St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-06-14
From Washington.

' ''' &c fiil hhdut IL l'O"Cliul
speech upon the Kansas question.
a gross reply was made by Senator
Chestnut of South Carolina, and there
are since many rumors of an eXtrava-
giant character as to vicious intentions
towards Mr. Sumner. On the eve
nlng of the sth inst. an individual
representing himself from Virginia,
called at his room and impcrativcly
demanded an explanation Of certain
parts of his recent speech. Mr.. Sum
hcr gave him no satisfaction, and or
dcrcd him to depart, which he did,
with threats. At a subsequent time,
three others called, hating in the
passage, and sent up word that they
wished to see him alone. They re.
fused the invitation to enter his room
where Mr.. S. was surrounded by
friends, and left, sending a threatening
message by the servant, that they
would come with a force to assault
him at 10 o'clock next day, when Mr..
Summers friends were again present
IN view Of these occurrences. Some
OF them accompanied him from his
residence TO the Senate, fearing per-
sonal violence. They arc determined
J tp pyprciSn urai ,Lcnlrocc ,,,; .,,,oo,
ton. The attention of the Chief of
Police has been directed to the subject.
\ special Washington dispatch to
the Evening Post says it is generally
supposed that it was the intention of
the assaiIants of Nh Sumner to assas-
sinatc him on the spot His friends
are greatly inccnscd, and any further
efforts to harm him will result in a
deadly conflict. They say they are
determined to defend him at all haz-
ards.
In the Senate, they have addressed
themselves TO the work before them,
after having got through with the
persecution Of Douglas, which has
been carried en- in the true lIcrod
style. The Slave Code resolutions.
introduced by Davis, now stand upon
the records Of the Senate, with every
Democratic Senator's vote recorded in
their favor, except those of Douglas
and Push-Douglas being absent, and
Pugh voting against them.
The last speech made on the demo
cratic side during the roasting of
Douglas--the speech of Benjamin, of
Lousiana-is being circulated by the
hundreds Of thousands. 1t was the
ablest speech ever made by demo
crat against Popular Sovereignty.
The speech Of Senator Bingham, of
Michigan, upon the resolutions, was
ono Of the most truthful, yet terrible
arraignmcnts Of the pro-slavcry de-
mocracy, made during the present
session of Congress. Mr. Bingham,
having been raised up democrat and
stuck to the party until '4S, even vo-
ting for Gen. Cass, was able to speak
from experience, and lie told the story
Of the rise and fall Of democracy, as
none could tell it but one who win
tered and summercd with it in it's bet
ter days.
The japanese are now on a visit to
Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
After visiting Boston they will return
to New York and there embark on
board the Niagara for home. A
Washington writer says:
"Thcy are a very rcpulsivc set of
fellows at first sight, but one comes
after a while to take quite liking to
them. They are amiablc and courtc-
GUS in the highest degree, and | am
sorry to say that they have not al
ways found those qualities exhibited
by the people here. They take very
little interest III just that kind of en-.
tcrtainmcnt which Washington socic-
ty delights in bcstowing, namely,
fcteing, feeding, presentation, and
dancing but they take every oppor-
unity Of acquainting themselves with
the domestic customs of the everyday
life Of the populace, visiting the work
81, ,,l a.
operandi Of our mechanism, &c. They
are great traders, too, but fear they |
will get terribly cheated before they
leave the city. They have already |
spent a good deal of money here in
" shopping" Spaulding, the "Prc-
pared Glue" man, visited them the
other day, and spent considerable
time with them showing up the uses
and beauties of that celebrated article,
and the Japanese were delighted with
the exhibition, perhaps more so than
with anything else they have seen.
You see this was something utiIitari-
an III its nature, and exactly suited
them. They looked on with wonder
and admiration, as broken pieces of
furniture were ccmentcd together and
made as good as new, and the whole
Embassy unanimously voted him one
Of the great men of Ni-York. Don't
you think the Yankee nation, when
we get fairly engaged in trade with
Japan, will turn an "honcst penny"
in its intercourse with the people
If it don't, then it will belle its char
actcr. President Buchanan says that
he is heartily tired of them, and de-
sires to get them off his hands. Yes
tcrday some of the japanese officers
went shopping, and purchased several
gold watches, half dozen clocks, and
a lot Of coffee mills, bringing back
counterfeit money in change
Both Houses Of Congress have vo-
ted to adjourn on the 18th Of June
inst.