The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-05-26
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Another Account or MIR. Summers Casiixa.
tion..Elis PrOyocatfon.

Ihe Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald gives fuller account Of the attack on
Senator Sumner by Hon. Mr.. Brooks, of South Car.
DINA. The remarks of Mr.. Sualner with reference
to Senator Butler, are as follows:
With regret come again upon the Senator from
south Carolina, tMr. Butler,1 who. omnipresent in
Ins debate. oyerowed with rage at the simple sug-
Eeston that Kansas had applied for admission as .
state, and with incoherent phrases discharged the
ioose expectoratiou of his speech now upon her re-
pfesentatives and then upon her people. There was
no extrayegxne- OF the ancient Parliamentary de-
bate which he did peat nor was there any pos-
stole deviation from truth which he did not make
nas the Senator touches nothing which he does not
disngure with error. sometimes of principles; some-
times offact. He shows incapacity of accurscy
whsther IN stating the Consttution in stating the
law, whether in the details of statistics or Of the
diversions of scholarship.
de cannot ope his mouth but cut there flies buuder
But it is against the people of Kansas that the sem
s.oites OF the Senator are parcticularly aroused
coming, IS ne announces from Stste;.-av SIR |!
from South Caroiina-he turns with lordly dissust
from this newly formed community, which he will
not recognize even as "a body polite" Pray, sir, by
re ad the history Of the State which he
He cannot, surely, have forgotten ts shameful imbe
city from slavery, confessed throughout the Reyo.
o,o~ed oy It's more shameful assumptions for
Mr. Butler, the aged Senator alluded to. was
and still Is absent in South Carolina on visit to
his family.
D'ooAS "aitCu at Tue IOFter Lodge about
an hour yesterday, and as long this morning. no.
ping to meet Mr.. Sumner, with view to attack
him, Failing in this, he entered the Senate cham
ber day just as tLat body adjourned, and seeing
several ladies present. seated himself on the oppo-
site SIDE to Mr.. Sumner. Soon all disappeared but
one He then requested friend to get her out.
when he Immediately approached Mr.. Sumner and
said, IN quiet tone of voice.
MIR. Sumner, have read your speech with great
care, and with ucll impartiaty as am canabls
OF ana fe6I 1t duty sa to thaf bava
published libel on my State, and utter ed sander
upon relative, who is aged and absent, and am
come TO punish you.
At the concluding words Mr Sumner attempted
to spring to his feet showing fight but whilst in
the act was struck by Col Brooks a backhanded
blow across the head with a gutta percha cane
ne ar an inch thick, but hollow, and he continued
striking him right and left until the stick was bro
ken into fragments and Mr. Sumner was pros
trate and bleeding on the floor No one took hold
OF Col Is. during the time, SO quick was the opera
lion; but Immediately afterwards Mr.. Crittenden
caught him around the body aud arms, when Col
D. SAID, Il did not mean to hurt him much, but
only whip him.
Mr.. Keitt, of South Carolina, did not interfere,
only to keep persons off.
Senator Toombs declared that it was the proper
place to have chastised Alr. Sumner
The stick used was gutta percha, about an inch
In diameter, and hollow, which was broken up
like pipe stem.
About a dozen Senators and many strangers
happened to be in the chamber at the moment of
the fight Sumner, learn, is badly whipped The
city is considerably excited and crowds every
where are discussing the last item Sumner cried
: I'm almost dead oh I'm most dead!" After
Sumner fell between two desks, his own having
been overturned, he lay bleeding, and cried out
Il am almost dead--almost dead I"
No one knew of the anticipated attack but the
Hon. ii. A. Edmundson, of Virginia, who happened
not to be present when the attack commenced
1t was reported on the streets for several days
previous, that Mr.. Sumner would be armed when
he delivered his speech and that if occasion re-
quired it he would his weapons. He was not
armed when attacked by Col. Brooks today 1t
Is said, also, that Mr. Sumner gave out before he
made his speech, that he would be responsible for
any thing he might say.
Mr.. Sumner is one of the most robust and vigo-
rous men in the Senate, and not venerable as some
of the papers have stated. Had he possessed
spirit in proportion to his physical strength he
would have been able to have defended himself
successfully.