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Carolina. came into the chamber, and going up to Mr..
Summer. struck him a severe blow, and followed up
the assault with from twenty to fifty blows with a cane.
Mr.. Sumner was beaten until speeches. and covered
with blood. Mr.. Brooks is q nephew Ex-senator Butler
of S. c., and the assault was IN retaliation for portions
of Mr.. Summers speech, rejecting upon the Senator
and the State which he represents. The above is the
shameful story in brief.
New YORK, May %, 1854.
The Washington correspondents o. the Euening Post
gives the following version:
The particulars of the Sumner assault are these, as
L learn. them from an eyewitness: Shortly before two
O'Clock In the afternoon, the Senate having adjourned,
Mr.. Sumner was sitting in his place, writing very
busily. Brooks approached him, saying Mr.. Sum
ner, I have read your speech twice. 1t is a libel on
South Carolina, and on Mr.. Butler, who is a relative
of mine.'' Mr.. Sumner, who was still intently writing,
knew nothing more,
Brooks struck him with a heavy cane, upon which
Sumner sprang from his seat to defend himself, with
such violence that the heavy desk before him was
wrenched frem the floor to which it was screwed. He
was. however, so much staggered as to be rendered
powerless. The blows were repeated till he was sense
less. The cuts upon his head are each about two inches
in length, and are very deep. There were at least q
dozen persons standing near at the time ofthe assault,
which was so unexpected that, as they say, they did
not think of interfering. Close by stood, as [ am in
formed, the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms q large, strong
man, and yet he did nothing.
Mr.. Crittenden cam forward from another part Of
the hall, and denounced the attack to the perpetrator
with the manly indignation characteristic of the chiv-
alrous veteran of Kentucky, as a shameless trans
action, but the reply was, l am told, You'd better
not interfere-we will lick one at q time!'' keitt stood
by with q cane, ready to save Brooks from injury.
Many persons had the impression that he was armed,
though no firearms were diSpla yed either by him or
Brooks. 1t is believed that Sumner would certainly
have been killed but for the interference of Eessrs.
Murray and Morgan, Representatives from New York.
The former seized Brooks around the waist VIII 20
was striking Sumner, and with Morgan's hello, :
ed him away.
Mr.. Summers legs, at the time when he was attack
ed, were under the desk so far that he could only rise
by wrenching it from the floor. The stunning force
of the blow knocked his head forward; his aSsailant
then scizing him by the shoulder, held him with the
left hand, while with the other he kept laying blows
upon his head. When Mr.. Murray, therefore, pulled
away Brooks, Mr.. Morgan took Sumner, now uncon-
scious, in his arms.
Both branches Of Congress, appointed committees to
investigate the outrage. The Senate Committee have
reported that though the assault was a violation of the
privileges ofthe Senate, yet it is not within their juris-
diction to punish the offence, and recommending that
the Senate make complaint to the House. A resolution
to that effect was adopted. OF the House Committee
something better is expected, and if it should not
thoroughly investigate the circumstances. and bring
in q report to have Mr.. Brooks expelled from the
House, the country will be disappointed. On Thurs
day, the House Committee took Mr.. Summers state
ment while lying in bed.
The brutal assault has reused a spirit of Indignation
at the North, and throughout the free States.such as
we have never before seen. The people of Massachu-
sets regard it as a blow upon themselves, and against
their State Sovereignty. Throughout the free States it
is considered as a blow at the right Offree speech, and
by hundreds and thousands in every village, and town
and city, are the people gathering to express their in
dignation at this act and their determination to stand
up in defense of their rights. This feelings is confined
to no one party or class. 1t is tie universal sentiment
of the community.
English papers express the opinion, founded on
careful examination, that Great Britain will only re-
quire an importation of 200, 600 bushels Of wheat, to
supply every possible deficiency.
In some places on the Austrian military frontiers
one-6fth of the entire population has been carried off
by the cholera. In the village ofLukovdov one third
of the inhabitants fell victims.
General Canrobert was offered the dignity of Mar
shall of France, when that rank was bestowed on Gen.
Pellissier, but declined to accept it, that he might not
detract from the lustre of the achievements of his
brother officers
The British government is just now seriously en-
gagged with the question of a new national gallery.
Ministers feel that the present mode of exhibiting the
national pictures-at Windsor, Hampton Court, the
British Museum, the National Gallery. and MarIbo-
rough House-is emincntly unsatisfactory. Plans are
before them for consolidating these galleries.
1t is said that the executors of the estate of Mrs.
Emily c.. Judson, have made arrangements with the
Rev. Rufus w. Griswold, d. D., to prepare a memoir
of her life and letters. 1t is expected the book will
be published next spring.
The Philadelphia Ledger says that the umbrella
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dozen whalerS for the purpose of getting whalebone
enough to keep up their business. The ladies have
put the whole stock on hand into their petticoats.
The manufacture of paper from numerous kinds of
grasses, straw and wood, is by no means a new thing.
Jacob Christian Scafers, a German theologian, print
ed a book in 1772, on sixty specimens of paper, made
from as manys substances, such as straw, wood of va
rious kinds, willow, beach, etc., and a number Of
grasses.
The Free Masons of New York are about to erect at
a cost of 100000, a magnificent marble temple.
1t is said that $4,000 Germans have recently left
Hamburg for Texas, and that no less than q, 900
more were expected to follow.
The American Geographical and Statistical Society
have made arrangements to explore the western sec
ton of the broad contradict of the African continent.
The treaty of peace was signed in Paris on Sunday:
Waterloo was fought on Sunday, too. :
In Vienna, all places of public amusoments are !
to be closed on Sundays. i
Among the new companies announced in London :
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