The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-02-12
The Congressional Fight.

The Washington correspondent Of the N.
Y. Courier aud inquirer Was AN yo witness
u the Congressional fgh, Of Saturday MORN
my last. Alter detailing the passage oi
words between Keitt and Grow, ,he corres-
p.ndcnt adds:
'Kcitt thereupon attempted n seize Mr.
Grow by the throat, hut Mt. Grow with his
lett arm threw Mr.. Ksitt's land up. i'ere-
upon Mr.. DAVIS Of Mississippi, whore On
~ desire was to preserve Ieacs, as no alleH'
aud as Mr. Gruw and vi, irirn's bclieve,
,ntrpos.d, and requer I'd Keitt not to make
any further disturbance. lie took hold Ol
Keitt. as il W restrain him. but that persDn
INSTANTLY thr " himself upn Mr.. GrUw and
caught him firmly by the throat. Quicker
han thought Mr.. Grow released himself
from the grasp Vi the ruii,n, and bya Be-
we're and vel, directed bow knocked him
down upon the aoor Ksitt lay without
any attempt to ris, In recovering himself
Mr.. Grow brought his head violently against
the cheek Of Mr. Davis inaIcting contu
.ion. Keitt disappe,red-how Or when mo-
u
more until the ARRAY terminated.
Mr.. Barksdale Of Mississippi, seeing his
colleague, Mr.. Davis, engaged, alro inter.
pUs d US peace maker, but no one on our
aide Of the Huuse culld pu~slbly know any.
thing OF their inteuiinns but 1t APPEARED
that Mr.. Grow was involved IN an unequal
conflict with three of the enemy. A rash.
Ut course, was made irOm the re ublicin
eide to the assistance vi Mr.. Grow. MIR
Potter Of Wisconsin dis inguisi'ed himself
IN tho confusion. striking ut every one whom
he supposed Was Implicated IN the assault
o. course, ~ the Inelee Was Sudden und gen
raj, M member could understand the in
lcntions Of any other In fact, the pre-
sumption frnm the beginning Was. that the
attack upon Mr.. Grw wis lremeditated,
like the outrage ON Mr.. Sumner and Re-
puhlic,ns were seized Nth desire D. pun
ish Keitt. Had the rufhin been found utter
the beginning Of the disturbance, he would
have ben severely hand ed. Mr.. Btrksd,le
war c,,llarins Mr.. Washburne u llino's,
and seeing this y. Z Was"burns al VS.
cons,n bore up To the relief OF his br ther.
and Mr.. Lamar 81 Mississippi, ranged up by
the ii 70 Of Mr.. B.rksdale, and Mr.. Potter
opened inn artistic style on the whUls, mis-.
taking Mr.. Was,burns Of Illinois for the
enemy. Mr. Potter s,lGted him roughly on
canning into action: hut correclIng himself,
charged up,n Mr B.rk-dale's wig With oIlr
,and, his count u ncs with the other. MIR
b ,rks.i.lle received Two severe hlOws, hut
whether frum Mr.. Potter Or Mr. Z. Z
4 D.. I..s Ms
Potter wis thrown of Ills hllance by Alr.
Banks als wig cunning "f and remaining
~ his hands. and III. blIws probably failed
Of their ohjsct. Mr.. Potter was slightly
marked under the lett eye; Mr.. Z. y. Was ;.
arne had his thumb -pnained, and MIR.
w.sl,hurne ~ illinois ll,d lis throat cain.
,,r,rs+zi. Alr Lamar, it il stated, dr'w ii.
Isnkniie, hut for What purp 50 cannot b.
known. When Mr.. Davis uf Mississippi
,elt himself struck in the luce, he drew u
weapon IN seli:deiense, but quietly replaced
il
Mr.. Mott. o Ohio, a Quaker member
much r~Iscted, and the Rev. Owen Lave
10y Of Illinois Were thckly engaged, s,ov.
my. holding. choking. and crowding friends
and sn"mies by turn.-as peace make ~
Mr. Montgomery Of Penn. anti Leem'ptun
Dein.,crat. started for the fsld, but Mr.. Bo-
cock Of Virginia attempted To dold him a
fsw sharp wor,is ls.s-ci, and MIR. Montg'm.
cry Was H. u moment Gy the side of his
friend. Many more were engaged In the
= enc thoss have introduc,d into this PIC
turs, but would not confuse the sketch