It occurred on February 26, while the House of Representatives was discussing the Indian Appropriation Bill. Mr. John W. Chanler, of New York, had the floor, and, standing at one of the desks in the front row, spoke for half an hour as interestingly as one can speak on such a dry subject. Mr. A. G. Burn, of Illinois, sat, or rather reclined, in the adjacent seat, and so near that the sweep of Mr. Chanler's hand, in gesticulating, passed very close to Mr. Burr's nose. One would naturally suppose that a loud, shrill voice, such as Mr. Chanler possesses, would at least have kept Mr. Burr awake. But the very reverse was the case.
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