Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-02-18

him an emphatic shove between the shoulders.
which caused him to strike head foremost,
with his heels upwards, presenting to the
galleries the appearance Of u man trying to
plunge through the floor of the House into
the vaults beneath.
A hundred accounts of this affair have gone
out The above give on the very best au-
thority. The slaveholding version of KRrrf's
fall is, that he tripped and fell. He WAS
KNOCKED DOWN BY GRow.
And now the mcles became general As
KEIrr fell, Grow was seized by haif-a-dozen
Southerners, among whom was BaRKsDALE, of
Mississippi: They assert that their sole OBJ
ject vas to stop the fight. Some believe them.
But, in the twinkling OF an etc, from forty to
fifty Republicans came dashiug sctCss the
hatl to the scene of the encounter, headed by
joan f. PorrER, Of Wisconsin, Who leapt
into the midst of the fight, bt the side Of
Grow, with the hound Of tiger, and COM
menccd hitting right and left among the pa
triarchs with great yigor. Not exactly appre-
ciating the pacific nature of BARKsDALE's dem
onstration. PorrER gave him two or three
" settlers" which BkRxsDeLs, in the pelLmell
going around him, supposed we're dealt by
ELiHU WAsHBrRSE-who just then happened
to be in the vicinity-whereupm Patriarch
BAREsDALE set himself in hostile array agains:
Puritan ELtRt Just al this jdncture the mass
OF belIigerents and peaee-makers were crowding
between BxRKsDALE and Potter, the latter in
the meantime haTins seized the former by the
hav-which, By the bY, proved not to be the
bona fde hair of the said BARksDALE, but q
wig, which the said POTTER had torn OF, aud
for the time being converted to his 0wn use.
CApwALLAnER c. W9sRBrRxE, of Wisconsin,
(these WAsHBCRSs are all bloods,") seeing
the bald BARKsDALE in conflict with his brother
ElIHr, felt his paterua spirit stirred within him.
and rushing upon BAEKsDALE, brought down one
or two blows !" on the top Of bis head where
the wool ought to grow"
What became Of kEtrI after GRow set the
law Of gravity in motion upon him, nobody
seems able to tell, except kEIrf himself-and
he won't. The first that was seen OF him az
ter his headEong plunge, he was sitting on q
sofa, in safe corner Of the hall, pale and bag
gard, looking ike xhipt rooster who feels
no disposition to go in and renew the fight
All this time the Speaker was calling loud
y to Order" rapping necessarily with his
gaVclJ and shouting for the Sergeant-at- Arms
This colossal fuDctiCnary seized The mace
(which LOOKS Ike an Indian war-club, with a
small metallic eagle Perclred thereon J and
rushed among the struggling, surging, tossing
members. PoTTEA, seeing big fellow with a
blEdgeon joining in the melcr, was about to
s-eDch it out of his hands, when the shrill
foice Of the Speaker tCoi. ORs has vc:co
like steam whistle, urging On the Sergeant.
suggested that the individual might be Gloss
BRESNER, Whereupon he struck out in another
direction. Potter IS IN athletic, witty man.
at home in a muss" He got one or two
hard hits himself, s:hich he promptly repaid on
the spot and it is believed that the Chivalrs
will giTe him 4 wide berth during the remain
der of the session
In the thickest nf the fight was seen Parsor
LoyEJoY and Quaker MoTr, struggling to keep
the peace though there was lurking glance
in LovEJ0T's ere, which tended tc prove. tha.
on due provocation. he would, ike him Of old.
try his hand at blowing Agag in pieces before
the Lord
As evidence cf the spirit which peryaded
the free men in the hall, | viii relate q sceno
which Is SAID to have occurred letweea MoSr-
GoNERY OF Pennsylvania. and BOCDcK Of Eir-
gin!a. Their seats dom, and are near the
spot OF the encounter MONTGOMERY is a
Douglas Democrat, an able LAWYER, aud qui-
ct, gehtIenanly person. Bocock is a good
hearted fellow, but he seels the blood of the
Virginia F. F's courSIng his reins. As BAgEs-
DALE seized Grow. MONTGOMERY started to
wards the aisle. RoCocK seized him by the
arm. Turning fercely upon hn-M ia very
large mau-he said TO B.. lyon may Gil the
blank wi:t most intense phrase, Let gG
my arm, -. or I'll kHock you down -
BOcocK abstained
Some hands were laid On knives and pistols.
But, none were drawn OI.e Republican meu..
Der. with Colt in his pockei, anticipating a
bloody issue, mounted rfss.. sothat he coa,!
see to do good ser4ire aithuff Sitting his
friends, A Republican reporter in the gall
lery, who happertrf 70 ead 4 ltag Knife in his
pocket, tried to efirh down upol the foor
but, finding this in Fain. he proposed 10 drol,
his knife dowr. when friend suggested tfias
il might fall into the hands o his enemies
whereupon lie fasd tfc~4n his knife and took I'D
his pen
To detail all this fakes sc1re tire and ret,
the whole affair occupied only three or fo1r
minutes .sfteT il 1as c7er, feeHny that a
great danger had been eburref. gave a SOM
hre hue 20 thonghtftd faces. When alI hal
paS-e6, the Speaker, who had borne himself
srrrAy thrcsTzh tfe Wild scene. was paIe and
fervGis. The IiIIs cf nanS 4ufi Lecomp. on
ties were compressed, auri tfs responsive Yea
of Nar, during tn, ft1c--sniny hours Of the
night, was Kissed thfcr.,h a1ine teerh rather
than uttered frctt the soath. If the mortal
sttuggie, which - ct.e ntoEneEt was anticipat-
Ell, had cCeHT7encesl, asd blOosi had been She's
The -tntiIeconptoiites would have made
clean ss4eeP OF the Hall All concerned msY
kno< that these gentlemen are in no frame OF
n4ss. to submit quietly to insult
The South is coReJ. know what rav
The promptResS with wk,ehp GRcE,
knocked Kerr down in the vors z.idss of u.e
Southern side Of the ChsRsoe. asi lhe aIaeri.
ty and Ere with HAios sonc fiftY Reuahlsenr.