New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-19

c-owded state OF the I or and gallery, 40 one coud
deny there vas room ,cr i.
Nj FulvoRg behaved with great dignity and
csmness, aad mos, OF the Senators retained their
presence %. m.lI AMI resumed Their seats. Mr.
BESroN vas pressed doeu .ato his bat Mas m
s,aliy or ms iecr ssain protesting AGAINST .ctt
t-.smatier pass so-a pis-oi had been drawn upon
hirn-hs asked ihe Senate % take oo-aizaucc # Il
or be would. Il rlstpr',ect .;soSn dignity or he
xoa'G protect himself
Mr. Foora was exp,siaing that he carried arms
ooIv in sslfGeieuse-he expected 70 be attacked
xss small man. ard bad a weak physical orgaai
za,ioa-ueys- attacked any msn-neyer threaten
az an man-his life had been one OF set defense
thought Col BlNro> had a pistol, and reiterated
o. the open space othat ;hey could meet iAF-. so
tha, lie wcu.I nct eldau.cr lis friends by meeting
him IN crowded co-uer-ssw BIN coming sul eN-
psc.sd 10 b, $50. o- staibel-,here'orc retreaied
20 the open space, 10 allow 'alr play Just ihinN'
Mr. GRrEtEY what a nice pisto. gallery that would
have been The walls crowded rom Door io cei.
i1- - a dense mass II people.
Mr. FooIE wanted o. 20 GA wiki his speech
Mr. H,lE objected aud thought It due 20 the Seaste
a-d the country that some action b. Lad on It's
s,enc-hc was one OF the Youngest members but
il 10 older one moved the appointment OF Com
m.tt,e O. investigate, ha WOULD Mr. BoRlANp Of
Ark thought j. too trfiug matter 70 require any
notice. Nj Donor Of WIS sad Col BENTON had
been bis bosom friend for ,hi,ty years. he knew he
never carried arms but ne moved Committee to
investigate. One southern gentleman moved the
N b,. sttiI q e.
would not DO HIM tbs injustice and general cry
of " Oh no n arose on al sides.
Mr. CLAY appeared distressed and moved the
gentlemen Dc required to give legal bonds, or 10
pledge their honor there that neither would seeN
90 renew the quarrel commit any breach OF the
peace during this Session Of Congress.
Col BENTON said he would rot in jail rather
than give such pledge
NJ FoorE gave the required assurance ard m.
sisted on going on with MS speech which had been
Interrupted by the melee.
Mr. CLAY moyedhis amendment to NJ Benton ;
amendment once more-thst s. the very seltsamc
question that occupied the Senate TO day viii oc-
cupy it tomorrow. Il Just stands now where 1t did
this mording.
The identical " amendment OF the honorable sen
ator rom Kentucky to the amendment OF the hon
orlblo Senator from Missouri. which has ran5 IN
our ears all day to-day is to keep up the clangor
To morrow Col BENTON IS determined 10 contest
every inch o., ground against referring the Cal.or-
MIA bill to FoorE Committee.
Mr. CLAY IS determined it shall be So referred 3:
aud When Greek meets Grcek. then comes The
tug OF war.
Col. BFNrox LETT the Chamber with his friends
and Gen. FcorE renamed after the House al
iourned, and | LEFT.
4 Committee OF seven is to investigate and re
port and then. suppose, the Hon. body will spend
week gasconadng on the dignity OF this Hon.
orablc body -" hat is due to the Americsu Sen.
ate. and the American People /" Sc SC. dd igfnt
INN. All very nice until the next political fight
comes OIL In fact we heard good deal about
the dignity Of tins body just IN the middle OF the
mclt, somewhat mixed up with the cracking Of
lists rafting Of chars cooking Of pistol &c. Sc &c
but sul We hal the dignity OF this House along
10y way Of an accompaniment 10 the rest Of the
music-somc Instrumental and some vocal. The
Presidents hammer answered i0r b So drum IN
the concert and kept right good time while Mr.
FoorE played banjo and Mr. BENTON aided the ef
feet by prolonged battery OF fifty Founders Oh.
I tell you, Mr. GREELEY, there is music here, and
to day We had some daucing. II | stay here long,
ny bump Of veneratOu viii become so enlarged
that shall take 70 worshipptng in the cabbage
patch, for want Of any thing more nearly resembling
Congress o. very wise men.
But, no. i, is not right to say that There is a
mass Of powerful intellect in present Congress
and think. much bodness and honesty OF purp pose.
| love their very obstnacy-their frmness o. pur.
pose. ike the spirit OF these Southern Hotspurs,
and ii it could be turned into worthy channel,
what glorious set of men they would be glory
in BESToSs position, aud were | in it, would Ell.
dure ten Thousand deaths rather than yield an inch
was 50 sorry to see him yield to passion today.
He must have beea insane 10 think of striking a
man so much smaller than himself, or to think
Of thus redrcssing any wrong but this is the
result OF a Southern education. Brute force
then has usgrped the place Of moral couragei
and F0OTE showed this 10 day HIS conduct was
cowardly. cannot understand how any one could
run or retreat as fast as he did, from such an at
tack but he is evidently nervous man. one VINO
would require time tor reflection before he could
act coolly. lie has nothing Of the look Northern
people would suppose from bis character. He is
Old his head almost entirely bald and look Of
the bully IN bis face or manners He has a restless
appearance, with rather a mild expression OF cor n
tenance, and urbahe manners. 1t is his nervous
excitabli,y tina, gets him into quarels and Col
BENTON did what was very unworthy Of himself
AMI his present position when he meditated any
personal chastisement, no matter how provoking
the other may have been in his remarks. | do not
believe Col. BESrOS would have struck him ii he
had stood still and faced him as he came up, what
ever his Infections might have been in coming To-