The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-10

Murderous Attack ON Montgomery.
The Lawrence Republican Of the 25th ult.
says:
Just as we 90 to press we learn from a
gentleman from Southern Kansas, whom we
consider reliable, the following unhappy and
much to be deprecated information: On
Thursday last, Capt. Montgomery, with
band Of about one hundred armed men, went
to Fort Scott and released Mr.. Rice, free
State man, there under arrest. 10 the melee
that ensued, shots were fired By a young
man, son Of Marshal Little. and by those Of
Montgomery's party. Little was killed in
stantly, and one Of Montgomery men woun.
ded. Little's store was the rted, and some
things taken from the hotel there.
Our informant states that the men form
ing Montgomery's party now are very differ
emit from those he had with him in bis former
defensive operations that Montgomery's old
friends and sympathzers entirely disapprove
Of bis present coarse; and that heretofore
large majority Of the people have been salts
fed with and rejoiced at the work he has
done--but that there was no necessity Tor
this last outbreak. He confirms the truth OF
the midnight attack upon Montgomery, and
the forging of several names - a letter pub
lished in the Herald of Freedom some weeks
since, rejecting severely upon Montgomery.
In word, while supporting almost the entire
course OF Montgomery previous to the late
outbreak, he denounces, as Will every gaou
citizen, his recent movements. The meeting
at Mound City, in which the resolutions re-
ported by a committee headed By j. Danford,
| ESQ, was an amicable adjustment OF all
troubles, The first resolution was just what
Montgomery and the people claimed was the
| tenor Of the Denver compromise, and he
ought not to have raised hand or lifted
| finger until it was clear that those terms then
! agreed upon would not be observed in good
faith.
We suppose we shall have more news in
few days.
| While we are writing. letter from Leha-
non, Bourbon county, IL received. II gives
/ quite another aspect to the affair, and is more
favorable TO the Montgomery party. Little
| fred first, wounding two Of Montgomery's
men, and was in the act Of firing again, when
shot put an end to his life. 1t represents
that oil the most staunch and reliable men in
that community sustain Montgomery. From
all these conflicting stories, our readers can
| Judge as well rs we Of the real difficulty
There seems to be bad blood there between
the parties.
| DIFFEREkcg BETWEEN THE uousE or Con-
GREss AND THE HousE or CoxMoss.--H the
rules OF the British Parliament, in regard to
| speech making, could be introduced into the
/ American Congress, the country would be
relieved from the food Of aimless and use
lees talk with which ii is every year inunda-
ted. There is only one speech on record, de-
livered in either House Of Parliament at any
time, which ever approached the longitudin-
al character Of heavy Congress oratory, and
that was delivered in the Commons, in 1928,
by Henry Brougham, on the subject Of the
administration OF the law, in which he ex.
posed it's abuses, and suggested all the prn-
cipal reforms which have since been made.
That speech occupied over six hours 10 de-
livery. O'Connell, Peel, Lord John Russell
Palmerston, Roebuck, Golden, Bright and II
lew others, have mnde long speeches but
these long ONES are the exceptions. As a
general rule, huff sn hours speech is con-
sdered very liberal allowance, and that
only to trst-rate man. Whoever OF inferi-
or standing, should attempt TO waste the pub.
; lie time by difusiveness, would be coughec
down, or siienced by ridlculing cries o.
sllear, hear.' AZ for any mans reading
: what ne may call speech, that 10 utterly GU
Of the question. In the first place, il il M
parli 4mentary, and the man who attempted
it would be put down with the cries Of sOr
8 der on which the Speaker would have Il
tell the honorable member, in the gentles
. manner, to shut up An extract from
! book may be read in speech, Or state
. meDt Of figures, but TO read speech itse
, Is impossible. Of course, then, il ls equal,
out of the question for member Of e'the
House to have an undelvered speech admit
ted as spoken, and so introduced into the re
/, ported debates. First, written speeches ar,
. wholly excluded, and next neither House o.
/. Parliament has any publication OF its pro
ceedings. Newspaper rivalry, in the frs
instance, and the private enterprise Of Mr.
: liansard in the next, provides and prints ad
q equate reports OF all worthy Of notice on.re
cord, that is done in the British Legislature
: II Phil. Press.