The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-07
TnaSstIUAAL A"EsA.
Some F0mous and Enfnmeus
Congressional RuEcOunIcTs.
Suggested Ey the Weaver
SPARKS scTiMmagc.
HOY. siatcamen Fieht.

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Sparks srrimm 3. in The house thu
other day Tas not a very cr.ditlhle
affair, bat does not ~ aly means
come up to the beli!gercnt mark Of
preceding scenes Of the Kind at tho
national capital. Some Of these cx-
citing affairs may be briefly Iccapu-
lated.
Mr.. Reuben NJ. Whitney came TO
Washington 40 the imitation Of Pres
idcut Jackson, 10 assist as u contrib
utter 10 the Globe in the work of de-
stroyiug the Bank of the United
States. lie was summoned as "A wit
ness before a committee appointed to
investigate the administration Of Tie
executive office. lie refused to at
tend, and was arrilgnel before the
house Tor the contempt. WAitHcy's
excuse was that be could not attend
the committee Tor fear Of danger t.
his life from the violence Of The men,
bers. Air. Pcyton, Of Tennessee, a
member OF the committee, as il ap
pcarod from the cviden GO, had taken
oifense ut an answer Of Mr.. Whitney,
aud broke ont in the committee in
these words: ''Air. Chairman, | wish
you wouid inform THIS witness that he
Is not to insult me in his answers; il
he does, ! will take his life on the
spct.' The witness claimed the pro
lection Of the committee, on which
Mr. Prytoa exclaimed, You shnn't
speak; you shan't say orc word while
You are ia this room; if you 90 I will
put you 70 dtath.'' Henry \. Wise.
chairman Of the committee, thea adj
ded, Eyes, this insoIenco is iutolera-
ble.' Soon after, Mr.. Peyton, oh
serving the witness was looking at
him, cried out, His ewes are upon
me; he is looking at me; he shn't do
it; he shlu't look atme.'' These cxcla-
nations were accompanied with vio-
lent cursing and swearing. Mr.. Wise
admitted that he was armed with
weapons, and said: II watched
the motion Of the right arm Of the
witness, the elbow Of which could be
seen by me, and had it moved one
inch be had died on the spot. This
was my determination
Such scenes were common then,
and the halls Of congress acquired
the name of the Clear Garden
ASSAULT UPON JACKSON.
On the 29lh of January, 1885, an
attempt was made to as5as5iuate Gen.
Jackson on the poltico Of the capitol.
at II funeral ceremony, by Richard
a painter by trade, and
resident of Washington. lie Nplo-
lel two caps on the pistols IN the at
The pistols were afterward
to be well loaded, aud Jack
escape was considered miracu-
The would-be assassin was
Knocked down and taken into custo-
ly. Gen. Jackson always believed
hat this act was perpetrated at the
ustigation Of some OF the friends Of
he bank.
Prior to this, in 1888, Gen. Jack
;on was assaulted while sitting down
'eadiug 4 newspaper on the boat at
Alexandria, but the friends Of the
Lssailaut succeeded in getting him
nut of the way in good time.
1t was in these days that Henry a.
made an ugly face at Sparkcr
Polk on the street and spat at him.
THE CILLEY-GRAVEs DUEL.
In February, 1898, Mr.. Cillcy, OF
charged in his speech in the
louse that James Watson Webb, ed
tor Of the New York Courier and
inquirer, had received q bride O Sj2,-
100 from the bank Of the United
Graves, of Kentucky, took up
quarrel, and Henry A. Wise
.ore his challenge to CiIley. Ger.
REQ. w. Jones was Cil!ey's second.
'ladenSburg was the place and the
,eapons rifles. The rifles rang out
nd both missed. The challenge was
ilhdrawn to give opportunity for re-
onclliatIon. The attempt failed and !
he principals again took position,
Wise remarking that if the matter ;
as not terminated by this shot he
-ould propose to shorten the distance {
he rifles rang again and Cilley fell
cad. {
THE WISE-sTANLEY ~sCRlMMAGE. 9
Henry A. Wise, the aiar in these -,
struck Stanley, from North {
.arolina, a blow at the race course. !
anlcy demanded the usual satisfac y
on. The demand was withdrawn for r
yplanation. Wise explained that :.
understanding Stanley came in col +
sion with him unintentloualIy near r.
&c race course, he deemed it to be :
is duty, as a gentleman, to say that h
he blow inflicted by him on Stanley, Y
a sudden impulse induced by i
Toneous impressions, demanded his k
rofound regret" S~tanley's friends :.
id him he was bound to accept the h
which he did. Il
T.. r.. GIDDENs AND HIS AssAILANTS. II
In16f2, Joshua r. Giddcns, of :, y
bio, after having been expelled from ="
Re house for an expression of his +,
ews on the subject of slavery, was y
'omptly returned TO his seat by con Il
ituants, In a subsequent speech he
id; 81 will not speak Of the time
hen Dawson, Of Louisiana, drew a