The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-05-20
An Extraordinary Scene in the Senate.

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the mob in the galleries commenced yelling and boot
ing ike Sc. of inearnase fends, and .batis vas with
difficulty that the Chief Justice could keep order.
The telegraph did not hardly give an nkliRg Of tue
outrageous conduct Of he mob, IS will be seen IRON
the following from the Washington special to the s.
Louis Republican We commence At the poia. when
the uproar was beginning:
When the Chief JUSTICE arose from his zeat and cried
Order with all the voice he could put into the word
he vas onlv laughed at land for FerF SPITE hundreds
who had remained silent till them joined in the demon
ssrat;on. and made the Senate chamber a bedEam-
Some stood up while they eapped their hands. and
Snrne Others kept their seats that they might se
shIi to us both their hands and feet in the uproas-
While the noise st its louaes the Chief Justice,
in an angry tone ordered the seFgeantatAFs to clear
he galleries bat it manifest that without the con-
sent of the offenders the order could not be executed
few cried out HI can't do it, he hasn't men enough
xe won't 20 OUT and there we're indications for &
time thai they meant what they said. and we're deter-
med not to be put The door-keepeFs attempted
TO enforce the order by announcing it. but they found
the crowd very slow 10 The Senators began 10
ge alarmed for really the began to smack OF the
French revolution, when the crowd used to oFefaHe
the National Assemble
ur crimes anerily asked after surveying the scene,
civ the order vas not eufored forthwith 10 which the
IEes Justice, who seemed to De getting quite nervous
REPLIED tina. il certainly would be enforced ToEEef
of hissess for Grimes next, and that too, from
the most respectable part OF the galleries Many
finely dressed lady contributed TO them An attemP:
was made to get Up more violent insult, II the way
OF loud bah :, and some hootinss we're heard, such
a. the rabbe sometimes deal TO sGmpspeakers they
don't Ike.
Mr. TrambuH quickly came 10 the relief OF Mr.
Grimes with motion that the offenders De arrested,
as well as the galleries cleared
- would ike 20 you DO IL shouted several OF
| the retiring offenders in reply.
| The galleries By this time were about hall cleared
but not because OF tie order OF the Chief Justice
got out that the Court about to retire, or adjourn
and those Who had left had dore so under this impress
sion. Suddenly few men eriei out, Hold on. They
amt going to adjourn. Let the thing out
Then came halt and hGndres took their seats again,
with the utmost concern, and DtaT indifferent TO the
order for their election.
! Mr. Cameron, amid the dir and confusion, rose to
hope that the galleries would not be cleared lie did
not believe fair 10 punish al for the offence OF some,
and hoped that but thess that had made the Gem
oastration would be prE out
! Aessrs Fessenden and Joh1saa sharply called Mr..
Cameron to order and insisted that the clearance De
proceeded with at which thee was another ToieF OF
Kisses and few hootnss, an4 the scene locked
more revolutionary than ever.
Meantime in the corridors few hundreds OF the
elected hsi formed into crowd. and commenced sing
! ing 81 Old Grimes is dead. tina. poor old man
They we're joined by the laes E.th great slee be.
tween the verses the fowa SatGr Was literally and
maiicouslF euTsea end darnne1 traitor and COP
perhead One man ATTEMPTED to make speech against
Grimes and the other renesste by. the tunulE was
too great for him. and all around him were 100 much
interested in the song, which thought TO De Peeu
iary appropriate and p;quaat. VIII the ladies' help
Us to sings4 said one. Certainly they Will, said
another, and so they did.
While this extraordinary scene WAS taking place IN
~ nf rha HEvh Court OF
Impeachment Senators still wondering what kess
the galleries at leas. half full. Mr. Sherman attempted
TO solve the TseTy BY suggesting 70 the Chief Jaslce
that those who reaned il he CALLERS did not under
stand the nature of the order. The Chief Justice re-
pated the order for their benefit, and again Instructed
The Srgean.stA Arms to enforce it, which he, with the
aid OF all ts Capitol empoT he could ind proceeded
at once to do
Finally all we're cleared hat the repores and the Dip
onstic gallery The occupants of these thought them
selves exempt from the rule The serseaEt-a Atths
quickly dispersed these By sending the pose to eject
them The British Minister at first demonstrated, then
vent out to huat the Sezrseant-at-Arrns and then
again tried 10 secure the interpostion Of Mr. Sumner
bu, all TO no purpose. He and all his choice company
of distinguished toreg uers had 10 leave
Tie reporters were the iass and most reluctant to
obeT they insisted tia. they had committed no Of
Tense, and ought not to be inerered With few Of
them shouted to Senatorial friends know if hey too
must go. They received in reply laugh, which they
construed afrmstiEeE, and which they responded 10
with loud gfaan, and mutserng comment that this
was - Of q way" Tie Tribune correspondent
protested that the loyal press ought to pitch into
Grimes The Times man swore ike trooper, while
shout twenty, who had susgled themselves into the
the gallery Joined in most uaearthl7 and sepdish
moan, supplemented with the remark from Che OF
them that he " wished some fellow would put box OF
ntro-gycerine under the court and explode IL One
of the fourth estate insisted three groans for Grimes
and Trumbull and zas about TO start them in the
presence OF the High Court, bat just then Deputy
Seargeant-a4rns caught him by the collar and lifted
him into 81 adjoining ROOM An Indignation meeting
of the Republican reporters extemporsed in the
corridors, but before they had come TO anvresolution
one of them Initiating the example OF Donney in the
House of Representatives, proposed that they sll
should 20 out and take drink, which agreed 10,
with great unanimisT.