Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

1 M Feb 6.
The Honse wa. :; sess i9,' sI iabt fi"bt
occurred hef, yoon Nfessro c. and Keitt
| The lettar strnck c., go ord Grow
knocked him down The nar,ies were then
| separated
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sippi. unaccentabIv nronosed bv wav of va.
| rietv. that the House bat,e fo,y sneecbes.
| Mr.. Grow obisctod
The nroceed,yns moro ovooodiDolv du1I
| about one-tenth Of the rne,bers being either
asleep or.nodding in tbeir seats A few were
| SMOKING cioars and otbars CONC and coming
from the Tefreshment rooms Inst at this
point the Honse was thr,vn INFO the most
| violent excitement and Fea,fnl SCENE of CON
fusion took place,
Mr. crew MIA . NJ O,;+o,.r,s noL
ing any remarks.
Mr.. heitt said,- you are going to object,
return to your own side of the House
Mr.. Grow responded This is free hall,
and every man has right to be where he
pleases.
MT. heitt then came up to Mr.. Grow, and
said want to know what you mean by such
an answer as that.
Mr.. Grow replied | mean just what l say;
TINS is tree hall, and man has right to be
where he pieases.
said will let you know that you are id
Black Republican puppy.
Mr. Grow knocked up his hand, saying
shall occupy such place in this hall as
please, and no nigger-driver shall crack his
"hlp over me.
Nlr, Aeitt then again grabbed Mr.. Grow by
the throat, and Mr.. Grow knocked his hand
on and Mr.. heitt coming at him again, Mr.
GROW knocked him down.
The light took place at twenty minutes to
two O'Clock. The respective irieEds of both
parties rushed to the rescue Various mem
oers on each side engaged in the fight, which
took place in the area fronting the Clerk
desk. Mr.. Washburn of ILL.,, was conspicu-
Gus among the Republicans, dealing heavy
olows'
The Speaker loudly and imperatively de-
manded order and caiIed IN +be Sorgeont. of.
Arms 10 interfere. That functionary. carry.
inc his mace of o+ico toootbor ,,,i+i bic o.
sistants, hurried to the scene and crowded
into the thickest of the 6obt in which at least
a dozen members were enuaged same min
utes elapsed before This irnlv fearful contest
was Quoted The members having relnctantIv
returned to their seats. there was a dead calm
in comparison with the scene inst enacted
MIR. Quitman proposed that thew now adj
iourn, and take the reference of the Kanzas
message on Monday at one o'clock There
were emphatic and general responses from the
Republican side, NO! MOI MOI" Tho con-
fusion began to break out afrasb yben tha
Speaker said he woula direct tho Ser,eont-ot-
Arms to put under arrest those who disre.
garded the order of the House.
Mr.. Campbell said that he foresaw that dis.
agreeable feelings would resnlt here from the
exciting questions connected with Kanzaa
Mr.. Barksdale of Mississinn; calIad +bo
gentleman to order.
Mr.. Campbell wished the gentlemon from
Mississippi (Barksdae1 10 Know that be
(Campbel1 was his peer.
Three clock, A. M-The House is still volt
ing by yeas and NAYS. to excuse absenteos
Mr.. Quitman wished TO make Dronos;tion
with the view of ending this unnro6table
contest
Objections were made, but were afterwards
withdrawn
Mr.. Quitman proposition read that all mo-
tons now pending, since the call for the nre-