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THE DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN THE HONS.
PRYOR AWE POTTER. -

Itwill be seenfhy the telegraphic despatch
in another column, that the gentlemen referred
to above, left Washington or, wednesslsysn
for the Purpose II is supposed, Of engngiug 10 q
bduel. following is tic debate in the House
Wednesday. which led 10 the difficulty: 70
Dir. PnroR, of Va. rising to a7privcged ques.
| tion. charged that NJ. PotteFssof Wis, had in :
terpolnted eyGiobe report Of the discussion
which took place during the recent speech Of
Mr Loyejoy, with language which was often
sive to him, and which, so far as he was ware,
was not spoken on that occasion. lie did not
even see Mr.. Potter at that time. None ofthe
papers which published reports of what hap:
pened Mt that time, except the official paper,
attributed such language to bIr. Potter. The
| Interpolation " was the language ascribed to Mr..
Potter In the Globe as follows: -SgS. .
| "MR. PnYoR--That is the PointI make. Let
| the gentleman speak from his seat. and say oil
under the rules he is entitled TO says. but. cir,
he shall not come upon tins side. shaking Ills
hst in our faces and talking in the style he has
talked. He shall not come here ges,iculating
in men enacing and ruffany manner.
MIR. pcIrER.-Iou arc doing the same
thing"
Mir. Porter, of Wis, was surprised that Mr.
Pryor had not seen him on that OCCASION. He
| stood Mt the time within o few feet Of the gen.
tieman when he uttered his threat to Mr. Love
JOY, walking up towards him and shaking his
hst. lie said then to Mr.. Pryor. "you are do
ing the same thing yourself" lie said it dis
tinctiy, and was surprised when he looked at
the reporters notes to see that he was not re-
ported. With a view to make the report
rect, he inserted what lie said. lie would ask
Mr. Pryor.Sif he did not erase that remark
from the Globe report. and what authority he
had for SO doing. For himself, rather than
strike out what another gentleman had written
in the report, lie would cut off his right arm.
But that remark putin its proper place, as he
ntteredit, was erased by the egeh,lenan from
Virginia. He stood, by the words he had ut.
tered Sonsthat OCCASION.
- MIR. Pryor, Of Virginia, said the gentleman
from Wisconsin desired to,know by what au-
,thority T erased from the report the words that
! he pIace.lathere. lie had changed nothing that
he reporter had reportcd.gbut he felt himself
authorized toerase from the the report an un.
warranted and impertinent Interpolation. The
gentleman from, w iscobsin had said that he
would cut of hisright'arm rather than strike
out what another gentleman had written, and
none had heard. He was glad M:.,spotter
stood by his words, aid he supposed that he
had given him (Mr. Pryor. liberty to constru.
them as he chose. He should 30 construe them
aud whether the gentleman would stand by
them, the sequel would demonstrate.
MR. LovEJoYs SPEECH IN THE HOUSE.
WAsnINaroS April 5, ls8c-Mr. Lov.oy, of
Illinois, poured out the viale of his wrntI upon
slavery in the House today in a style which
almost produced a battle on the floor. The
equal has never been witnessed since the con
fict resulting from the Grow and Kett diff.
Guilty. The invective Of the speaker-whose
brother was the celebrated Alton martyr-was
terrific. lie walked from bis seat down in
front Of the area. and half way over to the
south side, storming out the most terrific i'm
preeatians upon slavery, and at the same time
shaking Ills first at them MS if the slave mower
sat, itHperspnated there. A young, ardent and
impetuouseVirginian viewed his manner as an
insult to Southern gentleman, and coming out
into to the area also asserted that Loveiny
ought not to be allowed to proceed unless h,
occupied his own place, under the rules By
this time the area was filled with members, all
OF whom were greatly excited. The chief OBJ
ject of the concentration about tho Speakers
desk and his principal assistant seemed t. he to
get them both back to their plac es I.oveioy
would not stir until sometime after the Asaiss-
tant Sergeant Mt Arms nppenre red " ith Ills mace
and requested gentlemen 10 tnke their seats.
When the conflict was thickcsl, Lovejoy infor-
med the infuriut cl crowd about hinisillat they
could not intir-iate him. Potter, Of Wisconsin,
who stood by his side, gave notice that'he had
right to select his own position when spenking.:
Burnett, of KY, insisted that the gentleman
from Illinois should not be allowed To 20 on
out of order Another member cried out "IIe.
cant finish that speech here to-day" when
Kellogg, of Illinois, sprnng into the centre of
the crowd in the area and with great emphasis
and feeling declared That his colleague was
proceeding in order and should not be intin,i-
dated by threats or ineult. Tim he was entitled
to the floor and must be allowed to 90 on
and if he was out of order, he (KelIogg) would
be the first to check him. This last speech. to.
gether with the appearance Of the Assistant
Sergeant alarms brought harmony out. OF
chaos, and Lovejoy mounted the Clerks desk
and proceeded with and finished his speech
the substance of which the report of5debates
will show. Sg
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE