
Wm nem' W. concluded 10 assist hem ard Just a. We
We're about ing So. a voice at ouI side and. luke me. n,
Rives, Tor IN wounded" We a. one recognised m. 49,
son VINO poke, t. Doe Mr.. John l.. WIT. one If The pI,eo
OF the Capitol. We took hold Of ham. and found maj h1 "a
been hot through IN, night ihigh iear where il ioins 10
9oiy. W men as>s'ei u 10 take HIM to Ls house, asou,
On h' Wy ihiiier he inf mcl u, that. hearing , d.,,b-
"a NE hon,e II Representative. he thought It to 3. his
The doi nearest tie post office, Nj. McCau.len. m.mte'O -
.onsies i'om on, was putting the keniucA ian before n.et-
gi,ioi fiom has breast and attempted 10 shoot M lIcc,asfe,
VINO wa then Just inside the House. while he vr W
was IN the door, that some person at that mornen, to- h-ls
4 the man who had The pistol, and ru,n.s hum n
nat he shot hm WHIT VIII wa ~ ole Of The checks Of
by TIC time Ne got Nj. Wit home, we asceriained that
uish bone was rot trok'n aud We returned to the Chr
'ol immediately, 10 10 x TO- our la which We p r. fheie
ih veal huer> d" n On reaching ihele. We f nd r.
l. 'he ''lteis ale. ieace Iei-nins. aud ne soou afte4wald.
't mere la ou, me The report, f or i.patrs wil
what va, done % the House sfef We ien II
" e. th1ik a proper u ~fafe. IA r.prIu.f q. hat ~ t...a