Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-02-19
frrom the Albany Evening Jounalil
A Graphic Descriptive Sketch of the Row
in Congress

Did You over see Lawrence VI. kcitt Did you
ever watch him when parading the hall, his heud
thrown back with the conccitcd air Of London
cockncy, his lascivous eye staring brazcny at the
ladies gallery his ihrust-ou elbows see saving like
dancing Jacks under a vigorous pulling Of the
string. and daintiIy treading the floor, much as n
peacock with tail-ice.hers widespread would do u
s.,ddcnly stricken with the slriug-h
Kei,t.muri have lecn A"nigsyr driver" gre he
camc to Congress. lis vulgar swaggcr, aut6oriia-
tive shake of The head and the whip-ke jerk Of the
arm, as he marches up and down the aislcs the
Democratic side Of tho Chambers crying out to his
party colleagues In sharp tones, "stand up !" "Go
through the tcIlsrs 70 "slt down r. "Don't votol'
'voie no !" all indicate that he has dictated ~
whippcr in Of a gang Of slaves on cotton or rice
plantation.
Las, night during the trcsomc proceedings, Kctt
was unusually ostcutatious aud noisy, siratting
around the area In front of the Chair talking and
laughing loudly, Safeguarding members, and 70
ulatng things generally, TN he made himself Of
rcnsiyc that tho Speaker, with marked emphasis.
repeatedly pronounced bis trivial motions of pr
der, whio not few gentlemen in the galleries long
ed for the privilege Of leaping on the floor and
taking the conccit" out of the Cabling popinjay
below.
Abou, -. Grow crossed over to the Democratic
aidc Il the Chamber 70 confer with Hickman, Doag-
hs Democrat. NJ Pennsylvania. Having finished
his conference, Grow WE passing down the side
aisle Of The area on his way back to hla scat. Just
then Gon. Quihan asked unanimous consent 10
submit n motion out Of order. Grow according to
the usual custom, objected. saying, 81 object Mr.
Speaker let ~ 40 on IN the regular order" koitl
Who was sitting two or three desks from the aisle
whore Grow was passing, said to Grow, Ia the most
insoicni manner. "D-m you. 60 over 10 your own
side II you want to object. Yon have no business
here any way" Grow replied IN an of.hand tone,
"This 3. free Hail, and man has a right Ia be
whore he ploafos In it'-s,lll continuing to walk
slowly down the aisle. Keit rushed 10 The area,
aud turning round iaeei up the aialc, just ~ Grow
reached the bottom Of II. With n swagger, koill
said 10 Grow, "Whnt DO you mean by that anawer
you gave nae 2" Grow oooy replied, 81 moan Just
what snld, that "lhls Is free Hall, and man
has u right 10 be whore he pleaaos Ia IT," kcitt re-
lorled, "lll toaoh you, and seized Grow by Iho
throat. Grow knocked away hls hand, stepped back
foot or 70, and steadily eyed him, kett addressed
him In intense anger saying ON lot You know
you id Black Republican puppy" Grow nov
relorled with emphasis, ~ have right to be WHAT
please, and to be WHERE please In this Hall. -
Instantly Rclu again seized Grow by tho throat,
and Grow a. quickly knocked OF his hand With hi'
lott arm, which slowed Kelu partly round and of
the same time dealt him heavy blow With biz right
Oct, which hit Scltt Jut behind The left car, Kcitl
fell ~ suddenly NJ if struck with an axe. A. ho
was going down, Grow gave him an emphatic shove
between tho shoulders, which caused him to strike
head foremost, with his heels upwards presenting
TO the galleries the appearance Of a man trying "a
plunge through the door u tht House into the
vaults beneath.
A hundred accounts Of this affair have gone out
The above give on the very best authority. The
slayeholding version OF Keits fall a. that he trip.
ped aud fell, lIe was knocked down by Grow.
Aud now the NrLEr became general As Koiu
fell, Grow was solved by half.a-doscn southencra
among whom was Darksdalo Of Mls.if,ppl The,
assert that their sole object was to stop The aghl-
some believed Thorn. Dat IN the twnllug Of ~
eye, from forty to ffIy Republicans eamc dashins
across the hall 10 The scene Of the encounter, hcadet
by John 4. Potter, Of Wisconsin, who lcapt int,
the midst Of the fight, by the side Of Grow, with
the bound o. a tiger, and commenced hitting right
and left among the patrarchs with great vigor.--
Not exactly approaching the pacific nature Of Banks
dao's demonstration. Potter gave him two or three
"rcttcrs," which parksdalc, Ia tho poll.mo coins
ON around him, supposed were dealt by Elhu Wash
burne-who just then happened to be lowering IL
that yionity-whcrcupon Patriarch Barksdalc sc
himself In hostile array against Puritan Elijah.-
Just q, this juneiufc the mas Of bclIlgcrcns an'