Weekly Messenger, Volume 5, Number 224, Vevay, Switzerland County, 16 April 1836 — Page 1

V2 PHILTER'S BETOEAT9IiDIAl?A9 SATURDAY, APRIL 2G, VOL,. V. NO. 224. 9

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PIXTEW AND rUilMSHED Ur.il he -knew he traf out of order, but lie ITF WILLS.WI C. KK:, jcouhl not for the sou! r f him repress the feelTERMS For fii--'-two numbers, TMtir.r,i'r1?s actuated his bosom. For that nan mLLns,if not pa: J until the expiration of the',10 object! It U aUonishing, disputing, he who vear-T A-opjLMtti and vifvy caw, if paid jw'n the rejolutiom of the gentleman from within the year and two dollas.3, paid i i Masachusetts (mr. Adam) were under his disaJvance. " iciifsion, had read at the clerk desk a long ex

N j suhicription rtcetved for less than six months, 'l'di paid in advance. S:thi.-ri'ers, who receive their papers by private post, to pay 2, cents postage. No piper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, and notice to stop it sent to th of fice hi writing. Advertisements inserted, at the usual rates. Except pero:n alvertising eloped companions, when ;j will bs demanded for a female, and 3 for a male. Cc5App:vcd produce, delivered at this office, or such other place as may he agreed upon, taken in payment. A DAY A NIG FIT, AND SABBATH MORNING, IN THE HOUSE. The storms of party raged violently to-day. In the morning the rumor was that the previous question was to he called on the North Carolina contested election: and Cambreleng and Beardslcy were observed to mingle mere with the majority than is usual with their serene highnesses. The former gentleman exhibited throughout the wholeday, an air of assumed nonchalance; and even while he rangged about am.Mig the previous question boys, he did it with paper in hand, and a deep air f.f abstraction on his high and classical little tlumplin phiz. BoardJey, on the. contrary, seemed highly excited. It was to be his last day in the house of Representatives; he was going off to New York to his office, on Mondav. and the last act of Ids humbug drama was to be one of deep and degrading disgrace. Mr. Bynum also was flurried; and a certain venerable sinner, yclcp'd mr. Cushman of New Hampshire, pupil of Isaac Hill, wnsob served to assume a tone of lofty and sublime hearing. He had his mental culls roiled up to do his special work, dictated t him by thej great Cam of Tartary. j But to the congressional work of the day. I'irst an resulting remark from Parson Hawcs, of Kentucky, t Gin Herding, who bore the offence with more meekness than he is wont to do probably he measure! insult by its source, and therefore overlooked it. Hamcr, of Ohio, a young man of the party of groat ability, gave a long speech by way of preface to the previous question, when mr. Graves, a new member from Kentucky, took the floor to answer the united arguments of the part-. This gentleman spoke with great and tremendous force. Every word told; and though he had to reply to several gentlemen, he. so arranged his mind as to be able to give them each and all a quietus. His commencement told the whole mystery; he denounced it as a high leading party question. At about halfpast five the boys of the house were busily engaged with the candles, and members began to look at their watches, and go down by pairs into the Refectories. Mr. Cu-hman left us , . scat on the other side of the Hall, and placed himself directly under Graves, to watch his movements, and be ready when he sat down to raise the war whoop of the party. Graves did not let him escape; he p. tinted him out with his finger, and frowned him in the face; lie denounced his intention of calling the pretious question as an act unworthy of a man who loved honor, justice, and commen right. Poor Cushman was in a dilemma. He had been thrust forward, partly by hisotrr .-rnth

of zeal, and partly by the commands of hisjeiud "You are a rascal a pitiful and con

masters; and there he sat exposed to the raking tire of a young man who, coming from Ken tucky, was too accustomrned to rille ihooting

to mUs a squirrel, least more an old gray fox'.;P5;,cc " :iS restored. General Mercer of Vir-

Cushmm laind his quarters loo hot, and took advantage of a small row to escape. Graves and his friends found that in order to let tiie sitting member have an opportunity to plead his cause, he then being too sick, they would be obliged to keep the floor even if it was necessary, until I he noon of Sabbath day, and they were right. What day so meet to have justice dot e them on the holiest of latk? The motions, numerous as they were, to adjourn, aided by a call of the ayes and rtav, served as resting places for Graves; aud without flagging in the least except his voice, he continued 111! near twelve, having commenced at five in the evening. 1 must not omit in this historyof an extraor dinary occasion, a circumstance which marks the party as one of the mostcxtraordinary that was ever witnessed in this or any other country. Mr. Graves requested the clerk to read a short paragraph from an authority which he sent to the desk. "I object," cried out a voice from the other side of the hall. "I should like the man who objects to show his face," relurned Graves. "1 object!" in a voice of 'Jews harp' thunder, exclaimed the pink of courtesy, l.nr. C. C. Cam. "Ah, I am glad it is you sir," thundered Orates, when the chair, unwilling to see the v nys and Means destroyed before his eyes, !rckcdmr. Grarcs. However, the genius of Loco Focos was not t." b: let off so easily. Graves rcsumtd. He

tract from a printed document as a part of his

argument. I never saw any tiling so unmannerly in my life. Cambreleng left the hall to draw up a challenge, or drink a glass of water in the lobby. At about twelve, mr. Lawlcr moved an ad journment, because, it was the S abbath. Upon this the ayes and noes were ordered, arid upon mr. Adams refusing to vole, mr. Wise reported him to the chair. Mr. Polk quoted precedents where the house had sat on the Sunday. Mr. Adams said they were not analagous then great national concerns were before the house, and congress was on the eve of a final adjournment, and the good of the country demanded the departure from the general rule and custom of the house: now it was engaged in a subject that could easily be postponed, and it was improper thus to urge the question upon the Sabbath. Mr. Beardslcy (conscience keeper of the house) moved that the gentleman from Massachusetts be excused from voting because of the reasons he had given. This roused up the Eagle of Massachusetts He was in a terrible rage. He did not want the house to excuse him he would not vole, unless the house said explicitly that it, had control of the consciences of members. ''He had a conscience, mr. Speaker, but he did not apply it to every day." (True, true, Johnny Mr. Peyton, of Tennessee, no rose and threw out his grappling irons up'.n the unfortunate Attorney General. He ridiculed his conscience. That gentleman had on the Mast night' of but session voted exactly as mr. Adams refused to do, and now forsooth, he was for spreading the mantle of his conscience! over the honorable member from MassachuIts. The Attorney seemed conscience-strick en, and looked pale as a winding sheet. Mr. Bynum, the gentleman who has been dubbed the champion of the majority, thun dered forth in succession to Peyton, lie knocked the poor minority about the head until Wise could stand it no longer, and finding a giant emplotcd in boxing the earsof his friends, deemed it expedient to stretch forth his arm and lash the greater body; and he laid on in tine style in terrible style, 1 should say. lie told them that they were not questioning the right of the sitting member, but were onlywaiting the opportunity to eject him from the House to turn him out. He gave the party a terrible scoring indeed; so much so, that the target took it all as personally directed to himself, and when Mr. Wise had finished, he (mr. Bynum) rose in a wrath that shook his sides, and beat against his heart in force like the lava of Vesuvius against the ribs of its mountainous prison, lie brandished his arm and first attached thereto high in the air, and proclaimed in a voice like a lion's, that the , g iMemau from V irg.nia, though he wasa du. j'.v s'lou,a not bul0' '"" Wise rose, and leaning over and looking as if he was seeking for some object of very diminutive hize, said,4! bully that gentleman, mr. Speaker. Why sir," (smiling.) would as soon think of bullying a lly." "Scoundrel ?scrcamed Bynum, moving from his seat. The house was as still as death r- i wneti vise again rose, calmer than ever as collected as a brave man ever should be, and looking towards the gentleman from North C. temp:ible puppy.' Here great cries of order rose from the fully awakening members, and when comparative g",1;i rose to explain me circumstances that had gradually led the two gentlemen to their present painful point. He said that the metn)er from North Carolina had mistaken the obJect ol his colleague (mr. Wise) who, in char aclerizing the majority of the house, certain ly did not mean to level his remarks personal ly to the gentleman. That he had seen them in social converse a short time before, and they could not intend deliberately to characterize each other with the epithets used between them. Several o her gentlemen followed mr. Mercer in his attempt to restore peace and tranquility between the antagonist parties. And upon motion, the house unanimously imposed upon the two member its solemn injunction to lay their animosity aside, and remember, wnai they seemed to have forgotten, that they were members of the Congress of the United States. General Thompson, of South Carolina, fthe brave and the generous, and ever the first to heal the quarrels of others.) nronosed that if neither membei objected to this process of the house, it would be a tacit pledge that they would not prosecute the difficulty farther, it evidently having arisen from the high and painful excitement of party feelings, with.ut any predisposed intention of Insulting each other. Neither member objected. Then Bynum row, and jaid that he certainly bad applied

the remarks of the gen'lcvtfan from Virginia as personal; and having found that Vt was an erroneous impression, he regretted (or some such qualifying word) that he had Used offensive language to that gentleman. Mr. Wise

spoke upon the subject, and hating revfewed the whole affair in a calm and-digr.iSed manner, said an epithet (bnlly) had been applied to him, which he despised, and which no one should make to him without receiving the proper response. He did not deserve it, and would never, here or elsewhere, permit it to be used. He then made proper and manly explanations. He is an extraordinary young man, of most unqualhng nerve, high and commanding talents; and though his course was violent in the extreme upon the present occa sion, let it be known that he did not commence the warfare; he but spoke as an American citzen should have spoken, when he saw that the citadel of his country was being attacked, and for so doing he is interrupted by an insulting epithet. And mr. Bynum should not be overblamed, I think that his course was one of high passion. He is, I understand, of quick temper, and such persons, as we all know, are unable to separate themselves from the party they belong to. and are; ever ready to present their own bosom to a charge which a thousand could not resist. But the scene upon this nighlshould he known to the people the firm and unflinching resistance of Wise, Peyton, Graves, and others, to the equally firm determination of the majority to thrust the sitting member from his chair without a trial, to give it to Ncwlaud, who they had better look sharp to, else he will betray them as he has done his constituents. Never was there such a scene never one so disg sting in all its details. Another hvrrid mvrclerbyn Gambler. Randolph, Tennessee, March J3. A moot brutal and unprovoked murder was lately perpetrated by a gambler on board the steamboat Selma, on her passage down the Mississippi. The unfortunate victim was a young lawyer, mr. Allen, from Murfreesborough. The sub ject of gambling and gamblers awakening common discussion among the penger, mr. llen expressed himself in very free terms a ;iinst the Writer. At orne of his reinuks a person stepped up to him and remarked. "1 am a gambler have you any personal bIIuions? lo which young Allen replied he had none, but that his opinion was tiie same. At which, the gambling assassin drew from hia bosom a tremendous Bowie knife, and sticking it downward into the breast of Allen nearly laid it open. He survived the wound but a day or two. The gambler was secured and is now confined at New Orleans. He is aid to be in possession of much money, tKe fruit r.o doubt of robbery or murder; and that he has employed the ablest counsel in New" Or leans to manage hi de'uucc A flvino lk T. Yesterday as some 15 cr '"20 laborers were enxaged in prying up the ide of a three story luu-e, in Eighth, near Race street, one of them unexpectedly took an atrial tour in the following manner. The woikmen were all astride of a long thick pole, or beam, endeavoring to effect their object b- a union of weight. By some means or other, the beam rolled, and dislodged from their seats every man but one. lie, poor fellow! occupied the extreme end, at some distance from the dwelling. The house, relieved of its counterpoise, settled at once, and the Hibernian was thrown upward with amazing velocity, near to the top of the house. He performed two or three somersets in the air, .and finally describing in his descent a parabolic curve, alighted on his feet like a cat, giving a simple grunt of amazement at his flight, and afterwards a laugh of satisfaction at having escaped without the slightest injury. Phil. Gazette. A lady who kept her house extremely nice, but wofully neglected her person, in matters of cleanliness, observed a gentleman visiter, looking about very anxiously and inquired what he sought. 'Why' madam,' replied he, 'your house is so nice that I cannot find a place tospit.' 'Oh, dear!' rxe iirneu the good woman, 'spit in the dirtiest spot you can find.' 'Excuse me,' said her guef, 'for if I should, madam, 1 should spit in your face! Dod. Pat. FLORIDA. We referred yesterday to the Pcnsacola Gazette, which stated that the rainy season in Florida commences nb,ut the first of March, and that ''if the soldiers ran keep their head? above water in the everglades, they will do well." A mend who has travelled through every part of Florida, states that from Tampa Uay south, to Cape SaMe, the amy season never commences until May, and it lasts until about the first of October. In this region the rivers and everglades are at their lowest in March, Apiil, and a part of May. Whenev er the trade winds prevail as they do in this region -there is a regular rainy and dry sea son. In (he northern and north western parts ot the Peninsula, there are r trade winds. The lndiaas are, it i helkved, pushing to the southern part of the Peninsula. If the campaign is carried on with spirit and efficiency

there i3 every reason to believe that the sav

age foe will be conquered or exterminated, be fore the rainy season commences. jY. Y. Times. Extract of a letter received ia Charleston, dated. Fort Drane, March 2, 10, A. M. "An express has just arrived from General Scott, who is now at Picolala (and whom we expected here bofore this) ordering general Clinch not to furnish Gaines either with men or provisions, which would be the means of hi making another fulse movement, and by that means giving confidence to the enemy, and deranging all his intended movements. Gaines is now surrounded by the Indians, and all communication cut off from him, and his provisions entirely out, with about fifty men wounded, and the others getting sick every day, and without the means of moving them, should he be able to make a retreat. General Gaines was wounded by a spent ball, in the chin, which did not do him much injury; he, it appears, dare not toventureoutofhis breast work, the Indians come almost up to it, und fire into him." SCENES IN CONGRESS. Correspondence of the Baltimois Chroniclo.)

,.r . lno uuur, mini -uic iviriy u;;uui'' mis lituici ai Wasumoton. March 29, 1836. vere wofL h 0 ' cl;imoroas Roout 01 uzzah for the gallant band of indcpend,jdcr! T,ere as 8omething of a tumult; i .pints, the mmor.y of the House! We L m5dt of wjch Mp Th"om.u cf rog

Huzzah ent have achieved a signal victory through their untiring vigilance and energy. After a day of immense excitement and confusion, the election has been sent back to the people, and Netvland is not the man! At the appointed hour of twelve, the sub ject was brought up, and Mr. Netvland the petitioner, arose and addressed the House at great icngiu, anu m rcp.y .ou.e aigui.iuH.w . i . i : . . .1 i C ur. uraaan . aooui out. o c.ocx, uc g..vc .. , . . J , , tant element in V an Lurcnism, by suddenly sinking djwn, those only who were in the se-L. ' c . .J . , . . V. 1 Will ' t " til t l 111.3 IlllVlltlVllt A If-

Y.UC Ol 1113 IIIICJIIIUII. A I It? I II I- ' , I I r it IT a I ., r r m i i- jtioihing now before the Hor.se, to which the .f K Q., Mr. Cushman imrnedi-! ins ,hm Cf)uld , it be . i V11!? .j i T ln:,de applicable to a mere sham-a nonentii the length of time that had al- . , ' 1

personation of ately eprung clamation on the length ready been spent on this question, called of cuur-ie, lor iiie previous question. Lul there was oae close behind hun, ia ultv.iyi prompt to offer resi;tance to tyranny in every shape and hurl defiance at tha opprejsor's head, and Khose faculties act not only with rf:irtin hut with wnnrtfrftil nrriiiin nnil "v""v-"' """ r energy Mr. reyton ol iennessee.

He rose, and having gained the attenti-n ol -the chair, he traversed lhe House to his ownihSe Pphlet, and bearing it aloft cried,

seat, mid there declared in a clear firm tone,' whichrung like a clarion through the ha! ! and procured at once a respectful ittention.

1 have motion to submit that takes pre- -'. 31 , -i-eedence of the nreviou. ouestion-il is to re- P"rt ' 'atestyle cx..ng its n.i t ,k,

commit this whole subject on the ground that lU - , . .ri The C :hair then interposed and stated that ious question took precedence of eve1 - - the previous que ry thing else. Mr. Ppvtnti tbn went uoon another lack. I rise then to a point of order. r - ; - -r There is nothing before the House to which w the previous question is applicable there 1 i- .i no report jio resolution. Aijain uiu.iiiei r interrupt hun on the ground of being ,rder. Mr. Peyton appealed and pro"to argue the question. He went into Speaker out of order. r rwl 1 1 in i r rr I )l n m ,WU 1 w lit lui. ,iiv iiugiiviii ' . - :.;7... r.u- r-....,rt ;nt.

VTXflli:itlllllll VI nil. Ilvib nnu -.. y i. ( .- - .111 il I '.I I J . , i lion must be taken on the appeal without demcr out some circumstance that went to in-; ' iu j r : - e ih l ;.,;nc!bate. It was taken and the decision of the

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of the maioritf of the election committee,;""' when Mr. Bynum called him to order, for go- . Mr; 1 e)-'onf was, then permitted to proceed ino into the merits of the report. The Chair ,n order before he had gone far in his argul,.rirlpH that m,Kt rnnfinPi him.rlf to ,h- to prove the facts wrong, for the purpose

object of the appeal. At this point Mr. Rencher arose and sug-!'je gesled that it would save the House some difScully if the amendm.-i.ts he had proposed

were withdrawn, and he accordinL'ly wil i - drew them. Mr. Peyton proceeded and made some beautiful and impressive remarks on the sa

cred character of an implied obligation, anjtion. introductory to his argument in favor oflheithem

voting upon every proposition contained In aw Denny gesticulating, and apparently voMr. ilencher's resolutions. The Chair again 'ciferaling with all his might. He sent a pinterposed and reminded him he must confiinc'pcr to the Chair, embracing a point of order, himself to the object of the appeal. Mr. which he raised. The Chair decided against. Peyton paused some moments. He then said The proceeding were now of the most irregin a tone of deep feeling, that it must be evi- ular and unparliamentary character. No man dent he, and all with whom he acted, must feel could rise, without being assailed by curs of great embarrassment on the present occasion ''order! order!' 1 know not how many points as to the manner in which they could bcac-' of order were presented, decided on, nppralcomplih their object of beini; heard. IIeap-!ed from, and sustained. Motion after pealed to the justice of the Chair. motion for adjournment was made, and surThe Speaker-' The Chair must do his du-Jcessively rejected. Mr. Kencher a last oh- , r Mainvd a hearing to say that it was the wish Mr. Peyton then proceeded to argue thatjofthc fiends of the siding member thai th the name of his friend from N. C.(Gen. Haw-! House should come at once to the votf. kins) was appended to the report, under cir-i The preliminaries to the mam question wcro cumstanccs that entirely deslroyed its charac-!then got over by ayes, and i.ocs the main (cr and made it worthy of being expunged. 'question ilsrll put, and the Imal vote whether He was going into the details of thos circum-jtbft House should com or in the resolution tht stances in order to prove that the sanction ofj Mr. Netvland is entitled to his tint, flood, his friend's name had been given lo matters yeas 99, nays 100. of law and facts which he never agreed to, when the chair again called him to order, and j A search J'jr hrirs. The Albany AdVcrtir said he could not be permitted to go into an sat s, their i a search making for the h ii t

lexnmination of these points! Put Peyton only became the more energetic fortius gratultous and provoking interruption, Why, ir,'

jsaid hcy 'how is it posiibb for me to susta n

my rsppeal. without examining the leport. 1 am about to show that a gentleman whose, name is signed to this report, objected to a most material and import-inl fact contained in it. I hate surely a right to chow that this re port is in iact from the minority of the committee Gen. Hawktn3 rose to explanation, but spoke so low, and he was at such a distant that I cculd not catch his expression. It is understood, he said, that he signed the report, because hs agreed with the other four of the committee who signed the report, on all points but one, which he would have protested against had they not informed him! that in the House he would have zn opportunity cf expressing his views fully upon it. Mr. Peylon proceeded, and ridiculed the idea of a report being sent in from a so called majority with a protest against a material part of it by one who made iheui a majority. He referred to the reason given for not protesting the ledge that his friend would have an op portunity now of speaking freely on it in the jhouse; and demanded ia a tone of boldr.ess. that must have struck the white-livered throT and through, how they had redeemed that pledge. Mr. Peyton went on to slate other objections, when 'the party' Gliding this rather sc or ia e and called Peyton to order, and protested against hi going into this detailed and minute examination. He said this appeal was as to a mere question of fact. Mr. Peton denied this. The question was, he said, whether these p;igt.3 (holding up a large pamphlet) were entitled lo the character and credit of a. report, that Mr. I'iie Chair then gave his "decision" ha, Mp y not aJJowej lo debate lhe diarnrt8r of lhe report after the previou4 question had been demanded, wr , . ... . , , . ,u , ., !rra kable emphasis to show that there tvaa Here Mr. Huntington rose and with great vehemance, called the Tennessecan to order. PrjtOII irctrtt ly Itnntar" liimolT ir. which he was aided by the clear shrill tones of Mr. Wise. "Order, "order," was shouted on all sides. The Speaker called on Mr. Hun- .:.. a k: ------- , n my pouu ue.es .epori ,..t appeal is to the common sense of i.-.e house, Mr. l ej ton was then allowed to proceed, f i tv' ii .: - I ,f riors :i " '"cohmmc-.,c.. y m.g uF ins in tenuis nenH ration, i he trained band penetration. b dread ully uneasy and s, r c J to arrest the work of eyto , I lw.- ri.:M 1 -l t r Hilt I" ii' NMO and some of them "s tomahawk. flicy raised a ry. Put tie Speaker himself ' so conscious, I eyton v;is manliest It in i c u ll... i , -:l om-'r " L",1CU w l"c isTei"7 tnlr!1PefAl:pr some (in A(;er some further most confused nr.d riot m,s proceedings, Mr. I eyton got the hoor and ! ' Mi f n ,he'1 Gen- c:;" , J "m 'f order for irrelevancy Mr Peyton . appealed. The Chair decided that the ques- : t i ii . . .a. a i i i -i making oui u c rep.-.t . ue nu i anuToia, s S'lIn called to order; and the Chair jdeclared, that on reflect, on, he considered the ! wholc proceeding that hat taken place on the iTi'1"1' proceed to hnd out it there was a second to the previous question. The scenes that followed baffled deserip-Y-a cannot Imagine any thing like Their were actual yells for order! 1 Hugh John and Daniel Mcsher, -n tin ..mtry, to whom an estate ol ,VZ ni.uous na tcnily dt-sccuded in England.