New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-03

s. sIos.d the Out.ae ., TIE r scuo ne senate ,".s,
& saw Mr. h continuing his assault stn ''ns hf sunne
1u%te. %s1s 1s's ss sDs sosn NOBODY
H 70 prevent the assault actively nterfer ss ehep Mr
assault uJon Mr i1ueSsteY, s:srpss NJ /. Sni mr
snd caught him around the BODY aud ts risht . se~ ha
the de. hat baa besn innes y,ly epDT Ger,
sround saw NJ Foster m Ks Mr. cc,s,, md sS.
dooIiet s. Arms MI Morgan and Nr Sino q
To- Lumber Of in shortly after III struck
sreee,on thi,t he did strife Nr ser be w. down
whsn came up Mr. was reelns srouLd ss.n., tn seat.
fell caught bis u.t be was in the &C. OF s<tjrr
another blow at that time hr reeus around but p,s
defending hmSe oil the blows falling very thick u.sn
his reek and shoulden not sanding ,,,cf
after saw him there two desks thrown Over
did not see any person interfere in support Of Mr. B. saw
MI ket "aDdy near at the csught hold Of MI B.
eu ,w no person tIs to seperste them except SIR Cnten
ledge did lot hear sny threatening language from Mr. Keitt
they were about hy FEET from where first stood
had &C raDeI oed when started.
Hon. EDWIN H. MoRcAS, sworn-I went into the
Senate Chamber immediately s.r the adjournment Of the
House on the day Of the alleged assault in conversation
with 5 NJ, smGnSD ard Mr. murray, near M ori.,snssa.
moments heard noise humps pounding and rustng di,
In the sis directly Nj sumner cried out to
tho.e around ,ben take Mr. B. of and pd
SOL, were in the Hall who cannot say Mr. murr.y VII,
went aIohe wsy arrived there the very instant did he
sTsrs between MI B. and M and caught MI s. in the act
Il far the blows came with great rspidity or twenty
ard posby more there few persos in the sense
Chan Der at the moment that recosnzsd n1tced Senators
Evans Foster CttendeD, Toombs and Bright do not roco
lect otsr of members Of the House recOect OILY
ing Messrs Murray and Ket although others in imme
dstey aer judge there we've ~ent, twenty five
in at the Ine the time saw Mr. Sumner his
M po o. M ~ n.S
oeebd hinss when he fell he entirely
Sun ner made merely sps.mod'e not bsisvs he
was coOciOu. amer blow think they could
fo,ra
over the head directly When s,at discovered him Mr.
SDn Her was 5s with HI. & head leaning % forward sad Mr.
on the head; do not think Mr.. Sumner said anything;
etbrs do know what; this the q
my arrival; saw him on my way four.hns his cane, but
va. saDsins Lear Cen Casss IL va. ~ At tbs @s Mr.
fell immeoissy previous Mr CrasDden the only per
who apparently making his the parties interfere
between them Mr. Crittenden making similar demonsra
rated Mr Keitr. deuon,trsons with his tbs
that any else did nearest MI $ and Mr murray
ives s.,..t Mr. B. he caught the arm Of Mr. B. and ne
umn.I PGeS 1o S he lis head bed pu
coat and shirt sleeves were saturated with blood from holding
The Hon. Henry WILSON, sworn-I left the nate
Chamber before the occurrence toot place whs passing M down
and went back do not know OF my own of
m Ga TO is e. %.
the time the Senate sdoued you had better down
M s thu there S S1 f avs s'he s.d qPsn .Ss s
from which think al assault will be made = aerwad said
slbins With Mr. BurnsI%s MI went to Mr. saons desk
% the
PoIe ods: until we d he had gone hGT. Mr. sS%.s
down S!. with linz that T1ne, to tss sis.bs sh s@ s1s
ny Sumner had closed his sp ech the second reply
MessIs Cs.s Douglas and Mason did not to Mr. s. when
1eso1. il o. th. may sfsrw.T have told Nv Of
sp@.hensi9n: Of on assault but do not know that did
thests In reference to threats being made toward him
the delivery speech and the ASSAULT do not know hD
ntmsed TO him for wishing TO 80 down with him
cur.nce was going happen the Senate adj urued
in my seat .nd closed letea a. rose to Iss my cane MI.
bowed each ohe, welt out and never occurred
to ne that any thing OF the kind was 10 occur.
The Hon. JOIN A. BINGHAM, swOn-Was not pres
the assault; do know ANYTHING Of threats made
BY Of the % HG1's M or others To-, ia
bad reason to sPPrehsnd danger to MT Sumner e1
closed his speech what they said then leo me to believe
ht assault him Intended OF was intended
Sssste eonunstd to M wson before the Senate ad
jouned appreheDsions in reference to Mr. Somner said
Dir Wilson that ofn ion an assault was Intended
Mr. SUMNER eno that ne had better see 70 n hs no as
thing except my did to him that
threats uttered except in PsS' sPSss
he (Mr sumne want somebody to kick dSnr. n,n - or
.Iecuises i an assault that my eonlpuois.tien
Wilson, there several other expression. beside the
ihu Mr. Douglas substance
& y %SSS SSSs no o%ss up with the state
neIt he knew VIA would hsppenths' as soo as ns
whisper apology in MS nm attempting only 70 repeat
OF What heard IN debate thee IL reply s TO , M
ccLsequnce OF such language as that used 3n
ison rrvatey intended to be overheard by any
excite disposition In the nd OF any one 70
her. no foolish enough movsd by such as
was employed Mr SUMNER to commit Oh assault upon
Isaac HoIrASD, sworn.-Was in the Senate at the
time but did rot see the assault at all when y
Ne. van up ard officer OF the Senate Commanded peace
Mr. Kent nero:ed and SAID M Fs, al and To- h
him up; thought he very much hurt thousht M,
sIsfk 'II ,. 81 s,S swsT Mr. BiOoss do lot reoOee
X III said he ding with stick In his hands si sun
ne m about the tine got ca. HIM no one showed dsr,'.
VOID; at the time went mp to Mr. Sumner undentooa VT
his saving AL yihDg else using his stick do not
ht Mr. ke,,t said ws' sns, al ims S
bow ran up blows struck saw no one a.e np 70
sss | p.iIds and there at
time recoec that saw any member OF tne W.
o Bv Mr PrNNisGTos-I understood YOU to say that Mr.
Ks came up and STOPPED you from ntenenns
remark which did OF hear; believe was for the puIo.e
Of preventing my he'fenee did not de' Tor hal ho' IN
O. By Mr COFBI want to understand yOui viii you state
what the ieuak Nj he msde and not what you UNDER
A. aid lot hear what the remark wss bu he came to me
etnd and said that he had understood that had SAID hs
had struck me; 7 said he did no spch tbias. =.
@ BY Mr. CoBB-Tben thst all he has said to you Sines
A. les Sii. ,, 49,
O Rv Nj PrSNixGToN N-Tben sm to understand that he
Ala o e Won that MI Foster trying to stop MI brooks
A urdersicod him to say that -, =,
q By Mr. CoBB-but you said, just now that was OIL
Whist did he say to you about kr fosterf -
He said be thought that Mr. Poster AID my ss we're so''s
NJ The purpose Of interfering
q Well, what elte
A 1 lie Iecol ect.
. Did he Say snythng else . ~
A. He said soIneihns about msny lies being told
for coming up -
you'
A. He aid he thought Mr. Foster and myself coming
.i,tcr Mr Q L being beaten.