The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-01-12
Especial Dispatch 70 The Cincinnati Gazette
WASHINGTON Ian

SUPPOSED ATTEMPT TO AsSASS1NATE SENATOR wAHE.
Considerable excitement having been created
to-day, by report Of an attempt to assassnate
Senator Wade, of Ohio, have been at pains to
ascertain the following particulars, which are
reliable:
A short time after Mr.. Wade delivered his
speech in the Senate on the question of Seccs.
sion, he received an abusive letter from mar
named Phelps from Mississippi, concluding with
the remark that he would shortly come to Wash
ington and shoot him. E f
On New Years morning man called at the
lodgings Of Edward Wade, a member Of the
House and brother Of the General, and in
quired il he was named Wade, and had made a
speech lately Mr.. Wade remarked that he was
brother of the Senator, and told the man
where to find the Mr. Wade he was in pur-
suit Of aaa,| ~ u" "- sea-. ~
Mr.. Edward Wade, upon rejecting upon the
matter, appearance and manner of the man, had
his suspicious excited, aud he wrote to some
friends OF his brother, boarding at the same house
putting them on their guard. About 81 o'clock
on yesterday afternoon, man called at Mrs
Hyatts, where the Senator boards, and asked to
see him. The servant reported that he was at
dinner, when tho man remarked that he would
call in an hour. The servant announced the
message to the Senator at the table, and after
dinner Mr.. Edgerton, Of Ohio who boards at the
same house, called the servant privately aside
and told him if the man called not to show him
the Senator's room, but take him to the parlor
The suspicious individual made his appearance
punctually at Al o'clock, and was shown to the
parlor. He objected going there at first, and ill.,
sisted upon being shown directly to the Scna-
tors room but yielded finally when Mr. Edger-
ton stepped into the hall and invited him in
He wanted to know whether he was Senator
Wade. Mr.. Z. answered in the negative, and
then asked the man his name. This he declined
to give, and persisted in his desire TO see Mr.
Wade Immediately. Mr.. Edgerton said he could
not see him unless he gave his name. The man
asked why, aud said he had heard, but did not
believe people were so badly scared in Washing
ton. He then asked him where he lived. The
man replied in Massachusetts, He then re.
marked that he would not give his name, but at
tend to his business with the Senator at some
other time. Taken in connection with the re
peated threats made against Senator Wade, the
refusal OF the man to give his name, and the
fact that he asserted he came from Massachu.
sets, while his dialect and appearance proved
him to be Southern man, the affair certainly
looks suspicious.
FORCE BILL IN DISGUISE.
A march has been stolen upon the Southern
men by Mr.. Bingham, of Ohio. On Monday last
he introduced bill with the unpretendng title
of an act to further provide for the collection of
duties on imports, which, attracting no atten-
ton, was read the first and second time, and re-
ivrred to the Committee on the Judiciary The
bill is nothing more nor less than Jacksou's fore
act of 1882. Mr.. Bingham, as Chairman of the
J Judiciary Committee. will report it back and put
it on its passage. The question of coercion will
thus come up, and have to be squarely met
This will put some of the members, who have
been persistenty dsiging the whole session, in
an awkward fix.
1t Is generally believed that the Cabinet as .a-
modelled, are in favor Of taking vigorous mea
sures for the protection Of the forts, &c, about
Charleston, and for the recovery of the property
now in possession of the South Carolina author |
tiles. 1t seems quite certain that the policy of |
The Administration is about to undergo radical |
change, and that it will now be OH the side OF
he Union. Mr. Buchanan is said to be greatly |
,nraged at the course Of the Southern leaders
o-wards him, and will turn his back upon them.
As an evidence of this, he sent into the Senate
o-day, the name Of Philadelphia as Collector
1t Charleston, in place Of Colcock. This is the
most important event which has lately trans
bred, and has caused the greatest CONSERVATION
lGlong Southern men, who regard it as meaning
coercion. This change in the course of the
Administration is owing doubtless to the in
iaence Of Stanton, who is represented to be
nan OF strong will, great talents, and resoiute
Importer of the Union.
The maiden speech Of Mr.. Baker, of Oregon,
s very highly spoken of rs fine legal and
orcal effort. Many who heard it, say lie eiiec
ually demolished Benjamin's positions
Winter Davis has issued an address to his
constituents against disunion. He saws Balti-
more will be ruined II she joins either North
IN or Southern confederacy. He thinks the
reject of calling together the Legislature looks
D secession, and the State cannot enter into nm
greemeat on the subject with Virginia without
lolatiDg the Constitution. INDEX.
WESTERN VrRGINIA.-The Alexandria (Va.)
ayette publishes the following from a cores
ondent in Marion county, Virginia.
Western Virgins is booming aroused on the !
'eat question Of disuni0n. Grooming under a {
lrden of unequal taxation, the people are wide 4
wake to their interest The forum of the Leg I
iature, at Richmond, this winter, will present I
interesting scene for demanding and conceJ- I.
e rights long withheld to the West, and ION. /
1erished by our Easrern brethren in their en- +
yment. The West 10 uncompromisingly in favor n
Union, not merely for the sake Of the Union, !,
1T for the sacred and nestimable rights i, guar b
,tees to the people. T
If a State Convention 10 called, the first cues -
on to be settled, is the basis of representation.
ne West will accept Of nothing bat the white !,
,sis, as now represented in the lower house -
The Convention, when called, must have power O
amend the Constitution OF the State, at least o
that part which cxemnts large portion of the 4
I'VE property from taxation. II
If the delegates are to be appointed to o
uthern Convention, these delegates must be S
pointed by districts, arranged on the basis OF p
e white population Of the State. p
The obvious justice Of these demands must
mmend them to the approval OF all just think
5 men Ii Our Eastern brethren withhold these oil
,,hts from the West, At this juncture, it will T
re enc hundred thousand bayoDets from a Ii
'uthern Confederacy to force Western Virginia tl
70 Union With tie Cotton States. We want m
these questions settled before We Join CO. m