The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-04-24

Republican State Central Committee,
TAe Return Of Peter ana Pryor 80
the House.
Correspondents OF the N. Y. Tribune
give accounts of the manner in which their
respective friends received Potter and Pryor
upen their return to the House.
These receptions furnish conclusive proof
TO which Of them the general judgment Of
friend and foe assigns the triumph in the re-
cent controversy.
rorTER's RETURN.
One OF these correspondents, writing from
Washington under date OF April 18th, says |:
This afternoon about 2 O'Clock, Mr.. Potter,
after an absence of Is hours, entered the
House. He came in without being horalded,
IN his usual quiet manner, taking the House
by surprise. No sooner was be recognised
than . score OF Republican members rushed
forward to greet him; and soon there was =
general uprising on that side OF the cham.
Der, Potter retreating to the CLOAK room, and
the crowd following. The salutations were
hearty and general, even the door keepers
and pages participated 10 the general enthu-
siasm
II was whispered from lip to lip in the
galleries, "That is Potter |" and soon the
spectators from above were bending over to
catch better view Of the scene transpiring
below.
Mr.. Potter is Chairman Of the COMMITTEES
ON Revolutionary Pensions. This committee
wanted a CLERK.
When the Chair said that reports from this
committee we're in order, Potter rose to
speak. Instantly the House, which had been
IN unusual confusion, relapsed into profound
silence. A debate sprang up, during which
Southern ire-eaters who had been for two
years calling him the ssmsmber from Wis.
consin," now with great respect in their
manner, spoke OF him az the "gentfemdh
from Wisconsin, and the "Honorable Chair
man of the COMMITTEE" And Thomas OF
Tenn, one Of Mr.. Potter's colleagues on the
committee, launched forth in warm encomi.
ums on Mr.. Potter's industry, and the hdeIi.
ty with which be bad discharged his duties
The manner in which the House went of
into the usual buza and turmoil while Bur.
nett and Others we're speaking, and sank into
shs deepest silence whenever Potter replied
Was iudicrously interesting
Though the House had just denied Clerk
to several committees, yet on call of yea
and nays Potter's motion was adopted by
to /.
PRYoR's RETURN.
Pryor returned on the 10th, and the CON
trast between bis reception and that Of Mr.
Potter on Friday could not have been NOR,
striking and significant. As to the recep
ton given to Pryor by the Democratic sid,
of the chamber, it is diikcult to say whether
undisguised neglect or I'LL concealed contemp
was the more prominent feature.
The Tribanss correspondent says:
He entered the House, walked to his sea
with an uneasy air, not = member noticing
him on the way, and quietly resumed the cush
ion which be 30 ostentatiously Quilted OF
Wednesday last. Soon, and % II BY mer,
accident, some three or four Southern gen
tlemen, who seemed or affected to be passing
near him on business errands, shook him b,
the hand in the most common place way
And that Was the beginning and end Of tn
reception Not long sfterwArd be went int.
the most frequentsd part Of the lobby, ada
cent to the Democratic side OF the chamber
and there stood for some time, pretending I,
read . Bit Of manuscript; but though man,
perscns passed him, not one individual greet
cd him.
little later, after his return to the Hall
aSouthern member called Pryor's attention
10 the fact that the stock OF pistol was pro
truding from the rear pocket OF his coat
Thereupon he withdrew to the CLOAK room
adjusted bis dress, and not long afterwar
disappeared for the day.