, 1885-01-02
ReLLlcose coNeR.ssMeN.
A Memorable Scene In the House Nearly
Thirty Years Ago.

A Memorable Scene In the House Nearly
Thirty Years Ago.
lDen; Perley PORES Recorectionsl
Tho scrimnase in the house of representa-
~. carly on Saturday morning. Feb. .,
+. was an exciting affair as seen from tho
guer.s gnllery. 1t was inaugurated by
South Carolina, who rushed belli-
kir1w, OF Ponnsylvaniaf when he
irom Grow, hoHevsr-a blow
NE&RnQ down. A dozen southern
men at bnee left tsssir seats and rushed 10 the
spot, while a many anti-Lecompton men
G mo 10 the rescue. Foremost came Mr..
P.tter OF Wisconsin, a very athletic, cun-
tact man. who bounded into the center Of
tho exeited group, striking right and left
with tremendous vigor. Washburne. Of
Illinois. and his brother, of Wisconsin, also
wero prominent, and for "A minute or two it
seemed AS though we were TO have a Kill
kenny fight ON n magnificent scale.
Barssdale had hold of Grow, when Potter
struck him u severe blow. supposing that he
was hurting that gentleman. Barksdale,
turning around and surprising it was Elihu
Washburne who struck him, dropped Grow
and struck ont at ihe gentleman from ILL
moss. Cadwallader Washhurne. perceiving
the attack upon his brother, also made a
dash at Mr. Barksdale and seized him by tho
hair, apparently for the purpose of drawing
him into chanceryn and pun melting him to
greater satisfaction. Horrible to relate, Mr..
Barksdale's wig cnme of in Cadwalladcrs
left hand, and his right fist expended itself
with tremendous font az inst the unresist-
ing air. This ludicrou accident unquestion-
ably did much towards restoring COOL ma
ture subsequently. and its effect was height
ened not a little by the fact that in
the excitement OF ths occasion Banks
daIo rosfnrad his Vxfv xvt.,n - ef,1o f,ror,nat
Thu spesk2@Kellei ani raped for order,
without ef.% The fergeantat-arms
@@Alke6 to the st&ne OF battle. mace in hand.
but his American elghee had no more effect
than the speakers gaveL Owen Lovejoy,
and Lamar. Of Mississippi, were paving each
other nj one point-each probably trying to
persuade the other 10 be still, Mr.. Mott, the
gray-hnired Quaker representative from
Ohio, was seen going here and there in the
crowd Davis, Of Mississippi, got q sewers
but accidental blow from Mr.. GROW, and
various gentlemen sustained slight bruises
and scratcheL A Virginia representative,
who thought Montgomery, OF Pennsylvania,
wns about to pitch in laid his hand uRon
his arm to restrain him, and was pererRp-
torily ordered 70 desist or DO knocked
down. Mr.. Covode, Of Pennsylvania. caught
up n heavy stonevtre spittoon with which
To brain" w~hoevannight seem to deserve it,
but fortunately dii not get far enough into
the excited crowd to find an appropriate sub
1ect for his vengeance. and all over the hall
everybody was excited for the time
Fortunately it did not last long and no
weapon were opeoly displayed When order
was restored several gentlemen were found
10 present ar excessively tumbled and dis
ordered appearance, but there remained lit
tie else to recall the excitement. Gentlemen
of opposite parties crossed over to each
other to explain their pacific dispositions and
that they got into a fight where their only
purpose was to prevent a fight Mutual ex-
plantations and a hearty laugh at the ludi-
orous points OF the drama wore followed by
quiet md a return to business.